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Table A.—Number of Properties considered during the Year ended 31st March, 1922. *

Table B. —Summary of Estates acquired up to 31st March, 1922.

Table C- Statement of the Moneys received into and paid out of the Land for Settlements Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1922. Land for Settlements Account. Receipts. £ s. d. Payments. £ g, <J, Balance at beginning of year .. .. 373,750 5 2 Purchase-money .. .. .. 806 7 3 Debentures issued under Land Laws Incidental expenses .. .. .. 47,485 7 1 Amendment Act, 1913, and Appropria- Recoupment of interest and sinking fund tion Act, 1918 .. .. .. 17,000 0 0 under sec. 4, Finance Act, 1919 .. 391,523 12 7 Receipts under sec. 191, Land Aot, 1908 210 13 4 Interest under subsec. (8), see. 191, Land Rents .. .. .. .. 311,215 12 8 Act, 1908 .. .. .. 134 1 5 Sales of— £ s. d. Amount transferred to Land for SettleCrown lands .. (Ki ,711 12 9 monts Account (Opening up Crown Land-for-sottlement Lands for Settlement Account) under lands .. 72,083 4 0 sec. 63. Land Laws Amendment Act, 138,794 16 9 1913, and see. 42, Appropriation Act, Interest on securities held by Investment 1918 .. .. .. .. 27,100 0 0 Account .. .. .. .. 15,070 9 7 Recoupment of management charges of Receipts on account of Farm Account, bonds and consolidated stock .. 351 19 10 Teviot Estate .. 25,210 19 7 Expenditure Farm Account, Teviot EsReooveries — £ s. d. tate .. .. .. .. 334 19 0 Isleworth .. 160 0 0 Land-for-settlements expenses .. 8,560 13 8 Pareora No. 2 .. 210 0 Sinking fund .. .. .. 23,807 0 0 Reparoa .. 591 17 1 Balance — £ s. d. ToPua .. .. 150 0 0 Cash in Public Account 63,250 7 2 Teviot .. .. 334 19 0 Investments .. 316,400 0 0 Wairuna .. 738 5 2 Imprests outstanding 3,488 0 4 1,977 11 3 383,138 7 6 £883,242 8 4 £883,242 8 4

Land District. Number. Area of Estates offered. Auckland Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington Marlborough Nelson Westland Canterbury Otago .. Southland 87 12 7 21 Acres. 79,864 15,090 2,377 18,135 2 260 13 5 1 14,771 6,751 363 Totals .. 148 137,611 * In addition, areas have also been offered direct to the Local Land 'urebase Boards.

Land District. Number. Area. Purchase-money. Auckland Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington Marlborough Nelson Westland Canterbury Otago Southland 92 60 25 142 20 14 2 172 71 25 Acres. 385,329 301,470 27,628 156,575 223,277 48,821 5,125 447,349 293,014 90,637 £ 1,481,461 2,291,637 369,818 2,216,957 734,665 150,473 8,343 3,444,252 1,776,805 457,561 Totals 623 1,979,225 12,931,972