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No. 19. RETURN of the NUMBER of MINING LEASES in force on the 31st MARCH, 1874, the EXTENT of GROUND LEASED, and RENTAL per ANNUM.

No. 20. RETURN of the NUMBER of AGRICULTURAL LEASES in force on the 31st MARCH, 1874, the EXTENT of GROUND LEASED, and RENTAL per ANNUM.

Mining District. Number. Gross Acreage. Rental pee Annum. AUCKLAND: — Grahamatown Coromandel 29 9 A. R. P. 105 1 38 61 0 0 £ b. A. 210 11 8 182 13 6 Marlborough 6 72 2 30 163 0 0 Nelson— Wangapeka Collingwood Westport Charleston Brighton Keefton Ahaura i 8 21 36 74 15 50 8 72 2 6 157 1 4 254 0 9 331 0 39 73 2 28 481 3 31 66 3 0 110 0 0 134 10 0 445 12 6 789 15 0 182 5 0 1,171 15 0 85 0 0 Westland— Greymouth. Waimea Kanieri Totara 3 2 6 21 0 0 11 0 0 35 2 18 105 0 0 11 0 0 178 4 11 Otago— Dunedin Tuapeka Mount Ida Dunstan Queens town Arrow Switzer's 1 40 18 10 92 5 2 7 0 0 234 0 22 133 2 27 97 0 0 422 1 35 39 0 0 11 2 0 17 10 0 616 1 10 342 10 0 242 10 0 1,060 0 0 92 10 0 28 15 0 Totals 435 2,689 0 7 6,169 4 5

Mining Distbict. Number. Gross Acrea&e. Rental pee Annum. Nelson — Wangapeka Collingwood Westport Charleston Brighton Inangahua and Buller Ahaura and Cobden 1 30 15 15 87 85 a. E. P. ' 20 0 0 1,149 1 16 392 3 25 116 0 5 5,212 1 18 3,711 1 4 £ s. d. 2 10 0 138 7 6 50 0 0 15 2 6 656 2 6 464 10 6 Westland— Grey mouth Waimea Kanieri Okarita 9 12 7 2 81 1 4 37 3 7 24 0 0 62 0 0 16 14 0 11 7 0 4 16 0 6 0 0 Otago— Dunedin Tuapeka Mount Ida Clyde Cromwell Alexandria Teviot Black's Queenstown Arrowtown Sn-itzer's Orepuki 19 431 14 43 3 21 97 31 341 151 27 2 3,925 0 0 22,292 0 12 6,457 3 23 4,739 0 0 1,350 0 0 959 0 0 7,202 0 0 1,252 0 0 18,994 1 24 7,715 0 0 2,543 0 36 60 0 0 490 12 6 2,823 12 6 807 10 6 592 3 9 168 15 0 119 17 6 900 5 0 156 10 0 2,374 7 6 964 7 6 317 10 0 7 10 0 Totals 1,443 88,296 2 14 11,088 11 9