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C—No. 3,

RETURN of LANDS held under DEPASTURING and other LICENSES or LEASES (except for Gold Mining); and of RENTS, &c., payable, for the Year ending the 31st December, 1866, in the various Provinces of the Colony.

Foe Defastueixo Purposes. Fob Mineral ob othek Purposes. PROVINCES. Number of Acres. Bents and Assessments. Number of Acres. Rents paid. Royalties. A. n. p. £ r. d. A. n. i". £ s. d. Auckland ... 98,060 0 0 G7 1G 7 * 450 0 0 15 0 0 Tahanaki "Wellington 148,755 0 0 590 G 1 Hawke's Bat 297,787 0 0 735 G 4 Nelson 528,385 0 0 1,053 1 S 2,238 0 0 150 15 0 Marlborougii 1,140,800 0 0 1,713 7 9 Canterbury 5,779,948 0 0 34,637 0 8 Otago 6,125,446 0 0 6,339 12 6 Southland -•{ 11,089,205 } 145,500 0 0 0 0 10,597 0 5 844 11 9 I Total 15,353,886 0 0 56,578 3 9 2,688 0 0 165 15 0 * Timber Licenses. + Under Southland Waste Lands Act, 1865. t Under Otngo Land Regulations, 1856. Alfred Doitett, Secretary for Crown Lands.