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The usual table giving the names of tho various estates purchased and settled throughout tho Dominion, the principal purposes for which the holdings are utilized, and generally the present position and future prospects of these estates is appended : —

Table F.— 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, 1914.

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Land District and Name of Settlement. 1 a> a Principal Purpose for which Holdings •p are utilized. I PrOg ye 3 ar toing Present Positi011 - Prospects. iuckland— Balachraggan Biekerstaffe Gradock Hamlet .. Eocleston No. 2 .. Fencourt Hetana Hamlet .. Karapiro Kitchener Hamlet Mangapouri Mangawhero Matamata Methuen Hamlet .. Ohauiti Okauia Opouriao Plumer Hamlet .. Prescot .. Rangiatea Rewi Selwyn Tautari Teasdale Waari Hamlet Waimana Whitehall 24 39 14 5 41 67 17 10 11 19 214 24 11 13 99 15 1 20 9 118 40 75 30 28 15 31 14 2 38 83 13 12 11 18 189 30 13 83 17 Dairying .. .. Grazing Homes, orchards, &c. Homes .. .. Dairying .. ■ ■ Homes and orchards.. Dairying Homes and orchards Dairying ,, ., Homes and orchards Dairying New settlemen Good Fair Good Fair Satisfactory Fair Good >> ■ • Fair New settlemen Good Good Fair Good Good Good, j* ,, Homes and orchards (Miscellaneous lease). Dairying Grazing .. >> ■ • Fair 19 11 97 35 82 32 23 12 Good Good Good. a Homes, &c. Homes and orchards.. Dairying Fair Good Fair Good Satisfactory Fair Good Fair. Good. it ■ ,, • • i> Totals 959 865 9 Hawke's BayArgyll Clydebank Elsthorpe Forest Gate Hatuma Kanakanaia Kumeroa Lindsay Mahora Agricultural and pastoral Satisfactory Good Very good .. Good Very good. 62 23 49 29 76 7 15 67 34 60 22 31 24 66 6 14 63 31 Pastoral Agricultural and pastoral Fair Very good .. Fair Satisfactory Good Fair Very good .. Prosperous .. Satisfactory Good Good. Very good. Good. Pastoral Pastoral and dairying Agricultural and pastoral Agricultural, dairying, and fruitgrowing Pastoral Very good. Manga-a-toro Mangatahi Ngatapa. . Pouparae Pourerere Raumati Raureka.. 26 23 27 8 6 30 19 26 22 24 9 6 30 17 Agricultural and pastoral Good ' .. Fair Very good .. Good Fair Prosperous .. Good ! Very good .. Good Good. Very good. Good. Fair. Very good. Pastoral Dairying Agricultural, dairying, and fruitculture Agricultural and pastoral )» • • Very good .. Prosperous .. Sherenden Springhill Te Arai Te Mata.. Tomoana 21 15 54 9 13 19 3 54 8 12 ,, • • Fair No inspection. Very good .. Fair Very good .. Very good .. Good Prosperous .. Excellent. Good. Very good. Fruit-culture Agricultural, dairying, and fruitculture Pastoral Tongoio Waihau Waimarie Waipuka Wigan Willows 11 22 18 1 17 22 11 9 16 1 18 16 Agricultural Pastoral Good Fair Good Very good .. Good Fair Prosperous .. Good Prosperous .. Very good .. Good Fair. i Very good. i Good. Very good. Excellent. Good. 704 618 Agricultural Totals Taranaki — Clandon Huinga Spotswood Tariki Tokaora Dairying Fair Fair Good Fair. Good. 7 10 37 8 14 10 32 6 XI Homesteads Dairying and grazing Dairying Good Fair Good 5) * ' Very good. Excellent .. ■ Totals 76; 64 i