THE LANDS OF THE COLONY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13985, 19 August 1907, Page 2 (Supplement)

THE LANDS OF THE COLONY

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.....■•,. WEuaßdf on, ifiii j m, , Some interesting statistics relating, tb.the raluo of the area of tlio freehold land >n the .colony wefe laid on. the tabic By the Minister, of Lartds tb-day. Tho .return shows', that last year there were 128,009 freehold , owners with,, «, total .unimproved value .of £100;232;2i7; ih 1902 there were 115,713 .oiynijrs (£70,524 ; 604);. aiid ih, 1892 thero were 91-501 oft-npfs (£54,427,175); Tlie latest rotiirh (that for last.year) shotvs 370 pwhefs, po'ssessirig. land of.,an..Unimproved value ..of be'tweoh . £20;006,, and £50)000; and 85. bwhers .whose holdings range in value ffoni £50:000 io £100(000 j 22. ..piynefs. ranging from £100,000 to £200;000; .whilst thefij are four bwhfers whose Kdldihgs afe vahled at fiirJO.OOu. or bvcrj the-total .value of these four estates being 51,025:029;.

Another table dealing with couhtry liitids is.- those .exclusive of land in boroughs akl thai ih'e host htifherotis clafea cf fiMoklfcrs iii thfe polony those posSqgsinjt Betwech ~]oo arid 200 .lores each. Tncv tiurflbor 8740, their total area being l,2lfi;bi9 anreij of 6, total Unimproved value of £6;763,126; TJiere kre 81 owlicts between. 10.000 nnH 15,0d0 tereS, 48 holding from IS.OOO to 20,000 acrcSj 40 tvitli ffotii' 20;0bi) tt JO,OOO Acres, 14. with from 30(000 to 40,000 acres; 4ijht with from 40,0dtf to 50)000 aerbs, eight with from 50,000 to 75,00b aci-es; and fotir with from 75,000 to iOO.OOO iiores. Above this. area, there is oho owner whose area airiounts to 223,243 aereS; of an unimproved vajiia of £240.642, and a capital value bf £331,985. _ The above figures all folate to lands ,>vhich are the freehold of compaiiiipa and Eurdpeah individtmis, lsrij owned By the. Crown, Natives; churches, educational ind 1 local bodies, atid societies nbt being inoludod. The i-etiirn ale.o includes this follbxvifijr tablo of .liie. total capital irttl unimprdvefl valil'es of sill Iftnda (of all descriptions) in the colony fbf various jfe'ars Siiicc 1878:—

. Total . Total Capital Uiiitjipfovei: Yr'Ar; ValUc. Yiiltie. 1878 : £.99,665,679 ... £ 62,573,868 1882 30.1,000,000 jSMl gifoi. 1885 ... 113,270,649. . . Not Riven; 1888 111,137.714 ... £ 75,497.379 1891 lSS.22S.iS29 ... 75,787,895 1897 ... . 138,591,317 flMOj.sU 1902 ... 154.81(3,13?. 1906 ... . 218,422,552 i37,lfe8,548