FREEHOLD LAND HOLDINGS EXCEEDING ONE ACRE (RETURN OF THE NUMBER OF), IN THE COLONY, AT DATE OF TAKING LAST CENSUS.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1882 Session I, A-11

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Table showing the Extent of Occupied Holdings of Land in New Zealand over One Acre in Extent, classified according to Tenure, as returned by the Census of the 3rd April, 1881.

Return to an Order of the Souse of Representatives, dated ZQth August, 1882. " That a return be laid before this House of the number of holdings of freehold land, occupied and unoccupied, in the colony, exceeding one acre in extent, at the date of the taking of the last census."— (Son. Sir J. Sail)

FREEHOLD LAND HOLDINGS EXCEEDING ONE ACRE (RETURN OF THE NUMBER OF), IN THE COLONY, AT DATE OF TAKING LAST CENSUS.

1882. NEW ZEALAND.

Extei it of Holding—Acres. Provincial Districts. Freehold. Rented from Private Individuals. Rented from Public Bodies. Rented from Natives (including Reserve a Rented). Held from Crown for other than Pastoral Purposes (including Deferred Payments, &c.)Rented from Crown for Pastoral Purposes only. Total Acreage Held. Auckland 1,564,579 206,024 17,931 785,917 126,919 158,120 2,859,490 Taranaki ... 134,876 36,940 5,282 30,115 26,956 234,169 Wellington 1,302,172 222,203 17,792 691,069 22,250 334 2,255,820 Hawke's Bay 1,107,658 315,752 26,778 601,372 7,267 77,819 2,136,646 Marlborough 744,703 44,893 1,600 20,637 2,267 1,029,338 1,843,438 Nelson 692,330 46,127 6,822 39,542 55,069 700,612 1,540,502 Weatland... 21,456 3,828 3,133 2,571 3,609 378,339 412,936 Canterbury 2,247,592 325,383 215,996 11,662 7,699 3,203,873 6,012,205 Otago ... 2,450,209 317,393 267,790 9,829 271,948 6,090,134 9,407,303 Chatham Islands ... 43,595 25,912 ... 73,450 142,957 Total, Census, April, 1881 ... 10,309,170 1,544,455 ! 563,124 2,266,164 523,984 11,638,569 26,845,466 Total, Census, March, 1878 ... 8,869,547 3,709,525 12,690,074 25,269,146 Numerical increase since 1878 1,439,623 1,187,372 1,576,320 Numerical decrease since 1878 1,051,505 Centesimal increase 1623 3201 624 Centesimal decrease 8-21

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TABLE showing the Number and Acreage of Holdings of Land, classified according to Size, returned as Unoccupied and Uncultivated in the Census Schedules.

Total. Over 1 Acre to 10 Acres inclusive. Ove to 50 A inelusi ires live. Ovei 50 Aci to 100 A inelusi res Lcres ire. Over 100 Acres to 200 Acres inclusive. Over 200 Acres to 320 Acres inclusive. Over 320 Acres to 640 Acres inclusive. Over 640 Acres to 1,000 Acres inclusive. Over Over 1,000 Acres 5,000 Acres to 5,000 Acres to 10,000 Acres inclusive. inclusive. Over Orer 10,000 Acres 20,000 Acres to 20,000 Acres to 50,000 Acres inclusive. inclusive. Acres. ■IS Acres. s- bo If Acres. O m il Acres. O m <d a 11 Acres. O m" © c Acres. u be II Acres. 11 Acres. || § o go Acres. -Sg Acres. -|j| §O p'o O m Acres. I Acres. Auckland 481,526 1,373 767 156 11,963 310 28,651 370 36,520 246 ( 32,343 125 41,814 93 19,765 25 68,027 34 43,176 6 81,800 5 116,700 Taranaki 31,472 228 92 27 1,174 I 33 5,512 74 7,252 49 6,602 27 6,380 15 1,460 2 3,000 1 Wellington 105,002 406 455 129 1,729 62 6,001 76 7,094 48 9,903 39 9,164 21 13,151 Lβ 25,889 12 15,554 2 16,062 1 Hawke's Bay ... 28,718 108 98 28 1,036 i 31 1,784 23 2,078 13 1,285 5 1,873 4 1,645 2 4,919 1 14,000 1 Marlborough 22,429 43 71 13 401 11 508 6 653 4 247 1 1,499 4 750 i 3,000 1 15,300 2 Nelson 37,818 256 313 52 1,627 56 4,212 54 6,955 45 6,593 25 6,319 14 2,913 4 8,886 6 Westland 9,785 69 97 19 593 20 1,167 14 1,073 7 1,038 4 1,530 3 787 1 3,500 1 Canterbury 135,171 527 491 109 4,008 132 5,396 69 9,833 65 7,850 31 30,780 67 23,518 28 42,295 25 11,000 1 Otago 79,514 477 707 162 3,081 101 5,101 68 9,176 60 9,233 37 10,617 25 12,029 15 8,570 7 8,000 1 13,000 1 Chatham Islands I I I ! , Total 931,435 I 3,487 I 3,091 695 25,612 756 58,332 754 j 80,634 537 I i 75,094 88 3 294 109,976 1246 76,018 94 168,086 87,030 11 135,862 116,700 Note. —This table has been compiled from the information supplied by the Census schedule ; but it cannot be considered as exhibiting the total number and acreage of unoccupied holdings, as man-' proprietors are absent from the colony, and others residing in the colony have not given any particulars respecting such holdings.

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TABLE showing the Number and Acreage of Occupied Holdings upwards of an Acre in Extent (exclusive of Crown Pastoral Lands), classified according to Size, in the different Counties of the Colony.

By Authority: Geobge DidsdtTet, Government Printer, Wellington.—lBB2.

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V V: Crown for otl The aggregate ader the heading " Free' ler than pastoral purposi acreage under each of t lold " are included lands :s (including deferred pay he classes is given in anoti set down by their occupiers in the census schedule as held under this tenure. Under " Leasehold" are in ments, &c.). Thus Native leases and lands in process of alienation are included, but Crown lands held fo: ler table. icluded lands returned b; r pastoral purposes onli their occupiers under the have been omitted. A pr< following heads : 1, Renti >perty part free and part id from private individual leased has been considerei Is ; 2, Rented from public I d as one holding, and placei lodies ; 3, Rented from '. i according to its full si: Natives (including reserv ;e. Lands occupied by.. •es rented) ; 4, Held from Maoris are not dealt "with. Dver 1 Acr Acres inc] -e lusive. ►ver 10 Acn Acres incli !S isive. Over 50 Aei )0 Acres inc res jlusive. !)ver 100 A < )0 Acres ini :res jlusive. 3ver 200 Ac JO Acres ini ;res elusive. Iver 320 Acres 0 Acres inclusive. Over 640 . to 1,000 Acres .eres inclusive. Over 1,000 Ai ,000 Acre3 ini jres elusive. Over 5,000 Acres -0,000 Acres inclusive. Over 10,000 iO.UUO Acres Acres inclusive. Over 20,000 Acres to 50,000 Acres inclusive. Over 50,000 Aeres )0,000 Acres inclusive. Upwards of 100; )00 Acres. Totals. toll to 51 tol to 21 to to 6. to to to II to 5. County. em o » II Ct-t II a ° :- M «> a !| if it 11 Cm II Free. lease. O rn O dJ u sc II Bo si Free. Lease. •si O ad So Free. Lease. •Si II Free. Lease. If Free. Lease. "Sri U M Free. Lease. Free. Lease. Free. Lease. Free. Lease. Free. Lease. Free. Lease. Free. Lease. Free.. Lease. Free. Lease. Mongonui Bay of Islands ... Hokianga Hobson Whangarei Rodney Waitemata Eden Manukau Coromandel Thames Kako... Tauranga Whakatane Cook ... Wairoa East Taupo West Taupo "Waipa Waikato Raglan Kawhia Taranaki Patea... Wanganui Rangitikei Manawatu Hutt ... Wairarapa West Wairarapa East Waipawa Hawke's Bay ... Sounds Marlborough Kaikoura Waimca Collingwood Buller Inacgahua Grey ... Westland Amuri Cheviot Ashley Akaroa Selwyn Ashburtoh G-eraldine Waixnate Waitaki Waikouaiti Perinsula Taieri... Bruce Clutha Tuapcka Maniototo Vincent Lake ... Southland Wallace Fiord... Stewart Tsland ... Adjacent islands ■.Chatham Islands 27 38 11 24 33 45 106 620 249 32 59 2 58 55 107 39 82 120 8 Acres. 88 108 72 62 113 126 314 1,922 998 78 167 4 123 123 186 70 253 265 20 Acres. 64 95 13 48 58 107 183 ' 814 403 61 123 1 119 100 395 100 143 176 13 31 50 9 37 51 59 115 233 4,36 16 56 5 41 28 52 15 57 57 13 10 200 78 79 27 215 211 233 10 256 106 12 144 27 265 38 54 21 54 117 8 Acres. 722 1,260 93 1,227 1,343 1,643 2,917 3,237 12,013 222 784 124 922 752 293 188 1,720 1,645 515 70 4,179 804 975 400 3,876 3,774 5,149 50 7.125 1,182 350 2,769 602 5,644 987 579 151 799 2.024 161 Acres. 72 209 127 100 311 367 671 2,098 1,288 71 1,118 38 412 150 1,069 264 524 358 71 250 3,280 1,450 931 361 2,589 2,760 2,546 302 2.630 1,500 17 23 7 52 113 105 97 66 270 9 27 14 42 24 22 8 1 155 39 14 7 267 100 40 47 163 137 121 10 102 33 8 79 16 175 44 31 27 43 46 1 Acres. 797 1,308 248 3,768 8,100 8,313 7,309 3,357 18,513 651 756 274 2,498 1,776 366 309 4,664 2,887 904 60 10,588 3,398 1,331 2,597 7,844 7,014 6,774 554 4,376 1,390 402 4,967 902 9.826 2,584 246 273 891 2,098 1 Acres. 569 461 334 363 1,007 128 456 1,653 2,163 83 1,401 928 677 163 1,296 222 92 887 436 130 600 9,290 3,781 1,682 1,106 4117 4,390 2,594 280 3,558 1,035 268 795 262 3,579 828 1,912 1,798 2,352 1,547 70 17 28 6 74167 161 70 29 310 13 26 10 46 15 21 9 1 1 70 40 24 2 192 85 55 59 144 115 123 7 60 17 16 88 21 193 55 24 26 35 34 Acres. 1,559 2,772 671 10,439 23,479 21,695 9,332 2,755 39,235 1,227 1,386 375 4,979 1,794 1,688 930 10,032 4,860 2,601 Acres. 1,047 1,845 190 758 2,280 2,476 674 1,273 5,377 642 2,630 893 1,757 370 1,635 445 150 200 1,002 985 1,030 240 10,307 5,144 3,256 1,518 7,974 4,692 4,853 592 2,796 1,139 634 3,223 525 9,196 2,174 2,814 2,919 4,195 955 20 14 4 30 83 79 42 17 125 9 15 8 31 9 10 1 41 26 25 2 66 54 37 25 78 58 31 5 22 10 7 34 7 80 29 5 13 12 2 Acres. 4,695 1,828 900 7,227 16,286 17,440 9,308 3,159 27,247 1,237 2,017 723 7,369 2,006 1.636 220 9,336 4,871 3,854 Acres. 915 1,803 300 560 5,745 2,980 1,179 900 4,042 1,042 2,075 1,357 603 510 1,256 841 1,929 2,445 500 4,969 6,587 4,276 1,691 5,609 4,607 1,642 100 1,839 1,105 932 2,567 662 5,216 1,584 1,182 1,916 1.673 '450 26 11 4 11 50 62 25 13 102 3 9 14 19 8 18 6 50 23 26 Acres. 10,027 3,192 1,664 4,657 18,670 25,020 10,856 2,741 38,348 955 3.168 5,947 7,679 2,647 5,467 1,906 20,729 7,573 8,190 Acres. 2,108 1,700 3,215 1,700 556 2,996 5,785 500 960 526 1,146 335 3,261 1,266 1.213 2,565 2,335 15 4 3 4 12 16 12 3 24 5 3 6 5 3 7 o 20 5 9 Acres. 7,801 1,890 1,439 3,093 7,882 10,020 6,938 1,194 17,439 1,000 1,809 3,840 3,273 2,249 204 1,655 13,056 2,955 3,394 Acres. 3,622 1,552 760 90 1,815 622 1,586 1,106 2,001 4,000 736 984 150 5,714 80 2,662 1,406 3,493 15 18 6 3 13 19 4 28 6 4 12 5 4 18 14 1 1 9 9 8 Acres. 17,959 23,365 12,186 4,020 23,264 28,546 4,604 41,218 7,083 9,626 18,997 5.060 4,316 6,950 33,116 2,500 10,908 16,440 14,262 Acres. 6,779 12,270 14 2,540 2,060 11,187 3,562 9,108 6,618 1,199 4,900 5,900 9,230 49,239 15,812 2,000 1,170 2,780 1 3 1 1 1 3 1 1 "7 3 13 5 "2 Acres. 6,500 14,552 51 8,000 9,100 20,500 9,150 25 52,367 14,287 38,743 18,800 8,128 Acres. 7,261 6,816 6,430 8,533 8,670 65,363 15,800 5,600 1 1 1 2 1 6 11 1 2 i Acres. 13,600 16,049 2S,000 4,000 25,782 6S,202 25,210 11,000 Acres. 10,600 12,600 12,096 47,032 74.719 12,000 1 i l l l i 6 8 i Acres. 315 5 24,000 25,000 23,000 5,112 20,488 21,800 Acres. 20,000 35,440 26,000 158,050 173,720 1 ... ... 1 1 1 i l Acres. 51,068 38,000 90,000 1,700 Acres. 57,520 10,573 12,770 95,000 94,800 1 Acres. Acres. 109,000 172 189 47 239 513 543 489 986 1,545 94 199 82 250 148 281 118 5 3 397 323 128 21 929 582 473 381 919 931 909 125 645 450 60 616 122 1,152 205 163 115 216 307 37 4 1,555 504 2,742 790 1.133 394 679 931 304 970 557 546 620 183 224 269 1,782 398 Acres. 50,463 50,275 5,143 56,259 87,903 156,670 96.080 32,119 195,036 37,453 19,713 184,719 46,190 19,663 124,427 145,884 2,500 117,708 150,624 35,440 130 76,822 80,000 100,839 154.546 156,076 110,622 239,714 510,581 523,076 494,969 11,000 649,921 83,782 141,014 24,128 1,912 9 254 10^642 15,092 316,543 195,201 420,106 143,727 373,055 454,678 454,056 393,877 265,227 137,631 9,482 164,668 212,403 300,785 208,474 20.174 17,740 33,092 849,684 232,474 Acres. 103,296 27,196 56,580 1,933 16,971 10,440 16,492 14,402 36,597 13,017 9,506 28,485 20,268 49,104 347,080 282,428 123,242 95,200 8,442 13,455 107,097 1,590 43,251 73,442 213,600 48,206 93,482 65,767 84,040 145.689 242,598 738,865 27,155 37,049 5,193 64,023 8,661 7,865 16,751 13,S98 11,698 37,802 128 117 109 104 208 304 246 10 99 193 1 179 37 285 19 47 20 57 97 8 254 270 257 220 540 866 655 13 191 460 247 266 415 183 366 546 488 36 236 454 10 197 30 475 27 112 47 152 201 11 17,454 7,214 5,093 7,251 13,616 12,045 13,447 452 6,364 1,332 1,641 9,360 2,391 19,355 5 ; 869 722 1,156 1,002 3,881 12,040 7,416 5,415 4,640 14,092 10,347 6.370 1,266 3,707 2,125 964 6,217 1,340 15,084 5,754 160 1,417 1,608 95 58 93 71 57 57 58 70 6 24 15 4 29 3 98 14 2 4 12 5 2 19,402 26,717 20,417 21,592 19,613 20,058 20,758 1,372 9,067 4,783 1,227 9,860 1,181 30,523 3,966 120 465 1,614 1,355 7S 7,138 13,470 12,577 7.075 6,871 6,773 11,860 1,578 2,600 2,784 411 2,956 105 12,727 1,026 630 1,290 3,156 720 721 8 30 34 21 21 19 26 9 24 10 4 11 2 30 3 3,518 13,591 14,797 14,586 11,064 8,303 16,395 7,217 15,250 3,193 2,290 7,666 1,160 16,561 1,540 2,378 10,361 13.093 3,210 6^867 6.426 4,501 860 4,888 6,018 1,150 1,621 350 8,933 930 10 24 43 34 25 24 47 34 21 24 7 24 5 25 3 9,387 20,167 45.544 46,163 24,202 32,834 79,053 67.345 33,499 41,480 ■ 4,126 88,706 11,511 36,182 3,348 5,642 22,038 33,861 18.500 18,955 10,698 21,050 26,850 11,308 17,407 8,750 8,711 3,100 20,202 1,137 3 5 5 4 6 8 9 11 7,010 20,340 31,538 10,604 36,843 37,087 46.557 71,969 11,162 14,400 8,134 18,500 7,340 20,830 15,542 17,105 i i i 9 1 6 19 15 16 1 8 2 "423 11,000 3,000 4 777 5 1.270 210,461 134,504 156,711 10,345 11,347 32,000 0,375 27,160 59,640 87,711 81.618 15,000 1 1 fi 13 8 25,757 26,661 138,764 262.376 70,683 162 34,421 109,490 171,800 i 5 52,000 139,200 "200 61,900 1 3 "461 121,000 375,000 568 153 839 74 85 42 95 229 26 1,158 159 2,295 358 1,185 499 925 1,730 32 9 1 1 66,317 5,224 7,000 2,709 110.860 30,937 10 1 308,622 28,381 13,112 1 78,000 1,400 ,. . . 3 2 2 2 750 133 700 797 1,282 1,445 1,000 877 "l 5,000 7,000 1 4 2 4.500 4710 1,810 5,095 6,991 1 8,538 4 52,592 8 3 2 251,435 95,201 50,000 1 1 1 1,105 100,000 79,000 29,100 381 SO 790 156 203 95 180 249 80 386 143 65 170 55 73 78 429 62 904 152 1,914 324 502 281 415 635 24.0 966 317 173 458 23 156 142 1,181 124 748 199 1,652 392 314 74 354 464 220 688 215 126 280 191 213 188 70S 155 355 118 72S 103 263 67 105 288 115 191 55 59 80 28 37 53 240 43 7,321 2,473 12,912 1,863 5,386 1,37(3 1,462 5,641 2,023 3,316 1,133 1,758 1,805 199 416 745 4,013 637 3,802 1,230 8.743 1,0.90 2,220 '512 1.509 2,731 1,584 2,052 621 430 529 499 890 720 2,591 520 287 108 3t;6 71 150 44 68 151 69 129 82 58 46 17 23 30 181 31 15,263 5,572 19,024 3,768 8,462 2.864 3,115 9,109 3.197 6J906 4.961 4,072 2,314 323 529 1,386 9,665 1,7-18 7,023 2,556 11.704 l,F60 3,272 647 2,249 2,686 1,777 3,358 1,292 813 1,259 1,109 1,329 971 4,632 714 238 77 372 126 184 61 101 132 29 114 106 190 150 42 40 59 429 111 22,786 7,161 37,569 13,278 17,809 7.879 8.966 12,535 2,136 10,757 11,890 21,070 12.8S0 1,352 2,389 4.316 34,663 7,446 11,528 3,876 18,239 6,476 8,476 1,904 6,342 7J227 1,582 5,501 4,635 10,951 13,011 6,331 4,718 5,485 39.823 11^521 113 39 197 100 113 45 79 61 4 57 67 70 69 12 24 15 155 56 20,166 7,653 32,107 16,689 19,183 9,062 13,141 8,535 186 9,147 12,469 13,859 8,999 892 1,057 2,56S 29,298 6,636 8,688 2,607 17,284 9,492 9,476 2,797 6,886 8,361 779 5.195 5A66 4,294 8.373 2,415 5,594 1,481 10,093 8,067 81 ' 35 134 100 110 40 79 19 4 46 42 56 47 14 15 18 197 44 23,290 14,028 35,639 29,073 34,725 13,653 21,183 8,709 1,470 16,406 13,441 19,451 12,364 3,846 3,515 6,061 65,512 13,001 11,966 1,627 26,364 16,426 13,395 3,7^9 14,720 3,279 571 4,722 4,845 5,732 7,211 2,557 2,658 2,499 21,500 5,901 35 17 55 46 32 7 20 10 14 19 16 15 8 7 8 63 20 21,433 11,380 31,772 24,592 18,705 4,082 13,556 6.279 7,944 9,931 7,990 6,913 5,275 2,990 3,931 35,787 14,091 6,199 2,249 14,315 12,328 10,475 1,833 8,217 2,400 3,558 5,489 3,526 4,548 1,040 2,404 2,350 14,540 1,873 52 25 58 64 51 21 27 15 3 26 30 20 28 6 4 6 69 14 104,377 52,586 99,894 107,552 82,659 40,775 37,512 14,522 230 43,473 62,954 33,911 30.271 7,830 6,688 7,091 118,883 25,618 15,155 6,578 21,941 29,841 12,693 9,540 16,457 18,8S0 3,830 7,705 16,593 3,533 17,528 3,700 1,200 1,435 23,306 1,502 6 4 6 11 13 4 7 2 4 3 4 1 31,268 27,430 29,703 76,057 8i,973 29,576 53,643 12,000 25,253 25,690 18,870 6,000 9,693 8.267 7^915 5.802 9,276 120 8,765 9,408 4,369 775 6,400 4 1 4 9 6 4 5 o 2 2 4 2 1 50,298 15,292 42.205 122,306 86,694 61,555 79,] '' 36,212 19,500 27,125 25,500 434 1,053 106 10.387 4,604 1,812 896 !2.;;25 11,000 2 4 2 G 1 1 1 2 4 1 30,286 59,170 21,094 212,824 33,000 23,30-i 21,000 42,192 133,347 22,730 1,000 36,979 51,650 26,500 24,580 1,400 476 1 1 73,864 90 371 65,000 76,855 24.295 175,523 140,021 96.468 47,578 127,785 68,243 10,343 48.148 41,159 45,4.66 52.739 27,708 45,006 27,429 170,451 202,433 "286 1,528 9,375 1 78,240 9,816 1 26,000 1 6 6 6,800 25,578 31,450 20,620 8,358 1 6 5 52 88,1 0;; 64,341 12,300 1,800 4,698 4 5 103,594 67,322 29,725 95,121 1 1 50,447 64,000 2 283,000 1,107 9 6 2 64 9 16 12 22 10 2 404 271 40 70 100 8 1 476 100 160 12 4 1,567 132 "9 2 2,341 13 2 4,954 550 1,320 550 9 2 3,949 900 3,200 850 13 5 22,474 10,500 4,040 6,500 1 1 5,600 9,283 31 81 27 468 41,641 43,595 40 8.806 99,362 500 550 4 17,130 35,300 2 5,000 55,000 Total 7,680 19,949 14,724 6,493 128,430 68,774 4,462 237,768 ■ 108,731 5,066 520,035 261,984 2,453 435,524 197,190 2,258 734,565 280,813 828 462,158 209,963 1,097 1,698,787 608,620 185 1,048,404 331,429 169 1,754,822 613,626 110 2,152,553 1,101,529 19 832,714 491,234 283,461 '006,107 30,532 10,309,170 4,897,727