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Table 13. —Summary of Position of Village Settlements at 31st March, 1902.

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Number i in Occi f Settlers ipation. Amounts advanced to Set 31st Marr-h, 190S ;lers up to Total. Amount of Advances which have been repaid to i 31st March, 1902. District. Area occupied. in Pasture or cultivated. Annual Rental including Interest on Advances. a, For For Houses. Bushfelling, Grassing, &c. Total Amount of Interest paid to 31st March, 1902. Value of Improvements now on the Land. Arrears of Interest on 31st March, 1902. Eesident. Non-resident. A. E. p. A. B. P. £ s. d. 577 10 4 £ s. d. £ p. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland 136 53 7,792 2 38 4,326 0 0 958 0 0 1,253 17 6 2,211 17 6 394 0 0 2,549 10 2 13,765 0 0 266 11 5 Hawke's Bay 72 20 615 1 25 364 0 0 141 7 2 580 0 0 296 15 9 876 15 9 354 9 0 506 10 6 6,953 0 0 0 10 0 Taranaki 8 11 78 0 13 78 0 0 10 11 10 701 0 0 Wellington .. 385 166* 9,479 3 33 7,021 0 0 1,618 9 7 2,944 0 0 3,670 19 11 6,614 19 11 1,990 0 0 3,372 6 2 53,561 0 0 66 0 9 Nelson t 13 7 100 3 7 84 0 0 17 15 0 70 0 0 " 70 0 0 30 0 0 20 0 0 1,226 0 0 3 10 0 Marlborough 22 5 417 1 39 188 0 0 48 9 4 85 0 0 18 15 0 103 15 0 15 0 0 63 15 4 1,587 0 0 Canterbury!.. 355 80 13,298 0 9 10,721 2 29 2,365 1 10 2,590 0 0 2,590 0 0 687 10 0 1,535 0 6 41,476 0 0 2 0 0 Otago 159 102 4,127 0 35 1,979 0 0 670 4 4 ! I 1,101 5 0 440 0 0 1,541 5 0 60 2 6 823 9 11 13,333 0 0 1 15 0 Southland 179 246 6,133 3 14 3,205 0 0 699 18 6 756 0 0 350 2 2 1,106 2 2 100 1 3 651 19 3 26,150 0 0 3 4 9 otals .. i I 1 I 1,329 690 42,043 2 13 27,966 2 29 6,149 7 11 9,084 5 0 6,030 10 4 15,114 15 4 3,631 2 9 9,522 11 10 158,752 0 0 343 11 11 * Including seventy-nine not yet reported upon. + Endowment lands. I Including Cheviot Estate— Lake Ellesmere Endowment lands. Note. —The figures in the Auckland District include 128 tenants, in occupation of 5,440 acres 2 roods 8 perches, who changed their holdings to Lease-in-perpetuity tenure, and are shown in Table 9.