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Table 2.—Lands selected during the Year ended 31st March, 1931.

Table 3.—Lands held on Lease at 31st March, 1931.

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Pastoral Licenses Mining Districts Cash " Fa™. Renewable Lease. Pastoral Runs. Mimng Districts occupation Endowm'enta. Totals " Land District Regulations. Leases - No. Area. No. Area. No. Area. No. Area. No. Area. No. ! Area. No. Area. No. Area. No. I Area. No. Area. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. North Auckland .. .. .. 40 876 69 7,329 111 23,859 .. .. .. .. ,, .. .. .. 75 7,810 26 1,621 321 41,495 Auckland .. .. .. .. 75 3,557 81 8,256 12,487 .. .. .. .. 13 2,107 - 7 185 67 11,305 3 1,117 319, 39,014 Gisborne .. .. .. .. 1 .. 2 142 27 11,018 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 20 9,058 3 3,106 53 23,324 Hawke's Bay .. .. .. 8 5 10 151 20 5,080 1 1,718 .. .. .. .. .. .. 10 341 7 5 56 7,300 Taranaki .. .. .. .. 13 794 20 28 25 9,961 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 45 14,968 5 1,028 108 26,779 Wellington .. .. .. ..19 795 42 2,120 27 14,615 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 48 11,016 6 18 142 28,564 Nelson .. .. .. .. 20 31 3 1,155 27 9,712 .. .. .. .. 6 956 .. 61 7,403 4 185 121 19,442 Marlborough .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 282 .. .. .. .. .. .. 5 64 .. .. 7 346 Westland .. .. .. .. 7 14 3 1 20 303 1 5,000 10 2,953 5 7 97 5,948 14 2,510 157 16,736 Canterbury .. .. .. . 13 149 4 52 21 3,176 2 3,685 1 11,160 .. .. .. .. 55 13,877 4 274 100 32,373 Otago .. .. .. .. 18 1,177 11 4,955 48 32,174 .. .. 2 69,043 .. .. I 56 100 11,838 5 187 185 119,430 Southland .. .. .. .. 2 29 5 1,861 16 2,964 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 22 3,780 25 5,372 70 14,006 Totals .. .. .. 216 7,427 250 26,050 417 125,631 3 5,403 4 85,203 29 6,016 13 248 605 97,408 102 15,423 1,639 368,809

I Pastoral Tipfprrpri Pjvvmpnt T p».«p in Ppmet.iitv Rpnpwahip Tpiqp Occupation with Small Grazing- p. Q) „i Licenses in I s ™,? Perpetual Miscellaneous Leases Education Totals Deterred Payment. Lease in Perpetuity. Renewable Lease. u, ight of p urchase . runs. Pastoral Runs. Leases. and Licenses. Endowments. lota,s - Land District. Districts. Leases 1 U No. Area. No. Area. No. Area. No. Area. No. Area. No. Area. No. Area. No. Area; No. | Area. No. Area. No. Area. No. Area. Acres. | Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. ! Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. ; Acres. North Auckland 473 34,185 420 67,49] 918 181,816 747 129,041 .. .. 1 553 .. .. 2 71 7 324 489 109,834 725 43,319 3,782 566,334 Auckland .. 1,602 173,002 384 105,443 1,281 262,531 867 238,300 7 30,800 1 8,755 167 45,758 150 3,338 .. .. 943* 77,614* 182 53,508 5,584 999,049 Gisborne .. 53 17,452 j 80 40,091 274 137,406 129 87,714 85 201,106 1 186 .. .. .. .. .. .. 124 30,094 69 38,790 815 552,839 Hawke'sBay .. 116 42,145 412 110,743 532 207,561 177 52,618 24 49,122 12 85,832 .. .. 139 47,886 196 51,721 1,608 647,628 Taranaki .. 143 15,270 606 152,570 449 156,145 410 174.029 3 3,422 .. .. 1 328 282 46,475 603 47,497 2,497 595,736 Wellington .. 1,158 111,504 1,037 143,465 1,157 206,631 443 164,255 20 29,318 7 11,914 :. . 2 476 497 29,426 516 101,589 4,837 798,578 Nelson .. 73 16,795 368 122,170 590 234,374 ; 89 32,410 8 8,755 4 201,509 173 32,963 18 677 1 104 436 114,972 140 7,649 1,900 772,378 Marlborough .. 44 24,207 550 178,897 287 149,551 79 24,316 108 276,018 42 810,258 7 52 238 14.011 40 1,413 1,395 1,478,723 Westland .. 56 4,899 359 41,268 665 79,197 23 4,736 ... .. 46 679,910 275 54,666 133 906 1 50 873f 195,032f 129 15,883 2,560 1.076,547 Canterbury .. 106 23,322 1,449 251,647 906 361,702 10 1,602 143 466,798 123 2,809,616 .. ., .. .. 61 1,794 926J 230,6751 236 70,546 3,960 4,217,702 Otago .. .. 94 50,649 1,303 277,484 1,028 354,545 160 24,106 388 1,455,394 310 3,271,819 .. .. 331 10,891 68 3,507 1,477 166,429' 440 46,3.19 5,599 5,661,143 Southland .. 117 11,927 540 91,263 417 84,952 j 201 34,041 20 64,989 .70 1,264,521 .. .. 47 1,301 18 197 406 42,048 805 337,297 2,641 1,932,536 Totals .. 4,035 525,357 7,508 1,582,532 8,504 2,416,111 3,335 967,168 806 2,585,722 617 9",144,873 615 133,387 681 17,184 166 6,832 6,830 1,104,496 4,081 815,531 37,178 19,299,193 * Includes Thermal Springs District leases. f Includes Hanmer Crown leases. . i Includes agricultural leases. Note. —This table includes national endowments and education endowments, but excludes other endowments administered by Land Boards. •