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2. Summary of Primary Education Reserves in the Education Districts.

3. Summary of Primary Education Reserves in Provincial Districts.

Note.—The information from which the preceding tables have been compiled was furnished by the School Commissioners of the several provincial districts, who alone are in possession of the requisite particulars. For the reasons stated by the Commissioners in the following Summary, the estimates given in the last column of the tables [" Estimated Annual Income if Leased "J cannot be regarded as complete or reliable. In regard to the reserves in some of the provincial districts no estimate whatever has been given. The School Commissioners of Wellington Provincial District have not furnished any estimate of the present capital value of the reserves : the column under this heading in their return has the following entry : " The Commissioners have no data upon which to estimate the present capital value of their reserves."

4. Summary op Information furnished by School Commissioners. Auckland Provincial District. "In the last column of the table [' Probable Annual Income of Unlet Eeserves '] it is quite impossible in the cases of the Counties of Mongonui, Hokianga, Bay of Islands, Hobson, Whangarei, Eodney, Waitemata, and Manukau to make even an approximate estimate of the probable rental of the unlet reserves. The Commissioners are of opinion that they have no value whatever for letting purposes at the present time. The price of freehold land is so low in these out-districts that there is no inducement to a settler to occupy a reserve unless he obtains its use for a lengthened term free, in return for improvements effected. The term of lease varies from seven to twenty-one years for country lands, and from twenty-one to forty-two years for town lands." The leases are sometimes sold by public auction, sometimes by tender. Conditions of Lease for Country Lands. —" 1. The term of lease of the undermentioned reserves shall be years from the day of the date of the acceptance by the Commissioners of the tender for the lease thereof. 2. The rent shall be payable half-yearly in advance in case such rental shall not exceed £20 per annum; and quarterly in advance in case such rental shall amount to more than £20 per annum. The lessee shall pay the rent, or cause it to be paid, at the office of the Commissioners, Auckland. 3. The lessee shall pay all rates, taxes, and assessments of whatever kind payable or leviable in respect of the premises leased to him, or agreed so to be. And in the event of the lessee erecting a dwelling-house or other buildings upon the said premises of a greater value than £100, he shall be bound forthwith to insure and keep the same insured in the joint names of himself and the Commissioners or their assigns, in a sum equal to two-thirds of the value of such buildings. And in the event of the said buildings being destroyed or injured by fire, the said insurance money shall forthwith be used to rebuild or reinstate in their former position the buildings so destroyed or injured. And in case the lessee shall at any time fail or neglect to effect or keep on foot the said insurance, the Commissioners shall be at liberty to pay all premiums due upon the

Eoserves Leased. Eei serves Not Leased. Education Districts. Area, Estimated Present Capital Value. Present Annual Income. Area. Estimated Present Capital Value. Estimated Annual Income if Leased. Auckland faranaki Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson .. North Canterbury South Canterbury :irey Westland 3tago Southland A. B. p. 4,895 1 36 1,790 3 35 5,862 3 21 7,593 1 38 40,470 2 19 542 0 14 1,619 3 9 30,108 2 0 10,096 2 0 33 1 24 1,000 0 0 15,288 2 16 339,847 2 18 £ a. d. 19,000 0 0 6,833 16 0 58,005 0 0 2,108 0 0 1,589 0 0 116.430 5 0 99.808 2 0 32 10 0 500 0 0 39,530 0 0 232,760 0 0 £ s. d. 725 19 0 453 16 0 737 17 9 324 9 6 2,845 14 2 104 5 0 144 14 9 7,230 16 1 6,496 14 4 10 4 0 4 0 0 2,514 7 11 12,697 9 6 A. E. P. 26,072 2 33 3,254 0 10 2,969 1 19 8,195 3 36 21,667 1 11 37 2 8 784 1 13 1,216 1 23 39 2 23 2,129 1 36 11,527 3 13 1,832 0 39 24,520 2 38 £ s. d. 25,762 0 0 10,757 10 0 16,513 5 0 585 0 0 1,339 10 0 2,016 0 0 119 0 0 1,503 2 6 6,060 5 0 2,723 0 0 40,571 0 0 £ s. d. 38 0 0 67 0 0 93 13 6 6 0 0 37 0 0 125 0 0 108 15 0 2,002 1 0 Total 466,049 3 30 34,290 8 0 104,247 2 28

Reserves Leased. Eei serves Not Leased. Provincial Districts. Area. Estimated Present Capital Value. Present Annual Income. Area. Estimated Present Capital Value. Estimated Annual Income if Leased. Auckland raranaki Wellington Uawkc's Bay Marlborough Nelson .. Canterbury Westland Dtago A. E. p. 21,396 1 36 3,127 0 33 12,120 0 21 23,909 2 19 650 0 14 4,649 0 33 44,001 0 0 1,000 0 0 355,13G 0 34 £ s. d. 36,307 0 0 12,581 1 0 40,704 0 0 2,520 0 0 13,605 10 0 203,842 7 0 500 0 0 272,290 0 0 £ s. d, 1,533 13 8 752 0 4 764 2 11 2,037 19 6 121 5 0 541 18 4 13,323 10 10 4 0 0 15,211 17 5 A. E. P. 32,725 0 26 5,463 0 18 8,956 1 13 15,014 3 18 174 3 8 897 3 23 1,118 3 G 13,543 2 39 26,352 3 37 £ s. a. 28,385 0 0 18,763 0 0 13,890 5 0 1,515 0 0 1,585 10 0 1,205 0 0 7,317 7 6 43,294 0 0 £ s., d. 102 10 0 79 0 0 35 3 6 150 0 0 2,170 16 0 Total 466,049 3 30 34,290 8 0 104,247 2 28