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WASTE LANDS SOLD

R E TURN Of the Numbek of Acres Sold, or otherwise disposed of, in New Zealand, in each Quarter, from the 1st January, 1861, to the 31st December, 1861; together with the Nature and Amount of the Consideration received, DISTINGUISHING CROWN AND SUBURBAN LANDS FROM COUNTRY LANDS. llvobtnre of fturiUanir. Number of Acres. Kate per Acke. Consideration. Remission Certificates to Retired Officers and Naval and Military Land Orders. Grunts without purchase. Period. Government Scrij) and New Zealand Company's Land Orders. Provincial Government Scrip and Land Orders. Free Grants. Remarks Town. Suburban. Country. Town. Suburban. Country. Cash. Old Land Claims. 1861. A. R. P. A. E. p. A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. A. R. 1". A. R. P. Quarter ending 31st March " " 30th June " 30th Sept. I 13 0 15 1 0 12 94 1 0 ■205 3 20 7 3 0 14,760 0 0 3,704 2 0 2 803 3 16 No reliable average returns of rates. 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 1,915 17 6 1,152 19 0 707 14 0 302 0 0 42 10 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 10,985 0 0 2,477 0 0 1,339 0 0 " Government Scrip" is that issued by tl>e Court of Commissioners of Old Land Claims. The figures of the last column (as staled in previous returns) refer to tho "Free Grants to Immigrants," provided for by the "Auckland Wast e Lands Act, 1858," as explained in Sessional Paper (1860, C— 2). " " 31st Dec. 1 3 35 136 2 6 5,313 2 0 0 10 0 1,544 3 9 1,126 0 0 28 0 0 3,973 0 0 Totals 16 0 22 444 1 26 26,581 3 16 ! 0 10 0 GO 0 0 18,774 0 0 5,320 14 9 1,470 10 0