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Table 5. — Return of Crown Lands sold for Cash during the Year ended 31st March, 1902.

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Area disposed of. Average Price per Acre. iwn. Suburban. Rural. Total. District. Cash, received. Number of Purchasers. Area. Number of Purchasers. Area. Number of Purchasers. Area. Number of Purchasers. Area. Town. Suburban. Eural. A. K. P. A. B. P. A. B. P. A. R. p. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland 30 39 2 28 15 222 2 33 101 10,223 0 7 146 10,485 1 28 8 5 0 f 1 19 10 I 3 15 6 0 9 0*) 117| 7,154 16 2 Hawke's Bay 12 6 3 5 1 8 3 12 13 15 2 17 53 8 6 16 8 386 0 0 Taranaki Wellington Nelson 23 46 19 2 36 I ! 15 3 27 6 11 80 3 32 38 3 23 14 3 32 3,036 2 14 404 2 32 5,259 2 1 43 60 52 3,137 1 2 459 2 2 5,282 1 39 36 7 5 58 5 7-25 14 9 9 4 12 10 3 15 35 (0 19 7 ) 120 13 0 j ] 1 5 0 j { 0 10 2 J 10 6 6 1 0 17 0 ) f 0 5 6 1 1 0 18 10 ) 4,253 12 4 1,209 7 6 20 22 3 38 2,250 19 8 Marlborough 6 1,336 3 8 6 1,336 3 8 748 7 6 Westland 42 4,683 2 0 42 4,683 2 0 0 15 3-8 3,547 15 4 Canterbury 9 304 1 10 9 . 304 1 10 3 1 1-3 929 16 2 Otago 11 4 0 2 13 18 1 29 14 954 2 16 38 977 0 7 40 4 II-β! 4 7 2 10 7 9 ) (17 5-2) I 1 1 81 \ \ 0 14 11-7 j 663 5 10 Southland 14 7 10 50 71 2 4 15 527 1 11 79 606 0 15 25 8 33 7 15 6-8 ! 1,173 10 6 Totals : 116 1 16 27,288 0 8 22,317 11 0 156 95 432 2 1 237 26,739 0 31 488 ■• Land for Settlements — Canterbury i i 1 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 8 17 6 17 15 0 * Where two average prices are given, the first is for lands selected when an option was given to acquire them nder other tenures, and the second when no such option was given.