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SCHEDULE HANDED IN BY MR. ROCHFORT. Schedule of Lands on Central Route of North Island Main Trunk Railway within Ten Miles of Centre Line.

Crown or Private Lands. Arable. Pastoral. Total bush 39,000 41,000 , mixed 25,000 72,000 Total Crown and private lands ... 64,000 113,000 Native Lands. Total bush " ... ... ... ... ... 379,000 332,000 open -H*> ■ 241,000 250,000 " mixed 246,000 442,000 Total Native lands 766,000 1,024,000

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Bush. Open. Mixed. lido of Locality. Quality. I line. Arable. Pastoral. Arable. Pastoral. Arable. Pastoral. On m or j 'rivate •anils. A. 15,000 15,000 A. 7,000; 8,000| A. A. A. A. 9 to 20 miles „ ... ... Middle Turakina ... 22to33| Otamakapua E. W. W. 17,000 33,000 Good. it 9,000 26,000 it 8,000 39,000 Good and patchy. Total 39,000 41,000 25,000 72,000 Nath >e Lands i, 33J to 45 miles ... 45 to 58... 58 to 72... B. andW. W. E. 2,000 15,000 25,000 11,000 45,000 50,000 Good. n 55,000 109,000 18,000 36,000 Part of Inner Patea 72 to 86^ S. N. W. E. W. 23,000 36,000 Limestone, good. Poor. 86£to 98 100,000 4,000 7,000 12,000 Good. Fairly good. Patchy. Broken country towards Wanganui 98 to 107 9,000 27,000 Down Wanganui, A-te-ao 107 to 113, towards Taupo Ditto ... 113 to 120 E. W. w. 10,000 17,000 2,000 50,000 8,000 27,000 Good. Patchy. w. 24,000 8,000 Very poor. E. w. E. W. E. S. N. W. and S. E. W. E. E. E. W. W. E. W. E. 4,000 16,000 6,000 14,000 21,000 12,000 22,000 12,000 28,000 42,000 2,000 Patchy. Good. 120 to 131 It it 131 to 137 i 137^ to 160 24,000 9,000 55,000 25,000 24,000 19,000 170,000 50,000 Patchy. it ft 160 to 166 4,000 12,000 15,000 7,000 16,000 16,000 21,000 34,000 34,000 Good. Poor. Patchy. // ... 166 to 175 tt 175 to 194 194 to 212 20,000 11,000 10,000 11,000 6,000 10,000 40,000 45,000 38,000 37,000 21,000 22,000 38,000 37,000 Good. tt tt • it Total 279,000 332,000 241,000 250,000246,000 442,000