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925. It was rumoured ? Yes all he'wo U ld n pa y y OU r6C ° lleCt *** *» W ° rfs Were he *£»-*« said any expeVet was put to at he - before he W 92 * e H h 0 \ d JUSt C ° me r ? the S/pSoSoS, tdTi we? t0 g ° *** father and tai % 3 ; *ssis T e all the « r* ~» si £" £ J would not be cer - of aawichTs?o ] f 6 ™ that M " So -y' s was paid by means

APPENDIX. Copy of Telegram. Commissioner of Crown Lands, Auckland. m T lonn l kndS W - di r SeS 'he past mied or acquired for any) an( i under what Zln *T mU ° h WaS d^m - proportion was disposed of by ba lot as asSnsf \talJ T\ * 1S n WaS mOSt P revalen *- What actual figures. g St Smgle a PP|i c ations ? Give general statements, not H.. J. H. Eliott, Dnder-Secretary.

in^S^SgS^ 1 -evaded I think, by a man and wife We had one case about six months a?o and 'S™ the man holdin S 4 ' ooo acr es. day, in Eaglan County at, 9am by Z'o^soTwithm^ 86 f" UnSUrve y ed land thrown 0 to--4,000 acres of the best. As the sEs fo'™2 a f etioD »« and wife, which swept off Auckland, 18th July 1890 perpetual lease there is no preventing it. J, J- homas Humphries, Chief Surveyor.

4 w 7 EEPOETS ° f Com mis S io NEBS of Ceown Lands to 31st March 1890 TamwaK.-Speculation and dv nrnvism InoS n ° whole selections went to ballot f ° r f-r^ c Fobablyabout near a village seftlement. *" up foTSCnT NOt Cb"blftt TerpS £ P ? lieVeS a Vast ti ™ fourth the area disposed of wL balloted for W ° UM favour dum myi S m. About oneS,^"~ N ? ne if kea Up for speculative purposes. f ° r SPeCUlatlVe PUrP ° SeS - by ballot, the oStn7w\ b ft" J* settlement, and out of holders. As showing that fhere's fendt 7 °f ??!L c ? ttlerB was taken U P b y la rge Hinds still open at reduced prices tl P f X • ~ 14 ° 0 ° aCr6S ston y land sou * h of cash applications. P ° f&1 aS Can be d^ed ' about 2 7 00 acres were dummied under percentage for bush, flax, t> jX* 0 "* , .settlement, except small TF es tod.-All fof SS°Sj seTtleS ° r noba^ otin .g during the year, balloting. - 71 " 6 settlemen t- All cases were by single applications no

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