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1875. NEW ZEALAND.

LANDS HELD UNDER DEPASTURING LEASES, (RETURN OF).

Presented to both Souses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

RETURN of LANDS held under DEPASTURING and other LEASES (except for Gold Mining), and of RENTS &c. paid, for the Year ending 31st DECEMBER, 1874.

1 Timber License. • Of this sum, £73 17s. sd. is unpaid. 2 Penal Rent for unlawful cutting of timber. 10 Under Depasturing Licenses. 3 Mineral Lease. " Held under Crown Lands Leasing Acts. * Four years' rent paid in advance. " Under Leases. 6 Eent £1, due Ist April, 1874 (not paid). I 3 Under Licenses. 6 Eent £4 95., due 7th February, 1875. » General Government Reserve rent paid to Collector 7 Eent £1, due Ist July, 1874 (not paid). of Customs. 8 140,906 acres remaining unsold on runs on 31st December, 1874. Land sold during the year was charged to date of purchase. C. E. Haughton, Under Secretary for Crown Lands. By Authority: Giobgb Dedsboit, Government Printer, Wellington.—lB7s. Price 3d.]

Foe Depastubing Pubposes. Foe M: tAI OE OTHEB 'tjbposes. Peovincb. No. of Runs. Number of Acres. Rents and Assessments. Numberof Acres Rents Paid. Royalties. A. It. P. £ s. d. A. II. F. £ s. d. £ s. d. 73,390 0 0 60 0 0 •10 0 0 17 10 0 Auckland ... 235 0 0 380 0 0 440 0 0 24 18 0 r Taranaki ■" 17 1 30 2 3 9 s6 2 33 "44 2 0 Hawke's C Licen8es * (. Leases ?2 15 824 140,906 0 0 9402 15 0 6 40,848 0 0 183 14 2 Wellington 5,800 0 0 12 1 8 Nelson 1042 268,232 0 0 930 0 4 "40 I 318,545 0 0 80,739 0 0 2,463 3 1 1,083 3 1 2,475 0 0 546 17 6 Marlborough < 1294 1,011,122 2 5 4,170 2 9 ■'11 24,467 0 0 66 16 4 Canterbury... < 623 4,838,367 0 0 44,979 9 2 927 0 10 10 0 0 "4 1,096 3 11 41 3 0 Westland 13 155,000 0 0 418 11 8 Otago (exclusive ") of Southland j 213 6,464,218 0 0 63,692 11 8 5,303 2 12 975 11 9 Southland District 58 847,823 0 0 6,843 2 5 1,128 14,270,622 3 39 125,348 18 1 8,796 0 37 1,624 19 3 24 18 0