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Table 41. —Comparative Statement of Selectors and Lands selected under Settlement Conditions for the Ten Years ended 31st March, 1898.

Table 42. —Showing Surveyors employed and the Work on Hand on Ist April, 1898.

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Year ending 31st March, Cash. Deferred Payment. Perpetual Lease. Lease in Perpetuity. Occupation with Right of Purchase. Agricultural Lease. Occupation Leases.* No. Area. No. Area. No. Area. No. Area. No. Area. No. Area. No. Area. Acres. 68,498 Acres. 54,419 Acrei 204,7, 19 Acres. Acres. Acres. 150 Acres. 1889 613 397 768 11 1890 543 46,922 304 41,376 756 236,91 )5 1 53 1891 573 100,014 258 34,091 788 288,9: .7 4 551 1892 492 40,501 223 40,467 824 282,5( 2 90 1893 552 36,326 169 21,084 385 122,5; 17 126 55,320 161 54,271 4 193 1894f 497 34,998 96 12,669 17 3,8; 14 612 179,993 461 108,133 5 365 1895f 392 38,694 47 5,453 3 1,24 >3 372 91,799 398 75,477 2 44 1896t 476 26,574 6 456 7 1,45 n 696 122,350 431 84,968 3 36 69 2,931 1897t 388 28,485 19 9,1( 16 659 104,927 277 59,648 2 13 48 2,817 1898f 272 22,525 2 ,1 599 117,938 380 81,414 5 258 23 1,285 Village Settlement: Cash. VI Settli Def Pay Uage ement: ferred 'ment. Vill Settle: Perpi Les iage ment: etual ise. Villi home; Spe, Settle: igeitead rial nent. Specii settlem Associat alSma rrazing ill [-runs 1 Year ending 31st March, lent rions. Homestead. Totals. anc razing-: farms. No. Area. No. Area. No. Area. No. Area. No. Area. No. Area. No. Area. No. Area. 1889 143 Acres. 664 99 Acres. 1,182 36 Acres. 622 24 Acres. 345 Acres. 209 19,905 11 Acres. 1,050 81 Acres. 161,652 2,392 Acres. 513,236 1890 159 656 75 782 76 1,729 20 270 46 ; 4,970 19 1,751 35 60,340 2,034 395,754 1891 87 210 51 369 56 954 10 350 2 ; 7i 9 945 43 86,161 1,881 512,634 1892 89 429 23 182 59 893 140 2,213 13 1,922 8 1,010 80 159,464 1,953 529,720 1893 75 528 29 390 (164 t §2 2,6361 §3,953 33 493 838 157,381 1 38 39 92,926 2,578 544,153 1894f 3 2 15 u §208 118 2,549 j 142 252,693 2,454 668,064 290 68,852 1895f 23 23 J 30 123 §232 §4,050 60 2,742 262 51,345 ||107 119,731 60 117,845 1,988 398,497 1896t 16 9 {3 J2 §193 §3,364 19 794 238 44,237 ||315 | [28,348' 32 46,407 2,504 361,904 1897t 4 4 tt ti §102 §1,317 18 360 142 ; 28,084 | [45 [[4,882 27 68,934 1,735 308,581 1898t 2 1 12 J2 §92 §1,426 9 42 5 j 442 ||77 ||9,007 71 149,458 1,539 384,449 * " Minii Village set ng Distr itlemenl :icts Lan i, occupal id Occupation Ai tion with right oi St, 1894. purch lase. t Im §V elusive 'illage of Cheviot Estate, and la settlement, lease in perpet: .nds disposed of uity. )i Impro inder tl -ed fan te Land for Settlements Acts, is.

Surveyors employed. Work on Hand. Chief Surveyors. Staff. Temporary. District. Trig. Settle- Native Roads, rn„„,„ ment. Blocks, &c. &e. lom Mining and Mineral Leases. G. Mueller J. Strauchon E. Gold-Smith .. J. W. A. Marchant C. W. Adams T. Humphries W. G. Murray .. S. Weetman J. Hay D. Barron 9 4 5 7 3 5 1 3 5 1 8 5 2 5 5 5 1 Auckland Taranaki Hawke's Bay Wellington .. Marlborough Nelson Westland Canterbury .. Otago Southland .. Sq. Mis. i56* 1,016 905 1,360 Acres. 124,283 112,000 241,679 100,858 99,600 6,273 17,700 71,302 12,883 19,759 Acres. 104,823 73,000t 292,634 10,132 1,600 Miles. 212J 20 91 159 34 70 17 Acres. 155 400 350 500 Acres. 600 21388 54 440 **620 3 60"iio 20 Totals 542,299 43 34 3,877 806,337 623J 1,415 3,662 * Major. f Topographical.