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Table 1.—Return showing (approximately) Position of Lands in the Dominion at 31st March, 1919.

District. Total Area sold and held on Freehold. Total Area granted Total Area under Acts without j of Crown Lands Money Payment, leased or reserved for Public under all Tenures Purposes from (exclusive of Foundation of Reserves leased Dominion. by Crown). Total Area open for Selection. Total Area of Native Land. Estimated Area "St? 6 " Tota, Area no C t°a, n re r ady by Cadavers, exclusive of ' J. included under " Lakes', &e PreeedUM Columns any of the other ; i receding columns. Headings. North Auckland Auckland Acres. 2,704,664 Acres. 3,670,037 Acres. 514,361 Acres. 11,362 Acres. 568,000 2,839,997 1,273,424 Acres. Acres. 40,000 625,834 150,839 Acres. 350,070 Acres. 4,478,200 1,221,418 998,435 578,831 184,658 6,188 13,863 795,139 9,047,340 Hawke's Bay .. 2,506,377 437,197 136,440 5,508,900 Taranaki 554,965 723,974 259,097 67,947 205,823 2,404,500 Wellington 3,358,847 890,432 756,625 920,393 16,532 26,676 1,500,146 36,500 195,138 296,780 7,051,000 Nelson Marlborough 611,280 779,253 1,646,206 334,490 30,629 1,146,072 34,364 60,183 100,572 273,561 4,715,000 1,497,945 3,299 18,077 2,768,000 Westland 151,386 309,792 1,839,623 3,877,811 306,969 3,258 750,000 140,500 154,250 445,692 351,858 47,056 3,863,878 9,478,045 Canterbury 3,573,484 1,390,244 Otago 1,991,353 614,571 5,557,044 6,990 573,600 263,370 88,072 9,095,000 Southland 1,620,169 3,574,098 1,648,987 14,169 626,479 140,739 257,728 7,882,369 Totals 17,851,778 13,591,041 13,591,041 19,411,473 593,964 6,471,293 3,307,515 I 2,244,564 2,820,604 66,292,232 * Included in Auckland figures.