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I—RETURN showing the amount of Town and Country Land reserved in each Provincial District for Educational Purposes, held by the Government, Education Boards, and Trustees or Corporate Bodies; the particular objects for which they were so reserved, and an Estimate by the Commissioners of Crown Lands in each District of the Value of each class of such Reserves; also, a Return showing the Area of such Reserves leased on June 30, 1877, and the Annual Rental thereof.

Town and Country Lands Reserved. Area Leased, and Present Annual Value thereof. Provincial Districts. Town. Country. Town. Country. Held By Particular Objects for which the Lands were Reserved. Total Estimated Value. Area. Annual Rental. Rental. Area. Esti mated Value. Area. Estimated Value. Area. Annual Rental. Auckland ... A. R. P. 406 o o £ s. d. 2,000 o o A. II. P. 34,560 o o £ - d. 15,000 o o £ s. d. 17,000 o o A. R. P. £ s. d ... A. K. P. 603 O O: 429 12 6 £ s. d 429 12 6 Education Board ... Sites and endowments for common schools, and for educational purposes. Auckland College and Grammar School endowment. Not known (Commissioner does not furnish particulars). I 2 C g,000 o ol 2,400 o o! 268 o o 5.772 2 O 15,040 o o 37,700 o o 24^40 o o 40,100 O O 7OO Not known 2G8 o o 369 1 o 1,712 12 o Various denominations ,, ... Totals ... I ! I 67,740 o o 798 13 6 2,142 4 6 414 2 c! 13,400 o o 40,600 2 o 81,140 o o 7 o o 1 i,343 11 0; 873 O O! Taranaki ... 167 3 '5 493 15 6! 461 2 9 81 4 C 575 o o Education Board ... Endowment for education and public schools. 7.000 o o 4,015 2 9 10,500 o o 17,500 o o 54 2 131 Hawke's Bay ,, ... O I O 33 - 37 [ 4,448 o o ( 7>°'7 3 17 (. 22,448 2 16 4,628 3 23 r ; 23,908 o o 20,000 o o 28,356 o o 20,000 o o 15 3 <7 359 8 ° 16,537 4,628 2 io 1 3 23! 342 2 ° 600 o o joi 10 o 600 o o Government Education Board ... Bishop of New Zealand, Bishop of Wellington, and others > Endowment for educational purposes. Endowment for a school to be maintained in the District of Ahuriri for the education of subjects of both races. (This is the Te Aute estate. Lease expires February, 1878.) ,, ... Totals ... .S3 3 37 4,448 o o 34;°95 1 16; 43,908 o 48,356 o o ■5 3 17 359 8 0 21,166 1 33 942 2 °l 1,301 10 o Wellington... 25 2 32, 10 3 i? '.555 ° °| 24,094 2 13 1,106 1 38 20,670 o o 22,225 o o 6,242 o o 15 3 S3 10 3 17 37 5 ° 651 0 o 2,423 o 7 345 3 21 297 3 io i 25 18 3 334 8 10 676 18 3 Education Board ... Governors of Wellington College Roman Catholic Bishop of the district Bishop of New Zealand Educational endowments. Endowment for Wellington College. jt i> 1 o 22 1,500 o o 108 o o 324 o 0 1,824 ° ° Not known Roman Catholic Female School. ,, 1,090 o o 3,860 o o 3,860 o o ,, 590 acres for a college ; 500 acres for a public school. a o ' o 38 400 o o 250 o 32 25,000 o o 25,400 o o j, Public school. (Though originally country land, it ad. joins Wanganui Town. Hence the high valuation.) )» 561 o 25 2,800 o o 2,800 o o »i Bishop of New Zealand ; granted to Archdeacon of Waiapu and others School under Church Missionary Society. Totals ... i I 37 3 29! ... 27,209 1 28 62,351 O O;