G—No. 4. 4i

SUMMARY showing the TOTAL NUMBER of ACRES of WASTE LANDS SOLD or otherwise disposed of in the COLONY of NEW ZEALAND in each year, from the 1st April, 1856, to the 31st December, 1866.

RETURN OE LANDS SOLD IN NEW ZEALAND.

Number of Aches. Coxsidebatiow Grants witliout Remission Certificates Purchase. Government Provincial to PERIODS. Scrip and New Zealand Government Retired Officer's Free Grants. Town. Suburban, Country. Cash. Scrip ami Company's and Naval and Military Land Order.?. Old Land Claims. Land Orders. Land Order?. a. e. r. A. e. p. a. e. r. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ I. d. A. E. r. a. e. r. Nine Months ending 31st December, 1856 Year ending 31st December, 1857 97 3 4 1,510 1 33 60,864 2 29 33,156 13 10 6,196 15 3 918 2 5 1,099 7 G 14 1 2 484 0 28 13,770 2 21 126,904 1 38 79,0G0 17 11 10,G07 1 7 5,670 9 3 1,193 0 0 6,169 0 0 1858 360 0 38 4,807 3 10 233,960 2 37 150,839 18 0 8,000 15 0 6,450 10 8 1,278 0 0 6,277 0 0 1859 562 2 24 3,535 3 19 472,923 1 11 222,885 1 2 8,705 13 0 2,667 9 0 700 10 0 45,730 0 0 I860 305 2 28 10,143 1 18 413,805 0 9 201,113 17 G 6,231 4 G 3,228 10 0 1,344 0 0 47,016 3 0 1861 197 1 10 2,655 3 11 446,505 0 12 285,365 19 7 4,187 3 0 592 0 0 1,083 17 0 5,100 0 0 18,834 0 0 1862 58G 1 15 6,912 0 31 650,838 3 27* 506,657 11 7 5,092 5 0 8,112 15 0 3,406 18 0 4,313 0 0 40,335 3 0 „ „ 1863 517 3 24 8,309 2 33 520,610 1 13 380,998 9 8 3,130 3 0 6,747 11 0 GO 0 0 2,181 0 33 66,853 1 0 186 I 664 2 24 5,688 2 33 684,831 3 9 595,858 19 4 1,301 11 0 523 0 1 a. e. r. 315 0 0 £ e. d. 845 14 4 } 5 9,172 0 0 47,198 0 33 „ » 1865 ■112 3 1G 6,899 1 11 495,770 1 13 341,091 G 4 2.89G 0 0 22,821 0 0 62,681 1 39 „ „ 1866 375 1 2 5,328 2 21 597,702 2 34 528,028 4 9 505 10 0 19,082 12 5 26,297 0 0 55,975 3 0 Totals 4,581 3 13 69,502 2 1 4,640,217 1 321 3,328,059 19 8 56,854 4 4 54,838 14 2 a. ii. r. 315 0 0 I 10,254 12 0 69,881 0 33 397,085 1 34 12th September, 1S67. Alfred Domett, Secretary for Crown Lands.