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Table 1. —Return showing (approximately) Position of Lands in the Dominion at 31st March, 1924.

District. Total Area sold or granted and held on Freehold. Total Area reserved for Public Purposes. Total Area of State Forests. Total Area of Crown Total Area of Lands leased under all Provisional State Tenures (exclusive of Forests. Reserves leased by Crown). Total Area of Crown Lands available for future Disposal. Total Area of Native Land. Land unfit lor Settlement, including Area occupied by Rivers, Lakes, Roads, &c. Total Area in Land District. North Auckland Auckland .. Gisborne .. Hawke's Bay Taranaki .. Wellington* Nelson Marlborough Westland .. Canterbury Otago Southland .. Acres. 2,460,084 2,514,866 1,120,145 1,529,818 1,098,679 3,366,425 630,501 782,685 157,133 3,570,371 1,965,315 1,828.405 Acres. 268,898 219,362 67.282 79,087 223,796 398,414 340,634 161,375 308.974 1,100.658 485,813 3,528.516 Acres. 104,809 59,634 171,436 120,982 69,500 456,671 19.955 89,497 2,187 310,717 133,107 136,349 Acres. 44,032 469,028 210,475 43,026 144,008 1,988,478 120,625 1,714,022 334,012 593,324 Acres. 459,718 1,145,615 525,800 585.052 578,824 763,287 821,701 1,509,739 849,446 4,022,700 5,479,831 1,549,775 Acres. 315,522 1,066,096 117,965 111.359 116.912 364,243 257,219 10,842 362,388 11,160 43,525 176.163 Acres. 607,709 2,157,767 1,071,000 405,603 205,217 1,425,458 30,629 Acres. 217,428 583,224 240,369 82,420 68,546 132,494 625,883 93,237 469,228 462,824 649,454 73,780 Acres. 4,478,200 8,215,592 3,524,472 2,914,321 2,404,500 7,051.000 4,715,000 2,768,000 3,863.378 9.478,430 9,091,057 7,886,312 Totals 21,024,427 7,182,809 1,674,844 5,661,030 18,291,488 2,953,394 5,903,383 3,698,887 66,390,262 * Includes Chatham Islands.