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Table 17. —Number and Area of Pastoral Licenses for the Year ended 31st March, 1903.

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District No. of Holders. Taken up during the Year. i Exchanges to other Tenures during the Year. Forfeitures during the Year. Expiries during the Year. Surrenders during the Year. Area. Annual Rental No. of Holders. Area. Number. Area. Number. Area. No. of Holders. Area. A. R. P. 5,030 0 0 3,100 0 0 136,000 0 0 76,461 2 0 389,347 3 37 140,937 1 21 299,903 0 0 i £ s. d. 12 0 0 12' 6 8 950 0 0 140 1 6 6,366 15 0 1,781 19 6 842 11 4 12 ' Auckland .. Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington .. Nelson Marlborough Westland Canterbury .. Otago Southland .. 1 .. 4 4 67 19 16 18 A. R. p. 14,483 0 0 4 2 A. R. P. 42,205 0 0 14,100 0 0 5 22 8 11 15 A. R. P. ■• 163,640 0 0 41,264 0 0 11,219 2 13 156,688 2 36 144,367 0 0 1 3 1 4 1 A. R. P. 3,000 0 0 77,390 0 0 9,700 0 0 16,346 0 0 7,811 0 0 Totals 129 61 517,179 1 9 1,050,779 3 18 10,105 14 0 12 14,483 0 0 56,305 0 0 10 114,247 0 0 District. Net Area held on 31st March, 1903. Area held on 31st Mar Area, approximately. rch, 1 1903. Average Holdings. Annual Rental. Rent paid during the Year. Number. Holders in Arrear on 31si it. Area. March, 1903. Amount. Number of Holders. Auckland Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington Nelson Marlborough Westland Canterbury Otago Southland 26 17 A. R. P. 138,246 0 27 134,991 2 0 A. R. P. 5,317 0 26 7,940 2 32 £ s. d. 561 13 10 713 3 0 £ s. d. 85 14 0 825 2 4 6 64,084 2 0 £ s. d. 481 17 6 22 77 77 126 147 237 92 26,911 0 0 317,060 0 0 825,485 0 0 612,835 2 0 3,519,448 3 34 4,519,101 1 16 1,416,532 1 0 1,223 0 36 4,117 0 0 10,720 0 0 4,863 3 3 23,941 3 12-7 19,067 2 22 15,397 0 14 193 10 2 786 1 6 4,100 9 8 730 7 6 33,873 19 4 28,832 4 2 3,657 9 4 189 15 8 640 13 6 4,175 5 0 709 13 9 38,158 8 0 30,246 17 8 3,669 7 11 i 17 712 0 0 47,639 0 0 85 0 148 0 0 Totals ' 11,510,611 2 37 821 14,020 0 37-3 73,448 18 6 78,700 17 10 24 112,435 2 0 638 2 6 Cheviot Estate — Canterbuty Land for Settlements — Otago (Earnscleugh) .. 1 1,642 0 0 1,642 0 0 193 3 8 193 3 8 2 953 2 38 476 3 19 121 13 0 122 2 9