C.-l

142

Table 4. —Analysis of Holdings taken up during the Year ended 31st March, 1898.

Average Holdings of Selectors. Description of Land. No. of Selectors. No. of Selectors under 1 Acre. 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 Perpetual lease Occupation with right of purchase Lease in perpetuity Agricultural lease Occupation lease under " The Mining Districts Land Occupation Act, 1894 " Village settlement, cash Village settlement, occupation with right of purchase Village settlement, lease in perpetuity Village-homestead special settlement Special-settlement associations Improved-farm special settlement Small grazing-runs Pastoral runs Miscellaneous leases and licenses 264 380 299 5 23 91 123 63 45 11 35 228 165 1 12 9 65 55 5 1 17 23 1 "'7 11 2 2 87 7 5 77 52 138 327 1 1 4 3 1 1 82 4 1 1 "l 4 76 1 32 'in 205 '26 52 4 7 13 6 9 8 42 71 17 Total .. .. 1,670 133 566 600 153 69 149 Cheviot Estate — Cash Lease in perpetuity Village-homestead special settlement .. .. Grazing-farms Miscellaneous Land foe Settlements Acts — Lease in perpetuity Lease in perpetuity, village Small grazing-runs Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. 8 6 2 15 10 1 6 6 2 7 8 1 1 "8 1 4 294 5 4 44 1 1 134 4 85 64 10 "l 3 41 "3 •• Grand totals 2,058 137 774 698 217 80 152