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No. 11. —Return of the Number of Perpetual Leases taken up during the Year ended 31st March, 1886.

No. 12.—Return of Homestead Lands selected, &c., during the Year ending 31st March, 1886.

No. 13.—Return of Grants, Schedules, Certificates of Titles, &c., issued from 1st April, 1885, to 31st March, 1886.

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Kental. Area taken up previous Year. Total Area nov in Occupation under Perpetual-leaBi System. Land Districts. Number of Holdings. Area. Eents paid. Number of Holdings. Area. Upsot. Obtained. A. K. P. 2,437 1 15 5,653 1 32 6,770 3 6 6,830 1 17 £ s. d. 0 1 8 £ s. a. 0 18 0 0 11 0 14 0 1 2J: £ s. d. 172 9 4 271 10 7 • 468 6 1 000 1 9 A. B. P. A. B. P. 2,437 1 15 7,868 1 2 10,134 0 37 10,840 2 37 Auckland Uawke's Bay Faranaki Wellington Nelson Maryborough Canterbury Westland Dfcago Southland 20 15 43 32 2 1 54 2 223 0 0 150 0 0 5,080 0 9 421 0 0 Oil 0 1 If 14 24 25 2,546 3 10 3,828 3 29 4,010 1 20 223 0 0 1,060 1 5 28,081 3 31 1,318 0 24 0 1 6 0 1 9 0 2 911 0 10! 0 1 11 0 19 42 7 0 1,342 4 8 59 0 0 7 57 4 910 1 5 14,885 2 36 897 0 24 Totals 28,165 3 39 131 27,079 1 4 61,903 3 31 169 3,015 19 11

FreehoL Is acquired. Wo: rfeitures. Land Districts. Number • of Selectors. Area. Number of Selectors. Area. Number of Selectors. Area. Auckland Hawko's Bay Taranaki Wellington Nelson Marlborough Canterbury Westland Otago Southland A. E. p. 5,830 0 0 A. B. P. 72<J 0 0 A. B. P. 835 0 0 35 G 11 17 650 0 0 Totals 835 0 0 35 5,830 0 0 23 1,379 0 0 11

praviricial" Districts. Number of Grants. Number ' of Acres in Grants. O CQ , CD ' Pi QJ I Area in Schedules. Total Area in Grants and Schedules. =4-1 CO O O |1 3 JM M & 3° n3 S 6 ■a I ■I 6 13 <D +3 CO to Auckland' Hawko's Bay .. Taranaki Wellington Nelson Marl borough Oantcrbury Westland Otago Southland 141 2 39 28 31 1 118 Acres. 239,545 7 2,420 9,071 88,467 236 20,166 106 1 21 11 8 3 85 2 43 5 Acres. 57,827 4,679 24,941 24,375 6,014 4,550 161,588 2,169 46,057 25,529 Acres. 297,372 4,686 37,361 33,446 95,081 4,780 181,754 2,109 47,757 27,500 449 95 173 80 51 15 974 58 300 216 3 "3 2 2 ' 2 4 4 3 "2 "3 32 G7 1,700 1,977 1 1 1 Totals .. 459 303,589 28") 358,329 731,918 2,411 12 12 4