DOMINION LANDS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10504, 12 July 1910, Page 1

DOMINION LANDS.

FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD. By Telegraph. ' (Special -to 'tlie.Oam'arii -Mail:) i'., ...Wellington, July 11. ■ At -'the ' end Vof last March only 1,545/12.5 acres of land were open for selection in New Zealand, and 4,282,284 acres composed the area remaining for future disposal. Of the 66,1)00,000 acres of land in the Dominion 16,162,402 acres are held on freehold, and 18,318,340 on leasehold, while the area reserved for public jmrposes or granted without money payments is. 11,762,819. acres. Canterbury has a vastly larger area under Crown leaseholds than any province except Otago, but, on the other hand, it has also a larger area under freehold, or nearly a quarter of the whole area of the Dominion. It has, too, the smallest area opeii for selection, 430 acres. There is a vast area of over 7,000,000 acres of native lands, but it is mostly in the Auckland province. Details are as. follows: Freehold—Atickland, 2,152,311 acres ; Hawke's Bay, 2,386,573; Taranaki, 452,156; Wellington, 3.1)16,478; Nelson, 552,409; Marlborough, 837,506; West- ! land, 120,211; Canterbury, 3,703.125; Otago, 1,979,710; Southland. 1,561,923; total, 16,762,402. Public Reserves or Grants—Auckland, 3,572,293; Hawke's Bay, 433,752; Taranaki, 705,652; Wellington, 894,832 ; Nelson, 306,315; Marlborough, 208,428; West-land, 206,593; Canterbury, 1.361,069; Otago, 543,220; Southland, 3,'495,335; total, 11,726,819. Leaseholds Auckland, 1,752,782; Hawke's Bay, '905,599; Taranaki, 551,635; Wellington, 906,130; Nelson, 723,496; Marlborough, ],311,5'!4: W'ostland, 1,146,967 ; Canterbury, 3,824,932 ; Otago, 5,447,634; Southland, 1,745,651; total, 18,318,340. Area Open for Selection—Auckland, 424,811; Hawke's Bay, 8512; Taranaki, 567; Wellington, 15,042; Nelson, 1,350,040; <■ Marlborough, 912; Westland, 808,487; Canterbury, 430; Otago. 20,191; Southland, 30,833; total,

1,545,125. Area Remaining for Disposal—Auckland,. 1,295.859; Hawke's Bay, 128,128; Taranaki, 310,777 ; Wellington, 265,383 ; Nelson, 1,223,340; Marlborough, 169,640; Westland, 83,757; Canterbury, nil; Otago, 428,845; Southland, 376,555; a total of 4,282,284. Native Lands —Auckland, 4,006,771; Hawke's Bay, 1,493,336; Taranaki, 342,643; Wellington, 1,533,836; Nelson, 41,400; totalling, 7/417.986. Barren and Worthless Country—Wellington, 36,500; Nelson, 1,544,000; Marlborough, 140,000; Westland, Canterburv, 272,389; Otago, 200.000; Southland. 233,698; a total of 3,802,087.