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Table 18. —Statement showing Position of Village Settlements as at 31st March, 1898.

District. Number of Original Settlers. Original Settlers Number of Present Settlers. Total Acreage originally taken up. Total Acreage now remaining. Total Acreage laid down in Pasture or cultivated. Total Advances to Settlers remaining unpaid on 31st March, 1898. Interest which should have been paid back by Settlers to 31st March, 1898. Total Interest actually paid to 31st March, 1898. Arrears of Interest on 31st March, 1898. Further Advances for which Government will be liable. Value of Dwellinghouses, Outbuildings, and Fencing now on the Ground. remaining. Resident. Auckland 461 154 156 57 Acres. 21,229 Acres. 8,911 Acres. 3,608 £* 12,784 £* 2,966 £* 1,885 £• 1,081 £* £• 10,669 Hawke's Bay .. 77 43 52 22 454 412 279 547 400 397 3 5,786 Wellington 536 240 304 88 8,966 6,376 4,161 6,615 2,466 2,421 45 27,794 Marlborough 22 9 10 4 342 234 171 104 46 46 861 Canterburyt 472 257 285 64 15,023 11,727 7,732 2,220 1,114 1,112 2 26,115 Otago 162 60 83 3 2,761 1,393 887 1,541 580 573 7 6,726 Southland 105 60 54 6 1,046 634 511 1,106 476 471 5 9,000 Totals 1,835 I 823 944 244 49,821 29,687 17,349 24,917 8,048 6,905 1,143 86,951 * To nearest £1. t Includes Cheviot Estate and Ellesmere endowi ment.