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VILLAGE SETTLEMENTS. Statement of their Cost, &c., up to the 31st March, 1888. NORTH ISLAND.

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Settlements. : No. of Selections. Area occupied. ■p..j i Passages, I p iS: Advances i Freight, ■ Sato t0' I Lectures, &j 31st March 31st March,; Misoel- ! is^ 1888. ilaneousHx- : penditure. Totals. Selfiupporting, with advances as per tegulations i Ask for Work,- in Addition to Advances as per Regulations. Quality of Land. Abandoned ] Applications Forfeited Applications. Auckland. Herekino .. Hukerunui Wairnamaku Kohukohu .. . ■ I Parua Bay .. • • j Te Karaka .. • • j Waitakerei and Swanson .. I Motukaraka Motatau Takahue Punakitere Pataua Whananaki Fern Plat Omaha Drury Aroha and Te Aoha, Suburban Firewood Creek Akatea 125 52 6 9 31 54 9 38 73 18 22 16 37 30 14 14 Acres. 4,334 3,185 1,156 158 638 107 827 1,519 138 1,030 1,491 780 909 550 1,410 25 677 2,723 210 246 190 100 273 600 355 935 £ 964 298 15 41 274 867 57 93 525 58 199 220 711 18 220 20 79 . 1,560 427 110 5 'l6 167 335 22 140 270 140 73 103 259 5 83 40 5,247 935 371 46 190 116 714 1,802 79 588 1,730 198 614 538 2,524 23 803 22 139 a o 'II XIX O O 4 o O Good, all bush .. ..IS Inferior, partly open and bush JJj Good, bush and open .. Open, fair quality .. .. .2 Fairly good .. .. g Poor land .. .. .. °_;g Good land.. .. .. p 3 Very good land .. .. [-^ J Fair land .. .. .. § Fairly good land .. .. "g Good land, bush .. .. »■£ Not very good land.. .. I _o Fairly good land .. • • "8 Good swampy land.. .. Sj Good land .. .. .. J S 133 applications of 5,508 acres; 118 applicants never occupied ; 25 applicants went on to the ground at a cost to Government of £57 5s. 6d. i 342 215 1,555 500 i 1 955 | '20 I Li Hawke's Bay. 5 31 23 112 80 20 718 '20 20 818 Bush clearings .. .. |) Open, good land .. .. j f i 10 applications of 130 acres; I none of the applicants resided. Pohui Woodville es es o.. o.. Wellington. Mangahao Pahiatua Mangatainoko Hastwell's Hunterville 9 76 29 19 13 245 700 489 280 45 iio 140 1,966 454 330 59 4 27 2 2 144) 2,013 I 456) 332 61 Yes o.. Good bush land .. Good bush land .. Good bush land .. .. J 1 j 35 applications of 443 acres; ■I j none of the applicants went on the ground. Yes Yes o.. 'o.. Totals 735 20,783 8,454 8,346 3,814 20,523