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Table 28. — Return showing Area of Bush felled on Lands sold or leased by the Crown up to 31st March, 1897.

Table 29 .—Statement of the Number of Selectors on the Books of the Lands and Survey Department on the 31st March, 1897.

150

District. On Lands taken up during the past Year. On lands taken up in previous Years. Total. Auckland* Hawke's Bayf Taranaki .. Wellington Nelson J Marlborough Westland .. Canterbury Otago Southland .. A. B. P. 15,000 0 0 50 0 0 1,180 0 0 1,364 0 0 a. r. p. 18,000 0 0 8,750 0 0 165,630 0 0 455,245 0 0 A. K. P. 33,000 0 0 8,800 0 0 166,810 0 0 456,609 0 0 3,100 0 0 286 0 0 58,500 0 0 18,269 0 0 61,600 0 0 18,555 0 0 338* 0 0 60 0 0 18,289 0 0 1,310 0 0 18,627 0 0 1,370 0 0 Totals .. 21,378 0 0 743,993 0 0 765,371 0 0 * Information only on land selected during the last three years. I During year. J No data.

Deferred Payment. Perpe' Leas tual Oecups with Ki| Purch ition ght of iase. Lease Perpetuity. CD o "3 3 T3 o an Oocupati under " T Districts I pation Ai ion Lease 'he Mining jand Occuct, 1894." as CD r 1 CD Ph (U CU CO QJ l>0 § s fl ce l& i—i 4) l≤1 43 O S CD P< O PI ie. i: District. 3 rO i a o ™ I co I'a H oil °l -all jn m h "S O CQ a 1 ,3 s 1 . CQ % % a a CO . a CO II CO a a e d o g^ O CO a p e « o CO d a St-1 Auokland Hawke's Bay .. Taranaki Wellington Nelson Marlborough .. Weatland Canterbury Otago Southland 241 35 242 66 768 14 13 35 130 162 1 724 151 249 390 42 11 9 107 494 169 11 16 800 64 87 321 78 10 25 12 95 103 6 434 107 120 268 72 87 10 159 480 189 68 63 17 1 7 22 6 1 8 1 8 17 *9 11 25 *6 31 17 277 195 47 15 5 1 6 21 ii 5: 1 iii 68 6 7 21 65 14 21 7 41 72 42 124 4 5 4 Totals 698 99 28 116 25 89 240 38 1, '06 48 2,346 1,595 ,926 111 Vii lage Seti lent Lea Perpetu: r illi ite: Se age ad ittli 3-homi Specii ement 8Spei 3ettU .ssoci oial me iatic at >ns. l I C> -4 > < II Smal jzing-: 0) gl 5 istori Miscel laneo is. Gn ins. in ill •yDistrict. 03 T3 g d o w- 2 I as CO CO i i-i co n3 a C o ■a 0) . t- CO O c3 O H 13 a a 5 Cβ O o 9 GO o H3 M o CO "3 1 I 0 IS 3 '> to o -43 d d> . 1 (3 i g o co n3 l=! a IS c3 o >■ CO lo CO -«a - s a) o 43 Total. Auokland Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington Nelson Marlborough Westland ■Canterbury Otago Southland 178 31 1 146 20; 251 731 45 17 214 25 14 50 14 76 8 3 12 17 1 :s7 57 71 93 45 281 54 65 229 335 270 45 2,875 703 1,311 2,362 1,432 378 318 1,783 2,774 1,591 34 9 256 8 14 "e 139 14 21 I . G3 22 120 65 167 92 255 81 2 14 12 23 1 23 112 160 31 9 225 ! 87 60 83 47 "28 15 13 84 57 36 247 19 l l 13 3 27 *2 *4 i 4 87 1 13 1 Totals 600 39 I 734 83 69 1,191 13 442 519 27 27 831 2 41 1,500 87 17 111 15,527