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Table 32. —Inspections made by the Rangers for the Year ended 31st March, 1916.

Table 33. —Return of Lands alienated under Acts without Money Payment, or reserved by the Crown for Public Purposes.

Table 34. —Advances obtained for the Purpose of roading Crown Lands, showing the Amount borrowed and the Amount repaid up to 31st March, 1916.

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Value of Ini] provements. Number of Defaulters. Nurn ber M*** Properties A ™' visited. Required. Actually made. For For j For Non- „ Dollcient ! Non- i residence and; ___. ™ , , Improve- I residence Improve- ,,__„. Iotal raentaonly. only. ments. reasons I 1 i -V(*l*l'K iL Auckland .. .. 630 173,202 70,983 Hawke's Bay .. 724 362,022 398,889 Taranaki .. .. 321 135.904 71,501 Wellington .. 458 188,702 04,113 Nelson .. .. 837 316,057 112,234 Marlborough .. 468 208,713 139,461 Westland .. .. 294 59,797 29,462 Canterbury .. 1,196 1,220,551 387,639 Otago '.. .. 928 325,436 263,624 Southland.. .. 1,111 195,838 114,881 £ 139,387 939,598 162,157 217,797 214,429 285,444 82,922 588,488 423,702 223,815 I '""' I 84 69 62 215 26 32 .. 5 63 46 15 5 .. 66 4 20 6 .. 30 95 76 51 6 228 21 14 4 .. 39 5 15 10 .. 30 165 7 8 .. 180 80 14 .. .. 94 39 15 16 .. 70 Totals .. 6,967 3,186,282 1,652,787 In addition the following inspections were made: Auekls Hawke's Bay, 34; area, 3,713 acres (educational and other endowments). Wellington, 768; area, 129,919 acres (endowmei endowments). Canterbury, 116; area, 26,289 acres (edueationa endowments). 3,277,'730 &nd, 2,215 ; arei ■ endowments] nt anil miscel i,l endowments: 565 277 162 11 1,015 i, 1,712,868 acres (endowments and miscellaneous). i. Taranaki. 6; area, 1,770 acres (educational laiieouB). Nelson, 2; area, 506 acres (educational I. Southland, 459 ; area, 95,216 acres (educational

District, Ciown I ands set anart I Total Area 8 rante d u »d« tZ V,r. m! b,.mP. Acts without Money Payaudne n,. ment, or reserved for * ended I Public Purposes, from i 1st Man-hi91 (i foundation of Dominion ant March, mo. to 31st March 1916 Auckland Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington .. Nelson Marlborough Westland Canterbury .. Otago Southland .. Acros. Acres. 1,695 3,579,016 56 436,307 276 714,107 5,340 896,525 922 315,955 509 222,204 23 308,568 22 I,352,043 049 610,051 4,012 3,558,204 Totals 13,504 11,992,980 11,992,980 i

District. Area. Area. Amount borrowed. Amount repaid. Auckland Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington Nelson.. Marlborough Westland Canterbury Otago .. Southland Acres. 1,344,586 449,408 703,260 820,969 415,517 217,913 52,012 3,552 176,085 181,247 £ 323,626 115,733 229,463 301,697 48,046 29,918 6,226 1,821 21,475 43,676 £ 145,730 64,978 152,481 199,019 9,065 29,053 2,184 905 24,354 23,890 Totals .. 4,364,549 1,121,681 651,659