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Table J. —Return showing the Estates opened for Selection during the Year ended 31st March. 1913, under the Land for Settlements Act, 1908— continued.

The total number of holdings occupied under the provisions of the Land for Settlements Act now number 5,379, aggregating 1,366,518 acres, from which accrues an annual rental of £329,890. The number of sheep depastured on the lands is estimated at 1,010,000, horses 19,100, cattle and other stock 85,700. The total value of improvements at the date of last inspection was £2,371,366. The usual table giving the names of the various estates purchased and settled throughout the Dominion, the principal purposes for which the holdings are utilized, and generalty the present position and future prospects of these estates, is appended.

Table K.—Summary of the Settlements established upon Estates acquired and dealt with, under the Provisions of the Land for Settlements Act, up to the 31st March, 1913.

Land District. Name of Estate. Number of Holdings offered for Selection. Areas opened for Selection. Canterbury — continued .. Waimate Bourndale Claremont Timaunga Extension Avenel Extension Mount Nessing Ashwick Strathmore Elderslie No. 2 .. Otanomomo Maori Hill 34 7 li 7 9 11 8 3 14 17 10 A. R. p. 1,585 3 5* 1,618 0 0 2,267 0 20 2,158 1 32 1,849 0 20 34,791 2 0 25,194 1 0 1,401 3 20 1,633 2 14 1,280 1 10f 3,369 0 12} Otago Southland Totals 19 estates 242 128,174 0 3 * Excluding an area of 43 aores and 7 icres 2 roods 31 perches withhold from sell >n account of flax rights. porches withheld for workers' dwellings. f 1 iction. J Excluding an area of 134 acres 2 n I Excluding an area of 509 lods 27 perches withheld

Land District and Name of Settlement. to 8 g g Principal Purpose for which Holdings -g -a are utilized. co 'to 1 8 Progress during rjw „„ . -, ... Year Present Position. Prospects. Auckland— ' Bickerstaffe Cradock Hamlet .. Eccleston No. 2 .. Fencourt Hetana Hamlot .. Karapiro Kitchener Hamlet Mangawhero Mangapouri Matamata Methuon Hamlet .. Okauia .. Opauiiao Plumer Hamlet . , Rangiatea Rewi Selwyn Tautari Teasdale.. Waari Hamlet Waimana Whitehall 34 14 5 41 88 16 12 20 11 226 30 10 100 17 20 9 122 40 91 33 29 16 i i i i i i i 28 14 2 38 83 13 12 18 10 189 30 10 83 17 19 8 96 35 82 32 23 12 Grazing Homes, orchard, and poultry.. Homes Dairying Homes and orchard Dairying Homes and orchards Dairying Homes, orchard, and poultry .. Dairying Fair Good Fair Satisfactory Fair Good Satisfactory Good Fair Good Fair Good Fair Excellent . . Good Fair Excellent .. Good Hopeful. Good. Excellent. Good. Fair. . Excellent. Good. Homes, ojphard, and poultry . . Dairying Grazing .. . . .. ,, . . . . . . Homes and bu messes Homes and orchard Dairying Fair Good Fair Satisfactory Fair Good Fair Good Satisfactory Fair Good Fair Good Fair. Good. Fair. Good. Totals 984 854 Hawke's Bay— Argyll Clydebank Elsthorpe Forest Gate Hatuma Kanakanaia Kumefoa Lindsay Mahora 62 24 49 29 76 7 15 68 34 i 61 21 31 27 66 7 14 63 31 Agricultural and piMoral Satisfactory Very fair . . Good Satisfactory Very fair Good Good. Pastoral Agricultural and pastoral Pastoral Pastoral and dairying Agricultural and pastoral Agricultural, dairying, and fruitgrowing Fair Satisfactory Good Prosperous . . Satisfactory Good Very good. Good. Very good.