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1901. NEW ZEALAND.

LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS (FURTHER PARTICULARS RELATIVE TO LANDS ACQUIRED FOR).

Return to an Order of the House of Representatives dated the 16th July, 1901. Ordered " That there be laid before this House a return showing,—(l) The number of estates acquired to date under the Land for Settlements Act; (2) the amount paid for each estate; (3) the area of each estate ; (4) the capital and unimproved value of each estate as shown by the Government Valuation Department; and (5) the total amount of land-tax paid."—(Mr. Fowlds.)

Return giving the Names of Estates acquired under the Land for Settlements Acts to the 31st March, 1901; the Area of each Estate; the Capital and Unimproved Value of each Estate; and the Amount of Land-tax paid for the Year preceding the Date on which the Estate was purchased.

Price paid. Area. Capital Value. rnimprovei Value. iand-tax paid. Name ol Estate. Auckland — Fencourt Karapiro Okauia Opouriao Rangiatea Whitehall .. Hawke's Bay— Blsthorpe Hatuma Mahora Mangatoro Pouparae Eaureka Tomoana Waimarie Willows Wellington — Aorangi Epuni Langdalo .. Mangawhata Maungaraki Ohakea Paparangi .. Te Matua Maryborough— Blind Biver Flaxbourne (part) North Bank Omaka Puhipuhi .. Richmond Brook Starborough Waipapa Westland — Poerua .. ■ Canterbury— Albury Arowhenua, Rakitairi, Waiapa Ashley Gorge Braoo Epworth Hekeao Highbank Horsley Down Kapua Keieta Kohika Lyndon Marawiti and £ B. d. 31,981 10 0 8,617 4 6 4,143 12 1 24,261 3 3 14,014 0 0 6,735 3 9 A. R. P. 7,107 0 0 2,334 0 9 5,919 1 30 7'604 0 0 4,004 0 0 8,980 1 0 £ a. a. 28,252 0 0 6,400 0 0 4,440 0 0 34,000 0 0 8,392 0 0 5,811 0 0 £ s. d. 13,497 0 0 3,196 0 0 4,440 0 0 21,300 0 0 2,442 0 0 4,186 0 0 £ s. d. 230 3 10 53 11 0 37 0 0 44 7 6 20 7 0 59 0 3 43,420 10 0 141,618 0 0 31,178 2 6 87,975 0 0 7,768 16 6 10,260 0 0 2,458 0 0 8,608 15 0 14,734 10 0 9,740 0 0 26,350 0 0 1,133 3 0 19,550 0 0 337 3 4 427 2 0 110 2 16 430 1 30 775 2 0 50,565 0 0 117,920 0 0 24,775 0 0 78,740 0 0 7,310 0 0 9,925 0 0 2,410 0 0 7,125 0 0 14,123 0 0 39,309 0 0 100,077 0 0 19,257 0 0 49,345 0 0 4,646 0 0 7,925 0 0 1856 0 0 5,172 0 0 12,333 0 0 165 6 0 338 4 5 110 6 6 739 5 10 2 8 4 4 2 6 10 12 8 2 13 10 154 3 3 25,355 0 0 9,146 12 6 30,669 10 0 16,129 8 6 2,797 0 0 22,638 12 2 3,875 8 0 10,531 15 8 1,785 0 0 100 3 14 9,406 0 0 1,240 2 36 421 3 0 2,144 3 29 322 3 32 702 0 19 17,652 0 0 6,120 0 0 28,810 0 0 9,920 0 0 2,101 0 0 14,997 0 0 3,500 0 0 12,974 0 0 9,818 0 0 5,150 0 0 16,200 0 0 6,200 0 0 1,399 0 0 10,382 0 0 2,220 0 0 9,316 0 0 15 14 3 24 2 10 92 10 3 3 4 7 0 2 7 C2 9 9 5 4 7 48 10 5 14,806 5 3 1,212 0 0 6,750 0 0 10,865 13 6 320 0 0 23,890 7 0 99,350 0 0 8,250 0 0 5,020 0 0 404 0 0 13,000 0 0 3,898 0 0 320 0 0 5,827 0 0 32,385 3 15 3,648 0 0 10,000 0 0 822 0 0 8,981 0 o 6,560 0 0 1,250 0 0 12,887 0 0 103,030 0 0 8,049 0 0 9,700 0 0 755 0 0 7,551 0 0 4,865 0 0 950 0 0 8,647 0 0 90,578 0 0 7,119 0 0 57 15 3 6 6 4 35 7 11 2 10 8 2 13 7 1 11 11 777 10 1 18 10 10 3,634 1 6 3,230 1 6 4,330 0 0 4,330 0 0 22 7 2 65,294 11 8 28,915 9 9 19,340 3 38 4,651 0 12 67,530 0 0 30,624 0 0 52,480 0 0 21,674 0 0 510 6 10 180 12 4 4,855 19 6 1,375 0 0 252 4 6 10,545 5 0 59,209 12 7 20,022 5 8 4,594 5 0 1,584 0 0 28,093 4 3 15,750 0 0 14,200 18 10 1,166 0 24 27 2 0 21 0 3 2,209 0 8 9,119 3 2 4,004 1 33 574 1 5 105 2 16 3,864 1 10 4,200 0 0 2,028 2 33 7,221 0 0 1,614 0 0 210 0 0 12,398 0 0 57,569 0 0 14,000 0 0 2,103 0 0 1,055 0 0 28,093 0 0 5,569 0 0 13,800 0 0 3,465 0 0 1,566 0 0 135 0 0 9,940 0 0 45,511 0 0 10,930 0 0 2,047 0 0 948 0 0 27,407 0 0 4,886 0 0 9,849 0 0 14 8 9 11 14 0 0 0 9 25 17 8 355 11 1 51 7 6 12 15 10 237 16 4 17 16 3 39 5 6 Carried forward 982,688 18 5 229,974 2 24 894,077 0 0 673,999 0 0 4,605 4