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Table 5. —Return of Crown Lands sold for Cash during the Year ended 31st March, 1913.

Area disposed of. Average Price per Acre. Consideration received. Town. Suburban. Rural. Total. District. Number of Purchasers. Area. Number of Purchasers. Area. Number . ' of Purchasers. Area. Number of Purchasers. Area. Town. Suburban. Rural. Cash. Scrip. I Total. Ordinary Crown Lands — Auckland 133 A. B. P. 114 3 0 8 A. E. P. 44 2 33 42 A. B. P. 1,575 0 37 183 A. E. P. 1,734 2 30 £ s. d. 30 0 0 I £ s. d. 22 18 2 £ s. d. I .1 16 8 1 (5 4 0 )" *' 1 11 4 12 4 7 I "| 5 2 8 (* (2 3 0 } 2 3 Of 1 16 4 £ s. d. 9,545 12 4 £ s. d. £ s. d. i 9,545 12 4 169 15 0 Hawke's Bay . 3 205 0 28 3 205 0 28 169 15 0 Taranaki 17 4 2 2 4 ! ! 22 2 26 I 8 750 2 28 29 777 3 16 85 8 9 8 18 8 | 2,585 11 5 2,585 11 5 Wellington .. 8 3 0 32 1 10 1 4 12 9 553 0 25 21 566 2 21 1,616 0 0 20 0 0 6,719 19 2 6,719 19 2 905 1 3 Nelson Marlborough Westland Canterbury 5 2 2 30 .. \ 283 3 17 14 286 2 7 21 1 2 905 1 3 o 1 2 18 I *• 9 • 4 l' 2 18 67 1 34 328 3 21 579 0 0 - 932 0 0 425 0 6 '.'. 932 0 0 425 0 6 Otago 4 1 0 20 •• 16 •• 17 3 38 4 20 67 1 34 309 3 3 46 51 2 3 4 17 3 6 6 0 f 0 17 9 ) {l 9 9 J* f 1 7 0 ) 1 5 0 0 /* 577 3 7 577 3 7 Southland .. 1 0 16 4 21 2 20 17 582 0 36 22 604 0 28 118 5 0 2 5 0 1,449 15 0 i 1,449 15 0 Totals 177 128 0 28 I 33 117 1 7 I 23,309 18 3 121 4,327 2 8 j 331 4,573 0 3 •■ - .. 23,309 18 3 I Land for Settlements — Auckland Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington Nelson Marlborough Westland Canterbury Otago Southland 8 •• 2 0 37 1 I 3 0 0 .. 1 2 2 0 1 ! 3 3 24 ! o 5 0 37 2 0 1 3' 3 21 1,242 0 0 •■ ! .. 13 0 8 ! •• i ! 5 10 0. 14 8 0 •• 2,835 0 0 11 0 0 79' 1 0 ■ 2,835 0 0 11 0 0 ". 79 1 0 " .. I •• 4 1 2 26 1 25 2 0 0 7 0 0 4 1 2 26 1 25 2 0 0 7 0 0 11 2 10 3 19 0 4 4 3 304 3 8 7 8 0 29 10 0 304 3 8 7 8 0 29 10 0 "' . •• •• - I Totals I i 2 0 37 1 3 0 0 10 41 1 10 19 46 2 7 3,266 2 8 3,266 2 8 8 - Cheviot Estate — Canterbury ! 1 5 0 0 5 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 Grat.d totals 1 . 120 1 7 132 185 130 1 25 34 4,373 3 18 351 4,624 2 10 26,676 0 11 26,676 0 11 * Where two averages are given the first is for lands when an option was given to acquire them under other tenures, and the second when no such option was given, t Of this amount £333 7s. is balance of purchase-money on areas returned during previous years.