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Summary of Land Sold for Cash in the several Land Districts for the Year ending 31st December, 1880. LAND SOLD FOR CASH OR MONEY SCRIP.

Return of Lands Alienated and Cash Received from the Foundation of the Colony to 31st December, 1880.

DEFERRED PAYMENTS. Table showing the Acreage of Land taken up under the Deferred-payment System, the amount of Cash Received for the same, the Land Forfeited and finally Alienated, up to 31st December, 1880.

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Number of Acres. Consideration. Land Districts. Town. Suburban. Country. Total Acreage Sold. Cash. Money Scrip of any sort. Total Cash Eeceived. Auckland ... lawke's Bay L'aranaki ... (Vest Coast, North Island Wellington felson darlborough .anterbury •Vestland ... )tago iouthland ... A. B. P. 63 2 29 7 0 10 14 1 0 10 1 20 2 2 0 2 2 7 0 2 0 7 2 26 5 3 31 70 2 29 63 2 30 A. B. P. 302 1 39 97 3 22 26 1 26 11 2 25 12 3 0 9 0 18 27 0 0 A. E. p. 31,891 1 38 1,456 3 29 1,218 2 16 5,254 2 35 7,038 3 2 2,184 3 33 1,475 2 9 21,410 2 4 485 2 0 48,290 0 17 9,976 2 25 A. E. r. 32,257 2 26 1,561 3 21 1,259 1 2 5,276 3 0 7,054 0 2 2,196 2 18 1,503 0 9 21,418 0 30 491 1 31 48,532 1 4 10,247 0 4 £ s. d. 16,933 19 0 1,589 8 4 2,704 2 1 32,377 13 10 2,250 10 4 1,441 7 6 1,429 13 11 46,529 10 7 721 18 6 63,312 14 0 15,197 1 0 £ s. d. 3,856 6 3 974 8 10 £ s. d. 16,933 19 0 1,635 5 10 2,704. 2 1 32,377 13 10 2,250 10 4 1,441 7 6 1,429 13 11 46,535 2 7 721 18 6 63,312 14 0 15,197 1 0 3,744 18 6 171 _ 38 206 2 29 29518 0 Totals 248 3 22 865 1 37 130,683 3 8 131,798 0 27 184,487 19 1 8,871 11 7 181,539 8 7

Land Districts. Area Alienated. Cash Eeceived. Land in hand Open for Sale. Auckland ... Hawke's Bay Taranaki ... West Coast, North Island Wellington Nelson Marlborough Canterbury Westland Otago Southland ... A. K. P. 3,407,499 2 19* 1,033,696 0 38if 303,940 1 21 11,169 1 1 1,897,729 0 0 1,028,167 0 0 852,895 2 13 3,4'13,069 2 28J 119,500 0 1 2,298,248 2 30§ 1,031,811 3 13 £ s. d. 386,684 17 0 452,874 8 6 195,113 11 2 32,377 13 10 761,938 6 11 360,405 0 0 270,806 14 11 5,815,985 12 2 57,769 12 0 2,131,483 2 5 1,059,428 10 0 A. E. P. 2,555,025 0 0 41,050 0 0 12,363 0 0 18,125 0 0 44,536 o 0 5,857,333 0 0 2,147,104 1 27 5,260,091 2 8 255,991 3 29 248,304 0 0 1,530,293 1 27 Totals 15,417,727 1 41 11,524,867 8 11 17,970,217 1 11 * Includes 1,161,439 acres co: t Includes 5,969 acres and 3£ J Includes 65,791 acres 2 roo. § Includes 380 acres 3 roods i lfiscated lands sold omitted from return of perches omitted from returns of previous Is 22 perches omitted from returns of pre\ 17 perches omitted from returns of last yei ' last year, years, ■ious years. ir.

Land Districts. Total Acreage of Land taken up from Beginning of System to 31st December, 1880. Total Amount of Cash Received for the same to 31st December, 1880. Land Taken up during the Year 1880. Amount of Cash Eeceived for Land taken up during the Year 1880. Land Forfeited to Slst December, 1880, from Commencement of System. Land finally Alienated to 31st December, 1880, from Commencement of System. Auckland lawke's Bay L'aranaki Vest Coast, North Island Wellington kelson* darlborough .anterbury Vestland )tago Southland Totals A. E. P. ... 11,173 2 10 ... 40,387 0 11 ... 45,222 1 27 5,892 1 1 ... J 46,239 0 26 ... I 21,512 0 26 ... ! 915 3 33 3,636 3 33 2,396 3 21 ... 232,341 1 30 ... 78,262 1 5 ...1487,980 0 23 £ s. d. 559 14 7 14,353 15 5 9,926 16 9 1,935 1 8 46,441 11 5 4,107 15 1 56 4 0 1,155 19 3 562 9 6 86,455 15 1 21,450 13 9 A. E. r. 11,173 2 10 3,229 0 1 16,090 0 36 5,892 1 1 3,574 0 27 9,601 0 28 598 3 38 2,335 2 4 726 0 17 50,613 3 36 32,904 1 32 £ s. d. 559 14 7 258 11 8 1,604 17 6 1,935 1 8 384 3 1 956 12 6 24 10 0 722 19 11 57 10 3 2,828 8 4 2,838 7 7 A. E. P. 3,273 3 31 522 2 2 286 0 29 100 0 0 1,659 2 14 29 0 0 396 3 4 A. E. V. 10,986" 2 18 151 0 O 30,599" 0 31 26,284 1 34 6,860 3 1 1,670 3 4 45,963 3 13 8,930 3 21 187,005 16 6 136,739 1 30 12,170 17 1 39,413 0 35 98,302 1 7 Note. —In Auckland 12,854 acres were taken up under the homestead syst em of the Land .ct during the yei ir. * Under Appendix E of " The Land Act, 16 177."