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Table A.—Number of Properties considered during the Year ended 31st March, 1923.*

Table B. —Summary of Estates Acquired up to 31st March, 1923.

Table C.—Statement op the Moneys received into and paid out op the Land for Settlements Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1923. Land for Settlements Account. Receipts. £ s. d. Payments. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 383,138 7 0 Purchase-money .. .. .. 2,371 6 8 Receipts under sec. 191, Land Act, 1908 1,333 11 0 Incidental expensos .. .. .. 24,671 710 Rents, &c. .. .. .. .. 340,455 18 1 Recoupment of interest and sinking fund Sales of— £ s. d. under sec. 4, Finance Act, 1919 .. 393,014 9 0 Crown lands .. 72,159 3 4 Interest under subsec. (8), sec. 191, Land Land-for-sottlement Act, 1908 .. .. .. 151 2 11 lands .. .. 75,477 11 7 Charges and expenses of raising loans 147,030 14 II (redemptions) .. .. .. 130 0 0 Interest on socuritios held by Investment Amount transferred to Land for SettleAccount .. .. .. .• 8,892 15 5 ments Account (Opening up Crown Recoveries on account of settlements .. 876 12 7 Lands for Settlement Account) under • sec. 03, Land Laws Amendment Act, 1913, and sec. 42, Appropriation Act, 1918 .. .. .. .. 70,000 0 0 Recoupment of management charges of bonds and consolidated stock .. 716 14 5 Land-for-settlements expenses .. 402 18 1 Transferred to Loans Redemption Account for redemption of securities .. 250,100 0 0 Sinking fund .. .. .. 20,179 0 0 Balance— £ s. d. Cash in Public Account 91,172 19 1 Investments . . 29,350 0 0 Imprests outstanding in the Dominion .. 74 1 6 120,597 0 7 £882,333 19 6 £882,333 19 6

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Land District. Number. Area of Estates offered. Auckland Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington Marlborough Nelson Westland Canterbury Otago Southland 8 2 3 7 I Acres. 18,879 10,250 292 6,319 1,085 2 ■ 3 2 10,057 1,815 838 Totals 28 49,535 * In addition, areas have also been offered dirccl to the local Land Pi xohase Boards.

Land District. Number. Area. Purchase-money. Auckland Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington Marlborough Nelson Westland Canterbury Otago Southland 92 60 25 143 20 14 2 172 71 25 Acres. 385,329 301,470 27,628 157,335 223,277 48,821 5,125 447,349 293,074 90,637 £ 1,481,837 2,291,637 369,818 2,226,840 734,665 150,473 8,343 3,444,252 1,778,600 457,786 Totals 624 1,980,045 12,944,251