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TABLE A.—Return of Lands purchased from 1st April, 1909, to 31st March, 1910.

Name of Owner. Name of Estate. Locality. Quality of Land. Price per Acre. Mode of Acquisition. Area taken Possession of during Year, and Area Amount paid. approxiName of _____ mately not Settlement. vet taken , Paid for Land, Possession Alea - &c. of. Auckland. Ferguson, S. and W.(») I I I i £ s. d. ; ..I .. Auckland.. .. | .. .. j By agreement I Acres. | X Acres. Lawn- .. | .. I 100 I Hawke's Bay. Mackersey, C. L. Duff, A. Williamson, S. Crown Tongoio .. Petane .. .. Grazing .. .. 5 14 1 By agreement .. Clydebank .. Wairoa .. .. „ .. 4 10 0 Ngatapa .. Gisborne .. .. „ .. ..750 .. .. Near Dannevirke .. Pastoral .. .. 9 0 0 Tongoio .. 8,433 48,125 Clydebank .. 9,734 43,803 ' Ngatapa 10,693 77,466 Raumati 120 ! 1,078 28,980 | 170,472 Wellington. Anderson, J.( b ) Petone Borough ( c ) .. Carrington .. I Near Carterton .. .. By agreement I Petone .... Carrington .. .. 59 Wilford .. 311 370 Canterbury. Westenra Bros. Boag, P. D. Sloane, A. Tripp Bros. McCully, W. Rnlleston, E. M. Palmer, G. J. P. Amyes, J. O. White, H.(<i) Camla .. Bankside .. .. Agricultural and pastoral 5 0 0 By agreement ..' Ladbrook .. Ladbrook.. .. Agricultural .. 41 10 0 Near Belfast .. . .. 43 0 0 I 11 0 0 | .. Orari Gorge Geraldine .. Agricultural and pastoral - 4 5 0 I | 3 0 0 J .. Clandeboye .. Temuka .. .. Dairying .. 25 0 0 ... .. .. .. 20 0 0 .. Ruapuna .. Near Ashburton .. Agricultural and pastoral 9 0 0 Sockburn .. Agricultural .. 48 0 0 .. Chishan .. Little River Fyvie 1,585 7,925 Ladbrook .. 271 11,262 Buddo .. 70 3,023 | 3,050 i Tripp 2,402 52,412 ( 2,526 , \ Clandeboye .. .. .. 574 No. 2 .. .. 409 Ruapuna .. .. 1,424 Hornby .. 75 Morice .. .. 51 9,904 74,673 5,482 Otago. Laidlaw and Crawford .. | Matakanui .. Central Otago .. | Agricultural and pastoral 3 0 0 By agreement Matakanui .. 1.177 3,531 i Southland. Thomas's trustees .. Ermedale .. i Fairfax .. . Agricultural and pastoral 4 5 0 l By agreement ! I Ermedale .. 2,744 11,647 42,805 260,793 5,482 •) For lam ») For land taken for road widening. id taken to or road widening. (b) For land taken for road. (o) For laud for drainage purposes. ( d ) (*>) For land taken for road. (c) For laud for drainage purposes. I Interest on purchase-money.