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Table 1. —Return showing (approximately) Position of Lands in the Dominion at 31st March, 1913.

District. Total Area sold and held on Freehold. Total Area granted under Acts without Money Payment or reserved for Public Purposes from Foundation of Dominion. Total Area of Crown Lands leased under all Tenures (exclusive of Reserves leased by Crown). Total Area open for Selection. Total Area of Native Land. Estimated Area of Barren and Worthless Country not already included under any of the other Headings. Estimated Area occupied by Roads, Rivers, Lakes, Sec. Total Area remaining for Future Disposal, exclusive of Land shown in Preceding Columns. Total Area in Land District. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Auckland 2,263,461 3,633,866 1,896,861 242,089 3,571,889 655,499 1,253,775 13,517,440 Hawke'sjBay 2,387,839 436,520 918,499 5,623 1,430,863 150,120 179,436 5,508,900 Taranaki 483,267 715,659 555,166 6,035 328,384 54,483 269,606 2,412,600 Wellington .. 3,181,810 906,353 878,453 3,021 1,620,103 36,500 195,110 229,650 7,051,000 Nelson 567,413 307,863 804,672 45,921 41,155 1,573,000 60,000 1,314,976 4,715,000 Marlborough 844,259 237,563 1,405,924 17,382 114,309 100,052 48,511 2,768,000 Westland 136,496 257,526 1,578,785 47,808 750,000 154,167 939,096 3,863,878 Canterbury .. 3,644,735 1,364,S64 3,906,865 2,811 233,650 441,163 9,957 9,604,045 Otago 1,977,837 590,268 5,498,523 6,745 520,000* 263,300 112,327 8,969,000 Southland 1,584,231 3,550,233 1,726,149 27,959 629,368t 140,302 224,127 7,882,369 Totals 17,071,348 12,000,715 19,169,897 405,394 6,992,394 3,856,827 2,214,196 4,581,461 66,292,232 * In last year's returns an art Note. —The total area in some of tl i of about 100,000 acres was omitted. t Owing to the revision of the total area in the Southland Land District this item has been considerably increased. ,e land districts has been revised since last year's report.