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Return showing the Number of and Names of each Estate which the Present Government took the Initial Steps to purchase, and the Area op each Block, and the Price paid per Acre — continued. Nelson (one). A Price per Acre. Lake Run 2,945 1 10 0* Canterbury (nine). Tara •■ •• 3> 624 815 0 Lansdowne' •• •• »20 15 0 0 Hohenfeldt .. 1,253 14 0 0 H.Ensor's 2,620 4 15 0 W. G. Rudd's ... •• 2,343 56 0 Hillboro 691 15 0 0 Meadowbank .. .. .• •• • • 612 13 15 0 Finlay Downs -2,108 9 15 0 (2,825 12 13 6 Otaio .. .. .. • • • • •• ( 810 710 0 17,706 Otago (six). Clare View 758 13 10 0 Rattray Bros. .. .. • ■ • ■ • • 664 14 0 0 Bellamy (part) .. .. .. . • ..1.536 20 0* J. Brook's 2,080 3 10 0 H. and C. Blathwavt's .. .. •• ..1,228 3 15 0 Riverside .. " 4,043 - 4 10 0 if 10,309 Southland (two). Waiarikiki .. .. .. •• •• 4, 111 410 0 KnowsleyPark .. .. 4,952 317 6 9,066 Totals (37 estates) .. .. 176,16.9

* Including leasehold.

John D. Ritchie, Wellington, 14th October, 1914. Chairman, Board of Land Purchase Commissioners. Approximate Cost 0/ Paper.—Preparation, not given ; printing (6.50 copies), £1 15s.

Approximate Cost 0/ Paper. —Preparation, not given ; printing (6.50 copies), £ 1 15s.

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