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APPENDICES.

APPENDIX I.—ADMINISTRATION.

EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORTS OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF CROWN LANDS ON SETTLEMENT OPERATIONS DURING THE TWELVE MONTHS WHICH ENDED ON THE 31st MARCH, 1903. AUCKLAND. Lands opened for Sale and disposed of. —The area placed on the market during the year amounted to 369,123 acres, making, with the Crown lands already opened on the Ist April, 1902, a total of 1,066,622 acres now open. The lands opened this year are principally situated in Hokianga, Opotiki, Tauranga, Rotorua, West Taupo, East Taupo, and Kawhia Counties. The following hamlets (workmen's homes) acquired under Land for Settlements Act were offered on the 22nd April, 1902 —viz.: Cradock, Hetana, Kitchener, Methuen, and Plumer, comprising a total area of 599 acres divided into 197 sections. There was only a limited number of applications for these sections. Twenty-one have been taken up. Waari Hamlet, comprising 399 acres divided into 92 sections, was opened for selection on the 20th April, 1903.

Summary of Land Transactions during the Year 1902-3.

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Transactions during the Year. Leasehold Area held on 31st March, 1903. Class of Selection. Number. Area. Revenue received during the Year. Number. Area. Area. Cash — Town ... Suburban Rural ... 38 4 58 A. 31 65 9,368 B. P. 0 34 0 20 0 34 A. B. P. £ s. d. Total cash Deferred payment... Deferred payment made freehold Perpetual lease Perpetual lease made freehold Occupation with right of purchase Occupation with right of purchase made freehold Lease in perpetuity Lease in perpetuity, land for settlements Mining Districts Land Occupation Act Agricultural lease ... Village homestead... Special - settlement associations 100 9,464 2 8 "72 8,330 2 17 3,486 7 3 375 9 3 258 12 0 "33 3,911 3 12 66 226 19,411 1 39 65,547 1 5 314 61,998 3 32 2,025 14 1 9,189 13 0 11,517 18 2 1,814 453,019 3 14 7 825 1 7 359 4 0 169 31 70,760 2 17 1,061 3 12 1,088 177 *251,892 33,729 2 25 1 9 6,087 17 8 5,111 2 2 18 963 0 0 154 7,214 1 1 330 9 6 "29 5,761 0 0 1 50 90 20 1,859 15,406 2 0 3 10 1 38 251' 7 11 446 3 1 Improved-farm settlements ... Homestead Small grazing-runs Pastoral runs Land for settlements, miscellaneous Miscellaneous leases Royalties — Coal ... Flax ... Timber, Crown lands „ State forests Thermal springs ... Native Townships Act Other sources, miscellaneous Endowments Endowments made freehold "l 6 5,030 0 0 462 2 27 49 1 9 26 15 4,692 30 57,711 138,246 622 1 17 0 0 2 0 0 27 1 18 357 0 9 467 17 11 85 14 0 657 3 0 47 14,538 3 26 191 43,945 0 13 895 15 11 35 18 304 3 35 5 2 0 282 18 6,059 5 3 28 2 0 1,490 1 9 436 11 6 11,228 12 8 10,820 19 5 1,923 6 9 35 7 6 1,999 1 4 1,366 1 8 69 6 0 "e 1 6 1 20 76 3 0 -46 24,057 2 11 Total 793 198,132 0 8 4,397 1,108,842 3 20 71,272 18 3 * Includes 2,199 acres 2 roods 32 perches being 16 exchanges from other tenures.