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Table B. —Analysis of Holdings taken up during the Year ending 31st March, 1890.

Table C. —Return of Crown Lands sold for Cash during the Year ended 31st March, 1890.

3—C. 1.

Area disposed of. ;e Price per Acre. Consideration received. Number of Purchasers. iwn. Number of Purchasers. Suburban. Number of Purchasers. Rural. Area. Number of Purchasers. Total. Area. Area. Area. Town. Suburban. Rural. Cash. Scrip. Total. Auckland Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington Nelson Marlborough Canterbury < Westland Otago Southland .. 7 3 16 5 39 A. r. p. 4 1 18 2 0 38' 5 3 12 3 3 19 9 1 25 8 8 A. R. P. 45 1 19 38 0 5 52 3 19 1 'i 15 8 0 31 65 1 5 132 9 19 27 24 7 68 5 50 24 A. R. P. 13,061 1 26 3,934 2 20 1,206 3 39 4,440 0 24 3,772 3 35 1,720 2 28 11,381 2 36 390 0 0 4,151 3 12 2,581 1 8 147 20 35 32 67 7 107 5 77 46 a. R. p. 13,111 0 23 3,974 3 23 1,212 3 11 4,444 0 3 3,835 0 39 1,720 2 28 11,415 2 15 390 0 0 4,170 0 10 2,648 1 25 £ s. d. 30 0 0 36 11 7 52 7 4 35 2 0 35 3 0 £ s. d. 5 0 0 20 10 6 £ s. d. 0 13 3J 0 12 0 1 11 4 1 10 2J 0 14 10 0 12 0 1 6 7| 0 18 9 0 19 10 0 15 9 £ s. d. 5,018 15 2 3,225 11 10 1,365 13 6 2,292 6 2 3,330 2 6 1,037 17 6 22,445 13 3 365 0 0 3,281 4 2 2,466 17 8 £ s. d. 3,700 4 0 £ s. d. 8,718 19 2 3,225 11 10 2,191 13 6 6,806 12 1 3,456 2 6 1,037 17 6 27,047 15 9 365 0 0 4,076 4 3 2,534 17 8 "i 826 0 0 4,514 5 11 126 0 0 3 0* 0 38 32 *2 4 "l 8 0 9 8 0 0 4,602* 2 6 19 5 10 0 7 1 3 12 *8 17 30 *2 5 30 10 3 17 8 7 6 13 2 795* 0 1 68 0 0 Totals I 543 44,829 1 9 14,631 12 6 ; 59,460 14 3 132 70 0 15 46 211 0 14 365 *46,641 2 28 46,922 3 17 I I ! I * Average selections for cash, rural lands, 141 acres.

Description of Land. T. T . C i , . No. of Selectors No. of Selectors. 1 No. of Selectors 1 to 50 Acres. No. of Selectors 51 to 250 Acres. No. of Selectors 251 to 500 Acres. No. of Selectors 501 to 1,000 Acres. No. of Selectors 1,001 Acres and upwards. Cash Deferred payments Perpetual lease and small areas Agricultural lease Village settlement, cash Village settlement, deferred payment Village settlement, perpetual lease Village homestead, special settlement Special settlement under clause 163 Homestead Small runs 543 304 756 1 159 75 76 20 46 19 35 116 21 6 1 234 71 91 138 69 73 20 145 186 362 1 2 35 40 178 10 6 86 3 1 39 **5 46 14 1 7 "*8 19 Totals 2,034 110 62 144 701 757 260 Pastoral runs : 273 holders, with an average to each selector of 13,678 acres.