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Table 1. —Summary of Lands absolutely disposed of from the Foundation of the Colony, with Total Cash received to the 31st March, 1903.

Table 2. —Lands opened for Sale and Selection during the Year ended 31st March, 1903.

District. Total Area sold and held on Freehold. Total Area granted or reserved under Acts. 'Total Area sold .„„,. . « • ,, or otherwise finally rotal C t a 0 S l h e disposed of ... f Mnr „ h ,„„,, from the Foundation 31st March, 1903 of the Colony. exclusive ot Beats. Total Area disposed of on Leasehold Tenures of a Permanent Character. Total Area Total Area open for remaining for Future Selection Disposal, exclusive of Area on 31st March, 1903. in preceding Column and of Native Lands. Auckland Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington Nelson .. ... Marlborough Westland Canterbury Otago Southland A. R. p. 2,027,734 0 32 1,409,389 2 38 427,542 3 11 2,160,888 1 18 478,870 2 37 852,372 3 8 65,949 0 39 3,597,797 2 21 2,121,410 0 17 1,588,679 0 21 A. R. P. 3,419,477 1 20 376,986 0 13 664,590 1 32 1,299,456 3 33 840,405 3 15 214,270 2 17 131,493 0 3 1,542,733 3 11 697,584 1 19 591,485 1 10 A. R. P. 5,447,211 2 12 1,786,375 3 11 1,092,133 1 3 3,460,345 1 11 1,319,276 2 12 1,066,643 1 25 197,443 1 2 5,140,531 1 32 2,818,994 1 36 2,180,164 1 31 £ s. d. 824,410 14 3 707,043 2 10 845,060 18 11 2,404,202 11 5 443,204 7 7 341,564 4 1 75,101 19 3 6,459,085 19 4 2,202,551 19 3 1,891,019 6 9 A. R. p. 895,906 1 3 488,164 2 39 288,655 1 32 522,815 1 39 126,765 2 18 373,405 3 34 32,420 1 3 466,891 2 13 873,275 1 10 246,600 0 22 A. R. P. 1,066,622 0 0 47,892 3 30 99,648 2 0 43,684 2 25 263,985 0 0 5,646 0 0 101,791 0 0 3,949 0 0 96,767 3 32 1,227,517 0 0 A. R. P. 1,418,211 3 32 194,080 0 22 423,565 0 0 597,834 0 2 3,080,785 0 0 140,000 0 0* 271,455 0 23 4,167,136 2 3f 5,391,761 3 11+ 518,230 0 0 Totals, .. 14,730,634 3 2 9,778,483 3 13 24,509,119 2 15 16,193,245 3 8 4,314,900 3 13 2,957,504 0 7 16,203,059 2 13 I * Includes about 100,000 acres ot barren and worthless country, pastoral license. (Includes 3£ million acrei of land held on pastoral license. J Includes 78S !,500 acres of barren and worthless country, and 4; million acres of land held oi

District. Optional System. Cash by Auction. Lease by Auction and Application. Village Allotments. S.G. Buns, Lease in Past-nmlKiiris Small Land Lease in Perpetuity, rastorai nuns. Grazing-runs. for Perpetuity only. Land for Settlements. i Settlements. Native Towns. Totals. I Auckland Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington Nelson.. Marlborough Westland Canterbury Otago Southland Acres. 252,268 10,646 64,359 26,406 255 14,163 10,109 378,206 Acres. 252,268 10,646 64,359 26,406 Acres. 255 117 39 21 342 39 339 41 1,193 Acres. 617 254 133 3,115 31 7,780 14,456 Acres. 32 1,516 151 1,699 Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. 31,145 .. 83,518 1,305 7,498 .. .. 13,626 2,113 .. 20,427 593 11,775 .. .. 605 11,501 264,444 45,101 6,980 380 4,715 61,770 .. .. 41,819 1,948 500,512 9,584 14,372 .. 18,770 143,809 22,296 .. 169 6,630 117,328 .. .. 492 1,087,863 141,013 21,352 146,805 48,192 Acres. 83,518 20,427 380 41,819 169 492 146,805 Acres. Acres. 1,305 15 13,626 593 605 22 4,715 1,948 18,770 6,630 48,192 37 I Acres. 15 22 37 1 I Acres. 369,12; 32,02. 87,64: 40,491 11,52! 325,07' 105,53' 546,05! 187,43' 135,90: 1,840,811 Acres. 369,1 32,0 87,6 40,4 11,5 325,0 105,5, 546,0 187,4 135,9 1,840,8 255 14,163 10,109 Totals .. 378,206 1,193 14,456