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C. 2. RANGERS' Reports on Pastoral Deferred-payment Holdings in the undermentioned Districts.

a o H Date. Purchaser's Name. a c o XJ1 Block. District. Area. Where Purchaser's usual Residence. Nature of Buildings, and Value of same What Yards and Fencing on Section. What Improvements: Cultivation, Grass-sow Ting, &c. What Stock Depai tu.ing, if known to be Property of Purchaser ; if on terms, from whom. If Sheep on Ground, what Brand or Ear-mark; where Sheep shorn; how Wool disposed of. If Purchaser not on Land, what his usual or occasional Employment. Sept., 1879 John Elder XIV. Benger A. E. P. 1,714 0 4 Owner of 111 acres adjoining, upon which he resides On his section No buildings Partly fenced 20 acres under cultivation! value £250 50 acres under cultivation; total value of improvements £400 No cultivation 700 sheep; property of purchaser 400 sheep; property of purchaser 2 Wm. Beresford XIV. Benger 1,208 3 15 Residence and yards.. Partly fenced Brand B. 12 1880 Robert Tubman 15 X. Teviot 1,527 1 14 Does not reside continuously on his section House. Value of improvements £350 Partly fenced No sheep on land at present; all on his Moa Flat section Has about 300 acres on Moa Flat on which he is occasionally employed. This land is about 4 miles from P.D.P. section. Alexander Scott On his section House. Total value of improvements £148 Partly fenced 600 sheep; property of purchaser 1,000 sheep; property of purchaser 1,200 sheep; property of purchaser Brand * Sheep shorn on Mr. Moore's section adjoining Brand P. Sheep shorn on Mr. Moore's section adjoining Brand f Shorn in shed on section adjoining, the property of J. Rose's brother. 14 63 IX. Clarendon 983 1 24 20 acres under cultivation I 15 James Prentice X. Table Hill 1,720 0 5 On his section Residence and other improvements, total value £330 House and other improvements, value £417 Partly fenced 10 acres under cultivation 16 John Rose 21 VII. Tuapeka East 1,653 0 24 On his section Partly fenced 10 acres under cultivation 1881 George Matherson and Donald John McDonald Tuapeka East 3,112 0 24 Do not reside continuously on their land House, value £75 Partly fenced No cultivation 1,500 sheep and 200 cattle; property of purchasers 22 12 1 IX. XII. Owners of about 400 acres near Lawrence, upon which are occasionally employed. 25 a Henry McCormack VIII. Tuapeka East 2,545 2 5 On his section Residence, wool-shed, and yards, total value £470 House, value £1S2 Partly fenced No cultivation 1,500 sheep; property of purchaser 1,500 sheep; 'property of purchaser 700 sheep; property of purchaser Shorn on his section. Occasionally on his brother's section. 26 James McCormack VIII. Tuapeka East 2,673 0 20 Does not reside continuously on his section Does not reside on his section No cultivation Shorn on Henry McCormack's section 30 1882 William Sheath XI. Raukleburn 966 0 1 No cultivation Brand G. Shorn at Dalvey Station, leased by Mr. Sheath, about 4 miles from section. 2,3 * Two upi light strokes crossed ol iliquely by one stroke, t JR eon; oined.