THE CROWN LANDS DEPARTMENT.

Clutha Leader, Issue 221, 4 October 1878, Page 5

THE CROWN LANDS DEPARTMENT.

:. • • : — — -*•"• — : — ; — ; - - The official report of the Crown Lands De-> partment for the financial yearicontains a'good many facts arid figures of interest. Foremost among the items of information is the state-, =ment that since the, foundation of the Colony up to the 30fch June last, 13,090,599 acres of Grown lands had been sold, or otherwise disposed of, and that ithe. receipts, from land during the same period amounted to X&Oj 450,228*. ,The total area Btill open for selection was 14,892,486, with; 19,876,847) acres held by. Land Boards or .under. ■lease,iiand 1 16. ) 5Q0,0p0. acres of Native territory, itandlof.JandSjSold to, Europeans by '■ Natives. Thxxn^'oi sold/land, and leasad' land, and* lahdsi of<;iall kinds, the total area of the ; Colony ; is; ab0ut, ,64,360,000 acres, i . ■ .; ■'„., ;.-,. ,: nnyrful) imnti ai ;•:,■, l >■. .-.- Of the, land : sales .for tbeo twelve-months to ] ,the.3oth of; June-last,. therehwere;.B2B, 336 ; acres . of rural lands 501d,. 2023. acres of subarbanj.and; 467, acres rof townJands.' ;The rura.l land was. bought in ,5561 purchasesi'i the suburban.! in. 174, and the town lands in 969. ;,•.•■>•- .■':['..• '.-;.,',i7, j •i The total cash received was iil ) 45Q i 2sl : ,sk}9'flj ' and scrip to the value .6fL27;228:18s 6d..i 7Of the quan tity^ sold, 1654,168 '-acres,' or fullyj , two-thirds, of, tae.wiiole, were 'Soldnia jCanter-j bury, bringing L1,123,823.' ; 0tagQ r i3, next in amount, i with ; 93,025;/ ; acres ■ f or. ;L132;228 in cash, and L 2723; m ! j scrip, iu^otrthland' follows :.with,:33jOßs .acres,.. ; for; L 63.637. in. .cash, ;Ll74l:in. land .scrip. Wellington flomesnextin order with 64,921 acres, for L 41,861 i^.cash, and L499sfin;sorip. h In;- Auckland were sold 519,195 accessor iL36, 59.4, fcash.i andj-Llft&Sein scrip. !/;Haw,ke;<,l3ay : - soldi. 39, 797?; acres '{ foti ,L 21,806 . ( caßh;. ..Tarabaki,; ,%3j7Jßß' 'acres, for L19i648,' leash : iand i<Ll7O : ,scjfip ; , j; Nels'ori ,j pnlyV, y ß4B6, asres for -L4&37t cash eind; LlOfitsprip.) iln, .Marlboroughiwere^oldilSS^.acres/tofr. ,Vs,hich,:26 i .were : vtoWn-^sections) apd, s.64,,sul?,uiißany foV X2980; and in; Westland 2814 : acre s) . {or iLli33 sash and L 1920 .scrip. :: .. _;;.' , ; , : . ■ "vj^VJ : ;In all the North , Island the land : sales reach 108 acres of town land, G2l. of^ suburban, and 136,963 of rural land, for which ithe cash received waa L 121,910 and T24,§o6 ( iW ( land scrip. Total sales fer 1877-8 tr-'Soujth Island, 693,635 acres ; cash, L 1,228,341. North Island, 137,192 acres ; cash, L 121 ,910. ) ,