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No. 16. RETURN of the NUMBER of MINING LEASES in force on 31st MARCH, 1878, the EXTENT of GROUND LEASES, and RENTAL per ANNUM.

No. 17. RETURN of the NUMBER of AGRICULTURAL LEASES in force on the 31st MARCH, 1878, the EXTENT of GROUND LEASED, and RENTAL per ANNUM.

Mining District. NumGross Acreage. Rental pee Annum. Mining District. Number. Gross Acreage. Rental pee Annum. ber. lUCKLAND Hauraki North Grahamstown 2 5 A. E. P. 17 0 11 11 0 34 £ s. d. 34 2 9 22 8 6 Westland— AA raimea ... Totara Kanieri Kumara ... Greymouth Okarito Jackson's Bay 1 11 2 A. e. p. 16 2 0 95 0 4 11 0 0 £ s. d. 17 0 C 104 0 C HOC Iablboeough—■ Ravensclifle AVairau Queen Charlotte Sound 7 28 1 5 56 11 3 "i 11 0 0 HOC 2 26 2 5 27 0 0 18 133 2 4 143 0 26 2 5 27 0 0 Otago— Tuapeka ... Cromwell ... Arrow (Wakatipu Gold Field) Naseby Kyeburn and Clarke's Macrae's, Strath Taieri, and Shag A'alley St. Bathans and Ida Valley Other localities 'elson— Collingwood AVest AVanganui Inangahua Charleston Ahaura Nelson Creek Orwell Creek Half-Ounce AVestport Lyell Cobden No Town ... 8 1 13 31 28 59 3 38 15 3 28 460 1 1 175 0 0 217 0 1 54 0 0 16 0 0 477 0 0 218 15 0 220 0 0 35 7 60 1 8 157 3 35 96 0 0 346 0 9 10 0 0 56 0 0 172 0 0 98 0 0 833 15 0 21 5 0 119 0 0 It 5 3 2 191 1 11 82 0 3 36 0 0 26 2 10 163 10 0 207 10 0 71 0 0 19 5 0 13 1 75 0 0 io o o 153 12 6 21 5 0 135 1,264 0 12 1,447 0 0 125 751 0 4 1,418 17 6

Mining District. Number. Gross ACEEAOE. Rental per Annum. Mining District. NumGross Acreage. Rental per Annum. ber. Auckland— Hauraki Ohinemuri Kelson— Collingwood Inangahua Charleston AVestport Lyell Grey Valley Cobden No Town 96 17 51 29 38 38 72 18 25 889 0 19 3,621 2 38 365 0 0 2,212 0 8 2,134 3 8 4,186 0 0 1,003 1 33 957 3 25 A. E. P. 4,761 0 0 £ s. d. 238 1 0 88 3 6 432 15 0 46 17 0 259 18 6 213 10 0 465 1 6 105 16 6 106 5 6 Otago— Hindon Tuapeka * Cromwell f Clyde f ... Teviot f ... Black's f ... Alexandra f ... Switzer's Orepuki Arrow (Wakatipu Gold Field) ... Mount Ida District (various localities) 275 53 8 77 7 4 41 2 A. E. P. 26,272 3 21 6,058 0 0 8,127 0 0 9,567 0 0 274 0 0 169 0 0 8,409 0 0 114 0 0 £ s. d. 3,302 12 6 780 15 0 389 5 0 1,094 17 6 34 5 0 21 10 0 1,046 12 6 16 5 0 238 13,274 1 3 1,663 10 0 A r ESTLAND — Waimea Greymouth Arnold Okarito 288 15,370 0 11 1,718 7 6 98 20,712 0 8 2,591 0 6 1 3 1 3 10 29 1 6 0 8 0 6 4 0 2 63 0 0 6 'o 0 94 0 16 12 12 0 803 87,977 0 32 10,940 13 O No. *Kxchange Leases ... ... ... ... ... 130 *Deferred Payments, Leases, Certificates, and Licenses ... 143 f Under AVaste Lands Acts— Licenses and Leases ... ... ... ... 102 A. K. 6,285 3 22,812 ( 9,927 C P. 16 18 £ e. d. 819 5 0 3,816 2 6 0 1,391 12 2 6 —H. 4.