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1902. NEW ZEALAND.

DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND SURVEY (ANNUAL REPORT ON).

Presented to both Rouses of the General Assembly'by Command of His Excellency.

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General Report— p age Lands— Extension of the Colony .. .. .. i Alteration of District Boundaries .. .. i Land opened for Selection during the Year .. i Table showing Manner in which Crown Lands were opened for Sale and Lease .. .. ii Lands disposed of .. .. .. iii Table showing Number of New Selectors, Area taken up, and Total Amount of Money received during the Year.. .. ~ iii Table showing Comparison of Operations under the several Headings .. .. .. iv Average Size of Holdings selected during the Year .. .. .. ~ .. i v Table showing Summary of Lands selected for Ten Years .. .. .. .. iv Table showing Preference of Tenure .. v Inspections .. .. ~ ~ v Condition and Progress of Settlement .. v Revenue .. .. .. .. .. j x Arrears of Rent and Interest .. .. ix Forests and Plantations .. .. .. ix Reserves .. .. .. .. ~ x i Land for Settlements Acts.. .. .. xii Table showing Selectors, Residences, and Condition of Estates acquired and dealt with .. xii Cheviot Estate .. .. .. ~ xiv Rebates of Rent granted to Crown Tenants .. xiv Agricultural Leases .. .. .. xiv Mining Districts Land Occupation Aot .. xiv Native Townships.. .. ~ .. xv Medical Assistance in Outlying Districts .. xv Forfeitures and Surrenders .. .. xv " Thirds " and " Fourths " for Road-making .. xv Surveys— Summary of Operations for the Year .. xvi Trigonometrical and Topographical .. xvi Rural and Suburban .. .. .. xvi Town Sections ~ .. ~ ~ xvi Native Land Court .. .. .. xvii Mining .. .. .. .. .. xvii Roads and Railways .. .. .. xvii Comparison .. .. .. .. xvii Other Work .. .. .. .. xvii Inspection .. .. .. ~ xvii Land Transfer .. .. .. .. xvii Future Operations.. .. .. .. xviii Office-work .. .. .. ~ xviii Urewera Surveys .. .. .. .. xviii Standards .. .. ~ .. xix Surveyors' Board of Examiners .. .. xix National Survey .. .. .. .. xx

s Surveys— continued. PageMagnetic Survey of the Colony .. .. xx i Antarctic Expedition .. .. ~ xxi Longitude of New Zealand.. .. .. xxi Departmental Changes— Deaths .. .. .. .. .. X xi Retirements .. .. .. .. X xi Promotions .. .. ~ .. X xii South African Contingents .. .. .. xxii. Head Office— Report of Chief Draughtsman .. .. xxii ; „ Chief Clerk .. .. .. xxiv Accountant .. .. .. xxv Auditor of Land Revenue.. .. xxvi. Appendix I.— Land-settlement: Administration— Auckland— Summary of Land Transactions during the Year.. .. .. .. ~ jLand for Settlements .. .. .. 3 Improved-farm Settlements .. .. 3 Lands available for future Settlement and Disposal .. .. ~ ~ 4 Hawke's Bay— Summary of Land Transactions during the Year.. .. .. .. ~ 4 Progress and Condition of Settlers .. 6 Improved-farm Settlements .. .. 6 Land for Settlements .. .. ~ 7 Timber in Motu District.. .. .. 8 Taranaki— Summary of Land Transactions during the Year .. .. .. ~ .. g Improved-farm Settlements .. .. 11 Land for Settlements .. .. .. 12 Wellington— Summary of Land Transactions during the Year .. .. .. .. .. 13 Condition and Progress of Settlements .. 14 Village Settlements .. .. ..14,19 Farm Homestead Associations .. .. 15 Improved Farms .. .. .. 16, 19 Land for Settlements .. .. ..17,20 Native Townships .. .. .. 21 Nelson — Summary of Land Transactions during the Year .. .. .. .. .. 22 Marlborough— Summary of Land Transactions during the Year .. .. .. .. .. 23 Progress and Condition of Settlers .. 24

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Page Appendix I.—continued. Land-settlement: Administration — continued. Marlborough— continued. Land for Settlements ... .. .. 24 Westland — Summary of Land Transactions during the Year.. .. •• 26 Land for Settlements .. .. .. 27 Canterbury— Summary of Land Transactions during the Year .. .. .. .. • • 28 Lands open for Selection .. .. 30 Cheviot Estate .. .. .. . • 31 Land for Settlements .. .. .31 Otago— Summary of Land Transactions during the Year .. .. .. .. • ■ 36 Improved Farms .. .. .. 39 Land for Settlements .. .. .. 40 Southland — Summary of Land Transactions during the Year.. .. .. .. •• 44 Improved Farms .. .. .. 45 Land for Settlements .. .. .. 45 Appendix ll.— Surveys— Auckland.. .. .. .. •• 47 Hawke's Bay .. .. .. ■ • 47 Taranaki .. .. .. .. • • 49 Wellington .. .. .. .. 50 Nelson .. .. .. .. .. 52 Marlborough .. .. .. ... 52 Westland .. .. .. • ■ 53 Canterbury .. .. ■. • ■ 54 Otago .. .. .. .. •• 55 Southland .. .. .. •• 57 Appendix 111. — Report on Village Settlements .. .. 58 Appendix IV. — Report on Forestry Operations .. .. 61 Appendix V. — Sanctuaries for Wild Animals — Game-farm Reserve, near Paraparaumu .. 83 Resolution Island.. .. .. .. 84 Appendix VI. — National Park, Mount Egmont .. .. 85 Appendix VII. — Longitude of New Zealand .. .. .. 87 Appendix VIII. — Magnetic Observatory and Magnetic Survey .. 89 "Tables— Table 1. — Summary of Lands absolutely disposed of from the Foundation of the Colony .. .. .. 95 „ 2. —Lands opened for Sale or Selection during the Year.. .. .. 95 „ 3. —Summary of Lands taken up during the Year .. .. .. 96 „ 4.—Analysis of Holdings .. .. 98 „ s.—Lands sold for Cash during the Year 99 „ 6.—Deferred-payment Lands .. .. 100 „ 7.—Perpetual - lease and Small - area Lands .. .. .. .. 101 it 8. —Occupation ■ with - right - of - purchase Lands taken up during the Year .. 102 „ 9.—Lease-in-perpetuity Lands .. .. 103 10. —Agricultural-lease Lands taken up during the Year.. .. .. 105

Page Tables— continued. Table 11.—Occupation Leases under " The Mining Districts Land Occupation Act, 1894," taken up during the Year .. 106 „ 12.—Village Settlements .. .. 106 „ 13.—Summary of Position of Village Settlements .. .. .. .. 108 14.—Special-settlement Associations .. 109 „ 15.—Homestead Lands Transactions during the Year .. .. ..110 16. —Small Grazing-runs taken up during the Year .. .." .. 110 „ 17.—Number and Area of Pastoral Licenses for the Year .. .. .. 11l „ 18.—Miscellaneous Leases and Licenses .. 112 „ 19. —Gross Revenue received during the Year .. .. .. ..113 20.—Lands reserved and alienated .. 115 21.—Forfeitures and Surrenders during the Year .. .. 115 22.—Lands in Thermal-springs District taken up during the Year .. 116 23.—Lands disposed of under " The Native Townships Act, 1895" .. .. 116 24.—Area of Bush felled .. .. 117 „ 25. —Number of Selectors on Books of Department .. .. .. 117 „ 26.—Total Number of Crown Tenants, Area held, and Arrears of Rent .. 118 27. —Endowments: Lands taken up during the Year .. .. .. 119 „ 28.—Endowments: Revenue received during the Year .. .. .. 119 „ 29.—Cheviot Estate: Summary of Receipts for the Year .. .. 120 30.—Cheviot Estate : Return of Outlay and Income .. .. .. 120 31.—Cheviot Estate: Summary of Receipts from Ist April, 1893, to 31st March, 1902 .'. .. ..121 „ 32.—Improved-farm Settlements .. 122 „ 33.—Lands acquired and leased under Land for Settlements Acts .. 124 34. —Outlay and Income of Estates purchased .. .. .. ..128 „ 35. —Comparative Statement of Selectors and Lands selected under Settlement Conditions for the past Ten Years .. .. .. ..142 „ 36. —Field-work executed during the Year 143 37. —Crown Grants, Certificates of Title, &c, prepared during the Year .. 155 38. —Plans placed on Crown Grants and other Instruments of Title during the Year .. .. .. 155 39. —Work done under Land Transfer Act, &c, during the Year .. .. 155 40. —Lithographs and Photographs printed and sold during the Year .. 156 , 41. —Payments to Local Bodies from " Thirds " and " Fourths " during the Year .. .. ..156 42. —Amounts to credit of Local Bodies in the Deposit Account in respect of " Thirds " and " Fourths " .. 160 „ 43. —Surveyors employed and Work on hand .. .. .. ..160 „ 44.—Work done for other Departments and for Local Bodies during the Year .. .. .. ..160 45. —Arrears of Rent due to the Crown .. 161 „ 46.—Blocks of Land proclaimed under the Government Loans to Local Bodies Acts, and the Report of the Sur-veyor-General thereon .. .. 162

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1902. NEW ZEALAND.

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

The Sbckbtaet for Crown Lands and Suevbyoe-General to the Hon. the Minister of Lands. Sic, — Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 23rd June, 1902. I have the honour to submit herewith the annual report on the operations of the Department of Lands and Survey for the twelve months which ended on the 31st March, 1902. I have, &c, J. W. A. Mabchant, Secretary for Crown Lands and Surveyor-General. The Hon. T. Y. Duncan, Minister of Lands.

Extension of the Colony. The Cook, Hervey, and various other islands lying generally between 8° and 23° south latitude, and 156° and 170° west longitude, were under British protection, when it was ordered by His Majesty the King, in an Order in Council dated the 13th day of May, 1901, under " The Colonial Boundaries Act, 1895," that the boundaries of the Colony of New Zealand were to be extended so as to include them ; and by Proclamation, dated the 10th June, 1901 (appearing in the New Zealand Gazette No. 59. of the 13th June, 1901), this was given effect to as from the 11th day of June, 1901. The Cook Group of islands are some nine in number, the four larger being : Barotonga, with a population of 2,000; Mangaia, also of 2,000 ; Aciu, with 800 ; and Aitutaki, with 900 ; and the five smaller islands of Mauke, population 400; Miciaro, population 275; and Takutea, Manuae, and Auoutu (Herveys), with no population. The aggregate area is 150 square miles, and the population some 6,500 souls. The outside islands comprise Palmerston (Avarua), Niue (Savage), Pukapuka (Danger), Bakaanga, Manahiki, Tongareva (Penrhyn) and Suwarrow. Of these, the chief one is Niue, with an area of 100 square miles and population of 4,500, the remaining islands being simply atolls, with a population ranging from 100 to 560 souls. The above figures are not based upon survey or census, and are therefore only approximations. Alteration op District Boundaries. The contemplated adjustment of the boundaries of the Nelson and Westland Land Districts has been given effect to: the northern portion of Grey County, comprising 744,000 acres, has been cut off from Nelson and included in the Westland Land District, as from the Ist day of January, 1902 (vide New Zealand Gazette No. 106, of the 19th December, 1901). Land opened for Selection during the Year. As the operations under this heading necessarily constitute the basis for the foundation and expansion of settlement of all classes, it is interesting to analyse the figures for each land district as set forth in the following table, which shows that a total area of 641,994 acres of ordinary Crown land was placed on the market, in addition to 80,415 acres acquired under the Land for Settlements Acts. Of the former, 192,438 acres were opened for the first time, and 449,556 acres were reopened for selection.

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Table A. Manner in which Crown Lands were Opened for Sale and Lease.

Of ordinary Crown lands, a large area of new country was opened in the Auckland District, and lesser areas in Hawke's Bay, Taranaki, Wellington, Nelson, Marlborough, Westland, and Southland, but the bulk of the areas opened in the remaining districts comprised blocks which reverted to the Crown by expiry of leases or by their forfeiture or surrender. These latter lands

District. Optional System. Lease by Cash by Auction Auction. and Application. SPif I Pastoral SS» Buns. Small Grazing Kuns. Lease in Perpetuity only. Native Totn]s Towns. lotals - Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres, j Acres. Auckland — Offered for first time previously Hawke's Bay— Offered for first time „ previously Taranaki — Offered for first time „ previously Wellington— Offered for first time „ previously Nelson— OfEered for first time „ previously Marlbornugh— Offered for first time „ previously WetlandOffered for first time „ previously Canterbury— Offered for first time „ previously Otngo— Offered for first time „ previously Southland— Offered for first time „ previously 75,593 17,177 276 656 18,609 4,713 797 6,490 16,118 409 1,727 845 257 58 186 8 182 26 4,482 104 7 49 8,124 30 210 291 17,100 2,170 19,457 7,069 4,094 811 2,634 .. .. 6,950 101,883 20,656 .. ! 19,733 7,829 18,873 4,820 9,317 19 I 10,932 23,250 435 2,464 135 966 1,083 2,252 20,454 173 4,889 .. : 22,638 4,270 4,270 •• 150 249 19,599 43 193 19,848 9,784 135 1 175,420 12,522 130 197,992 9,040 1,902 280 4,616 351 154,844 990 2,052 861 10,030 .. \ 164,406 Totals 168,433 4,670 18,894 853 366,963 71,060 11,102 19 641,994 First time .. Previously .. 192,438 Acres. 449,556 „ 641,994 „ Land for Settlements. Land District. Lease by Auction p n . tnl , Bl 13™, Small • Lease in and Application. Pastoral ituns. Grazlng Euns Perpetuity only. Total. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Auckland— Offered for first time „ previously Hawke's Bay— Offered for first time „ previously Taranaki — Offered for first time „ previously Wellington— Offered for first time „ previously Marl borough— Offered for first time „ previously Westland — Offered for first time previously Canterbury— Offered for firpt time „ previously Otago— Offered for first time „ previously Southland— Offered for first time „ previously 196 56 11,648 247 '890J 33,510) 71} 1,495) 1,588) 2j .. 1 890 45,425 1,495 1,590 303 190 ■■ \ ■■ 7 190 14 1,494 6,774) 648 J 8,930 954 287) 5,175f 6,416 2,808 10,878) 1,490/ 15,176 Totals 266 954 16,387 62,808 80,415

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are not usually of a character suitable for close settlement, and the supply from these sources, except for the re-opening of runs, must diminish ; hence the future extension of settlement depends upon the opening up of the remaining Crown lands in Auckland, Taranaki, Poverty Bay, Wellington, Nelson, Westland, and to some extent in Southland. In view of the fact that the undisposed of Crown lands comprise as a rule hilly, forest-clad country, remote from centres of population, unconnected by railway or roads, it is imperative that ample funds be provided for opening them up for settlement, and that the Department spares no effort to explore, survey, and prepare the areas for selection as early as possible, having a due regard to the requirements and convenience of the future occupants. This should be supplemented by operations under the Land for Settlements Acts, whereby suitable private estates may be acquired and apportioned to meet the demands of the increasing population of the colony. With a failing supply of Crown land it behoves us to encourage the full development of the resources of the lands already under occupation. Lands Disposed op. In pursuance of the recognised departmental practice, Table B has been compiled to illustrate the land transactions for the year, under all systems and phases prescribed by law. Full details of each system are given in the numerous tables in the Appendix and in the reports of the Commissioners of Crown Lands.

Table B. Number of New Selectors, and Area taken up, from 1st April, 1901, to 31st March, 1902, and Total Amount of Money received during the Year.

On comparison with the past year's figures, it will be seen that there is a decrease in the number of transactions for the year of 153 selectors, and a falling-off of over half a million acres, principally under the pastoral runs, occupation-with-right-of-purchase, and lease-in-perpetuity systems, and a loss in revenue of about £4,200. A closer investigation shows that the area of cash sales fell from 58,700 to 27,288 acres, and the receipts from £33,987 to £22,317. As might be expected, there is a large reduction in the perpetual-lease and deferred-payment revenue; selections under the occupation-with-right-of-purchase rural system aggregated 447, whilst those under

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sil Nature and Tenure oi Lands selected. 113 CM Area. Cash received on Average Holding. Transactions. A . Town lands sold for cash .. .. .. .. 156 Suburban lands sold for cash .. .. .. ! 95 Rural lands sold for cash .. .. .. ... 237 i Perpetual leases made freehold .. .. Deferred payment instalments .. .. .. 1 Perpetual leases .. .. .. .. • • 1 Occupation with right of purchase .. .. .. I 447 li Lease in perpetuity .. .. .. .. 241 ( Agricultural lease .. .. .. .. .. 1 Village settlement, cash .. .. .. .. 21 „ deferred payment .. .. I „ perpetual lease „ „ made freehold occupation with right of purchase .. 1 lease in perpetuity .. .. 32 Village-homestead special settlement (lease in perpetuity) : 30 Special-settlement associations, deferred payments .. .. j „ perpetual lease „ lease in perpetuity Improved-farm special settlements (lease in perpetuity) ! 9 . Occupation leases, Mining D.L.O. Act .. .. 71 Small grazing-runs .. .. .. .. 25 j i Pastoral runs .. .. .. .. .. 54 5 1 ] Thermal springs, Botorua Miscellaneous leases and licenses .. .. .. 440 | 1] Miscellaneous Cheviot Estate— Lease in perpetuity .. .. .. .. 3 j Village-homestead special settlement (lease in perpetuity) Grazing farms Pastoral runs Miscellaneous leases Miscellaneous Land for Settlements Acts— Cash .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 Lease in perp9tuity .. .. .. .. 257 4 A. B. P. 116 1 16 432 2 1 26,739 0 31 A. 116 432 26,739 52 10 .28,892 65,468 27 9 1 455 469 1,617 2,506 96,708 72,050 13,432 1,422 2 49,235 A. E. P. 0 2 3926 4 2 8-4 112 3 11-7 £ s. d. I 22,317 11 0 52 0 0 10 0 0 128,892 3 9 65,468 1 29 27 3 0 9 3 9 10 1 455 1 28 469 1 25 52 0 0 10 0 0 288 1 16-1 271 2 24-5 27 3 0 0 0 22-9 10 1 14 0 37-1 15 2 23-5 179 3 2-8 35 1 9-1 3,868 1 13-1 10,232 0 34-7 257 0 34-6 40,851 1 2 8,288 6 10 8,176 12 3 28,565 11 2 26,722 18 5 25 16 9 163 4 0 163 16 4 451 15 11 1,127 14 5 11 6 8 564 2 9 2,865 5 4 99 0 2 185 4 9 5,670 5 10 3,185 14 0 514 6 7 23,828 19 3 71,513 4 1 1,511 3 10 22,067 12 0 30,027 8 8 9 71 25 54 1,617 3 26 2,506 3 10 96,708 1 18 572,050 1 26 440 113,432 2 7 3 j 1,422 3 0 474 1 0 6,397 19 5 800 11 10 6,285 11 11 250 13 8 274 8 11 51 19 11 1 257 1 2 0 0 49,235 1 3 0 10 2 0 0 191 2 12 0 10 1,476 1 10-9 476 3 19 783 2 395 17 15 0 79,022 2 3 257 15 4 157 4 0 7,272 16 7 60 16 6 2,376 11 11 „ village .. .. .. 1 J Special-settlement associations (lease in perpetuity) Small grazing-runs .. .. .. .. 11 ] Pastoral runs .. .. .. .. .. 2 - Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. 22 ] 11 2 22 16,239 2 0 953 2 38 17,242 1 30 0 16,239 953 17,242 Totals .. .. .. .. 2,159 1,05 2,159 1,094,086 2 27 94,086 506 3 0-9 £402,124 9 5

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the lease-in-perpetuity were only 241, with a similar disparity in areas ; but the selections in both systems fall far short of those in the year 1900-1, though, of course, the balance of revenue is in favour of the later period. The next principal item, village settlement lease-in-perpetuity and village homestead selections total sixty-two, against one hundred and three for the preceding year, with a proportionately less area ; the disparity is maintained under the improved farm and pastoral runs, but the comparison of occupation licenses under the Mining Act, and small grazingruns (as to area), and miscellaneous leases and licenses, is in favour of the year 1901-2, as are also the figures under the Land for Settlements Act, which show an increase of sixty-two selectors and 26,592 acres over the transactions of the previous year, and under this heading the items lease-in-perpetuity and small grazing-runs show a substantial improvement also. The explanation of the lower figures recorded in the foregoing instances is, as before indicated, due to the fact that suitable land was not available for selection. Nevertheless, it appears reasonable to conclude that, notwithstanding unavoidable drawbacks, the results are satisfactory in the three essentials of number, area, and revenue. The following table represents the above comparisons in a convenient form: —

Table C. Comparison of Operations during Year under Principal Headings with those for previous Year.

Average Size op Holdings selected during the Year. The average size of the areas selected (excluding town and suburban lands, pastoral runs, grazing-runs, small lots, and miscellaneous leases) is 228 acres, the figures for 1901 being 316 acres, and those for 1900, 223 acres. Selection under the optional clauses of the Act, where the selector is not limited to one section but may select up to the limits defined in the Act, average 239 acres, the average areas for the two previous years being 363 acres (year 1900-1) and 292 acres (year 1899-1900) respectively. For facility of reference and comparison, the totals of transactions from the year 1891-2 to the 31st March last is set forth in

Table D. Summary of Lands selected.

Tenure. IS Number of Selectors. 19i 10-1901. 190: .-1902. Area. Number of Selectors. Area. lash sales* )eferred payment ... 'erpetual lease (ccupation with right of purchase jease in perpetuity! 'astoral and small grazing-runs lining and occupation leases liscellaneous leases 398 3 673 606 99 54 479 Acrep. 58,725 2,499 262,729 147,600 1,099,185 2,146 94,861 510 1 1 448 573 92 72 462 Acres. 27,300 52 10 128,894 118,669 685,952 2,535 130,674 New transactions Forfeitures and surrenders ... 2,312 409 2,312 409 1,667,745 381,138 2,159 288 1,094,086 145,923 Net increase ... 1,903 1,903 1,286,607 1,871 948,163 * Inclusive of subdivisions t „ subdivision i of town an d{ lands for suburban land?, lettlements.

Year. Number of Selectors or Purchasers. Area taken up ! during Year. Territorial Revenue. Number of Total Revenue Leasehold collected. Tenants ! on the Books. 1891-92 1892-93 1893-94 1894-95 .;. 1895-96 1896-97 1897-98 1898-99 1899-1900 ... 1900-1901 ... 1901-1902 ... 2,519 3,071 2,876 2,547 2,865 2,173 2,058 2,542 2,310 2,312 2,159 Acres. 1,453,082 1,663,339 1,393,918 1,015,577 2,662,344 1,600,695 2,451,062 1,357,466 1,573,823 1,667,744 1,094,086 i £ 320,483 274,399 282,067 338,166 291,673 272,954 263,296 273,799 262,228 270,203 249,619 £ 324,470 310,523 347,343 375,879 345,331 360,993 359,086 385,145 382,943 431,338 427,138 12,735 14,261 15,081 15,326 15,683 15,527 16,365 16,572 17,191 18,050 18,521

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The operations where applicants have had choice of tenure under the cash, occupation-with-right-of-purchase, and lease-in-perpetuity systems for the last ten years are recorded in Table E, emphasizing the fact that where the selectors have had a choice the occupation-with-right-of-purchase system is the one most favoured.

Table E. Lands opened on "Optional" System.—Table showing Preference of Tenure.

Inspections. The Crown Land Bangers throughout the colony made inspections of 7,464 holdings of an aggregate area of 1,980,586 acres. The improvements effected amount to £1,147,495, the amount required by statute being £623,498. There were 826 selectors whose holdings were found deficient in improvements, 910 were not complying with the conditions of residence, and there were 146 defaulters from other causes, chiefly overdue rent, which necessitated special visits to ascertain the tenants' circumstances and requirements. The following is a summary of the number of inspections made by the Bangers for three years from the Ist April, 1899, and demonstrates that the work of the Bangers last year was more general and comprehensive than formerly, and that the progress of the settlements has on the whole been substantial and satisfactory : —

Return of Number of Inspections made by the Rangers for three Years from the 1st April, 1899.

Condition and Progress of Settlement. Cash Purchases. There are no obligations attendant upon holders under this system as regards occupation and improvements except selections under Part 111. of " The Land Act, 1892," termed the " Optional System," which necessitates that certain prescribed improvements shall be effected within seven years from the date of purchase and before the issue of a certificate of title. The holdings thus affected comprise ninety-nine. In consequence of the failure of several of the purchasers to comply within the prescribed period, a question has arisen as to the relative rights of the Crown and selectors, which appears to require further consideration and possibly legislation. Perpetual-lease and Deferred-payment Selections. The holdings under these systems, which originated in the Land Acts prior to 1892, have been augmented to a slight extent by additional selections under the provisions of section 114 of " The Land Act, 1892." It may be said that, generally speaking, the holders under these old systems have complied with all the conditions of residence and improvements, and are now principally concerned in the payment of their annual instalments of rent and interest. Taking advantage of the right to purchase the fee-simple, these tenures are rapidly disappearing from the departmental ledgers.

Occupation with Right of Purchase. Lease in Perpetuity. Gash. Year. Number. Ana. I Number. Area. Number. Area. .892-93 893-94 .894-95 .895-96 .896-97 .897-98 .898-99 .899-1900 .900-1901 .901-1902 ... J 161 461 398 431 277 380 458 395 673 447 Acres. 54,271 108,133 75,477 84,967 59,647 81,414 109,949 117,771 262,729 128,893 126 447 336 415 278 299 362 348 295 241 Acres. 55,320 151,324 87,374 89,144 62,229 76,953 99,262 111,108 97,138 65,468 325 249 174 169 90 65 114 95 127 237 Acres. 35,785 33,200 33,323 26,030 9,835 6,680 17,824 16,510 37,862 26,739 Totals ... ... 4 4,081 4,081 1,083,251 I 3,147 895,320 1,645 243,788

Year. Number of Properties, visited. Value of Improvements. imber of Defaulters. Area. Required. Actually made. For Improvements. For Nonresidence. For other Eeasons. Total. 899-1900 .900-1901 .901-1902 5,926 6,028 7,464 Acres. 1,159,202 1,173,093 1,980,586 £ M 369,627 I 887,998 368,474 876,363 623,498 1,147,495 447 363 826 695 449 910 54 64 146 1,196 876 1,882

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Occupation-with-right-of-purchase and Lease-in-perpetuity Systems Since the passing of "The Land Act, 1892," ordinary settlement has followed under the . occupation-with-nght-of-purchase and the various phases of the lease-in-perpetuityTstems wh eh include rural, village homestead, and rural special settlements and improved farms. * ' Small Grazing-runs. M 9 1 T o h n iB n i mportant S^ em cor »Prißes 690 holdings, an area of 1,335,650 acres, at a rental of £42,130 per annum Otago possesses the greatest number and area of holdings but the s. stem is well represented m most of the other districts. It offers the best example or periodical va ul tions, as by law all eases run for twenty-one years only, with provision fo? valuation o thlland separately from the improvements, with the right to the tenant of a renewal of his lease on pre scribed conditions. One run containing 4,807 acres was forfeited; and four runs, 32,270 acres, surrendered during the year. The amount of rental in arrear was £2,788 13s 9d 18q4"l\ theSe r_ be n added . h ° ldingB UQder the " The Minin 8 districts Land Occupation Ac 1894, we have the Crown tenants most actively engaged in fulfilling the compulsory conditions generaliyleS; lm P rWement and resid —- «"* to whom "the Bankers' most The summaries and reviews by several of the Commissioners of Crown Lands and Crown Lands Bangers throw light upon the condition, requirements, progress, and prospects of tie settlers, and enable the following particulars to be stated :— prospects ot the Auckland. The condition of land settlement in the Auckland Land District may be considered on the whole as progressive. From Auckland northwards for many years the word "stagnation » had to be written but during the last seven years or so the whole aspect of matters has changed Gene rally speakmg, the hard battle with forest lands-difficulty of access-has been conquered and the settlers as a whole are fairly prosperous and contented. From Auckland southXds to the borders of Taranaki the same remarks apply, large areas being yearly brought under Cultivation milk- and butter-factories have been established in every settlement! andare circulating ready money-this, together with the opportunity of obtaining loans at reasonable rates Tave improved the condition of the settlers, and bond fide settlement is advancing with rapid strides SeElnt in the Bay of Plenty District, particularly the portion extending from Te Puke to Onotikinr ™ to the Hawke's Bay District boundary, has during the last five years mle Spro™ w_\\ Pr ° Q ISIUg fUt , Ure - The dl ' amin g and h ™Z™S into cultivation of tL P Matata and Whakatane Swamps the opening of the Opouriao Settlement, acquired under the Land for Settlements Act, the extensive maize production, and the starting of the butter factories have ccXulnce § "*** **"* t0UUnP ° n *" "* ° f whioh has «"Jy of Haivke's Bay. The Bangers' inspections and reports show that three times the value of improvements b e e q enmade y " by oroWn and that satisfa <4 SK^ffi Taranaki. The year's inspections were attended with satisfactory results; 183 inspections were made showing improvements effeced to the value of £36,895, whilst the value required by law was £I™7Bo' In the northern portion of the district the settlers on lands held under Pari 111 of "c Act depend principally on cattle-rearing, and-in a few favoured localities dairying operations have been recently commenced .although struggling, the settlers are fairly prosperous. Tn the south IhllTt? T ? th ? ? al " e heM C^ 16fl J for dail 'y ing Ptoses ; the remainder of the d strict is devoted to sheep and cattle-rearing; the bulk of the settlers are doing well, and are contented and prosperous. The small grazing-runs are devoted to grazing shee/and cattle-rearm, £v are occupied bya well-to-do class, who have, however, been affected by the fall m the price Tot wool. Settlers in the improved farms with few exceptions are prosperous; their means of subsis ence are stock-raising, dairying, supplemented by employment on public works The settlers m he special-settlement association blocks are all doing well, and depend on cattle-rearin7 and dairying for a livelihood. Generally, good progress has been made in all classes of set ement the tenants throughout are doing well and have bright prospects. Want of roads s he only drawback or handicap that is seriously interfering with the well-being of the tenants J Wellington. The large number of inspections demonstrated the great increase in value of improvements and a substantial advance on the road to prosperity and content; the principal difficulty andTraw back being the incomplete and impassable state of the roads in some of the back blocks Si prevent the setters from fully stocking their holdings or taking advantage of the opporttmit es now general y afforded for dairying. The residential conditions have, as a rule, been sEa<Tril, complied with The Bangers' reports will be read with pleasure by all who take an intendst kthe development of the resources of the colony under conditions which tax the patience per everance and energies of the pioneer settlers. Nelson. In this district the bulk of the Crown tenants' holdings are situated on the hills, and are only suitable for the grazing of stock, chiefly sheep; small flats and lower slopes are cultivated to

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provide winter feed for stock. Generally the progress and present position of the lessees are satisfactory, and the improvements are far in excess of the requirements of the Act. There are thirty-four tenants out of 385 deficient with their improvements, but only to a small extent, and the majority have effected far more than required by law. A great number of the lessees own land on the flats, in conjunction with their leases, and thus find a difficulty in complying with residential conditions ; some of the holdings are said to be too rough and isolated to live upon. The frontage freehold lands are cropped and utilised for dairying, and fruit-growing for export, The bulk of the tenants are working-men with little capital, who have to seek work outside their holdings, such as bush-felling, fencing, road-making, &c. The principal requirement is improved road access. Marlborough. During the year 445 inspections were made, and the reports show that improvements to the value of £128,852 had been effected, as against the value of £57,246 required. Thirteen selectors were defaulters as to improvement conditions, and forty-five for non-residence. Westland. The Commissioner reports steady progress, and general increase in the stability and comfort of the settlers, particularly in the Grey Valley. In the Arnold Valley the sawmill and stockfattening industries have given to the district an impetus which is likely to be continuous. Between the Teremakau and Crooked Bivers the land has been successfully occupied for over thirty years ; and the Poerua Estate, purchased under the Land for Settlements Act, is making steady progress. Over the large extent of country, variable in quality, from above the Kanieri Biver to the gorge of the Hokitika, and known as the Kokotahi and Kaitirangi Blocks, settlement is being determinedly carried on. South of Hokitika the country, being generally rugged and densely wooded, with here and there areas of good available agricultural land, is devoted to stock-raising and sawmilling ; but wherever the land is carrying grass the spread of butter-factories adds to the wealth and comfort of settlers. Canterbury. In this district also the reports are mainly of a most satisfactory character. The usual complaint is made by some tenants as to the insufficiency of their holdings. Otago. Good progress is reported as having been made upon ordinary holdings under the Crown. The residential and improvement conditions have been well complied with, except in those districts where the rainfall is light and the lands are comparatively poor. It is satisfactory to record that the bush settlers in the district are working under improved conditions. Southland. During the year 270 holdings were inspected, disclosing the fact that improvements to the value of £25,890 had been effected where only £8,884 would have sufficed for the requirements of .the Act. There were forty-two defaulters, twenty-four on account of deficiency of improvements, and eighteen on account of non-residence. The deferred-payment and perpetual-lease selectors are in a prosperous condition, and have as a rule made fully four times the required improvements. The selectors. are all farming, except those on the small holdings in the village settlements. The farming is mixed, consisting of grazing, cropping, &c, according to the situation, character of land, and season. The farms are well stocked, and are served by roads passable in summer time. The leaseholders under the optional system of " The Land Act, 1892," are doing well, especially so in the western and north-western portions of the district ; but in the eastern side of the district, particularly in the Waikawa Survey District, the progress of the settlers has not been so satisfactory owing to the wet, cold, and inferior quality of the land. In the western district the farms are mostly stocked with cattle, and the settlers are occupied in dairying pursuits and grazing. In cleared and suitable open land many of the lessees crop considerable areas in oats and root-crops. In the eastern part of the district the stock consists principally of sheep, except in the vicinity of dairy factories A considerable proportion of the settlers on the smaller holdings raise pigs and poultry. The small grazing-run tenants are in a very satisfactory condition, all having effected improvements far beyond the requirements of the Act, and with a couple of exceptions are residing. The runs are well stocked with sheep, 'and most of the lessees cultivate a portion of their holdings for winter feed. As several of the systems of settlement are of special interest, it will be convenient to deal with them separately as follows : — Improved Farms. Under the provisions of this system, men who do not possess the necessary capital to take up and improve lands in the ordinary manner are selected and placed upon allotments of Crown lands, not exceeding 200 acres each, and are aided by advances from the Government to enable them to fell and burn off bush, scrub, &c, and to sow the areas with good pure grass-seed, and afterwards to erect dwellings, fences, &c, and establish gardens, &c. The Government advances to settlers are supplemented by employment and payment on public works, such as railway and road construction under the co-operative system long in vogue in this colony. This philanthropic work has been attended with the most satisfactory results when the fundamental conditions have been attended to. These, apart from the necessary personal characteristics of the individual, are : Good" and suitable land, accessible to markets for labour and produce, schools, and other essential advantages, There are in all fifty-four settlements, distributed as fol-

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lows: Seven in the Auckland District, two in the Hawke's Bay District, fourteen in the Taranaki District, twenty-one in the Wellington District, six in the Otago District, and four in the Southland District. Details of each settlement will be found in the Commissioners' returns. The most satisfactory results have been achieved in the Wellington District. A perusal of the Bangers' reports affords a bright and cheering conception of the happy results attained by the settlers in many of these settlements. The report upon the Auckland improved farms is not encouraging, whilst, on the other hand, those in Hawke's Bay are progressing satisfactorily. The Commissioner of Crown Lands for Taranaki reports that the improved-farm settlements are, with a few exceptions, prosperous. The means of subsistence are stock-raising, dairying, and employment upon public works. In Otago and Southland steps have been taken to place the settlements on a better footing, which it is hoped will lead to their ultimate success. Village Settlements. Special interest has always attached to the settlements under this heading, which includes the cash, deferred-payment, perpetual-lease, and lease-in-perpetuity tenures. The first four result, sooner or later, in freedom from the control of the Crown, a privilege of doubtful value and effect as regards the ultimate interests of the villagers and their families and descendants. The deferredpayment system, as applied to villages, was in vogue in some of the land districts in the days of the Provincial Governments. The perpetual-lease tenure was first inaugurated under " The Land Act Amendment Act, 1882." Both continued in operation till the passing of " The Land Act, 1892," when the lease-in-perpetuity and, to a slight extent, the oecupation-with-right-of-purchase systems were introduced. For many years the lease in perpetuity has practically been the prevailing tenure. The present position of village settlements of all classes is as under: There are 183 villages, with an aggregate area of 35,174 acres, held by 1,845 tenants. The area of pasture of other cultivations is 24,114 acres, while the value of improvements is £154,772, and the annual rental £5,240. Holdings of these classes have been offered and have been accepted as an inestimable boon by persons of limited means. Especially is this the case since 1885, when the Government commenced to make advances of money to enable villagers to clear and cultivate their holdings and erect dwellings. The employment thus afforded, combined with that obtained in the early days of the settlements, when the prairies and forests had to be reclaimed, homesteads erected, and a vast amount of fencing and other farm-work had to be effected, and, in addition, railways, roads, and other public and private works were in full operation, enabled all those who eared to avail themselves of the golden opportunity to establish comfortable homes and to maintain themselves and families in a moderate state of independence and comfort. With the advance of time the main work of colonisation has been completed, and the villagers no longer have the opportunity of almost unlimited employment in the vicinity of their homes, and now occasionally find difficulty in placing their children in profitable occupations. They are therefore compelled more and more to rely upon the returns from their holdings. These latter are in many instances too limited in area, poor in quality, or unfavourably situated, and are sometimes not handled with sufficient skill, energy, or perseverance to entirely support a family. The consequence is that representations are made that holdings must be enlarged, to allow of dairying and other pursuits being availed of, and this, too, in some localities where land values have increased largely, and where there is a demand for residences and small plots of land, though there may be a difficulty in finding purchasers for small holdings carrying expensive buildings and other improvements. This phase of the village settlements is sometimes brought into prominence. The desire for extension of area is in some instances an indication of progress, and the natural desire to move up and join the number of the fortunate possessors of larger farms. The claims of villagers to transfer one to the other, or to subdivide and sublet buildings and lands, open up debatable points which vitally affect the principles and interests of the whole system. The following remarks upon the village settlements are based upon the available information in the annual reports of the Commissioners of Crown Lands : — The Bangers in the Wellington Land District, where forty-one settlements containing 551 persons are situated, have dealt fully with the villages in their localities, and report that the settlers in the eastern division number 223, and with their families, 876. The proportion is less than last year, due mainly to the migration of some of the young people. The improvements effected are £26,384 in excess of legal requirements. Progress generally is reported as satisfactory. The village settlers in the western division are stated to be fairly prosperous and contented. In the Nelson Land District several of the Mokihinui village settlers have had the misfortune to lose employment through the closing down of the Cardiff Coal-mine. The Canterbury Commissioner reports that the village holders generally, who number 306, have prospered, a sufficient amount of outside employment having been obtainable. They were also benefited by the extension of the dairying industry, but frequent complaint has been made as to the insufficiency of the holdings. In Otago, the next important group of village holdings, the Commissioner shows a still further falling-off of twenty-one holdings, due to purchase of freehold, forfeitures, and surrenders. The Southland villages comprise thirty-four settlements, 425 holdings covering an area of 6,134 acres. Progress is indicated by the tables. Additional settlement under this and the improved-farm system has received a check throughout the colony owing to the dearth of suitable Crown lands to increase and multiply the holdings ; the only addition now practicable is by repurchase of private estates,

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General. Beviewin" the reports and particulars as furnished by the Commissioners and Bangers it is fair to conclude that on the whole the Crown tenants have complied as far as practicable with the conditions of their leases. Indeed, it may safely be said that the back-block settlers have manifested in the fullest decree true grit, energy, and industry under the most trying and disadvantageous circumstances In concluding these remarks upon the position and progress of settlements, I have to state that in next year's report an endeavour will be made to obtain fuller information as to their progress condition and requirements, the occupations and productions of the settlers, the development of the pastoral agricultural, and dairying industries in the various districts, together with information and particulars upon other points, so as to afford a clearer conception of one of the most important sections of the community. Pastoral Buns. There are 741 licenses under this system, covering an area of 11,464,152 acres, and returning an annual revenue of £75,032. The country so occupied, principally in Canterbury and Otago, and in a lesser decree, in the other Middle Island land districts, is only suitable at the present time for grazing sheep. The terms of the licenses never exceed twenty-one years, and frequently are much shorter. The runs are subject to re-classification, alteration of boundaries and areas, and disposal afresh by public competition at auction. The licensees have not always_ been fully protected or compensated for the improvements they effected. The inevitable result is that this great producing area has not been improved, cared for, or treated so as to enhance its value and make the most of its capabilities. In many districts the tenants have confined their attention to firing the tussock and other vegetation so as to procure fresh feed for their stock, and little or no effective or systematic attempt has been made to supplement the native pastures, which have, to a extent, been destroyed or deteriorated. Now that the great bulk of the pastoral lands comprise little surplus low-lying country which could be diverted to closer settlement, it is worthy of consideration whether this valuable and important portion of the public estate might not be dealt with in a manner more conducive to public and private interests. Bevenue. The report of Mr Buncie, the Auditor of Land Bevenue, attached, contains full and interesting tables regarding the amount and details of revenue From these it will be seen that the amount of revenue received by the Department from all sources was £427,138 14s. 7d., which is £4 199 18s. Bd. less than that of the previous year. The Auditor points out that there was a falling-off in the receipts from cash sales of £11,670 and of £10,251 under the heading " Conversions of Perpetual Leases to Freeholds." Analysing the revenues of the several land districts it will be seen from the table " Beceipts of Territorial Bevenue that Auckland is credited'with an increase of £2,927, Westland £245, Otago £826; and on the other hand there are decreases of revenue in Taranaki, Hawke's Bay, Wellington, and Marlborough, ranging from £6 076 to £7 241 with lesser amounts in Nelson, Canterbury, and Southland. ' Inspection of the Auditor's table of " Gross Beceipts " shows clearly where the increases and decreases of revenue have occurred under the various systems. The largest increase is land for settlements, £17,272, and State forests, £2,273. The deficiency of revenue on the other hand is made up of the item previously mentioned—viz., territorial revenue, £20,584; North Island Mam Trunk Bailway area receipts, £2,779; thermal springs, £1,236; with several similar items under other headings of no great importance. .„,-,. . -~ _, • t A more particular examination under the chief headings indicates that an increase of revenue occurred in miscellaneous of £5,122, and that the reductions of revenue under cash land sales amounted to £19,218, deferred payment, £2,140, pastoral and miscellaneous rents, £1,337, perpetual lease, lease in perpetuity, occupation with right of purchase, and small grazing-runs, of £3,010. Arrears op Bent and Interest. There are 18,521 Crown tenants under the various systems of tenure, occupying an area of 16,175,747 acres,'and liable for an annual rental of £327,747. The arrears on 31st March, 1902, as set out m Table 45, show that 2,061 tenants, holding 629 059 acres were indebted to the Crown to the amount of £23,575. These figures do not include current half-year's instalment, which, it must be remembered, should be paid m advance Excepting the perpetual-lease, tenure it will be observed that the largest arrears occur m the newer systems, or in those chiefly favoured by persons of humbler means and less experience This result was to be expected, inasmuch as the newer selections necessarily cover the more remote and rougher lands from which the removal of forest, &c, involves outlay and time before any returns are procurable. Other causes which militate against prompt collection of_ the revenue are poor or unprofitable holdings, and losses due to floods and fire, besides accidents, sickness, misfortune and other troubles which affect the operations and returns of the settlers. Each case is considered and dealt with by the Land Boards on a review of the special circumstances affecting it. Ihe arrears on the Cheviot Estate comprise thirty-tbree holdings, area 7,106 acres, and a gross amount of £799 which is £111 more than last year. The land-for-settlements arrears comprise 280 holdings area 57,162 acres, and the amount £9,035; this is £764 more than the previous year. The arrears on the Botorua leases are £189, owing by 36 tenants. Forests and Plantations. On the 31st March 1901, the total forest land under reserve was 2,356,480 acres. During the past year additions have been made as follows: Auckland, 321 acres; Wellington, 6,190 acres; Westland 17 000 acres ; Canterbury, 150,000 acres ; plantations generally, 715 acres ; for scenery

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preservation, 1,782 acres; river protection, 6,900 acres; and conservation of water-supply, 13,000 acres ;or a total addition of 195,587 acres; thus bringing up the total so reserved at 31st March, 1902, to 2,552,067 acres. The total revenue from State forests during the year was £17,188, and the expenditure amounted to £10,334. With the view of urging that still further attention should be given to the necessity of making reservations wherever possible for the protection of the flora and fauna of the colony, and at the same time accomplish much that is desirable both from the practical, economical, and aesthetic point of view, I invited the continued co-operation of the Commissioners of Crown Lands and Land Boards in the following terms :— " The co-operation of the Land Board and yourself is requested to further this most laudable proposal, and for that purpose I would call your attention to some of the objects which might be aimed at:— "1. The conservation of forest lands covering the upper watersheds of rivers and streams, to insure the maintenance of water-supplies. "2. To insure the gradual distribution of rainfall, to maintain the climate equilibrium, and to protect the native flora and fauna. "3. The prevention of the degradation of the surface of the mountains and high hills, and the deposit of detritus in the valleys. " 4. In the low country to conserve scenic effect and shelter, and by preserving the forest and scrub along the rivers to so maintain their banks. " 5. To generally reserve all forest-clad gorges and other places of natural beauty which may be advisable from a tourist point of view, and which also serve to make the colony attractive. " Bearing in mind the above objects, I shall be glad if you will furnish me with returns, illustrated by general and index plans, showing what has already been accomplished in your district, under the headings of: A (climatic), including objects Nos. Ito 3; B (scenic), including objects Nos. 4 and 5. In dealing with this important question, please consider your land district as a whole ; and in the first instance disregard the ownership and tenure of the forest lands ; draw up a broad and comprehensive scheme for the conservation or reservation of the forests under the various heads. Having done this, you will then please indicate by the setting aside of the available Crown lands what is possible and practicable to be done in giving effect to the proposals. You might also suggest what Native or private lands should be acquired to complete the scheme. Where you find it necessary to recommend the resumption of land, European or Native, to give effect to the objects within the scope of the circular, you may be called upon later to furnish a special report, accompanied by a plan showing position and area, and also the value of the lands." I am pleased to state that the matter is receiving cordial and earnest attention, and I trust that definite and practical proposals will be available for your consideration and decision. I am indebted to W. C. Kensington, Esq. (Under-Secretary for Crown Lands) for memoranda and particulars regarding the kauri forests and kauri-gum industry, which I quote in extenso : — " Beport upon Forests of Kauri and other Timbers in the Axickland, Poverty Bay, and Westland Districts. " From time to time various estimates have been made of the amount of kauri still available for the needs of the colony and for export; and when it is remembered that the kauri forests are not known to have ever reached further south than the 38th degree of latitude, it can be well understood that the problem of how long the supply will last is one of colonial interest. " An exhaustive inquiry has therefore been in progress for some time, and has resulted in the knowledge that north of the Auckland Isthmus there is, either growing in the forest, or in process of being conveyed to the sawmills or placed on shipboard, approximately, the following superficial feet of kauri timber: Crown owned, 528,930,000 superficial feet; in the hands of sawmill companies, 507,343,000 superficial feet; in the hands of private owners, 911,200,000 superficial feet; in the hands of Maoris, 35,700,000 superficial feet. And under the same conditions south of the Auckland Isthmus: Crown owned, 166,770,000 superficial feet; in the hands of sawmill companies, 512,162,000 superficial feet; in the hands of private owners, 36,000,000 superficial feet; in the hands of Maoris, 11,000,000 superficial feet. Giving a grand total as follows : Crown owned, 695,700,000 superficial feet; in the hands of sawmill companies, 1,019,505,000 superficial feet; in the hands of private owners, 947,200,000 superficial feet; in the hands of Maoris, 46,700,000 superficial feet : comprising altogether 2,709,105,000 superficial feet. " This estimate (which is fairly reliable) shows the existence of a larger quantity of kauri timber than was previously reported; but, even with this addition, the kauri will practically disappear in twenty-three years at the present rate of cutting. " It must not be overlooked that there are vast quantities of matai, rimu, and other valuable timbers in the Auckland forests which are not dealt with in this report. The same may also be said of Wellington, Taranaki, and elsewhere. " The question having arisen as to whether or not a light line of railway could be made payable if constructed as far as the Motu Forest, in the Gisborne District, led to an estimate being made of the milling-timber over an area of some 20,000 acres, the result being a total of 897,908,376 superficial feet of milling-timber, or an average of nearly 45,000 superficial feet to an acre. Of the total amount, some 597,674,820 superficial feet was rimu or red-pine, the balance being kahikatea (white-pine), matai, and totara. " I notice also in the Westland annual returns that there are twenty-nine sawmills in operation in that district, cutting annually 14,464,755 superficial feet, and that there are four hundred men engaged in the timber trade in Westland. I also find that nearly 1,000,000 acres are covered more or less with milling-timber in Westland, and that the estimated quantity of milling timber

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available is 9,145,000,000 superficial feet, an apparently almost endless supply. Bimu or red-pine is the predominant timber, and alone contributes 7,913,000,000 ft. to the above total quantity. " The estimated quantities of superficial feet of timber given in the foregoing can only be considered as a rough approximation. No figures can be accepted as absolutely reliable until official detailed estimates and valuations have been made. No effort will be spared to obtain precise information as to the area of forests, and the classes and quantities of timber contained therein. _ " A cognate subject to that of the kauri-timber industry, and which, like the kauri-tree is peculiar to the North, is that of the kauri-gum industry. The gum is dug over the areas upon which kauri grew in the years of the long past—viz., from the North Cape to the Waikato. All over the open ti-tree area's and in the swamps it is found. It exudes from the kauri-trees growing at the present time, but is far inferior in quality, and commands a much lower price than that dug in the open where no trees are now found, and which is evidently the product of trees that existed centuries ago, and fell into the ground when the trees died. The gum is found only in clay soils or sandy loam, and never in volcanic soil, and is dug from depths varying from a few inches to several feet, and in varying sizes from a piece the size of a nut up to that of sometimes over 801b. in weight. As.far as can be gathered, the kauri-gum deposits are of various ages, proved by the depth of the overlying mass of soil. " Ever since about 1860 has this gum continuously been dug, over an a.rea about 200 miles long by fifty to sixty miles broad, out of which perhaps about 2,000,000 acres is gum-bearing, giving employment at times to a nomadic population of five thousand to seven thousand men, the annual product of such labour being from 8,000 to 10,000 tons, of a value of over £400,000 per annum. From the commencement of export to date it is estimated that over ten million pounds worth of gum has been won from the ground. " It is no wonder that when the average wage of £4 to £5 per week was constantly being made, combined with the knowledge that it was being dug from Crown lands free and open to all, there should have been attracted to this colony a large 'alien population, whose only object was to earn quickly and easily a (to them) handsome competence with which to return to their native land. To stop this inrush of foreigners, 'The Kauri-gum Industry Act, 1896,' was passed enacting the proclamation and setting apart of kauri-gum areas for the sole use and benefit of adjoining settlements, and making unlicensed digging the subject of penalties. This legislation should tend to the lengthening very considerably of the time within which, like the kauri-tree, this valuable product will be exhausted." Though Mr. Kensington's compilation as to the quantity of available milling-timber is more favourable o than previous estimates, it is clear that the supply will only be sufficient for a comparatively few years. _ . , , The Chief Forester's report has not been available, but 1 have gathered from his monthly reports that the work of the nurseries has been carried out in a satisfactory manner, and that a large number of tree plants have been reared. The various plantations under the charge of the Department appear to have been well looked after. The experiments in testing the possibility of converting the Kamgaroa pumice wastes into pastures have, I regret to report, completely failed. On the other hand, tree-planting on similar lands has been eminently successful so far. Seeing that some of the most valuable totara, matai, and rimu forests in the Taumaranui district have been produced on land permeated with pumice, it seems reasonable to conclude that it would be possible to utilise the extensive wastes m the interior of the North Island for the growth of the most suitable and useful trees, so that in the years to come the productions of a territory, which at present are almost ml, may take a premier position in sustaining the timber supplies of the colony, and in maintaining the numerous industries dependent thereon. If, upon careful inquiry, you, Sir, are satisfied as to the feasibility of the proposal, then there should be no delay in entering upon the undertaking promptly and on a comprehensive, well thought-out scheme, founded upon the best expert advice available. It approved, a large expansion of the nurseries will be one of the first steps. Beserves. The following are particulars of the reservations of Crown lands for various purposes effected during the year in terms of section 235 of "The Land Act, 1892," and other.special Acts. The small area under the heading " Primary Education " is accounted for by the fact that 5,210 acres could not be permanently gazetted until formally and legally sanctioned. Beserves Gazetted during Year ended 31st March, 1902. Purpose of Reserves. Area. A. B. p. Primary education ... - • 608 0 0 Public-school sites .ron qs Becreation grounds ... ••■ ••• ■•• ••• i 709 on Scenery preservation ... ... ■•■ ••■ •■■ ' a a Growth and preservation of timber ... •■• ••• °£L U U State forests b >j™ ° " Plantations *™ ° w National Park, Otira ... ,11'ann n n National Park, Bealey 150,000 0 0 Biver protection ... 7>,9UU U U Conservation of water-supply ... ••• •■• ••• o_ 235 Cemeteries ... ••• ■•• ••• ••• ••■ Q Q „ „* Miscellaneous Total 198,124 2 19

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Land foe Settlements Acts. - During the year eighteen estates, containing 85,023 acres, were, after survey and valuation, duly advertised by public advertisement, distribution of plans and pamphlets, as open in allotments for selection at faxed upset rentals (5 per cent, on capital value), on the lease-in-perpetuity system conflicting applications being determined by ballot. Though ten other estates were acquired during the financial year, there was not time to carry out the necessary surveys, &c, and place them on the market before the 31st March. These comprised the Gradock, Hetana, Kitchener, Methuen, Plumer, and Waari Workmen's Homes in the Auck and Land District; Forest Gate and Kumeroa Estates in Hawke's Bay; the Maungaraki bett ement (a further portion) in Wellington; and the Maytown and Lyndon No. 2 Estates m Canterbury. J ■ , 9 f th l ci f r ht ef n estates opened" for selection, 69,929 acres, in 230 holdings, were leased, including the North Bank property, which was let temporarily as one run, in order that goldminers might be allowed to continue their operations. . . The hatuma, Forest Gate, and Kumeroa properties were acquired under the compulsory provisions of the Land for Settlements Act, which method has not resulted in low valuations or capital values as finally determined. The 709| acres undisposed of in the former was not available tor disposal till recently, and is now advertised for lease. The 4,348 acres unselected in the Manga-a-toro Settlement includes two small grazing-runs. me balance of loka-ora Settlement is expected to be quitted shortly. Maungaraki is already sold. JThe following table shows the estates offered for the first time, and how they were disposed

Estates offered for Selection during the Year ending 31st March, 1902, under "The Land for Settlements Consolidation, Act, 1900."

Summary of Selectors, Residences, and the Condition of Estates acquired and dealt with, at 31st March, 1902.

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Land District, and Name of Estate. Area of Estate. Number of Selectors. Area unselected, 31st March, 1902. Annual Eental payable on Lands leased. Date of Opening. Hawke's Bay— Hatuma Manga-a-toro .. Taranaki— Tokaora Wellington— Mangawhata .. Epuni Hamlet Maungaraki Marl borough— North Bank .. Canterbury— Kohika Tarawahi Bainclifl Puhuka Kaimahi Kapuatohe E.S. 36278 Rapuwai Otago— Earnscleugh ., Southland Ringway Glenham A. B. P. 26,522 3 20 19,581 3 12 1,505 2 8 1,240 2 36 100 3 14 470 3 4 12,895 0 0 3,864 1 10 31 3 0 745 2 0 39 2 7 100 2 1 49 3 37 618 2 0 2,247 2 11 59 21 6 7 42 10 1 16 12 1 6 12 4 1 5 A. E. P. 709 2 0 4,348 0 0 845 0 22 2 1 24 194 2 22 li' 0 23 £ s. d. 7,627 3 10 3,921 13 10 670 19 10 826 10 0 480 5 8 125 17 2 300 0 0 1,451 14 2 122 5 8 85 3 10 36 9 4 236 9 10 82 19 2 25 1 8 480 16 8 25 April, 1901. 21 Jan., 1902. J 20 Nov., 1901. 14 May, 1901. 25 June, 1901. 20 Dec, 1901. 1 April, 1901. 13 May, 1901. 25 Juue, 1901. 25 June, 1901. 29 July, 1901. ■ 15 Oct., 1901. 15 Oct., 1901. 14 Nov., 1901. 9 Dec, 1901. 14 0 0 6 1 14 19 2 0 1,269 3 5 10 170 3 6 18 Dec, 1901. 2,253 2 8 11,484 2 10 7 10 8,943" 1 24 460 9 0 591 5 2 20 Dec, 1901. 24 March, 1902. 85,023 0 23 230 15,094 0 9 17,695 8 4

Land District and Name of Settlement. Selectors. Residences. Condition, Progress, and Prospects. Auckland— Opoiiriao .. Okauia Eangiatea.. Karapiro .. Fencourt .. Whitehall.. Hawke's Bay— Raureka .. Elstborpe .. Waimarie .. Pouparae .. Tomoana .. Mahora Willows .. Hatuma .. Manga-o-toro (31 9 19 17 35 8 19 46 18 9 13 32 22 59 21 64 9 16 14 27 6 18 27 16 6 11 25 17 34 Very satisfactory. Very little progress. Fairly satisfactory. Thriving (dairy farms). Progressive and sound (dairy farms). Hopeful; chiefly grazing. Prosperous. Thriving. Progress good; dairying extending. Good. Good (dairy farms). Satisfactory. Only selected last January.

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Land District and Name of Settlement. Selectors. Condition, Progress, arid Frospeots. Taranaki— Tokaora Wellington— Paparangi.. Ohakea TeMatua.. Aorangi Langdale .. Mangawhata Epuni Hamlet Maungaraki Marlborough—■ Blind River Omaka Puhipuhi Starborough Riotimond Brook North Bank Waipapa .. Westland— Poerua Canterbury—■ Pareora S;udholme Junction Kapua Eosebank Oiaio Patoa The Peaks.. Koimata .. Koieta Braoo Epworth .. Ashley Gorge Omih'i Valley Oiakipaoa.. Higtibank.. Otarakaro .. Wharenui Bakitairi Waiapi Horsley Downs Albury B.S. 1862 Part R.8. 2682 R.S. 36469, Cannington E.S. 36231 E.S. 36056 and 36057 R.S. 36228 Marawiti Hekcao Pawaho Waikakahi Tamai Takitu Pareora No. 2 Rautawiri Papaka Punaroa Lyndon Kohika Taiawahi ,. EaificHff .. Pubuka Kaimahi .. Kapuatohe R.S. 36278 Rapuwai Otago— Pomahaka Teanaraki Tahawai Maerewhenua Puketapu .. Ardgowan Makareao Makareao No. 2 Momona Tokarahi .. Janefield .. Elderfilie Barnego .. .. Earnscleugh Southland — Merrivale Otahu Beaumont.. Ringway Glenham 6 37 15 13 37 25 7 42 10 18 13 2 112 11 1 3 18 28 4 11 14 9 4 11 26 4 14 2 10 1 27 69 5 26 21 15 25 72 1 1 1 1 1 1 12 13 23 162 39 5 33 6 9 16 8 16 12 1 6 12 4 1 5 1 37 11 13 36 15 6 24 18 10 59 10 2 11 28 4 11 14 9 2 11 26 3 13 2 10 20 56 5 26 19 15 25 63 1 1 1 1 1 1 12 13 21 131 32 5 33 6 9 16 6 7 6 Good as to part disposed of. Success assured. Satisfactory. Very successful. Good. Success assured. Good. Satisfactory. Good. Let temporarily. Indifferent. Progress slow. Satisfactory. Tenants doing well. Suffered from recent flood ; condition sound. Doing well. Progressive. Satisfactory. Doing well. Satisfactory. Prosperous. Let temporarily. Improving steadily. Good progress. Good. Good progress. Very satisfactory ; tenants doing well. Settlers doing well. Very successful. Let as homesteads for other lands. Good as to large holdings; small not eo successful. Doing well. Satisfactory. Progress rapid ; good improvements. Satisfactory progress during year. Doing well; satisfactory improvements. Rapid progress during year. ■ Satisfactory. Improved very much. Substantial progress. I Excellent start has been made. Promises well. Satisfactory. Only recently selected. Promises well. Good start has been made. Sections only recently selected. Let as homestead for other land. Only recently selected. 2 7 1 3 17 22 8 72 11 65 31) 3f 14 79 21 33 21 10 17 17 8 57 9 51 Crops good on area let. Progress slow. Prosperous. Prosperous, but crops damaged. Tenants doing well. Thriving; crops good. 18 I Prospects good; crops damaged. 14 42 19 18 18 Tenants doing well; improvements good and substantial Satisfactory progress. Promises well. Satisfactory progress. Good progress ; improvements substantial. Only recently selected. 47 7 10 7 10 37 4 4 6 2 Satisfactory. Not satisfactory. Only recently seleoted. Totals 2,039 1,462

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During the year twenty-eight estates, comprising 114,672 acres, were handed over to the several Chief Surveyors for survey and disposal. Since the initiation of the land-for-settlements policy ninety-seven estates, containing 418,720 acres, have been surveyed, valued, classified, and submitted to selection by public competition. With few exceptions the areas have been readily taken up, and there are now 2,033 tenants of the Crown occupying 386,529 acres, who pay an annual rental of £101,057 14s. A perusal of the detailed reports of the several Commissioners, and the particulars furnished in the foregoing table, demonstrate that settlements generally have made excellent progress, and that the settlers have developed and brought their holdings into a productive and remunerative condition, or are in a fair way of doing so, proving that the policy initiated by the passing of the Land for Settlements Acts has been of great benefit to the colony and the Crown tenants placed upon these reacquired lands. Cheviot Estate. This estate is in a satisfactory position and continues to prosper. The revenue collected amounted to £14,061 ss. Bd. for the year. The rent in arrears was £799 14s. 5d., due by thirtythree tenants. The following is a summary of the account: — Dr. _ s. d. Cost of the estate, including roads, surveys, landing service, &c. 324,738 9 7 Interest to the 31st March, 1902 ... ... ... ... 78,392 111 £403,130 11 6 Or. £ s. d. Land sold ... .. ... ... ... ... 38,754 18 10 Bents, interest, royalties, and other charges , ... ... 124,025 5 2 Cost of estate at the 31st March, 1902 ... ... ... 240,350 7 6 £403,130 11 6 The total value of the improvements effected by the tenants amount to £72,494, while that required to comply with the conditions was £46,231. The settlers are giving less attention to cropping, and are devoting more to the raising of stock and to dairying pursuits. The continued advancement of the settlers was somewhat marred, and they were subjected to considerable alarm and destruction of property, by a succession of earthquake shocks, which commenced in November, 1901, and continued, with intervals, for several weeks. The Hon. William Hall-Jones, Minister for Public Works, visited the estate and inquired into the damages caused to the settlers, and the roads and other works, and as the outcome £1,500 was handed over by the Government to a committee appointed by the settlers ; this sum, being supplemented by outside contributions, enabled the greatest sufferers to be relieved, and recouped a portion, at least, of their loss. From a report annually furnished by the Harbourmaster of Port Bobinson (Mr. J. Sinclair) to Parliament, in terms of section 6 of " The Cheviot Estate Disposal Act, 1897 " (laid on the table of the House as a separate paper), it appears that the upkeep of the slip has been attended to; that the engine, plant, and moorings, &c, have been maintained in a satisfactory manner; and that the interesting experiment made by Mr. Sinclair in constructing a groin, with the object of securing the accumulation of shingle so as to protect the land in the vicinity of the slip, has proved of great benefit. Mr. Sinclair also reports that, excepting on a very few occasions, the port has been accessible and safe for the working of the s.s. " Wakatu." It is satisfactory to note that the earthquakes caused no damage in the locality. Bebates of Bent granted to Crown Tenants. In compliance with the provisions of " The Crown Tenants' Bent Bebate Act, 1900," and section 52 of "The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900," the Commissioners of Crown Lands and Beceivers of Land Bevenue have granted discounts to the amount of £8,054 lis. 6d. to 5,373 Crown tenants. The amount granted in each land district is as follows : Auckland, £272 10s.; Taranaki, £89 3s. 6d.; Wellington, £2,161 19s. 7d.; Marlborough, £261 2s. 9d. ; Nelson, £34 12s. ; Westland, £1 os. sd. ; Canterbury, £3,952 6s. 2d. ; Otago, £1,043 3s. 7d. ; Southland, £238 ss. 6d. Agricultural Leases. There are few transactions under this tenure, only one selector having taken up 27 acres in the Otago District. There are seventeen tenants, holding an area of 528 acres, at present upon the books of the Department. The number of tenants who have acquired freeholds through this system is 1,475, of an area of 140,896 acres, the total amount realised being £139,229 14s. 7d. Mining Districts Land Occupation Act. Under this Act a system of settlement is provided in mining districts where the other systems are not available. The transactions during the year were seventy-one new selections, containing 2,506 acres. There are now 339 holders under this tenure, occupying 14,251 acres, principally in Auckland and Otago, and the annual rental is £514.

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Native Townships. Under the provisions of "The Native Townships Act, 1895," small blocks of Native land come under the jurisdiction of this Department for subdivision into townships in localities where the advancement of the district and the progress of the colony require the establishment of centres for business and public convenience. The operations during the year comprised the setting apart of Te Puru Township (near Kawhia) in the Auckland District, but this has not yet been opened for selection. At present there are three townships in the Hawke's Bay District and four in Wellington, which have been offered to the public and partly selected. They comprise a total area of 976 acres available for leasing, of which 90 acres was taken up during the year by thirty-two tenants, making, with the area previously leased, a total of 621 acres held by 163 selectors, at an annual rental of £735. The largest township is that of Pipiriki, on the Wanganui Biver, a great tourist resort, where no less than forty-seven lessees occupy 236 acres, paying therefor an annual rental of £171. Next -in size come those of Tokaanu, on the southern borders of Lake Taupo, where 104 acres are held by thirty tenants, and Te Araroa, near the East Cape, in the Poverty Bay District, 101 acres having been selected in the latter township by twenty-three holders. Assistance towards the Establishment of Medical Men in Outlying Districts. The votes for medical assistance in outlying districts were distributed as follows : Whangaroa, £25; Cromarty (Preservation Inlet), £50; Waimarino, £75; Wanaka, £100; Catlin's, £150. Forfeitures and Surrenders. The following figures in classified form show the reasons for forfeiture or surrender:— During the year 203 leases were forfeited and eighty-five leases surrendered. The reasons for forfeiture were : Non-payment of rent, 105 leases ; non-compliance with conditions, 30 leases ; non-execution of leases, 8 ; cancelled, to allow settlers to obtain a permanent title under " The Midland Bailway Authorised Area Land Settlement Act, 1900," 37 leases; various other reasons, 23 leases —203 leases. Of these, ninety-five sections were again opened for selection, and eighty-five sections have been selected. The grounds for surrender were : Because rent was considered by tenant to be too high, and in order that a revaluation be made, 15 leases ; as tenants could not comply with conditions, 3 leases ; as tenants no longer required sections, 17 leases; poor or unsuitable land, 7 leases; insufficient money, 11 leases; too many rabbits, and excessive cost of fencing, 4 leases; illness, and other reasons, 28 leases : total, 85 leases. During the year twenty-seven of the sections were again offered, nineteen being selected. It is satisfactory to note that the number of forfeitures and surrenders was 121 less than in the preceding year. "Thirds" and "Fourths" for Boad-making. Under the provisions of the Land Act a deduction is made of one-third of the price or value of the periodical payments and rental of all land disposed of under the deferred-payment and , perpetual-lease systems in vogue under former land-laws, and of the occupation-with-right-of-purchase and lease-in-perpetuity systems under the present law, and one-fourth of the rent of a small grazing-run. These "thirds" and "fourths" are payable generally for a period of fifteen years from the commencement of the rent, and are handed over to the local authorities having the control of the roads, upon approval by the Land Board of proposals for their expenditure. During the year the total payments made to the local bodies was £30,232 45., and the character and particulars of the work authorised by the several Land Boards consisted of 1,446 chains of bush clearing, chains of scrub clearing, chains of road formation, £890 15s. 4d. in bridges, £810 6s. 6d. on culverts, and £13,552 14s. on maintenance. The following table shows the amounts at credit of the local authorities in the several land districts at 31st March, 1902 :— £ s. d. Auckland ... ... ... ... ... ... 5,333 4 5 Hawke's Bay ... ... ... ... ... ... 5,798 9 5 Taranaki . . ... ... ... ... ... 3,679 19 7 Wellington ... ... ... ... ... ... 19,798 15 6 Marlborough ... ... ... ... ... ... 299 1 0 Nelson ... ... ... ... ... ... 901 7 4 Westland ... ... ... ... ... ... 69 1 0 Canterbury ... ... ... ... ... ... 859 14 5 Otago ... ... ... ... ... ... 2,567 0 0 Southland ... ... ... .. .. 1,327 6 2 £40,633 18 10 A circular has recently been issued drawing the attention of the several Commissioners of Crown Lands to the matter, with the object of obtaining information as to whether there is undue delay in the submission of proposals, and, if so, what course should be pursued for promptly expending the moneys accrued for the benefit of the settlers. The result of inquiries has been that in Auckland only one local authority ever delayed submitting proposals for twelve months. In Taranaki, in one instance, owing to a disagreement in October, 1900, between the Land Board and a local authority, none of the accrued " thirds " have been since expended, and the amount at credit of such local authority is now £1,478. In the other districts there are no undue

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accumulations, except in Wellington, where the greatest accumulation, £19,798, has occurred. The result of inquiries proves that there is no undue delay in expenditure, except in two instances where the Beceiver of Land Bevenue has not been relieved of the sum of £8,583; the explanation being that the Government is still undertaking the construction and maintenance of many of the roads, and consequently the local bodies, with the approval of the settlers, have refrained from expending the " thirds." Consideration is now being given to the advisableness of securing the expenditure of the large amounts available, in view of the necessity of affording the settlers immediate benefit in improved access. Final. I trust that you will be pleased to excuse any shortcomings in this report, as I only took charge of the Department on the Ist January last, and have not had time to inspect the offices and districts.

SUEVEYS. The surveys of the colony are carried out in each of the land districts under the immediate direction and control of the Chief Surveyor. The surveyors who actually perform the work are the twenty-four District Surveyors and twenty-three assistant staff surveyors, supplemented by the services of licensed or contract surveyors. Of the latter, eighty took part in the year's operations. The output of work and its cost is set forth in the usual form as follows :— Average m . , n . Acres. Cost per Total Gost ' Acre. £ s. d. Minor triangulation with topography ... ... ... 3,040,679 0-48 d. 6,157 6 8 Topographical survey only ... ... ..'. 326,658 lT4d. 1,55118 3 Bural and suburban section survey (1,969 sections) ... 596,828-8 l-2ls. 36,215 19 1 Town section survey (1,082 sections), cost per section ... 1,375-65 25-05s. 1,355 10 7 Native Land Court surveys (113 divisions) ... ... 317,418 3-12 d. 4,132 19 1 Mining surveys (127 sections) ... ... ... 9,473 5-13s. 2,429 14 5 Boad surveys (432-484 miles) per mile ... ... ... £14-41 6,23117 7 Miscellaneous surveys, inspection, &c. ... ... ... ... 11,795 11 8 Total cost of field work finished during the year ... ... £69,870 17 4 This exceeded the cost of the previous year's work by £3,400 19s. sd. Trigonometrical and Topographical. Of the total of 3,367,337 acres returned, 605,570 acres is credited to the Auckland Land District, of which 347,670 acres represent the survey of the Urewera Country for the Commission which is engaged in determining the ownership of the Native lands in that district. In Hawke's Bay 198,858 acres was surveyed for the same Commission, besides 36,980 acres of minor triangulation, based upon the original major series, required to control land for settlements subdivisional surveys. In Taranaki 60,400 acres was executed to govern ordinary sectional surveys. In Wellington 1,767,517 acres of minor triangulation surveys w ; as executed. The work of this class completed in the Nelson District consisted of 22,412 acres, as a check upon settlement surveys in the Motupiko and Buller Valleys. Marlborough returns 547,800 acres, principally in the coastal country about the Clarence. A topographical survey was made of 79,800 acres in Westland. 48,000 acres was carried out in Otago as a basis for the topographical map required by the Defence Department. Bural and Suburban. The output under this head is an index of the extent of settlement in each land district. Auckland returns 144,525 acres, principally in the Kawhia District; five estates were subdivided for workmen's homes. The 52,969 acres in Hawke's Bay is made up mainly of the Hatuma Estate and other land-for-settlements estates. On the other hand, Taranaki returns 76,705 acres of hilly forest Crown lands for future disposal under settlement conditions. The Wellington contribution of 128,411 acres embraces both ordinary Crown lands and repurchased estates. The Nelson surveys of this class comprised 52,485 acres, and were undertaken chiefly to enable selectors in the Midland authorised area to obtain a more permanent tenure. The subdivision of the Waipapa country into small grazing-runs accounts for most of the 75,873 acres returned for Marlborough. Under this head Westland's out-turn is 10,109 acres, in scattered lots in rough forest country. As might be expected the areas surveyed for settlement in Canterbury are almost wholly made up of repurchases by the Crown from private owners : 18,582 acres, out of 19,871 acres returned, were so acquired. Only 3,631 acres of Native and other subdivisions was surveyed in Otago. The cuttingup of Bingway and Glenham Estates, sawmill areas, allotments for landless Natives and other miscellaneous areas account for the 32,249 acres appearing in this class for Southland. Town Sections. Most of the centres of settlement having already been established, there is little scope for surveys under this head; the areas returned include two townships and a part of another in Auckland, one in Hawke's Bay, three in Wellington, one in Canterbury, and extensions of old townships in most of the other districts,

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Native Land Court. The particulars of surveys of this class show that a gross area of 317,418 acres was definedin 157 blocks or sections. Auckland leads the way with 115 blocks, aggregating 249,842 acres, principally in the King-country. An area of 45,347 acres, chiefly in Poverty Bay, was subdivided under the direction of the Chief Surveyor, Hawke's Bay. In Wellington Land District, 247,383 acres were defined. The Middle Island necessarily offers little opportunity for surveys of this class. Mining Surveys. Surveys of 127 claims, representing 9,473 acres, were completed during the year. In Auckland twenty-six claims, representing 2,029 acres, were surveyed. None were called for in any other North Island land district. In Nelson very little work of this nature was undertaken ; twenty-five out of twenty-seven claims were defined by staff surveyors. _ The Chief Surveyor reports that many dredges were at work, and that the average weekly yield of gold was 26 oz., which materially assisted to repay the cost of the dredges, which amounts to some £8,000 or £10,000 each. In Marlborough eleven claims were pegged off by contract. The Westland licensed surveyors marked off fifty-three special claims. There was a large decrease of claim surveys in Otago; only sixty-five sections or claims were surveyed, as against 367 the previous year. The work was undertaken principally by licensed surveyors. In Southland also only eight claims were surveyed, indicating, it is stated, a reaction in dredging. Boads and Bailways. The summation of the several returns gives a total of 432| miles, executed at a cost of £14-41 per mile, which, compared with previous years, indicates a slight increase in the cost. As usual, the work included railways, existing roads, deviations, and new roads. Advantage is taken by the surveyors engaged upon the work to mark their traverses, so that the stations shall remain "as standards of reference for future surveys. Comparison. On comparison with last year it will be seen that the minor triangulation executed is greater in area to the extent of 2,236,203 acres, and the cost is o'34d. less per acre. Topographical survey is also greater to the extent of 156,016 acres, and the average cost L2sd. per acre lower. Bural and suburban section surveys to the extent of 242,367 acres were executed last year above that completed in the previous year, and the average cost is lower, being L2ls. against L33s. Town section surveys were 1,375 acres, as against 637 acres for the previous year, the cost being slightly greater. Native Land Court surveys are 85,345 acres larger than in the previous year, and the cost sd. per acre less. The mining surveys completed were 32,428 acres less in area than in the previous year, and the cost per acre 0-12s. more per acre. The road surveys executed fell short of the previous year's total by 165 miles, the increase in. cost being £0-56 per mile. The number of surveyors constantly employed throughout the year was eighty-four, an increase of ten. Other Work. Some of the most useful services rendered by the Department fall under this head. These embrace inspections and reports upon estates, improvements, forests, and timber valuations, disputed boundaries, information for goldfields Wardens and other Departments, work in hand, and other miscellaneous surveys and duties. The total cost for the year was £11,795 lis. Bd. Inspection. The importance of constant and active supervision and direction of work and performance of duty is generally recognised. In no employment is it more necessary than in the actual work of surveying, and in the compilation of the field and office records and details thereof. The Assistant Surveyor-General, Auckland, states that the inspections made by two of his field officers were, with one exception, satisfactory as to the character of the staff and licensed surveyors' work. In Hawke's Bay few inspections were made, in consequence of the pressure of other work and duties. Ten inspections were made by District Surveyors in Taranaki, and the present Chief Surveyor visited all the staff surveyors and found their surveys progressing satisfactorily. The Wellington Inspector made eighteen thoroughly complete technical field inspections, which prove that, with one or two exceptions, the work was well and correctly done. Six inspections were made in Nelson. Seven visits of inspection were made by the Chief Surveyor of Marlborough. The Chief Surveyor of Canterbury reports that a District Surveyor checked a Land Transfer survey. The reduced number of staff surveyors and limited surveys by licensed surveyors were not considered as calling for actual tests in Otago. The Chief Surveyor, Southland, visited the surveyors engaged on the block set aside for landless Natives on the west side of the Waiau. From the foregoing it is clear that the inspections effected fall short of what appears necessary and essential. Arrangements are being made to insure more general and frequent supervision of all of the staff and licensed surveyors' work. Land Transfer. The return of work and services of this class are summarised thus: Plans examined and approved, 1,242 ; deeds and other instruments passed, 7,894; number of plans placed on certificates of title, singly, 130 ; in duplicate, 5,565 ; in triplicate, 588; miscellaneous plans drawn or compiled, 172 : cost of above, £3,975 Is. Bd. ~_,„_ The reports and details furnished indicate that the work has been carried out effectually and promptly, and with credit to the licensed surveyors and Land Transfer officers.

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I have the honour to bring under your notice the necessity which exists for a general extension of the standard surveys of the colony so as to facilitate the work of the licensed surveyors engaged upon the definition of properties for the purpose of the Land Transfer Act. It has been found that throughout the colony, the original survey-marks, even including the trigonometrical stations in some districts, have been destroyed, generally necessarily so in the erection of fences and buildings, and in the carrying out the construction of roads, railways, and various other public works. It is absolutely essential for the Land Transfer Department that every property dealt with shall be precisely located with relation to recognisable standard points of reference, to the avoidance of confliction of titles and resultant claims for compensation, which, if established, fall upon the Assurance Fund of that Department. It is a question whether the General Survey Department should continue to provide the necessary funds to carry out this resurvey of the colony, but, however that may be, I cannot too strongly urge and recommend that provision be made to enable the work to be systematically undertaken and extended in all districts where the absence of standard points enhances the cost of surveys to the people at large, and embarrasses the operations of the Land Transfer Department. Proposals for the Year 1902-3. The Auckland survey staff will be engaged in subdivision of 200,000 acres of rural land, chiefly in the Kawhia, Opotiki, and Whakatane districts, 540 acres of town lands, and in addition the survey of 420 acres acquired under the Land for Settlements Act. Operations in the Hawke's Bay District will be confined to land for settlements, with some road surveys, and extending the triangulation to unsurveyed areas and standard work. The Taranaki staff will be engaged mainly upon subdivisional surveys of Crown lands to supplement areas available for settlement. A major series of triangles is in course of observation to control scattered work about Mount Egmont. A new base is to be measured, in terms of the proposed uniform standard, as the foundation of the triangulations. It is satisfactory to observe that 317,390 acres of subdivisional surveys are in progress in Wellington. Here, too, a major series of triangles is being extended over the various scattered disjointed minor series lying between the Wanganui and Manawatu districts. Several standard surveys are also proposed. The Chief Surveyor, Nelson, has arranged for the completion of a trigonometrical and topographical survey of the southern part of the district; and also for the cutting up for settlement of 8,800 acres. F Sectional and other miscellaneous work has been assigned for the Westland staff. The removal of the Midland Bail way Company's restriction has released 8,026 acres of Crown lands in the Oxford Survey District for survey and settlement: this, with the extension of standard surveys and attending to subdivision of land for settlements blocks, will keep the staff engaged. The dearth of Crown lands for settlement is also felt in Otago, where the surveys will be confined to spotting and mining surveys of various classes, subdivision of rural, and the completion of the revision of the triangulation adjustment of boundary and road-lines in the Peninsula District. The definition of 15,000 acres for settlement purposes, a large area for landless Natives, 'together with revision surveys, is proposed in Southland. Office. The Chief Surveyors detail the duties performed and contemplated by the indoor staffs. It will, therefore, only be necessary to touch upon the more salient points. A great volume of work was attended to. Numerous plans of subdivisions of Crown and Native lands, and of land for settlements blocks, also of surveys under the Public Works Act and for other purposes, were received at the various survey offices, and a corresponding number were subjected to examination and approved of, reduced, and recorded upon the Departmental compilations. There was the usual output of titles, involving careful search and checking. Some progress was made in the construction of or compilation of district and general plans. A multitude of tracings was made; besides which the usual mass of routine work, such as preparation of vouchers, repairs to plans! and attending to the requirements of the public and other departments was executed, with, it is hoped, satisfactory results. Urewera Surveys. The extensive traverse and topographical surveys of the Urewera Country, comprising an area of 656,700 acres, necessitated by the passing of the Urewera Beserve Act of 1896, and its amendment in 1900, have now drawn to a close. These surveys cover the country extending on the northern side to within fifteen miles of the ocean at the Bay of Plenty; on the south to below Lake Waikaremoana; whilst their eastern and western boundaries reach to within thirty-five miles of Gisborne, and Lakes Taupo and Botorua, respectively. The operations which were necessary to enable the special Commission appointed under the above-mentioned Acts to ascertain the titles of the several tribes and hapus were started in 1899 and brought to a close early in 1902, three surveyors and their respective parties, namely, Messrs. O. M. Creagh, L. Simpson, and B. C. L. Beay being employed from first to last. The work has been arduous, owing to the very broken nature of the country, which is densely forest-clad throughout, and seamed and scarred by river gorges The modus operandi which has been followed throughout has been to break down from the sides of the major trig, stations a series of small triangles, either to fix the main points on the boundaries of each subdivision required by the Commissioners, or from such minor or subsidiary points to fix by cross-bearings the boundaries required. In many cases traverses had to be made in rou<_i gorges and rushing water, such as that of the Whakatane Biver, which intersects the Urewera

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Block almost throughout its entire length—the lines being generally carried along the river-beds, and the ends closed on to the most convenient trig, stations. As soon as each subdivision survey was completed, the surveyor prepared the map and handed it to the Commissioners, who were thus able to conclude their adjustments block by block. The total area of the territory described in the schedule to the Act of 1896 is 656,000 acres; the actual area surveyed is 700 acres more. The cost incurred for the work amounts to £4,311 4s. 2d., or a trifle over Ifd. per acre. With the conclusion of the Commissioners' duties and the completion of the subdivision surveys, portions of the large area dealt with will be available for the purposes mentioned in the Amendment Act of 1900, for the subdivision and disposal of the country in small grazing-areas, such as prevail under Part V. of the Land Act of 1892, on leases for periods of twenty-one years, and the setting apart of village sites in approved positions for the use and benefit of the Native owners. Standards. Some attention was drawn to the well-known fact that there is no refined and costly standard bar of reference in this colony for the determination of measurements of length. Such bars are usually designated and referred to by special letter and number, as for instance, ol 4 (the Sydney 10-foot bar), and are constructed with elaborate skill, subsequently marked with the greatest precision, and placed in specially erected and equipped buildings such as that at the Ordnance Survey Department, Southampton. Moreover, provision has to be made to insure freedom from vibration, and change of temperature ; appliances must be available to enable the temperature of the bars to be raised or lowered, and maintained at any required point for purposes of comparison and determination of the coefficient of expansion of the material of which they are constructed. The comparisons require also special apparatus, with micrometer-microscope attachments to measure and record infinitesimal differences of length. All this involves considerable expenditure of money, and is an absolute necessity in the unit of measurement for a great national survey such as is undertaken to determine the form and dimensions of the earth. So far, the surveys of this colony, in accordance with the principles laid down by the late J. T. Thomson, Esq., F.8.G.5., have been confined to the practical and utilitarian purposes of ascertaining the physical and topographical features, and reliable information as to the character of the country and its soil, vegetation, minerals, and other productions, with all other available information. After being duly recorded on maps and other documents, the Government and people were enabled to apportion the colony into political and civil divisions; to deal with the public estate on broad and intelligent lines, conserving and guarding what was most necessary in the public interests. It was possible also to deal with the subdivision and settlement of the lands in the manner most conducive to their proper utilisation, and the advantage of the settlers and the community as a whole. Economy, expedition, and reasonable accuracy were the chief factors considered by the designer of the survey system. The accuracy prescribed for the foundation triangulation was 4 links per mile, reduced subsequently to 2 ; that of the sectional or settlement surveys was fixed at 8 links per mile at first; now the limit is 4 links (in practice more generally 2 links). As pointed out by my predecessor, each provincial or land district had already an established standard •chain of reference, which necessarily varied from each other. As might be expected, the so-called permanent standards laid down at the survey offices are liable to disturbance. It has been decided to adopt one uniform standard of length throughout the colony, and that for the practical purposes of ordinary settlement surveys, 100 ft. steel bands, with principal divisions marked, duly certified to as correct, will suffice for the present. Five-chain steel bands of absolute correct standard length are not procurable in England. The Ordnance Department do not test such apparatus for outside surveys, though Colonel D. A. Johnston, Director-General of the Ordnance Department, has most courteously offered to furnish full particulars and assistance in the event of the colony deciding to obtain a 10 ft. standard bar similar to the bar ol 4 supplied to New South Wales in 1858, and the 01 6 bar furnished to Victoria in 1862. The Board of Trade (Standards Department), 7, Old Palace Yard, London, can only certify to standards 100 ft. and under, and the kind offer of the Superintendent of Weights and Measures to verify standard tapes of that length for New Zealand will be gladly availed of. Inquiries are being made as to the production and distribution of bands (100 links to 500 links) made of nickel-steel, mentioned by the celebrated American authority, J. B. Johnson, C.E., which both he and Mr. Arch. McDowall, Surveyor-General of Queensland, mention as being the most stable of alloys under variations of temperature. I am indebted to the Hon. G. F. Bichardson, president of the New Zealand Institute of Surveyors, for valuable papers and suggestions received from Mr. McDowall, Mr. John Allan (Secretary to the Queensland Institute of Surveyors), Mr. F. J. Charlton (Queensland staff surveyor), and Mr. W. E. Hill (Queensland staff surveyor) ; and also for the loan of two standard tapes from Brisbane, which will be fully availed of and utilised for comparison and check when opportunity offers. Immediately a five-chain standard band for New Zealand has been adopted, similar bands, duly compared and authenticated, will be available for distribution, not only for comparison but also for general use. The offer of the Surveyor-Generals of New South Wales and Queensland of further aid in this important matter is most acceptable and valuable; and is indicative of the advantage of the reciprocity established between Australia and New Zealand in regard to the licensing of surveyors. This leads to consideration of the working of the Surveyors' Board. Surveyors' Board of Examiners. This Board was constituted under " The New Zealand Institute of Surveyors and Board of Examiners Act, 1900," and consists of two members nominated by the Hon. 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supersedes the original Board, which was formed only of the leading officials of the Lands and Survey Department. The first meeting of the new Board was held on the 3rd April, 1901. During the financial year ending the 31st March last thirteen meetings and two examinations of candidates for licenses as surveyors were held; twelve candidates passed the examinations satisfactorily and obtained their licenses. In compliance with the arrangements entered into with the Surveyors' Boards of the Australian States, uniform and simultaneous examinations were conducted throughout Australia and New Zealand. The principal subjects for which papers are set comprise mathematical computations; principles and practice of surveying; levelling; construction, adjustment, and use of instruments; field astronomy; geodesy; compilation and draughting of plans; physics; and geology ; and the survey regulations and statutes relating to the survey and administration of land. A candidate who succeeds in passing the examination obtains a certificate and license which enables him to practise his profession in the particular State or colony in which he was examined. In the event of a surveyor taking up his residence in another State, upon his producing a certificate from the Board of the State or colony he came from, and complying with other reasonable requirements of the Board of the State in which he proposes to practise, a license is issued to him. A National Survey. The question of whether New Zealand should undertake a general survey of the principal islands of the colony, with the object of contributing data for the better determination of the exact figure of the earth, is a subject which has frequently been dealt with by such authorities as the late Mr. J. T. Thomson, P.8.G.5., Major Palmer, 8.E., and Messrs. Theophilus Heale and James McKerrow, F.B.A.S. The difficulties to such a survey which presented themselves in the early days of the colony have now disappeared. New Zealand is wealthy and prosperous; the greatest facilities are afforded for communication ; the tedious and expensive process of base measurements have generally been superseded by metallic bands ; theodolites or altazimuth instruments are lighter, and therefore more portable ; we possess a full knowledge of the whole of the country ; and we have capable and energetic officers eager to undertake the work. It is submitted for favourable consideration that a beginning at least might be made, so that New Zealand, which stands otherwise prominent in progress and up-to-date methods, should take its part amongst the nations and fulfil its obligations to the world by completing an important addition to the solution of the all-important problem of the precise form, or, more strictly speaking, the variations of the form, of the earth from that so far accepted. Magnetic Survey of the Colony. This magnetic survey of the colony, which was commenced on the 15th February, 1899, by Mr. (now Dr.) C. Coleridge Farr, assisted by Mr. W. T. Neill, Assistant Surveyor, and subsequently by Mr. H. F. Skey, B.Sc, is still unfinished, and has been in abeyance for a year owing to the staff being continually engaged at the permanent observatory, and partly because the instruments could not be spared from there. The number of stations visited and observed at is as under: In 1898-1899, twenty-seven stations; in 1899-1900, fifty-eight stations; and in 1900-1901, eighty stations: a total of 165 stations, extending along the eastern coast of the Middle Island, the northern and western coasts of the Middle Island to Makawhio, south of Hokitika, whence the chain was connected with the east coast series vid Haast Pass. Stations were also observed in the North Island from Wellington vid the west coast northwards, and along the east coast to the Bay of Plenty. These stations were selected by Dr. Farr so as to afford a general outline of the isomagnetic lines crossing the Middle and North Islands, and included complete determinations of the declination, dip, and horizontal intensity of the earth's magnetic field. The survey will be resumed now that the new magnetometer has arrived from England. The work still to be executed includes part of the east coast of the North Island, the inland districts of the colony, and a detailed examination of the magnetically disturbed districts which have been discovered. Under the authority of the Hon. Minister of Lands buildings have been erected in Hagley Park, Christchurch, and equipped with standard up-to-date instruments for the observation and recording of the three magnetic elements. In Dr. Farr's report for the year will be found full information upon this and other subjects, which are his speciality ; but I may mention that Dr. Farr expresses fear that the introduction of the electric-traction system on the Christchurch tramways may very seriously, if not disastrously, affect the working of the instruments at the Observatory. The Observatory is, I understand, one of the only four permanent observatories south of the equator, the other three being at Mauritius, Melbourne, and San Fernando. The Northern Hemisphere contains some sixty stations, of which five are in Japan and four in the British Isles. A temporary observatory has been established by the German Government at Kerguelen Island; and a similar one at Staaten Island by the Argentine Government, thus increasing the number in the Southern Hemisphere to, it is believed, six in all. In addition to the magnetic field-survey, the staff includes in its duties terrestrial magnetism, seismology, and atmospheric electricity. The outlay on the observatory and equipment has been very heavy, but the maintenance thereof will be comparatively light. The Government and Department are to be congratulated upon the additional evidence the undertaking manifests of New Zealand's interest in and desire to encourage advancement in scientific and practical knowledge. Dr. Farr and his assistant have confined their attention solely to the observatory work, which has so far completely occupied their time. As it is of the first importance that the magnetic survey of the colony be resumed and carried to a conclusion, it is hoped that arrangements will be made to keep one of the observers constantly in the field till this desirable end is accomplished.

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Antarctic Expedition. The Boyal Geographical Society having, with the assistance of the Imperial Government, and aided by outside subscriptions, built and equipped the " Discovery " for the purposes of Antarctic research, that vessel, under the command of Captain Scott, 8.N., sailed from England in the middle of 1901, and arrived at Lyttelton in December last. On arrival her officers visited the magnetic observatory and were afforded every facility for standardising their instruments, and arranged to have simultaneous observations taken on board the ship and at the Observatory during the former's absence in the south. These are independent of the observations previously arranged to be taken at the instance of the Anglo-German committee appointed at the International Geographical Congress of Berlin in 1899, in connection with the German South Polar Expedition. Before the departure of the exploring vessel Captain Scott arranged to revisit the Observatory on his return from the South. Since the 30th November last continuous records have been kept of all the magnetic variations, and these will be reduced and published, but as at least a year's records are necessary to determine some of the constants of the instruments, no publication can be made at present. Longitude of New Zealand. In the appendix will be found a special memorandum upon the longitude of various places in New Zealand, and especially as to that of Mount Cook, the initial station of the surveys of the whole colony. This point has been obliterated by extensive excavations. It is thought that a concise summary of the observations and results of the labours of the skilled and able observers who laboured to attain the utmost exactitude should be republished. The absolute determinations of Captain Carkeek, Messrs. J. T. Thomson and James McKerrow ; of Mr. Henry Jackson, and of Major Palmer, call for the highest commendation. The transit of chronometers by Captains Stokes and Nares between Australia and New Zealand, and the electric interchange of time between Mr. Bussell, of the Sydney Observatory, and Archdeacon Stock and Mr. C. W. Adams, of New Zealand, confirmed and ultimately refined and determined the initial longitude of the colony with the greatest exactitude attainable. General. As I only took charge of the Lands and Survey on the Ist January last, it has not been possible to acquire a thorough knowledge of the districts and the duties involved. I have consequently felt somewhat at a disadvantage in preparing this report. I have to express my appreciation of the ready assistance afforded me, and also for the cordial co-operation of the principal officers and other members of the staff. DEPABTMENTAL CHANGES. Deaths. The Department lost the services of the late Mr. Donald Hugh Monro, District Surveyor and Land Transfer Draughtsman in the Christchurch Office. His death, on the 28th July, 1901 came as a great shock to his friends and colleagues. Mr. Monro acquired a knowledge of his profession in the Wanganui District, and entered the provincial service on the Ist January, 1873, as a fully qualified and capable surveyor, joining the General Government service on the Ist April, 1874, at the special request of Sir Donald McLean, the then Native Minister. He ultimately elected to leave the field, and took up office duties in the capacity of Land Transfer Draughtsman, Christchurch, on the Ist November, 1878. From an intimate personal knowledge of him, and his field and office work, I can testify to his splendid abilities, industry, and devotion to duty; in this respect he was second to none on the roll of the Department. The death of Mr. David Porter, Draughtsman in the Wellington Lands and Survey Office, took place on the 14th April, 1901. His record of service extended from June, 1853, commencing under the General Government, merging into that of the Provincial Government, and finally under this Department. He had a record for longest service as a District Surveyor, in which capacity he rendered excellent work in the early days of the colony, and was universally respected and esteemed by all who had the good fortune to claim his acquaintance or friendship. The Department also lost the services, through death, of Mr. John Neville Smyth, one of its most conscientious servants, on the 31st December last. He was born in Dublin on the 24th •December, 1839, and first joined the Department in 1874 as an Assistant Surveyor, leaving the Service in 1887 in consequence of the retrenchment policy then in force. In 1897 he was reappointed, and was a steady worker up to the day of his death. In the annual report of the Chief Surveyor, Westland, will be found a sympathetic reference to this officer's services. Retirement. Mr. Sidney Weetman, the Chief Surveyor and Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Canterbury District, retired from the public service on a well-earned pension on the Ist January, 1902, after a long and faithful record of duty. Mr. Weetman joined the provincial service of Southland as a surveyor in the year 1863, but removed to Auckland, and rose to the position of District and Inspecting Surveyor, afterwards filling the position of District Surveyor and Land Officer at Gisborne, finally rising to the rank of Chief Surveyor and Commissioner of Crown Lands, in which capacities he served successfully in the Taranaki, Marlborough, and Canterbury Land Districts, displaying zeal, ability, and administrative qualities, which are testified to by the records of this Department in those districts. Mr. Weetman's retirement was regretted the more by his fellowofficers and friends from the fact that it was necessitated by failing health.

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Changes. Upon the amalgamation of the surveys of the colony in 1876, under the late Mr. J. T. Thomson, F.8.G.5., Surveyor-General, the services of Mr. Alexander Barron were sought for and secured by Mr. Thomson in the important work of organization which necessarily devolved upon the Head Office in consequence of the change. Mr. Barron entered the Head Office as Office Surveyor, and rose to the ranks of Superintending Surveyor, Under-Secretary for Crown Lands (1891), and Assistant Surveyor-General (1896). Upon the retirement of Mr. S. Percy Smith, Surveyor-General, in June, 1901, Mr. Barron assumed complete control of the Lands and Survey Department as Acting Surveyor-General, and held that office till the end of the year, when, consequent on the retirement of Mr. James McKerrow, F.8.A.5., he was promoted to the position of Land Purchase Inspector and Chairman of the Board of Land Purchase Commissioners. During Mr. Barron's connection of over thirty-five years with the Department he gave capable and efficient aid to the able men who presided over it in organizing, developing, and administering this important branch of the public service, which during a great portion of the time embraced, in addition to lands and survey administration, the greater part of the work now devolving upon the Boads, Lithographic, and Tourist Departments. Very important changes and transfers occurred in the Department on or about the Ist January this year. These are defined as under : — J. W. A. Marchant, from Chief Surveyor and Commissioner of Crown Lands, Wellington, was promoted to be Surveyor-General and Secretary for Crown Lands. G. J. Mueller, Chief Surveyor and Commissioner of Crown Lands, Auckland, was promoted to be also Assistant Surveyor-General. J. Strauchon, from Chief Surveyor and Commissioner of Crown Lands, Taranaki, was promoted to Wellington as Chief Surveyor and Commissioner of Crown Lands. Thomas Humphries, from Chief Surveyor and Commissioner of Crown Lands, Nelson, was promoted to Canterbury as Chief Surveyor and Commissioner of Crown Lands. W. G. Murray, from Chief Surveyor and Commissioner of Crown Lands, Westland, was promoted to be Chief Surveyor and Commissioner of Crown Lands, Nelson. W. C. Kensington was promoted from the position of Chief Draughtsman, Auckland, to be Under-Secretary for Lands, Head Office. James Mackenzie was promoted from the position of Chief Draughtsman, Wellington, to be Chief Surveyor and Commissioner of Crown Lands, Taranaki. G. J. Boberts was promoted from the position of Chief Draughtsman, Hokitika, to the position of Chief Surveyor and Commissioner of Crown Lands, Westland. C. B. Pollen, Chief Draughtsman, New Plymouth, was promoted to Auckland as Chief Draughtsman. Llewellyn Smith, District Surveyor, Gisborne, was transferred to Wellington as Chief Draughtsman. F. Stephenson Smith, District Surveyor, Kaikoura, was promoted to Gisborne as District Surveyor and Land Officer. J. Langmuir, District Surveyor, Naseby, was promoted to New Plymouth as Chief Draughtsman. T. M. Grant, Assistant Draughtsman, Head Office, was promoted to the position of Chief Draughtsman, Hokitika. South African Contingents. The loyalty and ardour of the staff was emphasized during the year by four additional officers volunteering for service in the New Zealand contingents sent by the colony to aid the Imperial forces in the South African war. Their names are :— Cyril J. McGowan (draughting cadet in the Head Office), who joined the Eighth Contingent, North Island Battalion. F. M. B. Fisher (clerk in the Christchurch Office), who was appointed Captain of the E Squadron of the Tenth Contingent, South Island Battalion. B. G. M. Park (clerical cadet in the Head Office), who was a member of the North Island Battalion of the Tenth Contingent. B. S. Mitchell (draughting cadet in the New Plymouth Office), who was also a member of the North Island Battalion of the Tenth Contingent. In all, eleven officers of the Department have taken part in the war as members of the New Zealand contingents.

HEAD OFFICE. Mr. E. W. Flanagan, Chief Draughtsman, reports :— The average out-turn of regular work for the year has been about the same as last year, although the draughtsmen have been frequently employed in miscellaneous departmental duties. Every effort has been made, however, to push on the publication of mile-to-the-inch standard maps, and to that end one draughtsman has been continuously employed. The services of another first-class draughtsman are necessary if map-publication is to proceed at a reasonable rate. The usual current routine work relating to index county maps and other office maps and records has been discharged with regularity and efficiency. The examination of plans and schedules of lands dealt with by Proclamation under the Public Works Acts, Land for Settlements Act, and Loans to Local Bodies Act have taken up the time of more than one draughtsman. Due regard has been

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given to the necessity of issuing expeditiously maps and posters relating to the disposal of lands, and two draughtsmen have been almost entirely engaged upon this duty. In connection with the publication of maps it may be noted that the lithographic staff, which has been attached to this Department since the creation of the General Survey Department, was transferred to the Government Printer on the Ist November last. Hitherto this staff had been looked upon as a primary essential to the Lands and Survey Department, as a means of supplying settlers and the public with cheap and authoritative information respecting the land-settlement and surveys of the colony, and it fulfilled that purpose. The following are details of the work done during the year:— Eighteen new maps of survey districts, drawn to the scale of one mile to the inch, have been published—viz., Upper Waitara, Omona, Opaku, Mokau, Pouatu, Kapara, Tua, Oero, Pencarrow, Gore, Cloudy Bay, Onamalutu, Heringa, Spray, Wakamarina, Bowallan, Alton, and Waiau (all drawn at the district offices), and Oxford and Kapunatiki (drawn at Head Office). New editions of the following mile-to-the-inch maps of survey districts have been published : viz., Carlyle, Crookston, Invercargill, Waimumu, Lillburn, Clutha, Molyneux, and Warepa. Mile-to-the-inch maps now in hand are the Survey Districts of Mahoe, Mangahao, Clifford Bay, Opihi, Pareora, Swinburn, Blackstone, Gimmerburn, Poolburn, Arowhenua, and Geraldine. Maps of the following towns, villages, &c, have been printed and published: viz., Towns of Inglewood, Paeroa, Mangaweka, Makuri, Mataroa, Port Chalmers, Te Oneroa, Campbelltown, and Clifden, and Villages of Mangaehu, Bulwer, Murchison, and Umutoi. Amongst miscellaneous maps which have been printed and published the following may be noted : viz., topographical map of Mount Egmont; southern portion of Kaikoura County on mile-to-the-inch scale; trig, map of Kidnappers Survey District; Cook Group of Islands ; and map showing magnetic stations. Special maps in hand include military maps of Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin. The two former have been drawn in the district offices, and are now in the Government Printing Office for reproduction. The Dunedin map is being drawn at the Head Office, and will necessarily take a great deal of time owing to the large amount of detail which it contains. A map showing the boundaries of the Colony of New Zealand is going through the press. A new index map of Bruce County has been completed. A preliminary map of the Counties of Wanganui and Waitotara has been carefully compiled and drawn at the Head Office, and is now being prepared for publication. This map is drawn on the mile-to-the-inch scale, and contains within its limits twenty-three survey districts. Its publication will be of great departmental and public advantage. Several of the county maps have become illegible and much worn, those in the Otago District being particularly worn. The map of Vincent County is now in hand at the Head Office, but the assistance of the Otago District Office is essential to renew Maniototo, Tuapeka, and Lake County maps within a reasonable date. The disposal of lands during the year has necessitated the publication of 257 land-sale-poster maps, or twelve more than last year's return. These maps have been prepared and published, as a rule, at least five weeks before the dates of the opening of the lands for sale or selection, and forwarded to the districc offices for distribution to the public. For Auckland there has been published 78 maps ; for Taranaki, 12 maps ; for Hawke's Bay, 13 maps; for Wellington, 43 maps; for Marlborough, 14 maps; for Nelson, 10 maps ; for Westland, 4 maps; for Canterbury, 24 maps; for Otago, 32 maps; for Southland, 27 maps. Of these maps 132,252 copies have been printed. For advertising lands acquired under the Land for Settlements Act there have been compiled, printed, and published pamphlets containing maps, illustrations, and complete information in respect to the following fifteen settlements : Kohika, Mangawhata, Epuni, Tarawahi, Eaincliff, Puhuka, Kapuatohe, Kaimahi, Tokaora, Eapuwai, Earnscleugh (no pamphlet), Eingway, Maungaraki, Manga-a-toro, and Glenham. The numbers of pamphlets printed for each settlement have varied from 1,500 to 3,000. According to established custom, photographic reductions of all landsale maps have been forwarded to the district survey offices for purposes of compilation of county maps and departmental reports, &c. Maps have been prepared at the Head Office for the purposes of the Eepresentation Commission, showing the population of the colony within the boundaries of electoral districts, counties, ridings, road districts, boroughs, and town districts, and within further small divisions of these local districts into which population had been placed by the sub-enumerators. This work necessitated the transcribing of population from 986 sub-enumerators' books to the maps. Extra departmental work has been performed for eighteen Departments of the Service, portion of which engaged the time of draughtsmen drawing and computing. Lithographing was the largest item. The tabular statement below shows the names of the Departments for which work was done, and the out-turn of work for the months during which the Lands and Survey Department controlled the lithographic staff. For the encouragement of tourist traffic there has been a distribution of 17,500 guide-books and other illustrated publications. The Settlers' Handbook, compiled from official data by Mr. E. A. Loughnan, by direction of the Hon. the Minister of Lands, has been completed in manuscript, and is being set up in type. For Proclamations under the Land Act 34 schedules and 22 plans have been examined. For the purposes of the Land for Settlements Act 4 schedules and 5 plans have been prepared. For Proclamations under the Public Works Acts 35 schedules and 51 plans have been examined. For Proclamations under the Loans to Local Bodies Act 9 schedules and 9 plans'have been prepared. Thirty schedules have been examined and certified for the Local Bills Committee of the House of Eepresentatives. Plans of fourteen townships have been examined for approval of His Excellency the Governor.

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The descriptions which have been written relating to counties, ridings, mining-areas, registration districts, boroughs, estates, drainage districts, acclimatisation areas, and marine reached the total of 158. Ninety-two tracings to illustrate subjects of correspondence have been made. Number of maps, tracings, and photographs mounted, 782.

Lithographing, Printing, and Photography, 1st April, 1901, to 31st October, 1901.

Number of plates used: viz., 16 in. by 16 in., fifty-four; 12 in. by 10 in., twelve; 30 in. by 30 in., twenty-five; 24 in. by 24 in., fourteen; 18 in. by 24 in., forty-nine; 8 in. by 10 in., thirty-five ;16 in. by 22 in., one. Number of lithographic stones used, 562. Correspondence. Mr. F. T. O'Neill, Chief Clerk, reports :— The total number of letters and telegrams received was 15,532, and the outward correspondence amounted to 15,038 —a total of 30,570 documents received, recorded, or despatched. This total is less than last year to the number of about 8,000, which is accounted for by the correspondence relating to road and tourist matters no longer being dealt with by this Department. The number of new subjects opened amounted to 1,858, and 492 records were received from other departments for reference or report. The number of Proclamations, Orders in Council, Warrants, and notices prepared during the year under the Acts specified was, — "The Land Act, 1892": 14 Proclamations setting apart lands as village settlements, 15 Orders in Council fixing terms and conditions of lease of village-homestead allotments, 34 Warrants notifying lands for sale by public auction, 9 Proclamations setting apart lands for leasing as small grazing-runs, 70 Warrants opening lands for sale or selection, 7 Proclamations setting apart or withdrawing lands from improved-farm settlements, 19 Warrants temporarily reserving lands, 12 Warrants permanently reserving lands, 9 Proclamations taking and closing roads, 3 Proclamations taking or resuming lands for various public purposes, and 1 Proclamation authorising an education reserve to be sold. Native Townships Act: 2 Proclamations setting apart lands for Native townships. Local Bodies' Loans Act: 11 Proclamations setting apart land for settlement. Cemeteries Act: 41 Warrants and 1 Order in Council appointing and removing trustees. State Forests Act: 4 Proclamations setting apart lands as State forests. Public Domains Act: 16 Orders in Council bringing lands under the Act, and 60 Orders in Council delegating powers. Public Beserves Act : 9 Orders in Council vesting reserves in local bodies, 6 Orders in Council exchanging reserves for other land, and 9 Warrants changing the purposes of reserves. Public Works Act: 13 Proclamations taking and closing roads, 7 Proclamations taking lands for various public purposes, 2 Orders in Council declaring county and district roads, and 7 Warrants authorising surveyors to take and lay off roads.

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Miscellaneous : Under this heading 10 Orders in Council, 1 Proclamation, 3 Warrants, and 38 various other documents were prepared, and 16 Crown Lands Guides were revised and printed. The summary appended gives the number of Crown grants and other titles issued during the year:—

Accounts. Mr. E. A. Paterson, Accountant, reports:— The number of vouchers authorised for payment ... ... ... 4,125 Imprest vouchers authorised for credit ... ... ... ... 3,389 Credit vouchers against other Departments ... ... ... 129 Imprest advances ... ... ... ... ... ... 412 Total ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 8,055 A detailed statement of the expenditure in respect of each of the appropriations and a full statement from the commencement of the Land for Settlements Account has been issued within the Department, and the various accounts have been balanced with the Treasury books. The following is a summary of the expenditure of the various appropriations and accounts for the year, and which shows also the receipts of the Cheviot Estate and Land for Settlements Accounts : —

Summary of Statement of Expenditure of Lands and Survey Department for Twelve Months ended 31st March, 1902.

The amount advanced to imprestees during the year was £45,193.

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Land District. bToi A™ "" Grants. lllants - war- wanants. tincat;es ■ GrZt" Area *»»)>« Warrants, granted to peases and Natives. ™d LiCertiflcates censes." Area in Leases and Licensee. Number Crown Grants correcled. Number of Duplicate Grants issued. Auckland Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington .. Nelson Marlborough.. Canterbury .. Westland Otago Southland 14 Acres. 1,494 32 6 11 9 6 3 18 Acres. 26,010 11,500 10,503 13,020 4,003 3,300 75,001 259 56 285 143 64 10 50 16 183 132 Acres. 29,004 13,500 10,530 16,040 4,003 3,300 75,001 272 5,072 8,020 Acr. s. 1,500 12,000 60 1 4 38 3 4 12 Acres. 1,009 29 36,629 3 22,727 4,963 2 1 118 2 1 3,000 2 1 i 52 13 5 5,020 8,005 12 1 152,610 68 Totals .. 16 1,664 103 156,362 i 1,198 164,742 16,500 135 218,039 4 4 ses in pi trpetuity * These leas executed by Com: ses have been e: ixiissioners of Cro :ecuted vn Landi >y His Exci have been ] sllency. In addition 'eceived, recorded, ani to these fl filed. .bout a thousand lea

Name of Vote or Account. Amount voted. Expenditure (Gross). Expenditure (Net). Receipts. Lands and Survey Lands and Survey, Miscellaneous immigration [mproved-farm Settlements .. Lands, Miscellaneous 5tate Forests Jand for Settlements Expenses* £ 118,805 12,884 300 3,800 3,250 11,322 £ s. d. 138,300 1 3 9,221 8 7 539 14 2 1,677 7 1 U £ s. ( 24,298 5 I 3,043 0 1 400 0 7 15 £ s. d. 24,298 5 10 3,043 0 11 400 0 0 7 15 5 £ s. d. 1 H,001 15 5 6,178 7 8 189 14 2 1,669 11 S £ s. d. 10,334 13 7 5-7 9 5 -7 10,339 5 10 , . Totals 150,361 160,073 4 8 27,754 9 11 132,318 14 9 Consolidated Fund : Unauthorised Account Public Works Fund: Unauthorised Account 3heviot Estate Account I/and for Settlements Account (including Vote No. 118) Permanent Charges, Special Acts, Deposit Accounts, &c. Totals 2,097 17 10 64 0 9 8,881 2 6 499,052 3 0 1,190 6 7 2,097 17 10 64 0 9 8,881 2 6 1497,861 16 5 14,061 0 8 90,053 5 6 24,905 13 9 7,740 10 10 17,165 2 11. 535,000 17 10 8,930 17 5 526,070 0 5 104,114 6 2 Grand totals 695,074 2 6 36,685 7 4 653,388 15 2 i * Included in -and for Settlement! Account.

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Audit. Mr. W. G. Buncie, Auditor of Land Eevenue, reports : — The receipts have been as hereunder stated:— £ s. d. Territorial revenue ... ... ... ... ... 249,619 1 6 Land for settlements ... ... ... ... ... 90,053 5 6 Cheviot Estate... ... ... ... ... ... 14,061 0 8 Stateforests ... ... ... ... ... .. 17,188 11 5 North Island Main Trunk Eailway ... ... ... 6,670 14 5 Thermal springs ... ... ... ... ... 414 8 6 Eotorua Town Council ... ... ... ... ... 1,094 2 4 Hanmer Sanatorium ... ... ... ... ... 1,344 1 2 Lakes Ellesmere and Forsyth ... ... ... ... 1,615 12 .2 Mount Cook Hermitage ... ... ... ... ... 190 5 6 Crown-grant fees ... ... ... ... ... 914 12 5 Lands and Survey vote ... ... ... ... ... 2,207 16 1 Native townships ... ... ... ... ... 310 8 1 Mining district land occupation ... ... ... ... 641 12 4 Miscellaneous ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,753 17 3 Government Loans to Local Bodies Act ... ... ... 21,420 15 7 Endowments ... ... ... ... ... ... 17,638 9 8 Total ... £427,138 14 7 The total receipts for the year show a falling-off of £4,199 18s. Bd., and it is greatest in the item of territorial revenue. In my report for the year 1900 I pointed out that with the extinction of deferred-payment holdings and the conversion to freehold of perpetual-lease holdings the territorial revenue was bound to decline, and I beg to state that it may be expected to still further shrink, as the rents for new selections cannot be expected to anything like reach the amount yearly received for the freehold of perpetual leases for years to come. During the past year the sum of £8,054 lis. 6d. was allowed off' rents under the Crown Tenants' Eebate Act and the Land for Settlements Consolidation Act which upon the total of the rents received upon prairie value gives for the year a mean rebate of per cent.

Table No. 1.— Comparative Statement of Receipts on Account of Territorial Revenue for the Financial Years 1900-1 and 1901-2.

Eeceipts, 1900-1 ... ... ... ... ...£270,203 5 9 Beceipts, 1901-2 ... ... ... ... ... 249,619 1 6 £20,584 4 3

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District. 1900-1. 1901-2. Increase, 1901-2. Decrease, 1901-2. £ s. a. 41,721 14 6 24,184 10 11 21,719 19 10 35,834 3 8 15,381 7 3 9,580 18 8 1,368 15 8 54,022 4 3 51,741 7 6 14,648 3 6 £ s. 44,649 6 17,194 14 14,478 1 29,757 11 8,874 1 8,899 14 5,614 8 53,447 6 52,567 8 14,136 7 a. 2 9 3 9 9 9 5 7 6 7 £ a. d. 2,927 11 8 £ s. d. Luekland lawke's Bay Vellington ... Jelson Vestland Janterbury ... )tago iouthland ... 4,245 12 9 6,989 16 2 7,241 18 7 6,076 11 11 6,507 5 6 681 3 11 574 - 17 8 826 1 0 511 15 11 270,203 249,619 5 1 9 6 249,619 1 6 7,999 5 5 28,583 7,999 9 5 8 5 Net decrease 20,584 4 3 20,584 4 3

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Table No. 2.— Comparative Statement of Gross Receipts.

Table No. 3.— Comparative Receipts of Land Tenures.

The balances at the credit of the various Beceivers of Land Bevenue, ordinary deposit accounts, were as follows :— Auckland ... .... ... ... ... ... 3,060 18 6 New Plymouth ... ... ... ... ... ... 166 10 11 Napier ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 93 12 0 Gisborne ... ... ... ... ... ... 285 15 1 Wellington ... ... ... ... ... ... 827 0 7 Blenheim ... ... ... ... ... ... 925 5 8 Nelson ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 949 8 10 Ahaura ... ... ... ... ... ... 19 11 0 Beefton . . ... ... ... ... ... 75 7 3 Westport ... ... ... ... ... ... 51 7 0 Hokitika ... ... ... ... ... ... 318 10 10 Christchurch ... ... ... ... ... ... 303 2 4 Dunedin ... ... ... ... ... ... 671 1 0 Invercargill ... ... ... ... ... ... 935 12 1 £8,683 2 7

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Nature of Receipt. 1900-1. 1901-2. Increase. Deorease. Territorial revenue Land for settlements Cheviot Estate ... State forests North Island Main Trunk Bailway Thermal springs Rotorua Town Council Hanmer Sanatorium Lakes Bllesmere and Forsyth Mount Cook Hermitage Crown-grant fees Lands and Survey vote Native townships Mining District Land Occupation Act Miscellaneous Government Loans to Local Bodies Act Endowments £ s. d. 270,203 5 9 72,781 8 2 14,166 7 4 14,915 5 3 9,449 7 8 £ s. 249,619 1 90,053 5 14,061 0 17,188 11 6,670 14 d. 6 6 8 5 5 £ s. d. 17,271 17 4 ■ £ b. <3. 20,584 4 3 105 6 8 2,273 6 2 2,778 13 3 1,650 6 11 414 S 1,094 2 1,344 1 1,615 12 190 5 914 12 2,207 16 310 8 I 641 12 I 1,753 17 21,420 15 6 4 2 2 6 5 1 1 4 3 7 1,094 2 4 204 1 4 1,235 18 5 1,139 19 10 1,787 13 9 358 16 6 915 17 10 2,149 2 8 505 11 9 j 172 1 7 168 11 0 15 5 58 13 5 195 3 8 I 2,433 7 10 } - 37 18 3 21,157 5 2 263 10 5 17,724 16 10 17,638 9 8 86 7 2 ~ 431,338 13 3 427,138 14 7 427,138 14 7 21,165 11 0 25,365 9 21,165 11 8 0 Decrease 4,199 18 8 4,199 18 8

Tenure. 1900-1. 1901-2. Increase. Decrease. Cash land-sales ... Deferred payments Pastoral and miscellaneous rents £ s. 78,793 18 10,575 1 78,332 5 a. 5 1 3 £ 8. 59,576 0 8,434 11 76,994 17 d. 8 3 3 £ s. d. £ s. a. 19,217 17 9 2,140 9 10 1,337 8 0 Perpetual leases, leases in perpetuity, occupation with right of purchase, and small grazing-runs Miscellaneous 81,668 13 0 78,658 2 3 3,010 10 9 20,833 8 0 25,955 10 1 5,122 2 1 Decrease in territorial re270,203 5 9 249,619 1 6 5,122 2 1 25,706 5,122 6 2 4 1 20,584 4 3 venue Under special Acts— Cheviot Estate Land for settlements State forests ... 14,166 72,781 14,915 7 8 5 4 2 3 14,061 0 90,053 5 17,188 11 8 6 5 105 6 8 17,271 17 2,273 6 4 2

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This total balance is within a few pounds of what it was last year. During the year the sum of £79,043 9s. lOd. was paid into this account. The total at credit in the various Beceiver's books due to local bodies for "thirds" and "fourths" is £40,633 18s. lOd. This amount is less than last year's balance by £260 12s. 9d. In Auckland, Napier, Wellington, Blenheim, Hokitika, and Invercargill the amounts at credit have increased; in New Plymouth, Nelson, Christchurch, and Dunedin they have decreased. During the year I inspected the following offices, and audited the books of the Beceivers : viz., Napier, Gisborne, Nelson, Wellington, Blenheim, Auckland, Hokitika, Beefton, Westport, Christchurch, Invercargill, and Dunedin. On my return to headquarters from each place I specially reported and furnished balance-sheets of transactions. The office staff has been kept busily employed upon the inspection and audit of the cash-books submitted to this office by the Treasury, and this work is as close up as it is possible to have it. All sectional cards and returns received are carefully scrutinised, and where it is possible to apply a check, such as comparing areas and prices shown in pamphlets and posters, it is done. Besides the ordinary audit and inspection, and in connection therewith, 1,804 queries were sent out for answers, 477 memos, written, 347 memos, received, 1,040 Commissioners' reports received, 2,263 new cards received, 76 refund vouchers examined. I have much pleasure in testifying to the diligent manner in which the officers in this branch of your Department perform their duties. I recommend them to your favourable consideration when you are framing your salary estimates.

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Maori Quarters, Kawhia.

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APPENDICES.

APPENDIX I.—ADMINISTEATION.

EXTBACTS FBOM THE BEPOBTS OF THE COMMISSIONEES OF CEOWN LANDS ON SETTLEMENT OPEBATIONS DTJBING THE TWELVE MONTHS WHICH ENDED ON THE 31st MABCH, 1902. AUCKLAND. The revenue for this year shows an increase of £5,588 compared with the previous year, but the total area of land selected shows a decrease of 117,021 acres. 511 selectors absorbed 122,821 acres of Crown land. The revenue totals £65,406, and with the endowment revenue added gives the total of £67,005, which is the largest sum ever received in this land district. The following is the summary of land transactions for the year 1901-2 : —

Summary of Land Transactions during the Year 1901-2.

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Transactions during the Year. Leasehold Area held on 31st March, 1901. Class of Selection. Revenue received during the Year. Number. Area. Number. Area. Cash— Town ... Suburban Sural ... 30 15 101 A. 39 222 10,223 B. P. 2 28 2 33 0 7 A. E. P. £ s. d. Total cash Deferred payment... Deferred payment made freehold Perpetual lease Perpetual lease, freehold Occupation with right of purchase Lease in perpetuity* Lease in perpetuity, lands for settlements Mining districts land occupation Agricultural lease Village - homestead special settlement Special - settlement associations 146 10,485 1 28 12,585 3 29 7,154 16 2 733 9 11 18 2,620 2 2 108 94 192 24,264" 3 18 61,396 0 14 387 82,875 2 35 2,438 0 7 11,060 5 2 7,750 0 9 1,649 404,25l" 0 29 111 3 26,445 3 21 2,535 3 38 941 149 192,340 3 18 32,364 3 38 3,556 19 9 4,287 1 0 31 1,435 0 11 136 6,251 1 1 134 0 7 1 61 20 2 0 2,352 0 30 25o"l6 9 93 15,670 0 0 150 5 6 Improved-farm settlement ... Homestead Small grazing-runs Pastoral runs Land for settlements, miscellaneous Miscellaneous leases Eoyalty on coal flax ... "g 16,499" 2 0 50 13 10 25 9 4,792 1 17 1,478 0 13 58,697 2 0 133,216 0 27 159 2 31 251 0 11 476 6 11 164 4 0 177 6 1 42 6,498 1 39 25,606-10 tons 20 tons 162 40,020 2 23 569 9 6 506 15 6 2 0 0 12,655 12 10 9,581 11 2 1,511 3 10 185 18 5 1,809 12 0 1,598 7 10 „ timber 1 96 logs, 2 trees, and 17,497,810 ft. 1 i On ao count State Forests 5,754 3 33 Thermal springs Survey liens on Native land Other sources Endowments ... 247 Total 643 152,181 3 11 4,041 992,832 0 4 67,005 5 2 * Includes 2,474 acres 2 r< iods 5 perches, 20 exchanges from other tenures.

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Cash Sales. —The total amount received for cash sales is £18,215, of which amount £7,154 is for sales of town, suburban, and rural lands, totalling 10,485 acres disposed of to 146 purchasers, and £11,060 is cash received for 24,264 acres from ninety-four selectors who have made perpetual leases freehold. Deferred Payment. —There are 108 selectors holding 12,585 acres. The instalments and interests received for the year amounted to £733. Thirty-nine selectors are in arrears of payments amounting to £258. Eighteen selectors acquired their freeholds during the year. Perpetual Lease. —There are 387 lessees holding 82,875 acres, ninety-four selectors acquired the freehold of 24,264 acres, fourteen lessees exchanged into lease in perpetuity 2,183 acres, and the holdings of two leases totalling 330 acres were forfeited. Ninety-seven lessees holding 18,015 acres are in arrears for rent to the extent of £379. Occupation with Bight of Purchase.' —There has been a decrease in this class of tenure of 137 selectors and 67,810 acres compared with last year, but the revenue received shows an increase of £223. Owing to a better class of land being placed upon the market 192 selectors took up 61,396 acres, making a total of 1,649 selectors and 404,251 acres being held under this tenure. The holdings of twelve selectors with an area of 4,634 acres were forfeited. Sixteen selectors surrendered 7,176 acres, and 331 selectors were £1,780 in arrears. Lease in Perpetuity. —There is a decrease in this class of forty-seven selectors as compared with last year, the total number for the year being 111 selectors for 26,445 acres, which includes twenty selectors for 2,474 acres exchanged from other tenures, the revenue received amounting to £3,556. The area and number of selections would have been very much larger if it had been possible to put the larger area in the Kawhia County disposed of in April into the market before the end of the financial year. An area of 100 acres held by two selectors was forfeited ; four selectors surrendered 773 acres. There are 202 selectors in arrears for rent amounting to £943. Lease in Perpetuity under the Land for Settlements Act. —There were only three selectors for 2,536 acres this year, the total number of selectors on the books being 157 holding 32,536 acres, which includes nine selections under miscellaneous leases. The revenue for the year amounts to £4,287. An area of 600 acres held by three selectors, with a rental of £74, was forfeited. There are now thirty-one selectors holding 6,306 acres, who are in arrears of rent to the extent of £889, and one selector holding 410 acres surrendered his lease. Leases under " The Mining Districts Land Occupation Act, 1894."— Thirty-one selectors took up 1,435 acres under this class, the revenue received being £134. There are now 136 selectors occupying 6,251 acres within the goldfields. Eight selectors holding 572 acres are £13 in arrears. Village-homestead Special Settlements. —These settlers are still decreasing, as there are now only sixty-one selectors holding 2,352 acres on the books. Six selectors exchanged 292 acres to lease-in-perpetuity holdings. There was one forfeiture of 44 acres, and thirty-three selectors holding 1,417 acres are in arrears of rent to the extent of £387. Homestead Lands. —There are only thirteen selectors on the books, holding an area of 1,478 acres. The holdings of 451 selectors of 74,618 acres have been made freehold since the commencement of the system. Special-settlement Associations. —-No land was taken up this year under this system. There are now ninety-three selectors holding 15,670 acres, but only thirty-two selectors holding 5,081 acres are actually residing on the same. There were three forfeitures of 665 acres, and fifty-five selectors are £295 in arrears. The Avoca Settlement is looking fairly well, and the land is of fair quality. The Marlborough Settlement is not progressing. Papamoa Nos. 1 and 2 : Of twenty-six original settlers, only sixteen remain, the others having abandoned or transferred their sections. The outlook here has slightly improved owing to the dairying industry in the district offering better inducement to breed cattle, and possibly in the future a factory may be erected within reach of the settlement. If so the settlement should do better. Auckland Special Settlement: There is only one settler remaining on the land, and he has complied with the conditions. Small Grazing-runs. —There are only ten of these, with an area of 58,697 acres, the rental received being £476. There were no forfeitures or surrenders during the year. Pastoral Buns. —Six runs were taken up during the year, totalling 16,499 acres, making the total area now held 133,216 acres, by twenty-five selectors. Four selectors were in arrears to the amount of £275 lis. 6d. Miscellaneous Leases and Licenses. —There were forty-two of these taken up during the year, totalling 6,498 acres, the revenue received being £569; the total number on the books being 162 leases for 40,020 acres. The total amount received for royalty on coal, timber, and flax, and from the above leases, was £23,315. Thermal Springs, Botorua. — There are 247 selectors holding 5,755 acres, the amounts received during the year being £1,511. Of this, £907 is to be transferred to the Botorua Town Board under " The Botorua Town Council Act, 1900," under which Act the Town Board will in future receive all revenue from leases. Transfers. —The number of transfers dealt with by the Land Board during the year 1901-2 was 245. Of these, 229 were approved, sixteen being refused. Timber. —17,497,810 superficial feet of timber, ninety-six logs, and two trees were sold, the amount received being £6,898. The gross revenue derived from timber during the year amounted to £22,237. The quantity of timber sold during the previous year was 41,652,782 superficial feet and nine trees, the gross amount then received being only £16,324. The Banger reports: " The great demand for timber causes an increasing difficulty in preventing encroachments and depredations on Crown forests. The bush fires, although not altogether absent, have not been so

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prevalent Or destructive as in former years." He also urges that steps be taken to have seeds of hardy grasses sown where fires have occurred in Crown forests, with the object of checking future fires, and gradually converting the denuded forest lands into revenue-producing grazing-runs, &c. Land reserved and alienated under Acts. —The total area reserved for various purposes during the year was 1,574 acres, and 42 acres was granted under special Acts. Inspection by Bangers. —The total number of inspections made during the past year was 1,291, the total area involved in such inspections being 361,831 acres. The amount of improvements required by law to be done upon this area was £69,516 10s. 7d., the total amount actually effected being £139,992 13s. sd. This sum shows improvements to the value of £70,476 2s. lOd. done in excess of actual requirements by law. The number of selectors found resident on their sections is 899. The total area of bush felled is 31,678 acres, and 26,743 acres of this is sown in grass. Of these inspections, 216 were made by Banger B. P. Bayly, twenty-four by Eanger D. H. Lusk, 271 by Eanger J. M. McKay, 241 by Eanger J. Maxwell, 384 by" Banger F. C. Ewen, nine by District Surveyor A. H. Vickerman, thirty-five by District Surveyor T. K. Thompson, and 111 by Assistant Surveyor H. A. Warner. During the past year Bangers Lusk, Maxwell, and McKay have devoted a great deal of time in estimating kauri and other timber for sale. Land under the Land for Settlements Acts. Whitehall Estate. —Area, 8,959 acres. Number of selectors, 8 ; resident on land, 6. Value of improvements on land effected by selectors, £1,277 Bs.; value of improvements pertaining to estate, £1,277. Population, 22. Number of houses, 9. At present purely a grazing country. Apparently selectors are making a permanent home for themselves, the houses erected being generally very good. They are endeavouring to obtain a butter-factory for next season, available for the Whitehall settlers. This should improve matters, and tend to give better returns than present surroundings afford. Bangiatea Estate. —Area, 4,004 acres. Number of selectors, 19; number resident on sections, 16. Value of improvements effected, £4,375; increase for year, £420 Is. Number of population, 101; increase for year, 1. Number of milch cows, 403; increase for year, 35. Dairying is still in operation, and selectors are doing fairly well, and making permanent homes. A fairly satisfactory season has been experienced, with good returns from factory. Settlement so far has been a success. Opouriao Estate. —Area, 7,604 acres. Number of selectors on estate, 61 (4 on Taneatua Township). Value of improvements effected, £28,200 ; increase for the year, £6,000. Population, 288 ; increase for year, 36. Number of homes on the estate, 64. Number of milch cows, 850; increase for year, 444. One selection of 9 acres lately forfeited, and one of 280 acres is the only unoccupied land. The latter is a rough section, and difficult of access. Of the settlers, some forty-one have been in occupation more than six years, and have fulfilled all conditions. The maize-crop this year has escaped frost, and a good return is anticipated. The cheese-factory is in full swing and giving good returns. A much smaller area of maize is in cultivation, the settlers giving most of their attention now to dairying, with satisfactory results. This settlement may now be considered to be in a most satisfactory condition, and its success is apparently assured. Okauia Estate. —Area, 5,920 acres. Number of selectors, 9; number resident on land, 6. Value of improvements effected by selectors, £1,670; increase for year, £275 lis. Population, 12. Number of houses, 7. Very little further advance has taken place on this settlement during the past year. The soil is only medium in quality. Where the bush has been fallen and grassed the land, however, is fairly good, and well adapted for grazing purposes. The establishment of a dairy factory within reach is much required, and is the only course open to make the settlement generally remunerative to its occupiers. Karapiro Estate. —Area, 2,276 acres. Number of selectors, 15 (one section was handed over to the Defence Department for a rifle range); selectors resident on the land, 14. Value of improvements required to be effected, £572 45.; value effected, £2,826; increase for year, £933. Population, 44 ; increase for year, 4. Number of houses on the estate, 11. Number of milch cows, 190, being an increase for year of twenty cows. The Crown Lands Eanger states in his report, " The Canadian thistle is still in evidence, but kept down. When last on this estate I was shown the effects of an exterminator used by one of the settlers which apparently is efficacious, but cost and general utility cannot yet be stated until the result of further trials has been ascertained." This settlement as a whole is in a thriving condition. The dairy industry is the principal source of revenue. The improvements effected undoubtedly show that the selectors are making permanent homes, and the general outlook can be considered satisfactory. Fencourt Estate. —Area, 7,105 acres. Number of selectors, 35 ; number resident, 27. Value of improvements effected, £3,448 ; increase for year, £1,909. Population, 89; increase for year, 42. Milch cows, 391; increase for year, 274. Number of houses, 28; erected by settlers, 22. With the exception of some three or four selections this settlement may be considered in a progressive and sound condition. The dairy industry has increased considerably, and with further promise of extension this settlement promises to be a success and afford good returns to the settlers on it, as well as carry a considerable population on the area farmed. Improved-farm Settlements. Te Bau-a-moa Improved-farm Settlement. —Original area, 1,410 acres ; area now occupied 1,424 acres, held by ten settlers, who with their families number forty-seven souls. Area of forest felled, 821 acres, of which 703 acres is now in grass. Total advances amount to £1,899 lis. 7d. Present total value of improvements, £2,159 18s. Paemako. —Area originally, 1,412 acres; area occupied, 1,343f acres, held by eleven settlers, who with their families number forty-three. Area of forest felled, 57 acres; area in grass, 402 acres. Total advances, £709 14s. Bd. Total value of improvements amount to £1,066 lis.

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Mangatu.— Area originally, 1,100 acres, of which 991 acres is in occupation by ten settlers, who with their families number thirty-one souls. The forest area felled is 705 acres, of which 534 acres is now in grass. The advances amount to £1,651 ss. lid. Total amount of improvements, £2,432. . . Awatuna.— Area originally, 1,000 acres, of which 199J is occupied by two settlers with their families, numbering in all fourteen souls. The area of forest felled for the whole settlement is 408 acres, and the area now in grass is 65 acres. The advances amount to £1,111 15s. 10d., and the value of the improvements is £1,504. This settlement began to be gradually deserted by the original holders as soon as their employment at road-work ceased. Katui. —Area originally, 1,000 acres, of which 491 acres is now occupied by five settlers with their families, numbering in all nineteen souls. The area of forest felled is 380 acres, and the area in grass is 177 acres. The advances amount to £1,066 lis. 4d., and the value of improvements is £2,061 lis. Many of the original settlers left after the Government roadworks in the neighbourhood came to an end. Bangatira.—Avea, originally, 1,000 acres, of which 200 acres is now occupied by two settlers, who with their families number six souls. The area of forest felled is 100 acres, and the area in grass is 52 acres. The advances amount to £192 6s. 4d. The total value of the improvements amount to £415 16s. 4d. Tawai. —Area originally, 411 acres, of which 142 acres is now occupied by ten settlers, who with their families number seventeen souls. The forest area felled is 148 acres for the whole settlement, and the area now under grass is 20 acres. The advances amount to £602 19s. sd. Total value of improvements, £1,672 16s. Id. The remaining sections, containing 269 acres, are all selected under optional clause of " The Land Act, 1892." Land available for Future Settlement and Disposal. There is 388,365 acres of surveyed and 357,329 acres of unsurveyed land now open for selection. In addition to the above there is about 140,000 acre's under survey, which will most probably be ready for opening next March. Of that area about 60,000 acres will be in the Kawhia County, about 10,000 acres in the Hokianga County, about 10,000 acres in the Tauranga County, and about 50,000 acres for pastoral runs in the Eotorua County, most of the lands being of good quality. Clerical. During the year 21,092 letters, 2,145 parcels, and 896 telegrams were received, and 24,943 letters, 11,596 parcels, and 901 telegrams were despatched. Geehaed Muellee, Commissioner of Crown Lands.

HAWKE'S BAY. The following table gives concisely the total land transactions during the year, the number of tenants and the area held at the 31st March, 1902, and the total revenue received from all sources during the year, which amounts to £28,234 3s. 9d. The gross revenue for the year is thus £2,064 7s. lOd. less than last year, and exceeds the estimate by £218 10s. 9d. The decrease in revenue as compared with last year is due to the falling-off of the number of perpetual-lease purchases; and I might here mention that the area now held under perpetual lease in the Hawke's Bay District is, comparatively speaking, small.

Summary of Land Transactions, 1901-2.

Transactions during Year. Leasehold Lands held at 31st March, 1902. Tenures Revenue during Year.1901-2. Number. Area. Number. Area. Cash Perpetual lease made freehold Deferred payment made freehold Deferred payment... Perpetual lease Occupation with right of purchase Lease in perpetuity Village settlements — Occupation with right of purchase Lease in perpetuity Village - homestead special settlements Special - settlement associations 13 9 3 A. B. P. 15 2 17 5,903 0 27 613 1 20 A. . B. P. £ a'. 386 0 3,307 11 d. 0 8 13 10,106 0 0 3 33 191 2,140 1 13 12,309 3 6 85,552 3 23 87 3 548 4 3,817 17 0 9 8 9 4,978 3 27 178 100,684 3 21 2,754 3 2 8 6 2 8 1 17 6 5 21 0 0 36 30 384 1 12 188 0 37 49 13 54 3 5 6 14 3,111 0 19 90 8 1

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Summary of Land Transactions, 1901-2— continued.

Arrears of Bent. —The arrears of rent at the 31st March, 1902, amounted to £181 2s. Id., owing by fifteen tenants, holding an area of 5,089 acres 3 roods 24 perches. The area held by tenants in arrear is somewhat larger than usual, and this is owing to the fact that one holding, a miscellaneous lease from year to year, comprises an area of 4,210 acres. Considering the dry season experienced in Hawke's Bay, the low price of wool, and the fall in the price of sheep since this time last year, the result is highly satisfactory, and I have no doubt that the arrears will shortly be paid in full, as the majority of the tenants in arrear have asked for a time to pay the amounts overdue. Lands opened for Selection. —During the year 72,987 acres was opened for selection, and with the exception of four small grazing-runs at Lake Waikaremoana and four sections on Manga-a-toro Settlement this area was readily taken up. The greater portion of the land placed in the market this year was under the Land for Settlements Acts, viz., Hatuma and Manga-a-toro Settlements. Lands to be opened. —For the year 1902-3 I anticipate that the area of Crown lands to be dealt with will be limited, and, as in the year just ended, the greater portion of the area to be opened will be under the provisions of the Land for Settlements Acts, in the Kumeroa, Forest Gate, Te Eeinga, and Milbourne The only Crown lands likely to be selected during the year are scattered Crown awards in Motu, Hangaroa, Opoiti, Nuhaka North, Uawa, Patutahi, and Waingaromia districts, of an area of about 13,000 acres. Forfeitures and Surrenders. —The total number of forfeitures during the year was four, with an area of 5,314 acres 2 roods 26 perches, and an annual rental of £110 10s. Bd. The total number of surrenders was six, with an area of 5,937 acres 1 rood 3 perches, and an annual rental of £155 ss. 6d. Three of these surrenders were accepted in order that the lessees might subdivide and transfer part of their holdings. These three holdings were accordingly reselected during the year. Bangers' Beports. —During the year 420 properties have been inspected, the area of such holdings being 175,701 acres. The amount of the improvements required according to the various tenures under which the land was held was £33,381, and improvements to the value of £108,115 have been effected. The number of defaulters reported during the year was seventy-eight, nineteen of whom were reported for non-compliance with the improvement condition and fifty-nine for non-residence. The defaulters were reported to the Land Board, and each case dealt with as the Board thought fit. Perpetual Leases. —During the year nine lessees, holding an area of 5,903 acres 27 perches, purchased, therefore the number of tenants under this system is now thirty-three, with an area of 12,309 acres 3 roods 6 perches, paying an annual rent of £679 19s. 7d. Of the area now held, 8,118 acres have been felled, and an area of 8,521 acres has been sown in grass. 47 miles 16 chains of fencing have been erected, and other improvements, including houses, outbuildings, orchards, &c, have been made to the value of £149 10s. The improvements required by the Act amount to £5,542, and the value of the improvements effected by the settlers is £21,360. Deferred Payment. —Three licensees, holding an area of 613 acres 1 rood 20 perches, completed purchase, and this leaves the small number of three deferred-payment tenants on the books, holding an area of 2,140 acres 1 rood 13 perches, paying yearly instalments of £87 10s. 2d.

Transactions during Year. Leasehold Lands held at 31st March, 1902. Tenures. Revenue during Year 1901-2. Number. Area. Number. Area. A. B. P. A. B. P. £ s. a. Improved farms Small grazing-runs Pastoral runs Miscellaneous leases Transfer fees, &o. ... Crown-grant fees ... Survey liens Other sources 5 1 3 16,678 0 0 11,632 0 0 16,257 2 0 17 69 17 69 1,916 '203,920 134,991 47,396 2 0 1 14 2 0 3 34 254 14 6 1,610 3 11 685 8 11 1,894 14 9 175 10 0 46 8 7 327 19 3 103 18 11 Totals (ordinary Crown lands) Lands for settlement (lease in perpetuity) Lands for settlement (small grazing-runs) Lands for settlement (village) Lands for settlement (miscellaneous) Native townships ... Endowments 61 72 9 1 2 66,205 29,631 10,471 0 201 2 11 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 10 665 210 9 18 2 592,603 42,229 10,471 36 201 1 27 3 32 2 0 1 8 1 10 16,196 1 7 9,953 19 2 1,297 5 0 26 14 6 300 7 9 7 19 2 34 44 197 0 29 70 18 9 388 17 0 Grand totals 152 106,529 1 15 948 645,739 2 26 28,234 3 9

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Occupation with Bight of Purchase. —An area of 10,106 acres was selected during the year by thirteen licensees, who pay an annual rent of £502 16s. Bd., and, as there has been no forfeitures or surrenders, there are now 191 tenants on the books, holding an area of 85,552 acres, paying £3,618 os. 4d. per annum. The area of bush felled under this system is 17,709 acres, and an area of 17,808 acres has been sown in grass. 160 miles 63 chains of fencing have been erected, and other improvements, including houses, outbuildings, orchards, &c, have been made to the value of £4,390. The improvements required by the Act amount to £17,196, and the value of the improvements effected by the settlers is £47,248. Lease in Perpetuity. —The number of selectors under this system was nine, with an area of 4,978 acres 3 roods 27 perches, at an annual rent of £167 ss. lOd. There was one forfeiture, covering an area of 479 acres, the annual rent of which was £19 3s. 2d. ; and two surrenders, area 2,008 acres, annual rent £64 12s. 6d. The number of tenants under this system is 178, holding an area of 100,684 acres 3 roods 21 perches, and paying an annual rent of £3,172 lis. Id. The area of bush felled is 34,649 acres, and an area of 38,317 acres has been sown in grass. 201 miles 27 chains of fencing have been erected, and other improvements, including houses, outbuildings, orchards, &c, have been made to the value of £8,270. The improvements required by the Act amount to £35,103, and the value of the improvements effected by the settlers is £89,489. Small Grazing-runs.- —During the year five selections, with an area of 16,678 acres and an annual rental of £210 10s. 2d., were made. There was one forfeiture of a lease over an area of 4,807 acres, the rent of which was £90 2s. 6d. per annum; and one lease over an area of 3,920 acres, rent per annum £85 155., was surrendered. The number of srnall-grazing-run lessees at the end of the year was sixty-nine, who hold an area of 203,920 acres 1 rood 14 perches, and pay an annual rent of £2,049 15s. 4d. The area of bush felled under this system is 37,541 acres, and an area of 52,048 acres has been sown in grass. 227 miles 52 chains of fencing have been erected, and other improvements, including houses, outbuildings, orchards, &c, have been made to the value of £6,340. The improvements required by the Act amount to £7,130, and the value of the improvements effected by the settlers is £79,137. Pastoral Buns. —During the year one pastoral run containing 11,632 acres was selected, at an annual rental of £80. There are therefore now seventeen holders under pastoral license, holding an area of 134,991 acres 2 roods, and paying an annual rental of £713 3s. Native Townships, —No selections were made in Te Puia Township during the year, therefore the number of lessees is the same as last year, viz., twelve, holding an area of 75 acres 15 perches, the annual rental of which is £38 2s. 6d. Three selections have been made in Te Araroa Township. The area selected was 11 acres 2 roods 10 perches, the annual rent of which is £3, therefore the area held now is 101 acres 14 perches, the number of lessees twenty-three, and the annual rent £66 15s. 6d. During the year 8 acres 24 perches was selected by four selectors in Tuatini, who pay £36 18s. per annum. The number of tenants in this township is now nine, holding 21 acres and paying £68 per annum. Progress and Condition of Settlers. With a view of showing the progress and present position of the settlers holding lands under the perpetual-lease, lease-in-perpetuity, occupation-with-right-of-purchase, and small-grazing-run systems, I might say that an area of 98,017 acres of bush, land has been felled, and an area of 116,694 acres has been sown in grass. The total length of fencing erected is 636 miles 78 chains, and other improvements, such as houses, outbuildings, orchards, road-formation, &c, have been made to the value of £20,498. The improvements required to be effected by these settlers amount to £64,971, while permanent improvements to the extent of £237,234 have been effected, which is highly creditable to the Crown tenants in Hawke's Bay, and shows that the conditions of the leases and licenses are being complied with, also that the settlers are endeavouring to make the best of their selections. The area held by Crown tenants in this district is chiefly utilised for the purpose of sheep and cattle raising, with the exception of comparatively small holdings in the Napier portion of the district, the flats in the vicinity of Gisborne, Motu district, and the East Coast lands, where the dairying industry is making rapid progress. It is reasonable to expect that in the course of the next few years a considerable area of country now carrying sheep will be converted into dairy farms. There can be no doubt that the further development of the dairying industry in this province must materially benefit the farming classes, especially the small farmer, who at present finds a difficulty in making a living out of sheep. The number of sheep at present held by Crown tenants (exclusive of pastoral runs and lands held under the Land for Settlements Acts) is 174,000 ; the number of cattle, 74,000 ; the number of horses, 17,000; and the number of pigs, 4,500. The Crown tenants in this district might be classified in two classes—viz., sheep-farmers and dairy-farmers, the latter carrying on their business in the dairying districts before mentioned ; and the chief productions from the holdings are principally wool, mutton, beef, and butter. In concluding the report on the leases and licenses under the Land Acts, I might mention that the rents are paid regularly and without complaint; and the tenants, taken as a whole, are in a very comfortable position, and are fast bringing the whole of their selections under grass. Improved-farm Settlements. There.is practically only one improved-farm settlement in this district—viz., Waikopiro. Two sections in Akitio Settlement are situated in the Hawke's Bay Land District, but the greater portion of Akitio is administered by the Wellington District.

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Waikopiro. —There are still fifteen settlers on Waikopiro, holding an area of 1,771 acres. An area of 1,338 acres has been felled and grassed, and there are ninety-six persons residing in the settlement. The amount advanced to settlers for houses, bushfelling, grass-seed, &c, is £1,847 19s. 4d. The improvements effected are £5,666 55., as against £3,060 3s. Id. required by law. The stock consists of 580 sheep, 53 horses, 526 cattle, and 62 pigs, making a total of 1,221. Comparing this with last year's report it is evident that the settlers are going in more for cattle than sheep, as there are fewer sheep by 341 and more cattle by 192 this year as compared with last year. Land for Settlement. Baureka Settlement. —This settlement, which is part of Frimley Estate, was placed in the market in May, 1896. During the year there has been one selection of 7 acres 1 rood 1 perch, and the whole of the settlement is now let to nineteen settlers, holding an area of 416 acres and 38 perches, and paying a rent of £543 2s. per annum. There are eighteen houses on the settlement, and eighty-six persons residing. The total improvements effected are valued at £2,722 10s., against £543 2s. required by the Act. There is 102 acres 1 rood under crop, chiefly potatoes, mangolds, barley, and rape. The stock consists of 2,320 sheep, 103 cattle, 58 horses, and 36 pigs : total, 2,517. There are no arrears of rent on this settlement. Elsthorpe Settlement. —The Elsthorpe Settlement is situated in the Oero district, and was opened for selection in June, 1896. The total area acquired was 9,740 acres, and the area now unlet is 1 acre. An area of 9,546 acres 3 roods 20 perches is held by forty-six tenants, who pay an annual rent of £2,307 175., and the remainder of the estate is taken up by roads, &c. There are twenty-seven houses on the settlement, and 128 persons resident. Only a small area is under crop —viz., 103 acres —the crop consisting chiefly of mangolds, potatoes, rape, and oats. The improvements effected by the lessees, exclusive of the improvements on the settlement at the time of selection, are valued at £10,656 55., as against £2,398 12s. required by the Act. The stock consists of 23,860 sheep, 612 cattle, 80 horses, and 44 pigs : total, 24,596. The arrears of rent amount to ss. This is one of the most thriving settlements in this district. Waimarie Settlement. —This settlement, which is situated in Poverty Bay, was placed in the market in September, 1896. The area acquired was 430 acres 2 roods 10 perches, of which 425 acres 3 roods 34 perches has been taken up and is held by eighteen lessees, who pay an annual rent of £463. The number of dwellings on the settlement is sixteen, and there are sixtysix persons resident. The settlement is thriving, and the population has increased since last year. The communication by rail from Gisborne to Ormond should, in the near future, be a great advantage to this settlement. The improvements effected are valued at £1,797 12s. 6d., against £440 lis. 6d. required by the Act. The stock consists of 26 cattle, 63 horses, and 42 pigs : total, 131. One settler, with an area of 21 acres and 31 perches, is in arrear to the extent of £12 lis. Pouparae Settlement. —This settlement is situated in Poverty Bay district, near Gisborne, and was opened for selection in April, 1897. During the year one section, containing 53 acres 2 roods 37 perches, was selected, which now makes the number of tenants nine, holding an area of 336 acres 1 rood 12 perches, and paying an annual rent of £405 Bs. There are nine dwellings on the settlement, and thirty persons residing. The improvements effected are valued at £2,045 lis., against £373 ss. 6d. required by the Act. The dairy industry is extending, as shown by the increase in the number of cattle since last year. The total stock is 221—viz., 152 cattle, 28 horses, and 41 pigs. A considerable sum has been spent by the Department in draining this settlement. There are no arrears of rent. Tomoana Settlement. —This settlement, which is part of Frimley Estate, near Hastings, was placed in the market in March, 1898. The total area of 110 acres and 3 perches is held by thirteen persons, who pay a yearly rent of £135 2s. There are eleven houses on the settlement, and fiftythree persons resident. The improvements required by the Act are £135 25., as against £2,241 10s. effected. There is 14 acres 1 rood under orchard, garden, and crop. The crop consists chiefly of potatoes. The stock is as follows: 70 sheep, 58 cattle, 22 horses, and 21 pigs, making a total of 171. There are no arrears on this settlement. Mahora Settlement. —This settlement is also part of Frimley Estate, and is situated near Hastings. It was opened for application in March, 1899. An area of 17 acres 2 roods 18 perches is still unlet, and the total number of tenants now is thirty-two, holding an area of 1,094 acres 3 roods 17 perches, and paying an annual rent of £1,606 lis. 2d. A large portion of the section unlet is shingle, being part of an old river-bed, and for this reason the land remains unselected. The number of houses on the settlement is twenty-five, and there are 106 persons residing. The improvements effected are valued at £5,089 55., as against. £1,605 Is. 2d. required by the Act. An area of 146 acres is under crop, chiefly mangolds and potatoes. The following gives the numbers of the different stock : 2,570 sheep, 399 cattle, 72 horses, and 225 pigs; total, 3,266. The arrears on this settlement amounted to £12 12s. 9d. on the 31st March last, but this amount has since been paid. Willows Settlement. —A settlement in Poverty Bay, about four miles from the Town of Gisborne. It was purchased from the Bank of New Zealand, and opened for selection in March, 1899. The number of tenants is the same as last year, viz., twenty-two, holding an area of 775 acres 1 rood 36 perches, and paying an annual rental of £758 10s. 2d. The improvements required by the Act amount to £758 10s. 2d., and the improvements effected by the lessees are valued at £2,672 9s. The number of houses on the settlement is seventeen, and there are sixty persons resident. The stock consists of 431 sheep, 258 cattle, 48 horses, and 54 pigs; total, 791. This shows a large increase in the number of cattle since last year, which is due to the extension of the dairying industry. The area under crop is 155 acres, out of which 61 acres has been devoted to linseed-growing, giving very good results. The draining of this settlement, undertaken by the Department, has been most beneficial to the settlers. About a mile and a half of dray-road has been formed through the settlement. 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Hatuma Settlement. —This settlement was placed in the market on the 25th April, 1901, and was all selected. In the return an area of 709 acres 2 roods is shown as unlet. This is the area taken in exchange from Mr. Sydney Johnston for Section 1, Block XL, Takapau District, and has been selected since the close of the year. There were at the 31st March, including two miscel-laneous-lease holders, fifty-nine tenants holding an area of 25,159 acres 1 rood 10 perches, and paying £7,627 3s. lOd. per annum. Although the period for effecting residence and making certain improvements has not expired, I have had an inspection made for the purpose of this report, which shows that very satisfactory progress has been made by the new tenants. Out of fifty-seven lessees required to reside within the first year, thirty-four have already effected residence; and, all told, there are 116 persons residing on the settlement. Twenty-three have not yet effected residence. Twelve months has not yet expired since date of selection. 346 acres are under crop, chiefly turnips, potatoes, and rape. This is a very small area, and on looking at the following figures it will be seen that the settlers have all gone in for sheep. Stock : Sheep, 36,207 ; cattle, 1,101; horses, 104; and pigs, 13; making a total of 37,425. 81 miles 23 chains of fencing has been erected, valued at £4,817 ss. The improvements required by the Act at the end of the first year amount to £4,320 75., and already improvements to the value of £9,078 15s. have been effected ; this is excluding £3,166 13s. improvements on the land at the time of the selection, which the settlers are to be given credit for when estimating whether or not they have complied with the improvement condition. The Government has formed twelve miles of dray-road through the settlement. Manga-a-toro Settlement. —On the 21st January, 1902, this settlement, which was purchased from the Assets Eealisation Board, and is situated near Dannevirke, was placed in the market. Up to the end of the year twenty-one applicants had selected an area of 15,074 acres, the annual rent of which is £3,921 13s. lOd. An area of 4,348 acres is still in the market. Owing to the short period since date of application no report was, of course, made. Timber in Motu District. The total area of forest land in the Motu District is 20,209 acres, of which 13,092 acres is Crown lands, 5,586 acres leasehold, and 1,531 acres Native. The total quantity of milling timber is 74,825,698 cubic feet, or 897,908,376 superficial feet. Of this 34,376,988 cubic feet are on Crown lands, 29,318,163 cubic feet on leaseholds, and 11,130,549 cubic feet on Native lands, and it comprises kahikatea, rimu, matai, and totara, the quantities of which are given in the schedule. There is sufficient timber to warrant the erection of sawmills, the locality of which would have to depend on the proposed railway route, the most central position being about the Motu Bridge. A light line of railway would, I think, be the only way to work the timber to advantage. Generally it is difficult to give an opinion on the subject, for so many things have to be considered. The bush is generally mixed timber of, Ido not consider, very good quality, some of the best of it having been cut by the settlers. The question of markets is an important consideration; the local demand would not be sufficient to keep mills and a railway employed, and I am not in a position to say if it would pay to carry the timber by rail to Gisborne and ship it to outside markets.

Schedule giving Particulars in Tabulated Form.

General. The settlements are all making satisfactory progress. The value of the improvements effected on all settlements is £39,472 10s. 6d., as against £10,574 lis. 4d. required by the Act. The total annual rent payable is £17,768 Bs., and the arrears only amount to £90 18s. 2d. Office-work. The number of letters and telegrams received and despatched was 14,582. The number of applications received was 1,049. Sixty-one reports were sent to the Government Advances to Settlers Department; 2,170 vouchers were passed, representing the sum of £56,608 2s: 7d. Attention to these matters, together with the preparation of leases, audit cards, local bodies' proposals, warrants, returns, &c, have kept the staff busily engaged during the year. Eeic C. Gold Smith, Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Area. Kahikatea. Bimu. Matai. Totara. Totals. irown lands jeasehold fative lands Acres. 13,092 5,586 1,531 Cub. Ft. 9,035,560 7,626,892 5,580,953 Cub. Ft. 24,434,180 20,434,887 4,937,168 Cub. Ft. 907,248 1,231,984 612,426 Cub. Ft. Nil 24,400 Nil Cub. Ft. 34,376,988 29,318,163 11,130,547 Totals 20,209 22,243,405 49,806,235 2,751,658 24,400 74,825,698

Mount Egmont, from Sinclair's Table.

Egmont, from near Surrey Road Camp.

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TABANAKI. The land transactions for the year ending the 31st March, 1902, are shown in the subjoined summary : —

Lands offered and disposed of during the Fear.—The total area of land open for selection at the close of the last financial year was 58,451 acres, and during the year 23,322 acres was put on the market, making a total area of 81,773 acres available. Of this area some 22,096 acres was taken up, leaving 59,677 acres open on the 31st March, 1902. All these lands comprise mostly country only suitable for pastoral purposes, and can only be taken up by men with means_ enough to put large areas into grass to get sufficient returns to pay for the expense. Added to this is the difficulty of access, which is met with in almost every instance, and in itself is a great handicap to the settler. As a reason for only a third of the area being opened that was put up last year, it may be mentioned here—and it was referred to in my predecessor's report last year—that the Land Board is adverse to opening blocks of land for selection until the roadworks to give access to them are sufficiently advanced to enable the people to get to their lands, at least by a horse-track, and make some use of them in return for the rent paid. Cash Lands.— -The principal sales of town lands for cash were in Stratford, Huiroa, and Mangaehu. In the former, all the nineteen sections except one were quitted at advances on the upset" prices. At Huiroa seventy-one sections were offered and sixteen disposed of, some at advances on upsets. This town is near to the projected line of railway from Stratford to Whangamomona, and buyers were probably attracted by the prospects of its proximity. Mangaehu is a recently surveyed village and suburban site, about four miles from the Ohura Eoad, between Toko and Strathmore; thirty-seven sections were offered and fourteen disposed of, there being fair competition also for these. In the Village of Makaka ten sections were offered and six quitted at the upset Drices, and in Mangamingi Village the remaining three sections were disposed of at the upsets. Bural lands sold for cash comprised six sections, with a total area of 2,909 acres, they having been opened on the optional system. Deferred Payments.—The number of conversions to freeholds is only twelve, as against twentyseven last year. The yearly loss of revenue by the conversions is £143 ss. 4d. Optional Lease System"—On account of the comparatively small area opened for selection, this year's figures show only thirty-three new selections, against 145 last year, the majority of them being under the occupation-with-right-of-purchase tenure. A large proportion of the selections were taken up without a ballot being necessary. Special Settlements.— All these are held under the lease-in-perpetuity tenure, and the year s operations show no variation, except in regard to rents received, which amount to £140 less than last year's receipts. Those non-resident have been dealt with by the Land Board, and they have either transferred to persons willing to reside or have been granted time in which to carry out the conditions. . . Small Grazing-runs.— -The area held has been increased by one new selection during the year, and there are no other changes to report. There are at present only two runs in the market,

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Glass of Selection. Transactioi is during the Year. Held at Slat March, 1902. ° Revenue received during . the Year. Area. Number. . Area. Number. Cash Deferred payment Deferred payment made freehold Perpetual lease Perpetual lease made freehold Occupation with right of purchase Lease in perpetuity Lease in perpetuity, land for settlements Village settlements — Occupation with right of purchase Lease in perpetuity Special settlements, lease in perpetuity Improved - farm settlements, lease in perpetuity Small grazing-runs Miscellaneous leases Transfer and other fees Miscellaneous receipts Crown-grant fees ... Survey liens, &c. ... Endowments 43 A. B. P. 3,137 1 2 31 A. B. P. 4,244 3 0 £ s. d. 4,253 12 4 400 16 8 784 13 11 12 1,570 3 20 28 24 7,301 0 38 12,407 1 0 43. 11,880 1 6 844 17 10 6,369 13 11 4,804 1 4 302 120,194 0 3 9 8 3,299 2 0 878 1 35 256 6 74,181 1 12 653 1 35 3,222 i 3 577 12 6 16 13 0 0 3 6 9 8 74 65 0 13 16,565 2 0 6 14 6 898 2 2 127 11,959 2 13 953 12 8 1 8 4,220 0 0 342 3 4 24 81 29,530 0 0 1,175 2 31 318 8 3 371 11 11 103 16 0 156 1 7 85 14 11 145 2 1 348 0 7 14 7,965 3 4 Totals ■ ... 133 33,157 1 19 982 278,428 1 37 24,648 4 2

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comprising 5,725 acres, in the Taurakawa Survey District, and these are situate in country at present difficult of access. Miscellaneous Leases.—The, principal area disposed of during the year was 182 acres comprising mostly sandhills lying between Manutahi and the sea-coast, which was let to the owner of adjoining lands, and five allotments in the Eltham-Opunake Eailway Eeserve were let to owners of adjoining lands on year-to-year tenancy, terminable by three months' notice in the event of the land being required for railway or road purposes. Six tenancies terminated during the year. • , ° Revenue.— The gross revenue was £24,648 4s. 2d., being £830 over the estimated receipts, but about £5,105 less than the previous year's figures. The principal differences were in the cash, deferred-payment, and perpetual-lease conversions to freehold, the other tenures showin" increased revenue this year, and these are the sources from which a true indication of the growth of the revenue can be obtained. The principal disbursements from land revenue were as follows ; To Government Loans to Local Bodies Account, £4,489 ss. 2d. ; " thirds " and " fourths " £3 544 12s. lid.; North Island Main Trunk Eailway Account, £1,087 25.: total. £9,121 os.' Id.' In addition to these disbursements, a fourth of the gross revenue is paid to'the New Plymouth Harbour Board by the Treasury under the provisions of " The New Plymouth Harbour Board Endowment Act, 1874." Arrears of Rent.—There are twenty-two selectors less than the number that were in arrear on the 31st March, 1901, but the amount owing is about £100 more. On the 14th February 1902 the number was 224, owing £1,836 13s. 9d., which has been reduced within six weeks to 106 selectors and £931 10s. 6d. Lands reserved and alienated under Acts.— The principal reservations during the year were five sections for primary education, and portions of leases in perpetuity were resumed and surrendered for quarry and public hall reserves respectively, a section also being set aside for the use of the Department of Agriculture. I may mention .that as soon as I took charge of this district I started the classification of the reserves with a view to their permanent gazetting vesting, or other disposal as may be found on inquiry to be desirable. I trust to see this work brought to a satisfactory conclusion and illustrated by maps-during the present year in terms of the recent circular to that effect. " The Grown Tenants' Bent Rebate Act, 1900."—In this district the number of applications for rebate of rent dealt with was 141, and the annual rebate amounted to £89 3s. 6d. The Commissioner of Grown Lands and the Eeceiver of Land Eevenue exercised their discretion in each case, judging from the position of the land in relation to markets, the state of the access to the selection, and generally any other circumstances bearing upon the selection which would entitle the tenant to a rebate. The rates vary from 2to 10 per cent., but in some instances the recipients evidently thought the d lS count not worth the necessity of paying up the rent within thirty-one days of due date. lam not at all sure that the method adopted is quite as good as a fixed rate lor each class of tenure, and it might be a matter for consideration whether or not the procedure now in vogue might not be changed with mutual advantage to the selector and the Department alike. Up till now, however, I have simply continued the practice carried on by my predecessor . Selectors on the Books.— Allowing for fifty-four selectors overstated in last year's return under the deferred-payment and perpetual-lease tenures, the correct number on the books at the close of last year was 1,001. The new selections total fifty, making 1,051. Deducting therefrom forty conversions to freehold, twenty-two surrenders and forfeitures, one expiry of endowment lease and six terminations of miscellaneous leases (total sixty-nine), and 982 selectors are left on the books at the close of this year. Ranger's Inspections.— The work done by Mr. Barron this year is about the same as in the previous one, there only being a difference of three selections, and the inspections on the whole show very favourable results, there being only twenty-four who have failed to comply with the conditions out of a total of 183. Of the fifty-four inspections made for ascertaining if the residential conditions were being complied with forty-five were found to be resident, and the nine who failed to comply have been satisfactorily accounted for by the Land Board. It was found also that thirty-one selectors hact taken up their residence before they were actually required to do so *k fZ obaMe Future °f the Crown Lands Operations.— As regards the lands already surveyed in the Onura and adjacent blocks, comprising thirty-six allotments and totalling 17 626 acres I anticipate a good deal of competition for them. These lands will be served by the Ohura and branch roads, being about nineteen miles distant from Ongarue on the North Island Main Trunk Eailway-hne v%d Auckland, and seventy-six miles from the Stratford Eailway-station on the Taranaki_side. A good deal of the land.will be suitable for dairying, and the whole generally speaking, is well adapted for mixed occupation. Although a large amount of road-making is still necessary, the fact of the Ohura Eiver being navigable for canoes will be found of great service to the settlers until the occupation roads are constructed. In addition to the 59,677 acres already open for selection the following lands are ready for notification, as they have sufficient road-access at present: Pouatu Survey District-Twelve allotments ; 5,389 acres ; good mixed agricultural and pastoral country, some sections having good milling timber. Mimi Survey District-Three allotments ; 697 acres ; first-class bush land S able for dairying pursuits. ' Also during the coming year, if funds are obtainable for roads, the following surveyed areas will be paced in the market :Waro, Upper Waitara, and Pouatu Survey Districts-Twenty nine allotments; 24,760 acres; broken forest pastoral country; access by Moki and other roads Upper Waitara Survey District-Eight allotments ; 9,036 acres; broken forest pastoral country access by Matau and other roads. Waro Survey District-Two allotments; 1,369 acres ■ broken forest pastoral country ; access by Okau and Mangatoro Eoads. Opaku and Omona Survey 2fo\trro e ad e s 6n ntS| 2 °' os2aCreS; broken forest pastoral country ; access by MabeS

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These areas may possibly be supplemented by, say, another 20,000 acres at present under survey in different localities, making a gross total of new lands of about 98,000 acres. On the general question of roads (which of course is a matter of £ s. d.), I propose shortly going into the matter with Mr. Boad Surveyor Murray, and will later on lay definite proposals before you with regard thereto. Eeferring to the prospects of Taranaki as a field for settlement, I feel sure that it has great possibilities, for although there is a great deal of broken country in the back blocks, still the great bulk of it is grass-producing. The generally copious rainfall of the district tends to keep feed plentiful through what are the dry seasons in other parts of the colony. The prevailing drawback is the want of good access, and when roads are formed the absolute want of good metal is severely felt. To cope with this latter difficulty it appears that our only fallback will be the erection of extensive papa kilns in convenient places during the summer months, when fuel for burning is dry and plentiful. Excepting this question of roads, I see no reason why in the almost immediate future substantial headway with settlement should not be made, generally speaking in areas of from 400 to 2,000 acres, particularly in the north-eastern, eastern, and southeastern portions of the land district. Improved-farm Settlements. Poti. —108 acres, m eight sections, all felled and grassed; occupied by eight settlers, but only four families are resident, and thirty-one persons on the land Live-stock :65 cattle and 5 horses. Value of improvements effected at selectors' own cost, £566. Ngaire. —169 acres 2 roods 30 perches, in sixteen sections, all felled and grassed ; occupied by fifteen settlers, all resident, the total number of persons on the land being fifty-eight. Livestock :86 cattle and 13 horses. Improvements at selectors' own cost, £647 10s. Maata. —3o acres, in three sections, all felled and grassed; occupied by two settlers, eleven persons on the land. Live-stock :26 cattle and 2 horses. Improvements at selectors' own cost, £92. These settlements are close to the Borough of Eltham, in a thriving district devoted to dairying pursuits. There is a school, post-office, and store in the Ngaire Settlement. The farms are, however, being gradually enlarged by transfer of some of the sections to adjoining holders. The improvements at selectors' own cost are no more than they were last year. Tongaporuttt. —2,500 acres, in sixteen sections; only five of these, however, are held by four persons under the original tenure, the remainder being held by the original selectors under the ordinary conditions of the Land Act. Two selectors surrendered their holdings and reselected them at reduced rentals. The area felled and grassed by the original selectors is 286 acres out of about 452 acres. There are twenty-nine persons on the land, and the numbers of live-stock are 86 cattle, 56 sheep, and 10 horses. Improvements at selectors' own cost are valued at £416. There is a store, school, and post and telephone office in the settlement. Derwent. —l,369 acres, in thirteen sections, seven of them being held by five original settlers, they holding four other sections under the ordinary conditions of the Land Act, and two sections are vacant. The settlers remaining have felled and grassed 459 acres out of 698 acres. There are twenty-five persons on the land. Live-stock : 163 cattle, 234 sheep, and 13 horses. Improvements effected at selectors' own cost are valued at £808. On this settlement there is a post and telephone station, also an accommodation-house. These two settlements are close to the mouth of the Tongaporutu Eiver, which is navigable for small craft. A dray-bridge over the river connecting the settlements will be opened probably next August. Okau. —1,889 acres 2 roods, in nineteen sections, situate about nine miles from the mouth of the Tongaporutu Eiver. There are four settlers now holding four sections, they having also five other sections under the ordinary conditions, the remaining ten sections being merged into larger holdings. The original settlers have felled and grassed 280 acres out of 388 acres, the value of the improvements at their own cost being £200. There are twenty-three persons on the land, and the live-stock amounts to 55 cattle and 12 horses. Greenlands. —603 acres, in six sections, situate about seventeen miles from the mouth of the Tongaporutu Eiver, and four miles from the Moki Eoad. There are three original settlers holding three sections, another member of the same family holds another section under the ordinary conditions, and two are vacant. The area felled and grassed is 236 acres out of 302 acres. There are seven persons on the land. Live-stock: 39 cattle and 6 horses. Improvements effected at selectors' own cost are valued at £78 10s. Uruti. —697 acres, in seven sections, five held by three settlers who have taken up the remainder under ordinary conditions. The area felled and grassed is 463 acres out of 497 acres. There are twenty-three persons on the land. Live-stock : 168 cattle, 57 pigs, and 18 horses. Improvements effected at selectors' own cost are valued at £480 10s. An accommodation-house, school, store, and post and telephone office have been built on the settlement, and the settlers will probably supply a dairy factory shortly. Mangapoua (Burfoot). —708 acres, in seven sections, of which two are held under original tenure, the remainder having been disposed of in two lots under ordinary conditions. There is only one settler residing, a single man ; the other lives'on the land near by. The area felled and grassed is 85 acres out of 200 acres. The value of improvements effected at selectors' own cost is £163. The live-stock consists of 5 cattle, 140 sheep, and 2 horses. Huiroa. —668 acres 1 rood 21 perches, in nine sections, of which eight are held by seven settlers, the remaining one being held by one of them under the ordinary conditions. The area felled and grassed is 485 acres out of 571 acres. There are thirty-seven persons on the land, 258 cattle, and 12 horses. Improvements effected at selectors' own cost are valued at £1,039. The settlement has a school, store, and post-office. Mangaere. —4B2 acres 2 roods 13 perches, in thirteen sections, of which eleven are held by ten persons, only eight of the original settlers remaining. One of the settlers holds another section

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under ordinary conditions, and one section was cut up for the village. The area felled and grassed is 421 acres out of 444 acres. There are forty persons on the land. Live-stock : 179 cattle, 41 sheep, and 27 horses. The improvements effected at selectors' own cost are valued at £1,178. The settlement has a school, store, dairy factory, post-office, and smithy. Whangamomona. —lo,s43 acres, in 111 sections, eighty-four of them being held by fifty-four settlers, twenty-three are held under ordinary conditions, and four sections are vacant. The area felled and grassed is 4,125 acres out of 7,463 acres. 170 persons are on the land. Live-stock : 1,584 cattle, 824 sheep, and 102 horses. Improvements at selectors' own cost are valued at £6,407 Bs., including a vineyard valued at £100. One selector was assisted to the extent of £30 towards the erection of his house. The settlement has a dairy factory, two schools, and three post-offices. Taumatatahi. —43o acres 2 roods, in four sections, each occupied by different families. The area felled and grassed is 238 acres out of 430 acres. There are thirty-two persons on the land. Live-stock: 70 cattle and 10 horses. Improvements at selectors' own cost are valued at £554. There is a post-office and a half-time school here. Nihoniho. —l,4o6 acres in fifteen sections, of which three are occupied, there being fifteen persons on the land. Live-stock: 160 cattle and 18 horses. The total area held (213 acres) has been felled and grassed. The improvements effected at selectors' own cost are valued at £304. The settlement is situate about twenty-three miles from Ongarue, and about eighty-nine miles from the Stratford Eailway-station, near the Ohura Eoad. The remaining sections will probably be taken up as an extension of the settlement. Land for Settlements. The first and only settlement acquired in this district and offered to the public during the year was the Tokaora Settlement, near Hawera, comprising 1,505 acres 2 roods 8 perches It was acquired from James Livingstone, Esq., and was opened'for application on the 20th November, 1901, in fourteen dairy farms under lease in perpetuity, the areas varying from 50 to 166 acres, and the rentals from 15s. 2d. to £1 6s. 7d. per acre per annum. Fourteen persons lodged applications, but only seven sections were disposed of at the first ballot. Two of the applicants were allowed to withdraw their applications, and one exchanged his holding for another section. One section has been disposed of since the ballot. One selector has already built a house and is resident with his family ; the remainder are about to build. The grazing from the vacant sections was let and the fruit from the orchard was sold, realising in all £164 16s. 9d. There has been considerable inquiry for the remaining sections, and it is hoped that with the approach of the dairying season they will be disposed of. It is, however, so far satisfactory to note that excellent selectors have been obtained, and that up to now, on account of the temporary grazing, fruit sold, &c, no loss to the Crown has taken place through a portion of the settlement not being taken up. Office-ivork. Correspondence inwards and outwards, 8,228; notices of rent due, 1,926; applications for land, 81; reports to Advances to Settlers Office, 67 ; cheques drawn for salaries, wages, of survey parties, &c, 1,016; vouchers dealt with, 644; transfers recorded, 104; receipts for rent and refunds, 3,908 ; provisional titles prepared, 231; cards furnished to Auditor, 91; local bodies' proposals dealt with, covering an expenditure of £4,051 16s. 6d., 27 : total, 16,323. All the indoor officers have been kept fully employed, and I anticipate a busy year for the field and office staff, both of which may require to be augmented by additional assistance. James Mackenzie, Commissioner of Crown Lands.

WELLINGTON. Lands opened for Sale and disposed of.— The area placed on the market during the year amounted to 21,839 acres, making with the Crown lands already open on the Ist April, 1901, a total of 50,015 acres. The lands offered comprised for the most part forfeited and other-sections of an area of 7,287 acres offered on optional systems, and about 8,100 acres of Crown land and State forest in the Waimarino Block offered as a temporary grazing-lease. The following townships and villages were offered for cash by public auction: Mangaweka North, 58 lots; Levin, 16 lots; Hunterville, 9 lots; Pongaroa, 118 lots; Makuri, 72 lots; Umutoi Village, 14 lots; Pakihikura Village, 5 lots; and Torere Village, 16 lots. Most of the lots in Levin, Hunterville, and Torere were disposed of. The following estates acquired under the Land for Settlements Act were offered: Mangawhata, 1.226J acres, subdivided into seven sections, offered on the 14th May, 1901; Epuni Hamlet, 94 acres and 28 perches, subdivided into forty-three lots, offered on the 25th June, 1901; and Maungaraki, 267 acres 1 rood 22 perches, subdivided into twenty lots, offered on the 20th December, 1901. The number of applications for sections in these three settlements was very limited, but all the sections offered in Mangawhata and Epuni Settlements have been taken up. Six sections still remain open in the Maungaraki Settlement, but it is expected that they will be disposed of shortly. An area of about 19 acres of forfeited lands in the Pipiriki and Tokaanu Native Townships was reoffered. Steps are now being taken to place the Ohutu and Hokio Native Townships in the market. The former is situated in the Ohutu Block, Wanganui County, and the latter is on the sea-coast west of Levin. During the year an area of 9,733 acres 1 rood in the Wanganui Eiver Trust Endowment Block, subdivided into four small grazing-runs, was offered on behalf of the Eiver Trust, but up to the present there has been no inquiry for them. The rentals of the two small grazing-runs in the Victoria College Endowment Block, area 3,980 acres, were reduced from 9d. to 6d. per acre, but these runs have not yet been quitted.

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A sale was held of timber comprising about 2,713,700 superficial feet of totara, matai, &c, on Section 41, Block IV., Hautapu, which resulted in the upset price of £1,880 being realised. A sawmill license to cut burnt timber on 100 acres at Tunanui has been granted to Messrs. Ellis and Burnand, who have provided superior plant and are supplying the Public Works Department with timber, besides selling building timber. An extension of the trade in building timber is impossible at present owing to the absence of settlement and distance from railway-station.

Summary of Land Transactions, and Revenue collected, during the Year 1901-2.

Transactions during the Year. Area under Lease at 31st March, 1902. Revenue received during the Year. System, Number. Number. Area. Area. CashRural Suburban Town 3 11 46 404 38 15 B. P. 2 32 3 23 3 27 A. R. P. £ s. d. Deferred payment Deferred payment made freehold Perpetual lease ... Perpetual lease made freehold 60 459 2 2 .2,351 3 28 1,209 7 6 3 824 0 0 14 I 808 12 10 *552 1 3 1 33 10 0 0 13,791 2 0 67 15,968 1 39 1,197 4 6 12,034 6 2 Occupation with right of purchase Lease in perpetuity Lease in perpetuity conversions Lease in perpetuity, land for settlement Village settlement — Gash Perpetual lease Perpetual lease (freehold) Village homestead — Lease in perpetuity Lease in perpetuity conversions Village - homestead special settlement (perpetual lease) Special settlement, deferred payment Special settlement, perpetul lease Special settlement, deferred payment made freehold Farm homestead, lease in perpetuity Improved farms... Small grazing-runs Small grazing-runs, land for settlement Pastoral runs 26 6,505 2 35 612 182,150 0 15 8,932 7 8 13 4 3,898 1 2 2,482 0 0 458 131,609 1 12 4,976 18 0 61 1,550 2 7 183 14,137 2 21 5,149 7 7 21 9 3 9 12" 1 11 163 4 0 2 15 0 28 12 0 1 1 li" 2 27 29 17 422 1 25 192 1 7 456 8,397 2 39 1,097 2 0 94 1,069 3 23 249 2 9 16 1,676 1 10 99 0 2 31 10 0 4 439 1 39 447 81,777 2 25 4,410 2 4 •1-9 1,444 1 0 165 74 1 16,855 3 30 71,390 1 4 1,030 0 0 1,434 5 3 1,951 8 10 2 3,120 0 0 23 29,911 0 0 ( 1 191 16 8 1,042 14 0 *6 9 6 5 8 5 Miscellaneous leases 36 35,345 0 9 175 79,627 0 18 Miscellaneous leases, land for settlement Native townships Survey fees which form part payment for land State forests Other sources 1 25 0 0 2 44 0 0 25 70 3 18 119 423 3 38 426 4 4 0 8 9 1,614 16 2 998 7 9 Total 346 70,605 1 20 2,907 638,433 2 33 48,613 13 5 Note.—Excluding freeholds new transactions are reduced to payable thereon being £2,616 15s, * Endowment. t Thii and 12 perches, which have been under do! !84 selector 10d. does not i )alloted for, orrc-d payment an ■s, within an area id perpetual lease, and conversions of tenure, the of 52,861 acres 1 rood 27 perches; the annual rent include thirty-nine , but not registered ) improved-farm holdings, aggregating 5,676 acres on the books.

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From this table it will be seen that the transactions show a decrease of sixty-three in number and 4,949 acres in area as compared with last year's figures. The total revenue also shows a decrease of £10,594, but next year this item will probably be augmented by the amount received on account of freehold titles of lands now held under the occupation-with-right-of-purchase system, the ten-years limit prior to tenants having the option of purchasing the freehold expiring in some cases before the 31st March next. It will be noticed that the number of selectors now on the books has increased by 139, and the area held by over 35,000 acres. An analysis of the revenue returns discloses the fact that a decrease has taken place in all the larger items with the exception of land for settlements, which shows an increase of £1,500, and small grazing-runs and improved farms, which are practically the same as last year. The largest decrease is, however, that of about £6,000 in the perpetual-lease system under " The Land Act, 1885." Inspection of the table also shows that the rural holdings under the deferred-payment and perpetual-lease systems are steadily decreasing and merging into freeholds. There are only fourteen deferred-payment and sixty-seven perpetual-lease selections now on the books, and they also will at no distant date be extinguished. There are, in addition, ninety-four holdings under the perpetual-lease village homestead, and these will no doubt be converted into lease-in-perpetuity village homesteads under "The Land Act, 1892," owing probably to the lower rental charged and the easier conditions as to residence, thereby facilitating the securing of additional land. Gash Sales. —The number of purchasers under this system was sixty, made up of forty-six town, eleven suburban, and three rural; and thirty-four perpetual-lease holders obtained their freehold titles, making with the other purchases a total of 14,265 acres acquired for cash. Forfeitures, Surrenders, &c. —There were twenty forfeitures and surrenders, of a total area of 1,995 acres, as compared with twenty-nine during last year. Seventeen were forfeitures for non-compliance with the provisions of the Land Act, and three were voluntary surrenders by lessees. There were also two forfeitures of Native township leases, and one miscellaneous lease expired. Arrears. —At the 31st March there were 269 selectors in arrear with more than one payment, to the amount of £3,108 17s. 3d., as compared with 224 selectors in arrear last year, with £2,431. This shows an increase of forty-five selectors and £677. Beservations. —ln compliance with the provisions of the Land Act and other enactments, an area of 7,526 acres and 31 perches was set aside and reserved for State forest, and scenerypreservation reserves. The total area formally gazetted under this head amounts to 7,371 acres, contained in seven sections. There is, in addition, a large area awaiting completion of surveys and final sanction before being gazetted. The preservation, care, and utilisation of these reservations continues to be of vital interest and importance. The Crown Tenants' Bent Bebate Acts. —Under these Acts 3,031 tenants were allowed discounts on rent, amounting to a sum of £2,161 19s. 7d. Condition and Progbess of Settlements. From the report of the Crown Lands Eanger of the East Coast District it appears that he and an assistant effected 1,080 inspections, covering an area of 169,594 acres. The value of settlers' improvements amounted to £93,225, whereas only £43,429 need have been spent by the selectors to comply with the Land Act. He reports that there were sixty-six selectors in default'—thirteen as to improvements, forty-two for non-residence, and eleven from other causes. The Crown Lands Ranger for the West Coast, with an assistant Eanger, inspected 644 holdings, of a total area of 86,207 acres, and reports 116 defaulters, fifty-four as to improvements and sixty-two for nonresidence. The value of settlers' improvements amounted to £122,141, and the amount that was actually required to be spent was £59,014. The total Eanger's inspections amounted to 1,724, with an area of 255,801 acres ; value of improvements, £215,866; and 182 defaulters. The Crown Land Eangers for the East Coast report as follows: — Village Settlements. During the year Makuri, Upper Makuri, Ngaturi, Eakaunui, and Pongaroa Village Settlements were inspected. From detailed reports attached hereto it will be seen selectors in the settlements named have effected improvements to the value of £3,811 in excess of the requirements. Some of the older settlements, viz., Pahiatua, Pahiatua West, Mangatainoka, Mangaramarama, and Hastwell, have been inspected for the tenth year. The remainder I propose visiting this corning winter. The most noticeable feature in connection with the village settlements is the almost universal desire of the settlers to increase the areas of their holdings, due to some extent to the present activity of the dairy industry. Improvements throughout the whole of the village settlements continue satisfactory, and will compare favourably with other systems. The improvements required amounted to £5,730, but they were effected to the value of £32,114, or £26,384 in excess of requirements. Of 223 selectors required to reside, 204 are residing; the non-residents have been accounted for in various reports, and in most cases the Land Board has extended the time. The number of souls on the land is 876, against 932 last year, or a reduction of fifty-six. This, to some extent, is owing to the sections being grouped, and in some cases to the grown-up members of families taking up other land, or being engaged elsewhere. Makuri. —Area, 151 acres, divided into eighteen sections held by thirteen selectors, five of whom hold two sections each. The areas range from 5 to 18 acres, and average about 11J acres each. Ten married men with families and two single men are residing. Improvements : Bequired, £166; effected, £2,300; surplus, £2,134. The laud, with the exception of

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about 10 acres, is grassed and fenced, and used for grazing, cropping, gardens, &c. The stock consists of 16 horses, 13 cows, 7 other cattle, and 200 sheep. The selectors are chiefly labourers, who work on sections, roads, and about district, bushfelling, pit-sawing, butchering, and are desirous of extending their holdings. Settlement may be considered prosperous, seeing the value of improvements effected is £2,134 in excess of requirements. The settlers in the locality are considering the advisability of erecting a creamery. Good metalled roads. Upper Makuri. —Area, 48 acres, divided into five sections, held by four selectors. Holdings range from 10 to 14 acres, and average 12 acres. The improvements and residential conditions are complied with. Improvements are as follows : Eequired, £63 16s. 2d.; effected, £297 ; surplus, £233 3s. lOd. The land is mostly fenced, grassed, and is partially stocked, and is used for grazing, small cultivations, gardens, &c. Stock: 4 horses, 11 cows, and 12 other cattle. Eoads are metalled. Bakaunui. —Area, 336 acres, divided into twenty-one sections, ranging from 10 to 77 acres, and held by thirteen selectors, and averaging 26 acres. With the exception of two all are residing. The former are working in the locality, and are expected to reside shortly. Improvements : Eequired, £404 ; effected, £1,615 ; surplus, £1,211. The land is mostly fenced, and, with three exceptions, the whole of the bush has been felled and the land grassed and fenced. In addition to the above most settlers have gardens, small cultivations, &c. Stock :15 horses, 63 cows, 32 other cattle, 13 pigs. The selectors are steady and industrious, comprising tradesmen, labourers, &c, who work on their holdings, on Government roads, and also at their trades about the district. They complain of the state of the roads. Some are desirous of acquiring larger areas. The progress made is satisfactory, and improvements to the value of £1,211 have been effected in excess of requirements. A post and telephone office is now opened, the school is well attended, and a private creamery is in active operation in the locality. The roads are mostly dray-roads; they are good in summer, but almost impassable in winter. Pongaroa. —Area, 1,478 acres, divided into thirty-six sections, held by twenty-nine selectors, ranging from 20 to 100 acres, and averaging about 50 acres. Of twenty-six selectors required to reside, twenty-two are residing, four have been called upon to comply, and residence is not yet due for the remainder. Improvements: Eequired, £1,449 ; effected, £3,544; surplus, £2,095. The land is mostly grassed and fenced, and is used chiefly for grazing purposes. Some few have small cultivations, gardens, &c. Stock: 22 horses, 31 cows, 83 other cattle, 70 sheep, and 8 pigs. The selectors generally are struggling, industrious labouring-men. Some obtain work about the district, but the majority rely upon Government roadwork. Settlement is making fair progress, but the state of the roads and the cost of supplies in the winter months retard progress. The road near and through the township is partially metalled. Access through the settlement is partly by dray-road and partly by horse-track. The selectors complain of the absence of metalled roads. The township is improving—a commodious post, money-order, and telephone office is in course of erection, tenders have been invited for the additions to public school, and a mail-coach runs to and from Makuri thrice weekly. Ngaturi. —Area, 5 acres 1 rood 35 perches, held by one selector, who is residing, with his wife and seven children. The selector is a steady, industrious man ; has a team, works on section, and is also engaged in carting and metal contracts. Improvements : Eequired, £7 ; effected, £145 ; surplus, £138. Eoads are metalled. Farm Homestead Associations. Goonoor. —Area, 550 acres, divided into three sections, ranging from 150 to 200 acres, averaging about 183 acres each. Of three required to reside, two are residing. Improvements : Eequired, £525 7s. lid.; effected, £905 12s. 6d.; surplus, £380 4s. 7d. The grassed portion of the land is fenced, stocked, and used for. grazing purposes. Nine of the original selectors surrendered their leases for revaluation purposes, and subsequently reselected under other tenures (lease in perpetuity and cash). The selectors are steady and industrious, and are mostly engaged on their holdings. The road is metalled. There is a post-office and school in the settlement. Masterton Reform. —Area, 2,350 acres, divided into thirteen sections, ranging from 150 to 300 acres, averaging about 180 acres to each selector. t Of thirteen selectors required to reside, twelve are residing. One is non-resident, and is also a defaulter as to improvements. Improvements : Eequired, £3,037 ; effected, £4,296 ; surplus, £1,259. The grassed portion of the land is mostly fenced, and is stocked with sheep, cattle, and horses. The selectors are steady, industrious men; they work on sections, Government roads, and about the district. Some few work exclusively on their holdings. Settlement is in a fairly good position, and is making steady and satisfactory progress. Access is from Makuri or Pongaroa by dray-road, partly metalled. The remainder is a summer dray-road, with the exception of North Eange Eoad, which is a horsetrack from Section 23 to Section 35. This gives access to all farm-homestead sections in the block. The remainder of the North Eange Eoad is unformed at present. Stock :31 horses, 52 cows, 57 other cattle, and 1,126 sheep. Pahiatua No. I. —Area, 5,413 acres, divided into twenty-eight sections, ranging from 100 to 320 acres, averaging 193 acres each. Out of twenty-eight selectors twenty-three have complied with sixth year's requirements. Of the five who are defaulters as to residence, also improvements, two require further time. The remaining three are reputed to have sufficient means to effect required improvements, but their avocations render it inconvenient at present to comply with the residential conditions. The land is partly grassed, fenced, and well stocked with cattle, sheep, and horses, and used for grazing purposes. The selectors are mostly hard-working, struggling, deserving men, who work on their holdings, roads, and about the .district. Eesident selectors are progressing steadily and satisfactorily; non-resident selectors retard progress. Access from Makuri or Pongaroa to junction of Waihi Valley by summer dray-road; the remainder is horse-track, widened

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in places. Settlers complain of the state of the roads. There is a school and two post-offices in block. Pahiatua No. 2. —Area, 2,415 acres, divided into fourteen sections ranging from 100 to 259 acres, averaging about 172 acres each. Of fourteen required to reside, twelve are residing, one exempt temporarily, and one employed in the locality. There are five single men, six married men, and twenty children residing. Improvements : Eequired, £3,097 : effected, £4,081 ; surplus, £984. Stock: 31 horses, 46 cows, 261 other cattle, and 2,776 sheep. The grassed portion of the land is mostly fenced and well stocked with sheep, cattle, and horses, and is used for grazing and dairying purposes. Settlers are mostly steady, hard-working, struggling men, who work on their holdings, Government roads, and about the district. Some few make cheese and butter. Settlement is making steady and satisfactory progress. Access is partly by dray-roads, remainder horse-tracks, good in summer only. Pahiatua No. 3. —Area, 2,310 acres, ranging from 100 to 234 acres, averaging 210 acres each. Of eleven required to reside nine are residing ; the remaining two are residing temporarily on adjoining land. One of the latter is a defaulter as to improvements. One single man, eight married men, eight women, and thirty-three children residing. Improvements : Eequired, £2,957 ; effected, £4,401; surplus, £1,444. Stock : 34 horses, 98 cows, 146 other cattle, and 2,370 sheep. The land is partly grassed, fenced, and fairly well stocked with sheep, cattle, and horses, and is used for grazing and dairying purposes. The selectors, who are working-men, struggling to make homes, are engaged on their holdings, Government roads, and about the district. Some few supply local creamery. Settlement is making slow and sure progress. Eesidence, improvements, quality and kind of stock satisfactory. Access partly by dray-roads, remainder horse-tracks. School, post-office, and creamery in proximity, Pahiatua No. 4. —Area, 1,058 acres, divided into five sections, ranging from 100 to 280 acres, averaging about 211 acres to each selector. Of five required to reside two reside permanently. Of the three non-resident two reside occasionally. A little time is required to enable them to comply with all the requirements. One is engaged in business in Pongaroa, and is a defaulter as to residence and improvements. Improvements: Eequired, £1,288; effected, £864; deficiency, £424. The land is partly grassed and fenced, and is sparsely stocked with cattle and horses. The selectors are mostly industrious, struggling men, who work partly on their holdings, Government roads, and about the district. Owing to want of means progress is slow. Four out of five selectors are expected to fulfil requirements shortly. Access : Dray-roads, good in summer. Christchurch. —Area, 1,400 acres, divided into seven sections, averaging 200 acres each. All who are required to reside are residing. Improvements: Eequired, £1,810 10s. ; effected, £1,911; surplus, £100 10s. The land is partly grassed, fenced, and fairly well stocked with sheep, cattle, and horses, and is used for grazing purposes. The selectors are steady, industrious, struggling workingmen, engaged on roadwork about the district, and upon their holdings. Settlement is making steady progress. Access : Partly dray-roads, and partly horse-tracks ; good in summer only. Woodville No. 2. —Area, 1,330 acres, divided into seven sections, ranging from 100 to 230 acres, averaging about 190 acres to each selector. All have complied with residential and improvement conditions. Improvements: Eequired, £1,780 ; effected, £2,121; surplus, £341. The grassed portion of the land is fairly well fenced, and is stocked with cattle, sheep, and horses. Stock: 11 horses, 50 cows, 119 other cattle, and 312 sheep. The selectors are industrious and struggling, and most of them are experienced. They work on sections, roads, shearing, fencing, bushfelling, &c, about the district. Some few supply private creamery. Settlement has made fair progress. A post-office is established, and a sawmill and a private creamery in active operation. Access : Dray-roads; good in fine weather. Kaikoura. — Area, 400 acres, divided into two sections. Eesidence and improvement conditions are complied with ; two married men are residing with their wives and five children. Improvements : Eequired, £500; effected, £681; surplus, £181. Stock: 15 horses, 14 cows, 14 other cattle, and 160 sheep. The land is partly grassed, fenced, and is used for grazing. The selectors are steady, industrious, struggling working-men. Settlement is in good position—Alfredton-Weber Eoad. Access : Dray-road, part of which is metalled. The school-children attend the Bakaunui School. Rising Sun. —Area, 1,800 acres, divided into nine sections of 200 acres each. Eesidence and improvement conditions complied with. Improvements : Eequired, £360; effected, £2,082; surplus, £1,722. The grassed portion of the land is mostly fenced ; it is stocked with sheep, cattle, horses, and utilised for grazing purposes. The selectors are hard-working, struggling men, who work on their holdings, Government roads, and about the district as opportunity offers. Settlement is in fairly good position, and is making satisfactory progress. School and post-office now open in settlement. Access : Mostly bridle-tracks, good in summer only. Improved Farms. Mangatiti. —Situated in Makuri, Puketoi, Aohanga, and Mount Cerberus Districts. Area, 5,838 acres, divided into thirty-seven sections, ranging from 75 to 200 acres, averaging about 138 acres to each selector. Of thirty-two required to reside, nine single men, one widower, and eleven married men, with their wives and thirty-three children, are residing; as are also two married men whose families at present are in the South Island. Of the nine non-resident, three are married; the remainder are single men. Of the former, one resides occasionally, and two are supposed to reside at Pahiatua and Mangaweka respectively. Of the single men, one transfer pending, one exempt for a time, one supposed to be in South Africa, whilst three are expected to comply shortly. The cost of Government inrprovements is £2,872 2s. Id.; the value of selectors' improvements is £1,405 6s. 3d.: making a total of £4,277 14s. 4d. Stock :32 horses, 64 cows, 271 other cattle, 222 sheep, and 18 pigs. The improvements effected by selectors are as follows :

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223 acres bush felled, £337 6s. ; 478 acres grassed, £240 3s. ; buildings, £314 135.; 716 chains of fencing, £486 9s. 3d. ; gardens, &c, £26 15s. : total, £1,405 6s. 3d. The settlers are struggling, industrious, labouring men, some few obtaining a little work about the district, but the majority rely upon the Government roadwork. The resident selectors are making good progress, especially those who have fencing erected, thus utilising the pasture. Ten have no fencing, and fifteen have no stock ; some have little or no means to obtain either at present; others are endeavouring to procure both, realising that it is necessary to do so before suitable returns can be obtained. The roads are mostly summer dray-roads. Akitio. —Situated in Mount Cerebus District —viz., part of Pahiatua Nos. 1, 2, and 3 Blocks. Area, 4,061 acres, divided into thirty-six sections, ranging from 97 to 200 acres, averaging about 113 acres to each selector. Of thirty-six required to reside, fourteen single and nineteen married men are residing, also eighteen women and forty-eight children. Three single men are not residing. Of the latter, two are expected to comply, and one is doubtful. The cost of Government improvements is £3,666 17s. 4d; the value of selectors' improvements is £3,237 10s. 3d., making a total value of £6,904 7s. 7d. Stock :40 horses, 120 cows, 146 other cattle, 2,376 sheep, and 41 pigs. The improvements effected by selectors are as follows : 751 acres of bush felled, £1,045 19s. 6d. ; 934 acres grassed, £637 25.; 1.146J chains of fencing, £1,036 10s. 9d.; buildings, £432; gardens, sheep-yards, &c, £85 18s.: total, £3,237 10s. 3d. The settlers are struggling, industrious men, who work on their sections, Government roads, and about the district. Some few supply local creamery. Good progress has been made, especially by married selectors. Ten single men, including three absentees, have very little fencing, and fifteen have no stock. Thus their holdings appear neglected and unprofitable. A few settlers occupying favourable positions supply the creamery at Waione. Others would do likewise if the state of the roads permitted. In fine weather one supplier sledges milk four miles. Others are compelled to discontinue supply owing to absence of dray-roads. The roads are partly summer dray-roads and horse-tracks. Mangatiti and Akitio improved-farm settlements were handed over, and placed under my charge in December and January last. Some of the settlers are good, many deserving, and a few doubtful. Omitting, say, four recent selectors, most have effected at their own cost improvements ranging from £5 to £290, aggregating £4,642 16s. 6d., against cost of Government improvements, £6,539 ss. sd. Position appears a great factor as to immediate success, as I noticed settlers near Makuri and Waione have made the greatest progress. Other equally good settlers are scattered throughout the district, but the absence of dray-roads retards progress. At Waione a creamery is in active operation. Improved-farm settlers favourably situated contribute to the supply. Others have ceased doing so, owing to the distance and difficulty of access. Substantial buildings and other permanent improvements appear on many sections. Several are well stocked, and an additional area of 250 acres has been grassed this season ; but the drawback at present is the number of sections unfenced and unstocked, mostly held by single men. It will require time to remedy this, as most of these are obliged to seek outside work to enable them to obtain means to fence and stock their holdings. Taking the districts as a whole, I am of opinion the progress made is satisfactory. Summary :Of sixty-eight required to reside, fifty-six are residing; as are also twenty-nine women, and eighty-one children; total, 166. The non-residents consist of nine single and three married men. The improvements are as follows : At Government cost — 2,350| acres of bush felled, £4,700 Bs. 3d.; 1,427 acres grassed, £1,227 17s. 2d.; buildings, £580; 38 chains of fencing, gardens, &c.; £31: totai, £6,539 ss. sd. At settlers' cost: 984 acres of bush felled, £1,383 ss. 6d.; 1,412 acres grassed, £877 55.; buildings, £746 135.; chains of fencing, £1,523; gardens, sheep-yards, &c, £112 135.: total, £4,642 16s. 6d.: Grand total, £11,182 Is. lid. Stock : 184 cows, 72 horses, 417 other cattle, 2,598 sheep, and 59 pigs. The following figures show the position of resident and non-resident selectors regarding fencing and stock : Single men —eight resident and eight non-resident have no fencing, and fifteen resident and eight non-resident have no stock; married—four resident and one non-resident have no fencing, and four resident and three non-resident have no stock. Lands for Settlement. Langdale Settlement. —Situated in the Whareama District, distant about twenty-five miles from Masterton by coach-road, and opened for selection on the 19th March, 1901. The altitude varies from 70 ft. to 1,200 ft. Excluding the township and suburban sections aggregating 55 acres, the total area available for settlement is 9,197 acres, divided into twenty-three holdings ranging from 344- to 1,030 acres, or an average of about 400 acres. Although' the first year's inspection is not due,'seven single and eight married men are residing on the land, whilst one single and three married men are residing contiguously, or in the locality. The remaining five reside elsewhere at present. Fifteen men, six women, and. seven children are residing. Of the resident selectors, six are residing in buildings originally erected on the estate, four have erected dwellings since time of selection, five are camped on the ground and are engaged in the erection of dwellings. Of the ei»ht non-resident, three have building material on the ground. The latter may be expected to reside shortly. Improvements have been effected as follows : Four dwelling-houses, £515; 1,020 chains of fencing, £714 ;33 acres cropped, £63 : totai, £1,292. This does not include houses in course of erection, and other improvements in progress. Stock :69 horses, 26 cows, 199 other cattle, and 14,600 sheep. The season has been exceptionally dry. With the exception of the end of March, little rain has fallen since October last, but as the late rains have revived the pasture feed for the coming winter is fairly assured. The high prices ruling when the holdings were stocked have not been maintained, whilst the low prices of wool have continued, consequently the selectors have not made the profit they anticipated. Still, they are hopeful of more favourable seasons and higher returns,

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On the whole, I think the value of the improvements effected, and the work in progress, is very satisfactory, as is also the number of stock now on the land ; but some of the settlers, especially those who are now living on other lands in the locality, may find it inconvenient to immediately comply with the residential requirements. General. Inspections :.—During the year the following special settlements were inspected: Makuri, Upper Makuri, Pongaroa, Eakaunui, and Ngaturi Village Settlements. I purpose visiting the remainder the first favourable opportunity. The farm-homestead associations are as follows : Coonoor, Masterton Beform, Pahiatua Nos. 2, 3, and 4, Christchurch, Woodville No. 2, Kaikoura, and Bising Sun. The balance of ordinary reports for the above, also Pahiatua No. 1, are in course of preparation. Inspections for the Pioneer and Mecalickstone will, I expect, be made next month. The remaining farm-homestead associations—viz., McKenzie, Waiwera, Kakariki, Stirling, and Hall—being favourably situated, are reserved for winter inspection. Mangatiti and Akitio Improved-farm Settlements were visited and taken over from the Eoads Department. Ordinary reports for the former have been forwarded, and are in course of preparation for the latter. From the detailed report will be seen the nature, value, and extent of private, and cost of Government, improvements, also the quantity and kind of stock on the land, that the selectors, especially residents, have made satisfactory progress. Attending to the wishes and wants of improved-farm settlers, and the correspondence in connection therewith, occupies a deal of time, and to some extent hinders inspections elsewhere. The Langdale Settlement was also visited. Although the first year's inspection is not due, from detailed report it will be seen the progress made is satisfactory. Defaulters. —From detailed returns it will be seen that out of 452 inspections made under the various tenures there are forty-two defaulters as to residence, thirteen as to improvements, and eleven as to residence and improvements, making sixty-six as against forty-six defaulters last year. Of forty-two defaulters as to residence, four are doubtful; the remainder require time to enable them to comply. Of thirteen in default as to improvements, four are doubtful, four are residing on the land and doing their best, and five are expected to comply shortly. The defaulters as to residence and improvements, with one exception, are original selectors under the farm-home-stead regulations. Of the eleven who have failed to comply, one is doubtful, five require time, and the remaining five, owing to their avocations or other reasons, find it inconvenient to comply with the sixth year's requirements. Bushfelling. —A fair amount of bush has been felled during the year, and the season has been favourable for burning operations. Dairying Industry. —ln old-settled districts the dairy industry continues prosperous, and is extending. Many new factories have been erected this year, and others are contemplated. Settlers at Makuri, Pongaroa, Eakaunui, Mangatiti, &c, recognising that dairying is most suitable for their requirements, are discussing ways and means re erection of factories, but capitalists are loth to invest until the state of the roads insures a regular supply. A branch creamery at Waione and a private one at Tuiwahi are in operation, but the supply has fallen off owing to difficulty of access. The districts under notice are well adapted for the industry. Given good roads, there is no reason whatever why they should not become large producers, and, consequently, successful and prosperous.

Farm Homestead Associations. — Number of Selectors required to reside, actually residing, and Area.

Settlements. Required to reside. No. Actually residing. No. Area. McKenzie... Waiwera ... Kakariki ... Coonoor Pioneer Masterton Beform ... Stirling Pahiatua No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 ... No. 4 Christchurch Hall Woodville No. 2 ... Dannevirke Mecalickstone Kaikoura ... Eising Sun 12 10 17 3 13 13 19 28 14 11 5 7 15 7 1 9 2 9 12 6 15 2 12 12 18 23 12 9 2 7 12 7 0* 7 2 9 A. 1,252 1,200 3,000 550 2,322 2,150 3,180 4,343 2,116 1,880 400 1,200 2,216 1,330 196 1,598 400 1,800 B. P. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total ... 195 167 30,937 0 0 • Selector is now an ini :ate of lunatic asylum.

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The Crown Lands Bangers for the West Coast report as follows : — Six hundred and forty-four inspections have been made. Improvements to the value of £59,014 should have been "effected on the sections inspected, and the value of the improvements done is £122,141, thus showing a surplus of £63,127 over and above the requirements of the Acts, which, I think, is very satisfactory. There were fifty-four defaulters as to improvements, and sixty-two as to residence. The default in the former is chiefly due to the want of road-access, and to the fact that the sixth year's improvements were due on a number of sections, and these requirements are somewhat heavy—viz. £1 per acre on first-class land in addition to the 30 per cent, on capital value. This comes particularly heavy on settlers who have only bridle-road access, some of whom have consequently been unable to" fully comply. The default in residence is mainly owing to want of road-access, and in lesser degree to a want of energy and perseverance in some settlers. . .. In the Waimarino district the settlers continue to do well. Most of them are dairying, and there is a marked increase in the number of milk-supplyers to the butter-factory. It is pleasing to note that the factory test is as high as 4'B in several instances : this is higher than in many more favourably situated localities. It is under consideration to establish another creamery on the Raetihi-Ohura Road. This will be a great boon to the settlers in the Marton No. 3 Farm Homestead Block and others in that locality. There is a good demand for land here, and any sections offered for selection are readily taken up. There are now three sawmills in the block, but as yet little timber is sent away owing to heavy cartage and freights. During the greater part of last summer daily steamers have been running between Wanganui and Pipiriki, which has been a great convenience to the Waimarino settlers. Low fares and freights still continue. In the Pohonui-a-tane and Te Kapua Blocks (Hunterville Nos. 1, 2, and 3, Somerville, and Paimerston North Knights of Labour Farm Homestead Association Blocks) the settlers are doing well and improving their holdings in a satisfactory manner. The want of dray-road access is much felt, as it prevents them from dairying. As soon as dray-roads are formed the settlers intend to start dairying, and I believe all arrangements are made for the erection of a butter-factory and one or more creameries as soon as the milk can be carted thereto. In the Marton Nos. 1 and 2, Pohangina, Umutoi, Salisbury, and Delaware Farm Homestead Blocks, situated between the Eangitikei and Pohangina Eivers, satisfactory progress has been made by the settlers, a number of whom are dairying. On the whole, the road-access m these blocks is further advanced than in many others, owing to the fact that the settlers have raised loans for widening and metalling the roads in the different blocks—a good example for others to follow. In the Awarua Block the settlers continue to make good improvements ; many of them are now dairying. A butter-factory has been built at Utiku, and creameries at Taihape and Mangaweka are worked in conjunction therewith. It is only a matter of a short time when more creameries will be erected in other parts of the block. The roads leading to the different parts are well advanced, but the main road was almost impassable last winter, and 'as but few repairs were made last summer I fear no carting can be done this coining winter. It is stated that.the railway will be open for traffic to Mangaweka in a few months, and this will greatly assist the settlers in the district generally. Village Settlements. Horowhenua and Levin.—The settlers here continue to make good progress. Several of them have stumped the larger portion of their sections. Those with larger sections are dairying ; others, utilise their holdings as market gardens ; some are in business in Levin, and simply use their holdings as a home. Rewa, Pakihikura, Karewarewa, Taihape, and Oraukura.—ln these settlements most of the settlers are dairying, and they have been allowed to enlarge their holdings where deemed advisable and it was possible to do so. West Waitapu, Welford, Poukiore, Mangaiveka, Bakau Torn, Haivaenga, and Baetihi.— -In these settlements the settlers depend mostly on outside employment for a living. On the whole, the village settlers seem contented and are fairly prosperous. Improved Farms. Pemberton.— Situated on the main road from Mangaweka to Eangiwahia. This settlement comprises thirteen holdings, occupied by sixty-eight persons. The stock comprises 436 head of cattle, 33 horses, 257 sheep, and 38 pigs. 1,210 acres has been felled and grassed. The total value of the improvements now on the land is £4,635. There is a creamery in the block, and most of the settlers are suppliers. The success of this settlement is now assured. Kawhatau.— Near Mangaweka, on the left bank of the Eangitikei Eiver. There are twelve holdings, occupied by seventy-seven persons. Several substantial dwellings have been built, and the settlers are doing well, especially since a creamery has been built near Mangaweka, thus enabling many of them to go in for dairying on a larger scale than formerly. The total value of the improvements now on the land is £2,605, exclusive of £1,396 advanced by the Crown. The stock comprises 309 head of cattle, 29 horses, 218 sheep, and 59.pigs. Hautapu — All the eleven sections are occupied. The total population is fifty-one souls. Improvements to the value of £741 have been effected at the settlers' own cost. The stock comprises 273 head of cattle, 50 horses, 9 sheep, and 88 pigs. Seven settlers are dairying. There is now a formed dray-road to the block, but a bridge across the Hautapu Eiver is much needed, as the ford is a dangerous one. This settlement has made satisfactory progress.

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Masterton-Tenui. —This settlement is situated on the Main Trunk Railway and road, north of Mangaweka Township. It comprises sixteen holdings, twelve of which are occupied. The total population is fifty-five souls. 630 acres of bush has been felled and grassed, and the settlers have spent £1,923 of their own money in effecting improvements. The stock comprises 221 head of cattle, 35 horses, 180 sheep, and 32 pigs. Most of the settlers have been employed on the co-operative railway-works, and, being steady and industrious, have expended their earnings in improving their holdings. Horopito is situated in the Waimarino district, north of Eaetihi. Only three sections are occupied, by five persons. The stock comprises 50 head of cattle, 8 horses, and 9 pigs. One of the settlers is a supplier to the Eaetihi Dairy Factory, and, as a dray-road has now been formed, he is able to cart his milk instead of using a sledge, as formerly. Owing to the remote position, severe climate, and heavy bush this settlement has not been a great success. Otaihape adjoins the Township of Taihape. The settlers here are doing well. Most of them work on the co-operative railway-works. Some are in business in Taihape, and others again go in for dairying on a small scale. There are ten sections, and all the settlers are residing. The population is forty-six. The stock comprises 155 head of cattle, 21 horses, and 17 pigs. Ohutu. —This settlement is one of the most successful. It is situated at Utiku, on the Main Trunk Eailway, and comprises twenty-eight sections, all of which are occupied by a first-class lot of settlers. The population is ninety-four, and improvements to the value of £4,224 have been made by the settlers, exclusive of those paid for by the Crown. The stock comprises 567 head of cattle, 54 horses, 230 sheep, and 119 pigs. There is a dairy factory in the block, and most of the settlers are suppliers. All the sections have dray-road access. Ohutu Extension is situated south of and adjoining the Ohutu Improved-farm Settlement. There are six sections, all of which are being improved; but, as the land has only been held a short time, none of the settlers are residing, nor is there any. stock. 73 acres has been felled and grassed, and another 25 acres is felled, only. No roads have, yet been formed. The only access is by rough pack-tracks. I feel sure this settlement will be a success shortly. Otuarei. —This settlement comprises eighteen sections, held by nine settlers, who with their families number nineteen. Owing to the remote situation and want of dray-road access it is not such a marked success as others; but, considering the difficulties the settlers have to face, good progress has been made. Improvements to the value of £357 have been made, exclusive of those paid for by the Crown. The stock comprises 63 head of cattle, 17 horses, 680 sheep, and 27 pigs. Bongoiti is situated on the right bank of the Hautapu Eiver and adjoining Mataroa Township. All the sections (eight) are occupied by a population of twenty-two. The settlers have expended £695 of their own money in improving their holdings. The stock comprises 47 head of cattle, 30 horses, 826 sheep, and 2 pigs. The want of road-access to the back sections is somewhat retarding progress. Oraukura. —This settlement comprises ten sections, all of which are occupied. The total population is forty-eight. Improvements to the value of £927 have been done by the settlers, exclusive of aid from the Crown. The stock return is as follows :71 head of cattle, 21 horses, 22 sheep, and 35 pigs. A dray-road passes several of the sections, but a bridge across the Hautapu Biver is wanted to give others an opportunity to fully utilise their holdings for dairying. At present they are obliged to use hand-separators, and pack or carry the cream to the Taihape Creamery. Somerville is situated on Murray's Track, in the farm homestead block of the same name. There are eight holdings, and all the settlers reside. The total number of persons is thirty-one. Improvements to the value of £757 have been made at the settlers' own cost. The stock comprises 153 head of cattle, 19 horses, 56 sheep, and 10 pigs. There is a dray-road well into the settlement, but three sections have only bridle-track access at present. Land for Settlements. Paparangi. —The success of this settlement is now established. All the settlers are doing well, and seem contented. The only complaint made is about an unsatisfactory train service between Johnsonville and Wellington, where a number of the settlers are employed or in business of their own. Some of the sections have changed hands, and have been taken over by suitable men. All the sections are improved, and the gardens and plantations are looking well. Ohakea is situated near the Township of Bull's. It comprises fifteen sections, with a total area of 1,737 acres. Eleven settlers are residing; two are building and will reside shortly. One is residing with his parents on adjoining land, and has not made any preparation for residence as yet. Ten new houses have been built; 1,283 chains of new fencing erected (exclusive of fencing on land when selected); 586 acres have been ploughed and cropped, yielding from 45 to 60 bushels per acre. The total value of improvements made by settlers at their own cost is £2,853. There are fifty-one people in the settlement, and the stock comprises 408 head of cattle, 58 horses, 2,434 sheep, and 137 pigs. Ten settlers supply milk to the Ohakea Creamery, and the total number of dairy cows is 248. The settlers are of a superior class, and the settlement is an undoubted success. Te Matua is near Awahuri, and on the main road to Palmerston North. The total area is 702 acres, divided into thirteen sections, and all are occupied. Improvements to the value of £482 have been done, and the total value of improvements now on the land is £2,305, showing a surplus of £1,823 over and above the requirements. 13 acres has been stumped and ploughed, 556 chains of fencing erected, arid the total value of the settlers' own improvements is

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£1,721. The stock on the land comprises 365 head of cattle, 24 horses, 324 sheep, and 104 pigs. Ten settlers are dairying, and the total number of dairy cows is 222. All are residing, and the population in the settlement is forty-one. The success of this settlement is assured. Aorangi is situated near Feilding. The total area is 1,753 acres, held in thirty-seven sections of from 5 to 177 acres. All sections (except one forfeited for non-compliance with the residential conditions) are occupied. The total population is 162. Thirty-five new houses have been built, some of these of superior character. 91 acres has been stumped and ploughed, and 2,208 chains of new fencing has been erected by settlers since selection. The total value of improvements done since selection is £7,036. The stock comprises 740 head of cattle, 93 horses, 763 sheep, and 193 pigs There is a creamery built in the block, and twenty-two settlers are suppliers. The total number of dairy cows is 439. The settlers are prosperous, and express great satisfaction at having been able to secure land in such locality at reasonable rents. I consider this settlement to be most successful. Mangawhata. —This settlement is part of what is known as Oroua Downs Estate, and is situated on the right bank of the Oroua Eiver, a few miles above its confluence with the Manawatu. The area is 1,226 acres, cut up into seven sections; with the exception of one settler who was obliged to leave on account of ill-health, all are residing. The total population is twenty-seven. Four new houses have been built, and one settler has converted a woolshed that was on his section into a comfortable dwellinghouse. 395 chains of new fencing has been erected, and the total value of improvements made by settlers since selection is £669. The houses on the land when bought are kept in good repair, and well cared for. The stock comprises 390 head of cattle, 24 horses, 1,500 sheep, and 39 pigs. Four settlers are dairying, and milk 113 cows. I feel confident that the settlers will do well here, and that this settlement will be a success. Epuni Hamlet is situated at the Lower Hutt, and comprises 94 acres, cut up into forty-four sections. Twenty-four settlers are residing. The total number of persons in the settlement is ninety. Twenty-seven houses have been built or are in course of erection. The total value of improvements effected by the settlers is £2,412. There is no doubt about the success of this settlement. Native Townships. Tokaanu. —A fair number of sections have "been taken up, but few improvements made. When the sights in and near Tokaanu become better known, and better facilities are provided for tourists exploring the country around Ngauruhoe, Tongariro, &c, sections in this township will become more valuable. Pipiriki. —Situated on the Wanganui Eiver, and is a stopping-place for tourists going partly by river to Botorua, and vice versd. Sections are much sought after in this the most successful Native township in my district. There are now two stores ; the accommodation-house has been much enlarged, and is under an excellent management; several cottages have been built, and sections are being fenced in and otherwise improved. During the summer months daily steamers have been running to and from Wanganui, and the journey up is done in under eight hours. Drainageworks are being carried on, and the approaches to the steamer-landing improved. Potaka. —ls situated on the Main Trunk Bailway-line between Mangaweka and Taihape. Several new houses have been- built, and other improvements, such as fencing, &c, have been done. When the railway reaches here this township will no doubt make great progress, and a considerable area of good country will drain into it. Parata. —Situated on the Wellington-Manawatu Bailway-line at Waikanae. Two houses have been built, and most of the sections have been fenced in. The general opinion is that if better train service existed between Waikanae and Wellington, this would be a most successful township. Cleeical Beanch. The correspondence during the year amounted to slightly over 55,000 letters, &c, received and despatched, being an average of about 175 per working-day. This is an increase of about 2,000 over last year's totals. The cheques drawn on imprest account numbered 350, for £2,970 Is. 5d., for wages of survey parties, &c, and 968 vouchers, representing £26,108 9s. 6d., were passed through the books. John Steauchon, Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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NELSON. Summary of Land Transactions during the Year 1901-2.

During the past year 16,527 acres under the optional system of the Land Act and 6,950 acres under lease in perpetuity were thrown open for selection. The total number of selectors of all classes during the year was 229, and the area selected 40,033 acres 3 roods 6 perches. Optional System. —During the year 135 selections were made, distributed amongst the different tenures as follows: Cash, fifty-two, 5,282 acres 1 rood 39 perches; occupation with right of purchase, forty-six, 11,801 acres 3 roods 30 perches; and lease in perpetuity, thirty-seven, 11,956 acres 1 rood. The holdings at the present time "under the two last-mentioned tenures number 192, with 37,862 acres and 28 perches, and 166, with 47,516 acres 1 rood 10 perches, respectively. Deferred Payments. —Fifty-one lessees, holding 5,702 acres and 12 perches, have acquired the freehold, during the year, leaving 312 tenants, holding 33,090 acres 2 roods 10 perches, still on the books. Perpetual Leases. —No freeholds were acquired during the year, twenty-seven leases, with 6,268 acres 2 roods 27 perches, being still held. Mining Districts Land Occupation Act. —-The holdings under this tenure have hitherto been restricted' to the Buller Coalfields Eeserve, but since the Midland Bail way reservation has been removed applications are coming in from different parts of the West Coast and other mining districts. During the year fifteen selections, of 479 acres, have been made, bringing up the number of holdings to sixty, comprising 1,461 acres 3 roods 29 perches. Village Settlement, Mokihinui. —This settlement is a portion of the Westport Harbour Board's endowment. There are twenty holders of sections, averaging about 5 acres. The value of improvements on the land is £1,226, over £12 an acre. Several of the settlers, who are chiefly coal-miners, have had to leave their holdings in search of work through the closing-down of the New Cardiff Coal-mine; but now that this mine is being reopened by the Government, no doubt many of these will return. Pastoral Licenses. —Only two small runs, 1,060 acres, of rough hilltops, were taken up during the year ; and seven licenses, area 8,608 acres, have been transferred to Westland. The present holdings now number seventy-three, covering 313,960 acres. Miscellaneous Leases and Licenses. —These number 468, 210 of which are Westport and Nelson Harbour Board endowment lands. The revenue of the latter, including royalty on coal, amounted to over £12,000 for the past year.

System. Trai suctions during the Year. Area under Lease at 31st March, 1902. Revenue received durini Number. Area. Number. Area. the ear. Cash Deferred payment ... Deferred payment made freehold Perpetual leases Occupation with right of purchase Lease in perpetuity Mining districts land occupation Small, grazing-runs Pastoral runs Miscellaneous leases and licenses Other sources 52 A. E. P. J 5,282 1 39 5,702 0 12 j 312 A. B. P. 33,090 2 10 £ s. d. 2,250 19 8 2,270 18 5 "51 46 ... 11,801 3 30 27 192 6,268 2 27 37,862 0 28 108 13 3 548 19 1 37 8 11,956 1 0 342 0 11 166 8 47,516 1 10 342 0 11 593 0 9 34 3 3 "2 77 1,060 0 0 9,454 0 17 1 73 258 1,088 0 0 313,960 0 0 27,788 0 35 8 0 0 673 12 0 2,189 11 7 374 16 1 Total ' ... 273 45,598 3 29 1,037 467,916 0 1 9,052 14 1 Endowments. Village - homestead special settlement Mining district land occupation Miscellaneous leases Eoyalty on coal and timber... Other sources 7 136 3 29 20 52 100 1,119 3 7 3 18 17 12 6 40 17 9 210 5,457 1 19 2,200 15 6 9,731. 7 10 60 9 4 Total 136 3 29 282 6,678 0 4 12,051 2 11 Grand totals 280 45,735 3 18 1,319 474,594 0 5 21,103 17 0

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Inspections. —One hundred and thirteen holdings, 13,547 acres, were inspected. Value of improvements required, £4,125; improvements effected, £7,343, considerably in excess of the legal requirement. In the matter of residence there were thirty-two defaulters, but many of these, under mining districts land occupation and village-settlement conditions, have had to temporarily leave their homes on account of the closing of the coal-mines in the Mokihinui district. Coal-mines. —The output of coal from the Westport Coal Company's mines at Coalbrookdale and Millerton, near Westport, has largely increased, the total output for the past year being 433,572 tons, on which royalty amounting to £9,481 has been received by this office. Arrears. —The arrears amount to £1,643 6s. lid., but £1,616 13s. lOd. of this is due on coal and mineral leases, the total amount of arrears on settlement holdings being only the very small sum of £26 13s. Id., and, as there are 1,319 Crown tenants in the district, this may be considered very satisfactory. Bevenue. —The gross revenue for the year from all sources, including endowments, amounted to £21,103 175., showing an increase of £1,970 2s. Bd. on the previous year. Prospective Settlement. —lt is proposed to throw open for selection shortly, under the optional clauses of the Land Act, some 40,000 acres of unsurveyed lands spread over various parts of the district, the bulk of the land being in the Sherry, Eainy Eiver (Motupiko), and Inangahua Valleys; also about 2,000 acres of surveyed sections in the Orowaiti and Granity Creek districts. It is also intended to shortly offer for sale by auction the village allotments of Omau, Birchfield, and Manu, and about 130 sections on the reclaimed land in the Town of Westport. There is at the present time a good demand for land in this district, and from the numerous inquiries made by intending applicants I think it fair to assume that a good proportion of these lands will be taken up. W. G. Murray, Commissioner of Crown Lands.

MAELBOEOUGH. The following tabie will show in a concise form the land transactions of the past year : —■

Summary of Land taken up.— 95,588 acres was disposed of, the number of settlers being fiftynine. , Occupation ivith Bight of Purchase.— Five new selections wer.e taken up during the year, the area beino- 1,344 acres. There are now thirty-nine selectors under this heading, with an area of 11,488 acres.' Lease in Perpetuity.— -Eleven settlers selected 2,139 acres. There were also six exchanges from other tenures, comprising 3,267 acres. The total number of selectors is now 189, with an area of 89,569 acres. Occupation Leases under the Mining Districts Land Occupation Act. —One settler took up 28 acres, making a total in occupation of nineteen holders and 1,161 acres.

Transac , iious during the Year. Area under Lease at 31et March, 1902. Revenue received during System. ear. Number. Area. Number. A tea. Gash Deferred payment Perpetual lease Occupation with right of pur- ' chase Lease in perpetuity ... Occupation lease under Mining Districts Land Occupation Act Village settlement — Deferred payment... Perpetual lease Lease in perpetuity Special settlement... Small grazing-runs* ... Pastoral runs Miscellaneous leases... Miscellaneous fees, &c. Land for settlements — Lease in perpetuity Small grazing-runs Miscellaneous 6 A. R. P. 1,336 3 8 8 11 39 A. 360 1,796 11,488 B. P. 3 37 2 7 2 3^ £ s. d. 748 7 6 35 6 9 46 18 1 453 0 0 5 1,344 2 o' 11 1 2,139 0 0 28 0 0 189 19 89,569 1,161 0 2.3 0 0 2,191 16 7 30 3 4 2 1 8 14 1031 80 90 20 10 152 234 156,437 944,998 34,150 2 20 0 0 2 35 0 24 2 16 0 0 1 25 2 11 6 15 0 26 3 0 18 6 6 2,066 18 2 4,213 3 10 837 6 10 79 19 5 13 3 IS 55,185 2 0 14,280 0 0 3,770 0 0 1 5 4 935 0 0 3,655 2 0 12,914 2 0 138 9 1335,684 16,147 13,168 1 12 0 0 3 25 5,898 15 3 1,285 18 2 736 17 8 Totals 59 95,588 3 8 721 1,305,379 3 27 18,672 17 7 * Five small-grazing run land for-si f Three small-grazing-run land-for-jttlement holders are included in the 13 settlement holders are included in the H Drdinary small-grazi: )3 ordinary small-gra ig-run holders, sing-run holders.

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Village Settlements. —There are twenty-five selectors, holding 417 acres. Twenty-two of these selectors reside on their holdings ; 289 acres are laid down in pasture or cultivated. The value of the improvements is £1,587. Pastoral Buns. —There were three runs taken up, the area being 14,280 acres. One run expired, and four were exchanged to lease in perpetuity. The total area now held is 994,998 acres, and the number of tenants is eighty. Small Grazing-runs. —There were thirteen new selectors under this tenure, with a total area of 55,185 acres. Three of these, holding 28,350 acres, surrendered their leases. The total area now in occupation is 156,437 acres, held by 103 selectors. Miscellaneous Leases and Licenses. —Fifteen new leases were issued, comprising 3,770 acres. This includes five timber licenses and three flax licenses. Lease in Perpetuity, Land for Settlements. —One selector took up 935 acres on the Blind Biver Estate, making a total of 138 holders, with an area of 35,684 acres. Small Grazing-runs, Land for Settlements. —Five selectors took up 5,655 acres, but two of these surrendered 1,569 acres, making a total of 16,147 acres now held by nine holders. Miscellaneous Leases, Land for Settlements. —Four of these leases, embracing 12,914 acres, were taken up during the year. This includes the North Bank Estate of 12,838 acres, temporarily leased in one block. Arrears. —Sixty selectors are in arrears with their rent, the amount owing being £2,467 18s. 6d. Of these, only thirteen, owing £189 18. lid., reside on ordinary Crown land; the remainder are tenants on the various estates acquired under the Land for Settlements Act. The season was a poor one for settlers depending entirely on fat sheep and wool for profit. A long spell of dry weather was experienced during the spring and early summer, and to a considerable extent the crops were also affected by the drought. Although the sum in arrears is a large one, there is little doubt but that it will be considerably reduced later on in the year. Land for Future Settlement. —The principal areas to be opened for disposal during the coming year are the Birch Hill Block of about 80,000 acres, the Kaiuma Block of 3,000 acres, and the surrendered small grazing-runs on the Waipapa Block, amounting to 29,920 acres. Progress and Condition of Settlers. The holdings, under lease in perpetuity and occupation with right of purchase, are stocked mainly with sheep, and some horses, cattle, and pigs for domestic purposes. Most of these settlers are now devoting their attention to dairying, for which some of the land is adapted. Fair progress has been made by these tenants, especially in the Kaikoura District, and they appear generally contented ; their chief complaints being in some cases bad roads and want of access to their holdings. Their time is mostly occupied in falling, clearing, and grassing their land, in fencing, and farming pursuits generally, and they depend for their incomes mostly on mutton and wool, supplemented by flax-cutting, carting, contracting, shepherding, &c. With reasonable market - values maintaining, fair prospects may be confidently looked forward to. There are 103 small grazing-runs, comprising 156,437 acres of purely pastoral country, ranging up to 5,000 ft. The open portions, growing tussock and other native grasses, will carry an average of one sheep to two acres. The bush country when cleared will easily carry a sheep to the acre. The success of this class of tenure is very marked in the Hundalee District, where substantial homesteads and good roads indicate prosperity. The lessees are in most cases experienced sheepfarmers, and are themselves employers of labour. Land under the Land for Settlements Acts. Mr. Buckhurst, Crown Lands Eanger, reports as follows : — Blind Biver Estate. —Opened for selection in 1895. Every section of this estate is now occupied, and, although the past season has been most trying to the settlers through the long drought in the spring and summer, the arrears of rent have fallen from £1,051 in 1900 to £266 in 1902. In consequence of the dry weather, lambs and wethers were not in fit condition for disposal to the freezing company at the time of the year when profits from that source can be expected. The area under crop was small —80 acres under grain-crop and about 320 acres under root-crops, much of which gave poor returns. Approximately, 400 acres has been laid down in grass this autumn ; the settlers have signified their intention to depend more on returns from pasturing stock than from cropping. Some tenants have constructed dams for the conservation of water for the use of stock during the dry season, and, as the formation of the surface allows this to be done at a moderate outlay, the past difficulty of finding the animals in water during dry seasons should in the future be minimised. There are no defaulters under the residential conditions of the leases. The total number of souls residing is seventy-one, on sixteen holdings, ranging from 100 acres to 935 acres. The value of improvements required to be done to comply with the law is £3,069 ; those effected, £5,420 ; showing an excess of £2,351. This will be deemed satisfactory when it is considered that most of the lessees are six and seven years in occupation, when the full amount of improvements demanded have t'obe done by the tenants. The grass laid down by the Department on Section 26 has done very well; the mixture of seed adopted, which included Chewing's fescue and Poa pratensis, appears suitable for this climate. The school has a roll-number of twentyeight, and is in a satisfactory state. The roads keep in good order. The efforts that have been made to combat the rabbit pest have met with success; still there are a few remaining. The tenants seem earnestly endeavouring to make the best of their land, and profit by the experience gained in past years in working this dry country.

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Omaka Estate.— Opened for selection in 1896. Occupied by thirteen selectors, ten of whom reside, and three on freehold land adjoining. The improvements done on this estate at time of visit are valued at £4,258, being £3,669 above requirements of the law. There are twelve dwellinghouses occupied by fifty souls.' The stock consists of 3,500 sheep, 36 horses, and 30 head of cattle. Wheat was grown on 115 acres, giving an average return of 18 bushels per acre. Oats on 208 acres, mostly grown for chaff. The sheaves would average 11 tons per acre ; and if threshed out, about 30 bushels of grain per acre. The barley-crop occupied 79 acres, resulting in an average of 15 bushels—a poor return compared with previous years. Eye was grown in small quantity ; it seemed to thrive well on this soil. Of roots, potatoes only sufficient for settlers' own use. Turnips and rape were grown on 237 acres. Onions and peas do well on low flats near water. One or two settlers slightly overstepped the cropping conditions. These crops helped the settlers to tide over a time when the market for wool and mutton was depressed. A few grape-vines growing well indicated that vine-culture could be profitably undertaken. Settlers find a ready market for all their poultry, eggs, bacon, &c, being in close proximity to the provincial capital. No complaints were heard, save the general complaint of want of rain. Richmond Brook Estate.— Opened for selection in 1899. The improvements which have been done on this estate by eleven selectors was at the time of last inspection valued at £3,402, an excess over the amount required of £2,104. The improvements consist of eight substantial houses, two huts, woolshed, sheep-yards, twenty-eight miles of fencing, 335 acres laid down in exotic grasses, &c. The settlers' stock consist of 6,000 sheep, 26 head of cattle, and 40 horses. Not much cropping is done ; 87 acres was in oats for chaff, 40 in wheat, and 143 in barley, with only moderate results. Last lambing was very good in this district; one settler was fortunate in getting 120 per cent.; the average would be about 95 per cent. The settlers appeared to be contented, no complaints being heard. The total population on the estate is twenty-nine. The school has an attendance of eighteen. There is only one defaulter for non-residence. Puhipuhi Estate.— Opened for selection in 1897. The two small sections which were purchased to complete two holdings of ordinary Crown lands only comprise 320 acres, on which improvements to the value of £210 have been done by the selectors. Waipapa Estate.— Opened for selection in 1901. Four of the seven small grazing-runs into which this estate is divided were let in March last year, and the remaining three m February of this year. On two of the runs no improvements of a permanent character (excepting scattering grass-seed) have been effected. On Nos. 110 and 111 fencing and clearing to the value of £200 has been done; about 100 acres were broken up and cropped (oats and turnips). The two selectors of Buns Nos. 108 and 109 were unfortunate in purchasing their sheep just on the top of the market, a sharp fall taking place immediately after. Babbits I found in considerable numbers. Approximately, 6,000 sheep were run on the estate. Starborough Estate.— Opened for selection in 1899. Occupied by fifty-nine selectors, with holdings varying from 25 to 3,373 acres. The present population, including the Town of Seddon, is 234 souls. Also, including the Town of Seddon, the improvements effected now amount to £22,191; and no defaulters in respect to improvement'conditions, and seven only who are partial defaulters as to residence—these will nearly all comply" during the present year. The crops suffered severely through an unusually dry season, and only a few of the settlers who had taken the precaution to sow very early had satisfactory results ; in some instances the sheep were turned in on the crops. The rainfall during the year was only 20 in. Sixty-nine acres was in wheat, mostly Tuscan, 742 acres in barley, and 437 in oats; the wheat would average about 15 bushels, the barley only 10, and the oats about a ton of sheaves to the acre. Eape and turnips were grown on 1,256 acres; about half the crop was profitable; the December showers saved the crop from being a total failure. In some instances, although the growth came away, it was too late to have the lambs fit for summer market; in consequence a number of lambs were sold as stores. Mangolds and potatoes were orown on 87 acres; the former root-crop does well on Starborough land ; both it and sugarbeet will receive more attention in the future. Cape barley is grown for winter feed, and comes in admirably for the lambing-time. The increase in the value of improvements during the year— viz £6 000—chiefly consists in the replacing of the huts on some of the sections by commodious dwellings, laving down exotic grasses (660 acres during£the year), interior fences, dams, gardens, and plantations of gums, acacia, and pines, sheep-yards, &c. As regards the roads one can drive a carriage to every section on the estate. The facilities afforded by the Public Works Department to convey produce and goods to and from the estate has been of value to the settlers, and has been taken full advantage of. Approximately, 20,000 sheep and lambs were sold off the settlement durino- the summer months.' Local sales at the Seddon yards took place at intervals, and were well attended. The Seddon School has a roll-number of twenty-four ; attendance good. Very nearly all trades are represented at Seddoh, where there are two stores, bakehouse, butchery, shoemaker, carpenter, three blacksmiths, saddler, and gardener; an hotel with ample room to accommodate all travellers; doctors and dentists attend once a week from Blenheim; and, with the advent of the railroad, settlers are now fairly.well attended for their wants. Earn has been plentiful recently, and all fear of shortness of feed during the winter has been _ dispelled, lhe stock look healthy. Ido not know of any healthier country for growing sheep m New Zealand than Starborough. North Bank Estate.-The grazing of this estate is temporarily let to Messrs. Bell Bros. C. W. Adams, Commissioner, Crown Lands.

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WESTLAND. The transactions of all lands dealt with and in occupation during the past financial year are set out, as heretofore, in the subjoined table : —

Summary of Land Transactions during the Year 1901-2.

It will be noted that there has been a considerable increase in the number of transactions and the revenue received during the year as compared with former periods. This is mainly due to the uplifting of the Midland Bailway Company's reservation, which for so many years practically blotted out the greater portion of this district from settlement. The cession of 744,000 acres of the Nelson District and its addition to the Westland area has also tended to swell the business and income. This transfer took place on the 20th December last, and we have, therefore, had possession of the new territory for a little over three months. The promotion of Mr. Murray to the Nelson office took place on the Ist February last, on which date this district came under my charge. The whole of the Crown lands in Westland being a goldfield precludes much close settlement in the vicinity of the scattered diggings, and a large number of settlers have to be content with areas held under pastoral or occupation licenses, which are the only tenures permissible in the neighbourhood of gold-workings. Cash Lands. —The area shown under this heading comprises various holdings all over the northern and middle districts which were purchased for the most part under "The Midland Authorised Area Land-settlement Act, 1900." Deferred Payment. —Two holdings have been made freehold during the year, and only three selectors under this tenure remain on our books. Of these, two are fighting on under great difficulties, as the Teremakau Eiver has for several years past continuously washed away and flooded large portions of their farms with silt, with the result that they are very much in arrears, and under the Act no real relief can be granted. Occupation with Bight of Purchase. —ln comparison with former years there has been a marked preference for lands under this class, for out of 105 selectors under the optional system sixty-seven elected to hold under occupation with right of purchase, the undoubted reason for the preference being the eventual acquisition of the lands as freehold. Lease in Perpetuity. —There are seventy-four selectors, occupying 13,354 acres, under this heading on the books. Forty-seven of these took up their holdings during the past year. The main total includes eighteen farmers who occupy 2,971 acres on the Poerua Estate under the Land for Settlements Act. Pastoral Buns. —The area leased amounts to 577,638 acres, held by eighty-one holders, of whom twenty-six are lessees (under the 219 th section of the Land Act) of small allotments, which are therefore classified as runs. These leaseholds, being considered more or less auriferous, are consequently only obtainable under this form. Mining Districts Land Occupation Act. —Under this Act sixty-six holders are located on 13,348 acres, and principally in the Grey Valley, these leases having been granted by the Nelson Board as being the most convenient title for lands over which the Warden has refused his approval uuder any other tenure. This title was also given to many selectors within the Midland Bailway

Transactions during the Year. Leasehold Area held on 31st March, 1902. Class of Selection. Revenue received during the Year. Number. Area. Number. Area. Cash lands Deferred payment ... Deferred payment made freehold Perpetual lease Occupation with right of purchase Lease in perpetuity Lease in perpetuity, lands for settlement Pastoral runs Miscellaneous leases Timber licenses Crown-grant and license fees, &c. Miscellaneous 42 A. B. P. 4,683 2 0 A. E. P. 332' 2 28 £ s. d. 3,547 15 4 52 0 8 2 337" 1 0 3 67 12,790 1 16 7 94 580 1 8 16,061 1 22 22 17 0 360 8 5 46 1 9,497 1 34 190 2 0 56 18 10,382 1 34 2,971 2 0 166 0 2 267 10 5 13 67 75,998 0 0 13,758 0 10 81 140 577,638 0 0 14,205 3 24 576 6 11 52 10 6 765 7 5 112 6 0 52 16 11 Total 238 1117,255 0 20 399 622,172 0 36 5,975 19 9

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reservation, who could not get any better right. Many of these settlers have vainly endeavoured to obtain more satisfactory titles, but the recent dredging boom has tended to make this more difficult owing to the bulk of these areas having been declared gold-bearing. However, as goldprospecting goes forward such of these lands as are found unpayable will be permanently allotted to the farming occupiers. Crown Lands open for Sale or Selection. —The lands placed in the market during the year are as follows : Under the optional system a block of fifteen sections, comprising 4,270 acres in the Waitaha Valley, was offered and disposed of, there being keen rivalry for each allotment, 222 applications having been received for the whole series. Six pastoral licenses were also put up to auction, and five of them found purchasers. Timber Lands. —Mr. Smith, Crown Lands Eanger, has continuously inspected the localities of this important industry, the subjoined being a summary of his reports during the year: Number of sawmills, nineteen on Crown lands and ten on freeholds; timber cut, 14,464,755 ft. ; silver-pine sleepers passed, 94,440; other classes yielding £274 in royalties. There are over four hundred men engaged in the lumber trade in Westland, and, as there is continued keen inquiry for timber lands, we anticipate a much greater output during the coming year, with consequently more employment and increase of revenue. Lands for Future Settlement. —During the coming year we are fairly assured of a considerable extension of settlement, and this distributed all over Westland, but principally in the northern and middle districts. These areas for the most part comprise fringes of agricultural land around several centres of settled country ; other portions are in wholly new localities, and the remainder are the conversions of grazing leaseholds into tenures' under the optional system. The successful stocking of certain high-country sheep-runs, where the natural grass lands are available for at least eight months in the year, has induced other ventures, and eventually all these mountain pastures will be fully occupied. We also expect to lease all our available flax lands during the next season, so that, what with timber, land, and the opening of the State coal-mine at Coal Creek, we confidently look forward to a large expansion of population and settlement. Mr. Eanger Smith has made his usual periodical inspections of the lands held under the various tenures. He has also sent in reports, with tracings attached, to the Land Board on 173 applications, and furnished particulars to the Wardens in connection with a large number of proposed mining grants. The serving of rent and other notices and timber inspections (noted above) have also been overtaken as much as possible; but, despite the assistance rendered by the Commissioner and Surveyors, much current business has to be postponed. An Assistant Eanger is imperatively required to fully cope with the oversight of this scattered district. Land for Settlements. Poerua Estate. —This settlement is slowly progressing, and, despite the almost incessant wet of the first eight months of the year, much real advance has been made. Systematic drainage has improved considerable areas, and several of the farms have thereby been greatly improved. The estate has fairly good interior roads, but still suffers from want of a direct communication with the adjoining railway, which actually skirts the land. The proposed construction of this direct road for a mile and a half would do much to irhprove this settlement. The present roundabout route to this railway is a great drawback. There is an increase of thirteen in the population, and three more houses have been erected, while several of the former residences have been practically rebuilt. There is also a substantial advance shown in the value of improvements; these last year stood at £2,439, whereas now they amount to £3,579, or an increase of £1,140. „ Clerical Work. This has greatly increased during the year owing-to the extra work consequent on the uplifting of the Midland Eailway reservation and the inclusion of part of the Nelson District, and our small staff is overtaxed. I have much pleasure in acknowledging the able and willing assistance rendered by the officers during the past and present stress. G. J. EOBEETS, Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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CANTEBBUEY. Transactions during the Tear.— The following tabulated statement shows the transactions of all classes during the year, the areas held at the close of the period, and the total revenue received on account of the same: —

Transactions during Year ending 31st March, 1902.

.Transactions during Year. Area litld at 31st March, 1902. Tenure Revenue received duriDg the Year. Number. Area. Number. Atea. Cash lands— Rural Deferred payments — Ordinary and pastoral Village Made freehold Perpetual lease — Ordinary Village Made freehold Occupation with right of purchase — Ordinary Village Lease in perpetuity — Eural, Crown lands ... ••• Village, „ Lake Ellesmere Conversions to lease in perpetuity — Ordinary Village-homestead Village - homestead special settlement — Perpetual lease Lease in perpetuity, Crown lands Lease in perpetuity, Lake EllesA. E. P. 304 1 10 A. E. l>. £ s. d. 929 16 2 14: 8 11,273 87 2 29 0 39 1,028 0 2 54 2 2 4 279 2 9 50 36 5,561 770 1 1 1 3 447 11 0 209 6 9 5,488 5 7 17 4,180 0 82 1 106 1 37 14 5 1,516 2 3 2 1 0 105 12 11 3 9 4 4 1 204 0 39 0 2 0 183 16 57 72,852 8 13,943 0 26 1 0 3 39 3,532 1 4 8 0 0 1,259 0 5 7 7 120 1 0 318 2 13 1 47 0 0 124 117 49 3,410 5,110 1,429 0 38 1 6 1 3 473 7 6 446 16 7 259 14 3 mere Farm homestead — Perpetual lease ... Lease in perpetuity, Crown lands Small grazing- runs, Crown lands ... Pastoral licenses— Crown lands State forests... Miscellaneous occupation licenses — Crown lands Lake Ellesmere 13 niversity endowment State forests Timber licenses Mineral licenses Other sources ... Cheviot Estate — Lease in perpetuity Village homestead Grazing-farms Pastoral licenses Miscellaneous occupation licenses Other sources Land for settlements — Lease in perpetuity Farm homestead Small grazing-runs Miscellaneous occupation licenses Other sources Cash sale (creamery-site) 4 43 4 1 4 19,804 3 26 2,769 2 22 406 1 8 150 0 0 300 0 0 22 5 48 110 1 405 20 1 12 20 Q 2,081 457 110,001 3,532,866 746 76,283 1,343 1,480 10,200 3,417 1,171 3 31 0 26 1 25 2 10 0 0 1 37 0 0 2 18 0 0 2 0 1 22 153 14 9 14 16 2 5,084 5 3 32,369 13 6 12 0 0 2,800 14 10 102 14 0 129 11 0 153 7 8 58 17 0 1,313 2 6 3 1,422 3 0 104 80 40 1 67 24,410 2,480 45,971 1,642 1,659 1 9 1 0 0' 9 0 0 1 23 6,397 19 5 800 11 10 6,285 11 11 250 13 8 274 8 11 51 19 11 73 2 13 7,374 3 23 2,112 2 0 2,936 0 25 740 11 25 11 96,834 2,114 38,380 891 1 39 1 9 0 7 1 37 33,926 6 6 157 4 0 4,287 14 7 357 9 4 25 11 8 17 15 0 1 2 0 0 Totals ... 199 42,840 1 4 2,399 '4,070,398 0 8 109,271 7 7 ievenw paid to Deposit Ai iCOUllt.

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it may be noted that the year's transactions exceed those of the preceding year by eighteen, but the total area is considerably less, due to the absence of any large pastoral areas from the dealings for the year. The revenue for the year exceeds that of the previous period by £3,760 os. Bd. In comparing the areas held at the close of the respective periods a considerable reduction is apparent under the "old deferred-payment and perpetual-lease tenures. This is caused principally by the large area converted into freehold, twenty-one selectors, holding 4,459 acres 3 roods 1 perch, having completed the purchases of their properties during the year. Seven perpetual lessees, holding 120 acres 1 rood, have also exchanged into the lease-in-perpetuity tenure. Under the occupation-with-right-of-purchase tenure one selector of 106 acres 1 rood 37 perches has been added during the year to the small number holding under this tenure, which has never found much favour in this district. Under the ordinary lease-in-perpetuity system the areas held have increased by 204 acres 2 roods 39 perches selected during the"year, and 120 acres 1 rood exchanged from perpetual-lease tenure ; and the number of individual holders has been slightly reduced through the amalgamation of holdings by transfer. • In the village-homestead-settlement class there has been one selection of 47 acres, and a transposition of areas has taken place through the exchange of seven lessees, holding 318 acres 2 roods 13 perches, from the perpetual-lease to the lease-in-perpetuity branch of the system. The total area, however, remains practically unchanged. There have been no new selections under the farm-homestead system, aud the total area held remains the same as last year. . . Four pastoral licenses, comprising 19,804 acres 3 roods 26 perches, have been added during the year to the area previously held, but transfers and amalgamations effected have somewhat diminished the number of separate holders. Under the miscellaneous occupation tenure there has been a considerable area of fresh selection during the year, partly by areas taken up under competition and partly by yearly tenancies granted by the Land Board. The expiration of previously existing tenancies has, however, effected a large reduction of the total area held. The lands disposed of, and the present position of holdings in the Cheviot and the land-for-settlement estates, are treated under separate headings. Lands opened for Selection and disposed of.— Exclusive of lands offered under the Land for Settlements Acts, very little land has been offered for disposal in this district during the year. The areas which have been placed in the market may be grouped as follows : Under pastoral licenseTwo runs, one of 10,290 acres in the Amuri district, and one of 9,309 acres near Hakataramea, m South Canterbury ; both licenses were sold, the southern one realising a considerable advance on the upset rent. Under village-homestead lease in perpetuity—Eight allotments, comprising 43 acres, near Mount Somers, in the Ashburton County. It was anticipated that these might be taken up by workers employed at the adjacent coal-mines, but so far there has been no demand for the sections. Under occupation license for various terms there were offered ten lots, comprising a total area of 399 acres 1 rood 8 perches, situated at Hanmer Springs, Waiau, Coalgate, Eakaia, and Waimate. The whole of these were satisfactorily quitted. Arrears of Bents.— -The total number of Crown tenants of all classes in arrear with their payments on the 31st March, 1902, was 195, holding an area of 38,679 acres 3 roods 19 perches, and owing £3,832 9s. lid., out of a total number of 2,399 tenants, holding 4,070,398 acres and 8 perches, at an annual rental of £106,902 19s. 7d. The arrears, therefore, amount to about 3-6 per cent, of the total, while last year the proportion was about 3 per cent. A certain amount of this increase is doubtless due to the unfavourable weather experienced in South Canterbury during the harvest season, which delayed holders in realising upon their crops for payment of rent. Transfers, Exchanges, Forfeitures.— Transfers have been completed during the year of 107 leases held under settlement conditions, comprising a total area of 16,827 acres and 16 perches, made up as follows : — . A. B. p. Leases in perpetuity (all classes) ... ... 79, comprising 11,382 3 1 Village-homestead leases ... ... ... 23, „ 716 132 Perpetual lease ... ... ... ••■ 1, » 10 0 Small grazing-runs and grazing-farms... ... 4, „ 4,726 323 Fourteen holdings, comprising an area of 438 acres 3 roods 13 perches, have been exchanged from perpetual lease to lease in perpetuity. Exclusive of forfeitures and surrenders of holdings at Cheviot and under the Land for Settlements Acts, one village-homestead lease in perpetuity, comprising 89 acres of light land at Westerfield, in the Ashburton County, is the only holding that has reverted to the Crown during the year. Surrenders have been accepted of one pastoral run of 1,000 acres, and two leases in perpetuity at Cheviot, comprising 921 acres 2 roods, for the purpose of adjustment of boundaries by incorporation of adjoining areas, so that these cannot be regarded as having reverted to the Crown. Beserves.— During the year an area of 170,182 acres 3 roods 10 perches was permanently set apart as reserves for various purposes, under the following heads : National Park, comprising the country at the head-waters of the Waimakariri and Bealey Eivers, 150,000 acres; conservation of water-supply, 13,000 acres at the head of the Eyre Eiver near Oxford ; river-conservation, 6,900 acres in the lower portion of the Waimakariri Eiver bed ; preservation of scenery, 137 acres near the foot of Mount Grey ; plantation, 37 acres; railway purposes, 30 acres ; school-sites, 25 acres; rubbish and drainage purposes, 20 acres; gravel-pits, 19| acres; water-race, 9 acres; and public buildings, 5 acres. Timber and Forests.— Despite the dryness of the early part of the season, no serious fires have occurred in any of the timbered areas of Crown land during the year. The number of licenses to

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split and saw timber held during the year is as follows : Sawmill licenses—Seven holders ; area, 1,342f acres; royalty paid, £224 6s. 6d. Hand-splitting licenses—Thirteen holders ; area, 2,075 acres ; fees paid, £145 os. 6d. Bebate of Rent to Grown Tenants. — During the year a sum of £3,952 6s. 2d. has been granted by way of rebates on 1,202 leases or licenses, on which the rents were paid within one month after due date. The following are the numbers under each tenure : Deferred payment, 9 licenses; ordinary perpetual leases, 48 ; village-homestead leases in perpetuity, 223 ; leases • perpetuity, all classes, 907 ; occupation-with-right-of-purchase licenses, 15. Grown Lands Rangers' Reports. —The reports furnished by the Bangers on settlement holdings of all classess throughout the district disclose a very satisfactory compliance in the majority of cases. The number of defaulters forms a very small proportion of the whole, and in very few of these cases is the default of a serious character. The small village holders generally have prospered well, a sufficient amount of outside employment having been obtainable. The extension of the dairy industry and the establishment in various districts of creameries connected with central factories is also of considerable benefit to many tenants. The extremely dry weather experienced at the beginning of the season, and in South Canterbury the protracted wet weather and floods at harvest-time, have, of course, reduced the crop-yields, and given to some settlers but a poor return for their year's labour on their holdings. In a few cases valuable improvements have been swept away or much damaged by floods, and the holders will suffer for some time from the losses which they have sustained. Speaking generally, however, land-settlement throughout the district is in a prosperous condition ; tenants have made comfortable homes, and are fulfilling the requirements of their leases well. Frequent complaint is made by small holders of the insufficiency of their holdings, and in some cases, either by reason of remoteness of locality or inferiority of soil, these complaints are undoubtedly justified; but it is often difficult to remove the cause of complaint, there being sometimes no land available for the purpose, while in other cases to permit the amalgamation of holdings by transfer would defeat the purpose for'which the settlements were established. Cases are not infrequent in which a lessee does sufficiently well on a small holding to enable him to sell out and acquire a larger area elsewhere, thus showing that one of the objects for which small holdings were established is being attained. In addition to their statutory inspections, a" large number of miscellaneous inspections of a varied character have been performed by both Eangers. Grown Lands for Disposal, 1902-3. —The following is a table of Crown lands available for selection on the 31st March, 1902 : —

Crown Lands in Canterbury Land District open for Selection on the 31st March, 1902.

Exclusive of areas which may be acquired and disposed of under the Land for Settlements Acts, there will be available for disposal an area of 8,026 acres of light plain land, situated near Oxford, at present comprised in three pastoral runs, the licenses of which will expire on the 28th February, 1903. A portion of this will probably be required to extend the holdings of settlers in the neighbouring View Hill Village Settlement, who are at present occupying small areas insufficient for their maintenance. The licenses of a number of pastoral runs, which were leased in 1890 for a period of fourteen years, will expire on February, 1904, and must by law be reoffered one year before the expiration of existing licenses. The redisposal will therefore fall within the coming year. The total number of these runs is twenty-six, comprising an area of 536,612 acres, at present held at an annual rental of £8,916 12s. Bd. Under the Land for Settlements Acts a total area of 17,393 acres, in three estates, has been acquired and prepared for disposal, and will be offered in April and May. Departmental.— During the year thirty-one ordinary and special meetings of the Land Board have been held, including three special meetings at Timaru, in connection with the disposal of acquired lands. The number of statutory applications for land lodged and considered was 357, of which ninety-seven were granted. The dealing with these applications, however, now constitutes a very small proportion of the business of the Land Board compared with the number of transfers, Eangers' reports, &c, dealt with at each meeting. The following approximate figures will serve to show in part the amount of work passed through the office : Eecorded inward and outward correspondence, rent notices, circulars, returns

Tenure under which Land is open. Area. Counties in which situated. Village allotments Village-homestead allotments Optional selection, under Part III. of " The Land Act, 1892 "— First-class surveyed Second-class „ First-class unsurveyed ... Second-class „ Small grazing-runs Land for Settlements Acts A. 0 112 B. P. 2 0 3 35 Geraldine. Ashburton and Geraldine. 197 1,396 481 370 2,331 94 0 28 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 32 it Selwyn, Ashburton, Geraldine, Waimate. Selwyn and Ashburton. Ashburton. Waimate. Selwyn, Ashburton, Geraldine, Waimate. Total ... 4,983 * 3 20

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&c, 15,422; sale lithographs and pamphlets distributed, about 5,000; 959 vouchers, representing a sum of £128,764 13s. 10d., passed through the Accountant's office. In the Eeceiver of Land Eevenue's office, besides the collection of the revenue for the year, amounting to £109,271 7s. 7d., for which 4,783 receipts were issued, a sum of £24,375 os. 9d. was passed through the Deposit Account, against which 529 receipts and cheques were issued. A sum of £3,159 3s. 2d. was also passed through the Local Bodies' Deposit Account, against which a hundred cheques and vouchers were drawn. Consequent upon my recent appointment to the charge of this land district, on the Ist February last, as successor to Mr. Sidney Weetman, who, it is greatly to be regretted, felt compelled to retire through ill-health, my knowledge of the district is necessarily somewhat limited. However, thirteen out of the ninety-two settlements have been visited by me, and it is my intention during the coming year to make myself personally acquainted with the remainder and the district generally. * Cheviot Estate. Lands selected. —During the year three holdings, comprising an area of 1,422 acres 3 roods, were selected under the lease-in-perpetuity system. In two cases this represents the reissue of leases for sections the previous leases over which had been surrendered in order to permit of an adjustment of boundaries and the inclusion of adjoining land formerly held under temporary pastoral license. In the third case a lease in perpetuity has been granted over sections previously held under temporary occupation license. With these exceptions and the usual variation of licenses held under the temporary occupation tenure the holdings remain practically unchanged from the previous year. Revenue. —The revenue collected from the estate under all classes amounts to £14,061 ss. Bd. for the year. The annual rental of the 292 holdings, comprising 76,163 acres and 1 perch, which were held at the close of the period was £14,487 15s. The amount of arrears owing at the end of the year was £799 14s. 5d., due by thirty-three holders, occupying an area of 7,106 acres 2 roods 18 perches. Transfers, Forfeitures, and Surrenders. —Transfers took place during the year of fifteen leases, comprising an area of 3,561 acres 3 roods 33 perches, under the following tenures : Lease in perpetuity, eight leases, 1,886 acres 3 roods 28 perches; village homestead, six leases, 95 acres and 5 perches; grazing-farm, one lease, 1,580 acres. No holdings were forfeited, and the only surrenders that took place were the two already mentioned, in which the surrenders were arranged for the purpose of adjustment of boundaries. General Condition of Settlement. —The estate suffered to some extent by the very dry weather of the early part of the season, and a good many of the settlers also sustained considerable loss from the severe earthquakes experienced in November last. The earliest and severest of the shocks did much damage to buildings, especially in the Township of Mackenzie and thence northerly to the Waiau Eiver, while the protracted continuance of lesser shocks had a very unsettling effect upon the inhabitants. The Crown Lands Eanger reports, however, at the end of the year that the estate generally is recovering satisfactorily, and the injured buildings have in most cases been restored. The earthquakes have in many cases effected an alteration in sources of water-supply, valuable springs on some holdings having completely disappeared, while on others new springs have opened in places previously dry; numerous cracks and fissures also remain, which may possibly lead to landslips or scour should a wet season supervene. The main road from Mackenzie to Port Eobinson, which was blocked by an enormous fall of cliff at the Bluff, has now been reopened. The Banger mentions that some good protective works have been erected on the south bank of the Waiau Eiver to prevent further encroachment by the river upon the valuable Waiau Flat lands, and further expenditure upon the extension of this work is desirable. The area laid down in crop during the past season was small, comprising only 6,800 acres, of which less than one-third carried cereal crops. On the other hand, 21,400 acres is laid down in English grasses. The reason for this is that the settlers are devoting their attention more to the raising of stock and to dairying than to cropping, the former methods proving more remunerative. As regards the occupation of holdings, out of 203 leaseholds requiring residence, 163 are having personal and satisfactory residence fulfilled upon them; in twenty-nine other cases the lessees are residing upon other sections on the estate, these being in all eases held either by the lessee himself upon another tenure or by relatives; and in eleven cases the lessees are not resident either upon their own holdings or on any other portion of the estate. In several of the last-named instances the absence is of a temporary character and for valid reasons. The total value of improvements effected is £72,494, against £46,231 required. A few cases exist where less than the required value has been effected up to the present, but these deficiencies will be made good before long. Seven hundred and thirty-one souls are in residence upon the portions of the estate held under settlement tenures. The review of the year's work shows the estate to be in a prosperous and satisfactory state. Land for Settlements. Lands offered during the Year. —The new settlements offered for selection during the year were seven in number, as follows :— The Kohika Settlement, comprising 3,864 acres of agricultural downs land, formerly part of the Otaio Estate, near Otaio and Makikihi, was acquired from Thomas J. Teschemaker, Esq., and opened for application on the 13th May, 1901, in fifteen lease-in-perpetuity allotments, varying in size from 139 to 391 acres, at rentals from ss. 9d. to 9s. 4d. per acre per annum. 106 persons lodged applications, and all the sections were disposed of at the first ballot. The Raincliff Settlement, comprising 745 acres of good agricultural and pastoral land, part of the Eaincliff Estate, situated about ten miles from Fairlie, South Canterbury, was acquired from the

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New Zealand Trust and Loan Company (Limited). Part of the block, consisting of 206 acres of very fine plantation, has been reserved as a State Forest. The remainder was opened for application on the 25th June, 1901, as one lease-in-perpetuity allotment of 538f acres, at a rental ot 3s. 2d. per acre per annum. The successful applicant at the first ballot was subsequently found to be disqualified from holding the lease, and the land was therefore reopened on the 13th November 1901, and a suitable tenant was selected by ballot from forty-five applicants The Tarawahi Hamlet, comprising 31| acres of suburban land to the south of Christchurch was acquired from James Freeman, Esq., and opened for application on the 25th June, 1901 in thirtyseven lease-in-perpetuity workmen's homes allotments, varying m size from half an acre to _ acres at rentals from £6 12s. to £7 per acre. There has been very little demand for holdings in this settlement. Up to the end of the year twelve allotments (nearly all the larger areas) had been selected, and twenty-four still remain available for selection. ~,-,, mThe Puhuka Hamlet, comprising 39 acres 2 roods 7 perches of suburban land between limaru and Washdvke, was acquired from Thomas Howley, Esq., and opened for application on the 29th July 1901, in eleven lease-in-perpetuity workmen's homes allotments, varying in size rom 2 to 5 Les, at rentals from £1 10s. Bd. to £1 12s. Bd. per acre per annum There has been only a moderate demand for sections in this settlement; six sections have already been taken up, and" five still remain available for disposal. ~__.< _,;i__ The Kaimahi Settlement, comprising 100J acres of good agricultural land about oui miles north-west of Christchurch, was acquired from Sir W. B. Perceval, and opened for application on the 15th October, 1901, in twelve lease-in-perpetuity allotments, varying in size trom _ to 1U acres, at rentals from £1 18s. 3d. to £2 12s. 3d. per acre per annum There has been a fair demand for the sections in this settlement; up to the end of the year all but one of the sections had been selected, and that has since been taken up. . . The Kapuatohe Hamlet, comprising 49 acres 3 roods 37 perches situated in the Village of Belfast, about five miles and three-quarters northward from Christchureh was purchased from A B Cambridge, Esq., and opened for application on the 15th October, 1901, in eighteen lease-in-perpetuity workmen's homes allotments, varying in size from half an acre to 5 acres, and one [ease in-perpetuitv small farm of 12 acres, the rentals varying from £1 10s. to £4 per acre per annum Up to the end of the year two of the five-acre sections and the twelve-acre farm had been selected There has been no demand for the half-acre allotments, private enterprise haying possibly already furnished a sufficient number of small holdings for the occupation of the workers employed at the Belfast Freezing-works and the allied industries. V lie Rapuwai Settlement, comprising 2,247 acres 2 roods 11 perches of good downs agricultural and pastoral land, about eight and a half miles north-westerly from Pleasant Point, South Serbur?, was acquired from James Sullivan, Esq., and opened for application on the 9th December 1901 In five lease-in-perpetuity allotments, varying in size from 265 to 630 acres a rentals ranking from 3s. 9d. to ss. per acre per annum. Thirty-five persons lodged applications for allotments, and the whole of the settlement was disposed of at the first ballot The miscellaneous allotments offered during the year comprise two allotments of 1 acre each in the Hamlet of Tamai, close to Christchurch ; two allotments, comprising 5 acres 2 roods '35 perches, in the Pawaho Hamlet, at Heathcote Valley ; ten allotments, comprising 8 acres, in the Mo_ven Township, Waikakahi Settlement; one fifty-acre rural allotment in the same settlement and the Takitu Homestead Small Grazing-run Block, comprising 1,494 acres, on the Waitaki Eiver, between Glenarry and Hakataramea. Land for Future Disposal—At the end of the year negotiations had been concluded for the acquisition of the following properties, and the arrangements for placing them ln the market had been nearly completed : (1) The Lyndon No. 2 Settlement, comprising 5,755 acres o th , wes teni portion of the Lyndon Estate, near Waiau, North Canterbury, acquired from Messrs. IX D and A. Macfarlane, to be opened for selection on the 21st April, 1902; 2) the Maytown Settlement, compr shig 391 acres 2 roods 16 perches, close to Waimate, South Canterbury acquired from Messrs. McGoverin and Hardie, to be opened for selection in small areas on the 28th April 1902 (3) the Eccleston Settlement, near Otaio, South Canterbury, comprising 1,246 acres, 1 rood 5 perches, acquired from E. P. Chapman, Esq., to be opened for selection on the 12th May, 1902 P Payments of Bents.-The total amount of revenue collected during the year on land-for-settlement estates under all tenures was £38,772 Is. Id. The total amount of arrears of rent due Tt he 31st March, 1902, was £2,695 19s. lid., owing by 100 tenants, out of a tota annual renta of £41 404 4s. 6d. payable by 787 tenants. About half of these arrears belong to the Waikakahi Settlement on which the arrears appear to be heavier than is warranted by the difficulties ins payable from the establishment ofnew homesteads. The Highbank and Albury Settlements contribute the next largest proportions to the total of arrears. It is more than probable that the unfavourable weather in South Canterbury during the ast two months of he year accounts to some extent for the large amount of arrears, settlers having been seriously delayed in harvesting and realising on their crops. ~, mo „, Transfers, Forfeitures, and Surrenders.-The number of transfers of land-for-settlement holdings competed during the year was fifty, representing an area of 4,914 acres, all underth* lease-_n!perpe P tuity system. The figures quoted in the two preceding paragraphs are also emboded n the figures previously quoted above regarding arrears and transfers, but are referred to again here for °the purposes of further comparison. The forfeitures and surrenders during the year numbered twelv 6 P comprising an area of 1,331 acres 3 roods 37 perches. Out of this an area .Nacres and 7 perches has been reoffered for selection, and 545 acres 1 rood 25 perches of this is &gMn CotdTtion'of Established Settlements. -The following notes will serve to summarise briefly the condition and progress of the established settlements, as disclosed by the Eangers reports at the close of the period under review : —

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hnhdT T f°\ Bettlement J ae& ? Bb - Andrew'sJ.-Establiehed January, 1894. Twenty-eight holders all of whom are residing m the settlement, and complying with the conditions The £1 07 9 \7 m the / ett rit m ! nt , ! S Wi - Value of ""Pavements effected, £2,346 17s. 6d., against ftZL t i Tul The lOldmgS are all im P roved > almost a 8 much as possible, with the 8 c men ' The setfclement has served a good purpL - and has Studholme Junction Settlemmt.-EsUblished January, 1894. Four holders, all of whom eside m the settlement and comply satisfactorily, the number of souls being thirteen. Value of improvements effected, £419 Bs., against £214 7s. 10d. required. The sections are improved as much as the tenants require, and the holders are all doing well improved as Eapua Settlement (new Waimate).—Established March, 1894. Eleven holders, all of whom res de, and are, with the exception of small matters of detail in three cases, complying satiseflSef £1 %T m • , S n± T o, he settlel ? ent is thirty-two, and the value of improvements loss from rhf V fl g T\f 7 T^ lr f- S ° me ° f the SettlerS have suffered considerable Joss from the recent floods, the drainage of the block being slow in heavy rains ««M? Z e fr tf tlemmt (™ & * Timaru).-Established June, 1895. Fourteen holders, all of whom I ?sf Q7Q J'" «1 tleme - nC '^L n o U^ ber ° S ° UIS bem ° sixt y- The value of improvements effected is £1 979 3s. 6d., against £988 15s. 3d. required. The settlement as a whole is doing well Otaic'Settlement (near St. Andrew's).-Established June, 1895. Nine holders, all of whom rZt« m settl , el " en , t ' and ai ' e complying, with the exception of two cases, in which the improvements are somewhat short of requirements. The number of souls is thirty-six, and the value of gXedTudng thenar. 1 " *" W " **** * he s * _~,. The Peaks andPatoa Settlements (near the Hurunui, North Canterbury).—Established 1895 fifteen holders two of whom, representing eleven souls, reside upon their sections. The remaining sections are held by the occupiers of small village holdings in the vicinity, whereon they res de and have their homesteads. The land is of inferior quality, and the full required value of improve! Boimata Settlement (close to Christchurch).—Established August, 1895. Twenty-six holders all of whom reside, and comply satisfactorily. The number of souls is 129, and the value of improvements effected, £4,304, against £878 12s. Bd. required. Braco Settlement (also near Christchurch).—Established November, 1895. Fourteen holders SI «t,w °t W T.r r f din f, on their holdll 'g s alld complying. There are forty-four souls on the settlement, and the value of improvements effected is £1,363, against £430 15s" 6d required Kereta Settlement (near Timaru).—Established December, 1895. Four holders three of whom are in residence and doing well on their limited areas. The number of souls is t'wentv-six and the value of improvements effected, £582 17s. 6d., against £193 13s. 3d. required ' hpworth Settlement (near Temuka).— Established November, 1895. Two holders husband ZtZ ; t ° X rr e ° n °T ° f t , he lo ' S ' where have made a good home and effected substantial improvements The number of souls is six, and the value of improvements effected, £158 16s against hid 11s. Id. required. '' Ashley Gorge Settlement (near East Oxford).—Established December, 1895 There are ten lease-in-perpetuity holders, and two sections form the homestead-sites for adjacent small -razingruns. Inducing these two homestead-sites, the number of souls on the settlement is fifty-two and the value of improvements effected, £3,393, against £1,859 10s. 6d. required. All the settlers SirioSb.eTvPo&h JitS 088 are used for grazing and dairying - aad to aff - d a Orakipaoa Settlement (near Temuka).—Established June, 1896. Twenty-seven holders of whom twenty reside iv the settlement, and seven are exempt by reason of residence in the adjacent Arowhenua Village amongst these being two slight eases of deficiency in value of improvements effected. The resident holders are all complying satisfactorily, and the settlement is improving steadily, although recent floods have caused considerable damage. The number of souls in the settlement is ninety-three, and the value of improvements effected, £1,814 195., against £716 2s. Id. 16(31111 GO. Highbank Settlement (near Methven).—Established June, 1896. Sixty-nine holders, of whom ntty-six reside on their own holdings and three others with relatives on adjoining holdings This settlement is making good progress, and the majority have very comfortable homes. The tenants are not cropping so extensively, and are depending more upon pasture. The non-resident lessees are principally upon the small ten-acre lots, which are the least successful part of the settlement Ihere are 239 souls upon the estate, and the value of improvements effected is £12 743 18s" against £4,910 Bs. 2d. required. "' Waiapi and Rahitairi Settlements (near Temuka).—Established March 1897 On Waiani there are fafteen holders, all of whom are in residence, with sixty-nine souls, and a total improvement value of £2,651 18s. 10d., against £464 Bs. required. On Eakitairi there are twenty-one holders, nineteen of whom reside, and two on small properties adjoining. The number of souls is seventy-two and the value of improvements effected, £3,359 os. 6d., against £1 045 12s 2d required. ±Soth of these settlements are in a very satisfactory condition. The tenants appear to in o°od B order BUght cxce P tions ' kee P their holdings and improvements Otarakaro Settlement (near Christchurch).—Established March, 1897 Five holders all of whom are resident and complying, and are gradually working their holdings into good order J. he number of souls is thirty-one, and the value of improvements, £1,153, against £108 os. 2d!

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Wharenui Hamlet (at Eiccarton, close to Christchurch). —Established March, 1897. Twentysix holders, all of whom are residing, and, with one partial exception, are fulfilling the conditions of their leases satisfactorily. This settlement has made good progress during the year. The number of souls is eighty-two, and the value of improvements, £3,458, against £783 6s. 2d. required. Albury Settlement (at Albury, South Canterbury).—Established April, 1897. Seventy-two holders, of whom sixty-three reside on their own sections, and eight others on other adjoining holdings. There are 325 souls upon the estate, and the value of improvements is £15,749 195., against £3,689 15s. 7d. required. This settlement is a great success, and the tenants as a whole are doing well, although the recent rains have caused a considerable loss of crops. A creamery is being started at Albury in connection with the dairy factory at Timaru, which will be of material assistance to many of the settlers. Marawiti Settlement (near Eakaia). —Established May, 1897. Twelve holders, all of whom are in residence. The large holders are all complying very satisfactorily, and making good progress. The small holdings are less satisfactory, as they are too small for the locality, and the tenants cannot get sufficient outside employment; a tendency to exceed the cropping-limit is therefore noticeable. The number of souls is sixty-eight, and the value of improvements effected £2,122 18s., against £748 15s. lOd. required. Horsley Down Settlement (near Waikari, North Canterbury). — Established May, 1897. Twenty-five holders, all of whom reside in the settlement, the total number of souls being eighty. The value of improvements effected is £9,758 12s. 3d., against £1,031 15s. required. This settlement has suffered from the dryness of the early part of the season, but the settlers are now well established, and are in most cases doing well. The conditions of lease are being satisfactorily fulfilled in all cases. Hekeao Settlement (near Mount Somers). —Established March, 1898. Thirteen holders, all of whom are residing and complying very satisfactorily ; they have comfortable homes, and appear to be doing well. The number of souls is fifty, and the value of the improvements effected £2,879 4s. 6d., against £621 10s. 2d. required. Pawaho Hamlet (at Heathcote Valley, between Christchurch and Lyttelton).—Established April, 1898. Twenty-three holders, of whom twenty-one are in residence and complying satisfactorily. There are sixty-nine souls within the settlement, and the value of the improvements is £2,591, against £714 3s. Bd. required. Most of the hillside sections in this block still fail to attract residential occupation, but on the flat sections some very comfortable homes have been established. Tamai Hamlet (at Woolston, close to Christchurch). —Established June, 1899. Thirty-nine holders, of whom thirty-two are in residence and complying, and in three cases of comparatively recent selection residence is not yet due. The number of souls is 118, and the value of improvements effected £2,865, against £1,080 required. The settlement has progressed satisfactorily during the year. Waikakahi Settlement (between the Waihao and Waitaki Eivers). —Established March, 1899. 162 holders, 140 of whom hold upon, conditions requiring residence and improvements. Out of these, 131 are in personal residence upon their holdings, while eight of the remaining nine are exempt from residence, as they live upon neighbouring village-homestead allotments. The number of souls in the settlement is 568, and the value of improvements effected is £52,093 3s. lid., against £19,304 11.. 2d. required. In the Morven Township six lessees are residing, besides employees at the stores, creamery, &c, the buildings being of considerable size and value. The settlement as a whole is making very rapid progress, and the value of improvements effected has increased largely during the year. Some losses were sustained by the rains and floods at harvesttime, but in only a few cases are these serious. A very large quantity of grain has been sent away, and the establishment at Morven and Bedcliff of creameries connected with the Oamaru Dairy Factory has proved of value to the settlers. Pareora No. 2 Settlement (near St. Andrew's). —Established March, 1900. Thirty-three holders, all of whom have now r complied as to residence and improvements, although a tendency to exceed the cropping-limit is noticeable. The number of souls in the settlement is 151, and the value of improvements effected £10,162 Bs. 3d., against £3,622 lis. 4d. required. This estate has made rapid progress during the year, the adjacent Township of St. Andrew's is feeling the benefit of the increase of settlement, and the district is improving fast. Punaroa Settlement (near Fairlie). —Established April, 1900. Sixteen holders, all of whom are residing and complying, and are putting on first-class improvements. There are sixty-two souls resident in the settlement, and the value of improvements effected is £5,284 13s. id., against £1,804 9s. 6d. required. The settlement has made rapid and substantial progress during the year. B'uitawiri Settlement (near Winchester). —Established April, 1900. Six holders, who have effected improvements to the value of £598 10s., against £132 17s. Bd. required. The number of souls is twenty-three. This settlement as a whole is doing very well, and all the settlers are residing and complying satisfactorily. The land appears to have been neglected previous to its purchase, and requires much cleaning. Papaka Settlement (between Tirnaru and Pleasant Point). —Established April, 1900. Nine holders, all of whom are now residing and complying satisfactorily. The number of souls totals twenty-nine, and the value of improvements effected is £2,629 10s., against £900 10s. required. This settlement has improved very much in appearance during the year. Takitu Settlement (between Glenavy and Hakataramea). —Established March, 1900. Five holders, all of whom are in residence upon their holdings, and are complying satisfactorily ; they

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are making very good impro vements, and appear to be doing well. The number of souls upon the settlement"is ten, and the value of improvements effected £3,487 18s. 3d., against £2,144 2s. 2d. required. Lyndon No. 1 Settlement (near Waiau, North Canterbury).—Established March, 1901. Eight holders, six of whom are. in residence, and represent thirty souls settled upon the estate. The value of improvements effected is £3,126 9s. 4d., against £421 Bs. lOd. required. A good body of settlers is located here, and an excellent start has been made. Kohika Settlement (near Otaio, South Canterbury).—Established May, 1901. Sixteen holders seven of whom have built good houses and taken up their permanent residence on their holdings, and seven others are living on their holdings in tents or travelling huts, but have not yet effected many improvements. One holder has done nothing on his section. No improvements were actually due, as the first year has not expired, but the value effected is £2,365 Is. The number of souls living upon the settlement is forty. The improvements which have been put on are of a good and substantial character, and the settlement promises to be a successful one. Baincliff Settlement (near Fairlie).— Established June, 1901. One holder, a single young woman, residence by whom is not yet due ; but two brothers are living on the section, and preparing to build a larger dwellinghouse. The value of improvements on the land is £210 lis. Id., consisting principally of the improvements belonging to the land at the time of disposal. Tarawahi Hamlet (close to Christchurch).—Established Juue, 1901. Eesidences and improvements are not yet due in any cases, but six out of the twelve holders are already occupying their holdings, with twenty-one souls, and others are commencing improvements. The value of improvements effected is £730. Puhuka Hamlet (close to Timaru).—Established July, 1901. Six holders. In no case has the first year's tenancy expired, but two of the lessees have erected good dwellinghouses, and are complying satisfactorily, and others are preparing to comply. The number of souls in residence is five, and the value of improvements effected £329 2s. 3d. Kaimahi Settlement (at Papanui, near Christchurch).—Established October, 1901. Although residence and improvements are not yet due, a good start has been made, and seven out of the twelve holders are already in residential occupation. The number of souls is seventeen, and the value of improvements effected £856. Kapuatohe Hamlet (at Belfast, near Christchurch).— Established October, 1901. Four holders, one of whom, the lessee of the homestead section, has entered into occupation. The improvements on his section, consisting principally of the original homestead buildings, are valued at £262. The other holdings have only recently been selected. Rapuwai Settlement (near Pleasant Point).—Established December, 1901. Five holders. This settlement is only about four months old, but three of the holders are already in residence, and are complying satisfactorily. The number of souls is four, and the value of improvements is £1,107 175., the bulk of these having belonged to the land at the date of disposal. Thomas Humphries, Commissioner of Crown Lands.

OTAGO. In regard to transactions in ordinary Crown lands there has been little or nothing of an exceptional character to relate. The volume of business has been much the same as during the previous year, and lam glad to be able to report that there has been no shrinkage inrevenue. The system of rebates inaugurated last year has been continued, with, I think, satisfactory results. The respective amounts granted under the different tenures will be given under the heading " Eebates." I regret that this year's harvest has been in a number of places throughout this district a rather unfavourable one," in consequence of the abnormal wet weather that has prevailed for several months past. In the early part of the season there was promise of fairly good crops throughout the district, but owing to excessive moisture many of them must have suffered great deterioration in value, while in some cases the wheat-crops in particular will, I fear, have become almost ruined. And, although prices for most kinds of produce except wool are good, the quantities for disposal will be very much limited, and it maybe expected that many of our Grown tenants will be crippled in their finances during the current year, in consequence of which the State will necessarily have to be somewhat lenient by giving them time in which to pay their rents. In my last year's report it was my duty to record the fact of the very severe damage sustained by many settlers in the northern portion'of Otago, which led to the provisions of section 53 of " The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900," being availed of to give a measure of relief to a number of tenants on the Maerewhenua Estate. The required amounts, totalling £599 16s. 9d., were duly appropriated by Parliament, and have since been credited to the Land for Settlements Account. The following is a tabulated statement of the year's transactions, of area at present held, and of revenue received under the several tenures during the year. The gross totals in this summary, as compared with those of the previous year, show a decrease of fifty-eight in the number of transactions, but an increase of thirty-two in number of holdings at the 31st March, and in area of 106,082 acres, while the revenue shows an increase of £3,574 Is. lid.

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Estimates and Receipts. —lt is gratifying to be able to report that the actual receipts exceeded the estimated revenue by the sum of £4,618 16s. 3d., almost every item showing an excess. Of this amount, £2,925 12s. Id. comes under the head "Ordinary Crown Lands and Endowments," and £1,693 4s. 2d. under " Land for Settlements." The gross "estimate was £69,389 Bs. 10d., and the actual receipts £74,008 ss. Id., exclusive of the sum of £752 3s. collected by Beceivers of Gold Bevenue for occupation licenses and rents and royalties under the Coal-mines Act in respect of land within the mining district. Other sums credited to revenue which did not pass through the Eeceiver of Land Eevenue's cash-book (being credited by the Treasury direct) were : For Crown lands acquired under the Land for Settlements Act, £254 6s. 5d.; remissions of rent under section 53 of the Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, £579 6s. Id. There was also the amount of rebates under " The Crown Tenants' Eent Bebate Act, 1900," and section 52 of " The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900," amounting in all to £1,043 7s. 7d. These various amounts added to the actual cash accounted for by the Eeceiver of Land Bevenue would therefore represent a gross revenue of £76,636 18s. 2d., an excess over estimate of £7,247 9s. 4d. There have also been some proceeds under Land for Settlements Act for sale of lime on the Makareao Estate which are not now accounted for through this office. For the current year the

Nature of Selection, &o. Transactions darfBg W " Number. Area. Number. Area. Gross Revenue received during the Year. Area. Number. Area. Cash Deferred payments Deferred payments made freehold Perpetual leases Perpetual leases made freehold Occupation with right of purchase Lease in perpetuity (new) Lease in perpetuity, exchange from other tenures Agricultural leases Occupation leases (Mining Districts Land Occupation Act) Village settlements— Deferred payments ... Perpetual leases Perpetual leases made freehold Occupation with right of purchase Lease in perpetuity Village-homestead special settlement Special - settlement association (lease in perpetuity) Homestead lands Improved-farm settlement Small grazing-runs Pastoral runs Coal and mineral leases Timber-cutting Miscellaneous licenses and leases Other miscellaneous revenue ... 38 A. B. P. 977 0 7 52 A. 15,433 B. P. 3 27 £ s. d. 663 5 10 1,033 15 5 *7 1,055" 2 39 15 23 13 2 2,480 2 10 4,991 0 29 3,818 1 16 896 0 20 262 51,166 3 36 .,988 2 7 1.989 0 0 764 13 1 4,187 4 3 168 624 31,750 163,408 0 10 2 17 1 23 27 3 0 528 0 0 16 136 508 4,967 1 5 8 21 25 16 9 226 3 7 9 1 217" 2 22 10 13 23 130 486 0 4 0 29 4 0 4 61 16 7 591 0 0 110 "0 4 1 21 5 65 0 24 122 1,855 1 35 158 2 7 j * 94 3 6 1 +57 15 3 106 11 7 1 79 1,258 0 22 14 2,765 1 12 5 17 3 15 73 11,800 2 37 372,277 0 0 6 0 0 1,036 0 0 19,031 3 19 2 53 259 237 158 7,465 527,624 4,508,322 0 37 2 13 1 35 1 22 7 15 5 11,516 8 2 28,810 11 3 1 543 77,090 0 27 1,368 14 8 693 9 10 Total ordinary Crown lands Land for settlements— Lease in perpetuity Lease in perpetuity, village ... Small grazing-runs Pastoral ... Miscellaneous 250 20 419,240 1,223 1 26 0 24 2,598 327 29 3 2 46 5,394,396 48,968 393 3,667 953 698 0 19 0 4 1 30 2 38 2 24 0 13 54,349 11 17,194 12 1 231 0 10 401 18 10 60 16 6 356 14 9 8 2 953 2 38 Total land for settlements Endowments 22 2,177 0 24 407 54,680 3 35 18,245 3 0 5,768 2 29 43 44,264 3 1 1,413 10 5 Grand totals 274 427,185 3 37 3,048 5,493,341 3 9 74,008 5 1 *Ee t. f Imeie it.

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gross receipts are estimated at £71,825, the sum of £54,901 Bs. 2d. coming under ordinary Crown lands and endowments, and £16,923 lis. lOd. under land for settlements. Rebates of Rent. —The granting of rebates initiated last year has been continued, and without doubt has had the effect of inducing tenants to pay their rents more promptly than hitherto, and also of reducing the amount of arrears, many lessees, in order to obtain the benefit of the rebate, having paid up what they were owing. The system appears to give general satisfaction, except in the case of small grazing-runs, some of the holders under that system, and perhaps not without reason, considering that their circumstances and position are as much deserving of the concession as the other classes of settlers. The amount granted in this district during the year was £1,043 7s. 7d. I am still of opinion that this measure should be regarded only as a means of securing prompt payments of rent, and not as a means of relief, and that it would be better if the Act fixed the amount or percentage of rebate. I might, however, add that the allowances made by the Eeceiver of Land Bevenue and myself appear to have given satisfaction. Land opened for Selection. —An aggregate area of _04,408 acres was opened for selection during the year as per Table No. 2, the area under each head being less than during the previous year, there being practically no new lands included in the year's operations. There appears to be still a fair demand for good agricultural land, and many of the present tenants are desirous of extending their holdings. Land to be opened. —My remarks under this head in last year's annual report will apply equally on this occasion, as the land to be dealt with will chiefly be what is already in the market, or such as may fall in by expiry, surrender, and forfeiture. The two Highfield Buns, notice to resume which has been served on the lessees, Messrs. Boss and Glendinning, will be cut up during the year for closer settlement, and will, if possible, be disposed of before the close of the financial year. The area of these two runs, Nos. 225b and 225 c, is 13,717 acres, which will be dealt with chiefly as small grazing-runs. That there is now in this district no further low-lying country that can safely be taken from pastoral runs for closer settlement is a fact becoming more and more apparent every year, and the sooner it is faced by all concerned the better will it be, in my opinion, for the future administration of the public estate. The mountain country, of which there is so_ large an extent in this part of the colony, can only be utilised if it has with it a certain amount of land that can carry stock in the winter season when the high land is covered with snow, and for lambing purposes. The lands to be dealt with during the current year, apart from the runs above mentioned, are as follow : Pastoral lands the licenses of which expire in 1904, a total area of 199,751 acres; pastoral land at present open for application, Bjnd to be dealt with before the 31st March, 1903, about 50,000 acres ; under the Land for Settlements Act, about 8,350 acres; also the lands open as indicated in the Land Guide, an aggregate area of some 120,000 acres. Selections daring the Year. —Eeviewing the year's transactions in the order of the tables, I have to remark as follows :— (_.) Cash. —Under this head the transactions were fewer than the previous year, there being thirty-eight as against forty-six in number, 977 acres as against 1,997 acres in area, and £663 ss. lOd. as against £1,140 Is. 3d. in revenue. Cash sales are always uncertain, and as very little land of first-rate quality has been opened under the optional system the transactions are necessarily limited in number. (-.) Deferred Payments. —The holdings under this system have been reduced during the year, by completions of purchase and otherwise, from sixty-one to fifty-two, and the area from 16,557 acres to 15,434 acres. (c.) Perpetual Leases. —These have decreased from 286 to 262, and the area held from 55,510 acres to 51,167 acres. The amount of rent received was £1,988 2s. 7d., as against £2,506 19s. 2d. the previous year. The area made freehold during the year was much greater than anticipated, being 2,480 acres 2 roods 10 perches by fifteen selectors, as against 240 acres by two selectors the previous year. This increase would seem to indicate a growing desire to acquire the fee-simple of the land. (_.) Occupation with Right of Purchase. — There were twenty-three selections under this tenure during the year, with an area of 4,991 acres, being about half the number and quantity taken up in 1900-1. Notwithstanding this fact, however, the number taken up as compared with the number taken up under the lease-in-perpetuity system, during both last year and this, points to the fact that the occupation-with-right-of-purchase system is being looked upon with greater favour than formerly. Deducting two forfeitures and five surrenders, there are now 168 holders occupying 31,750 acres, as against 152 selectors with 27,690 acres last year. (c .) Lease in Perpetuity. — The selections under the ordinary lease-in-perpetuity system have been only thirteen, with an area of 3,848 acres, as against twenty-five with an area of 5,217 acres the previous year, the total now held, after deducting forfeitures and surrenders, being increased from 615 to 624 (including two exchanges from perpetual leases), and the area from 159,574 acres to 163,408 acres. The total annual rental at the present time is £4,665 10s. 4d., as against £4,587 16s. Bd. at the 31st March, 1901. Thus the selections under this and the occu-pation-with-right-of-purchase systems during the year, including exchanges, have only aggregated thirty-eight in number and 9,736 acres in area, as against seventy-five with an area of 16,343 acres the previous year. This falling-off is a further indication of the limited area of suitable Crown lands now available in this district for notification under the optional system. (/.) Agricultural Leases. —Transactions under this head now call for but little notice. During the year there was only one renewal and one made freehold, leaving the number held the same as before, but the area a little less—viz., 508 acres, at an annual rental of £30 6s. 3d.

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(g.) Mining Districts Land Occupation Act.— Under this Act twenty-three leases have been granted during the year, having an area of 528 acres, as against twelve leases the previous year with an area of 277 acres, the total area now held being 4,968 acres by 136 selectors at an annual rental of £189 12s. 9d., as against 4,502 acres by 116 selectors at an annual rental of £174 13s. 9d. on the 31st March, 1901. The dealing with applications under this Act involves, a considerable amount of careful inquiry and investigation before coming to a final decision, in order to avoid the clashing of pastoral, mining, and other interests. (_..) Village Settlements. —On comparing this year's figures with last it will be seen that there is a still further falling-off of holdings under this head, the reasons being, I am convinced, those mentioned in my last report. Only six selections have been made, with an area of 66 acres and 25 perches, there being a decrease by purchases, forfeitures, and surrenders of twentyone, over an area of 364 acres, leaving at the 31st March 261 holdings, with an area of 4,127 acres, at an annual rental of £670 4s. 4d., divided as follows : Ordinary Crown lands, 232 holders and 3.734 acres; rental, £371 3s. lOd. Land for settlements, twenty-nine holders, 393 acres; annual rental, £299 os. 6d. The total number, area, and rental at the 31st March, 1901, were: Number, 276; area, 4,425 acres; rental, £706 155., land for settlements being then the same as at present. There has thus been a diminution during the year of fifteen selectors, 298 acres, and £36 10s. Bd. in annual rental. The relative figures as regards the value of improvements on the land are, at the 31st March last year : Ordinary Crown lands, £12,500 ; land for settlements, £1,959: total, £14,459. At the 31st March this year: Ordinary Crown lands, £11,261; land for settlements, £2,072 : total, £13,333. (i.) Small Grazing-runs.— The area taken up under this system during the year was 11,801 acres, in five holdings, one of which was a renewal of an expired lease over an area of 5,047 acres. No new country has been proclaimed as small grazing-runs, and it is unlikely that there will be any so proclaimed during the current year, unless the subdivision of the two Highfield Buns before referred to should be completed in time to offer for dispbsal before the 31st March, 1903. There having been no surrenders accepted or any forfeitures during the year, the total number now held, exclusive of endowments, is 262 with an area of 531,292 acres at a yearly rental of £12,671 Is. 6d., the average per acre being 5'72d., as against 258 selectors with an area of 523,860 acres at an annual rent of £12,571 16s. 6d., average per acre 5-75 d., on the 31st March, 1901. Included in the gross area here given is the area held under land for settlements—viz., 3,667 acres, in three holdings, at £401 18s. lOd. per annum ; average per acre, 2s. 23d. The net average per acre of ordinary Crown lands is 5-58 d. In addition, there are ten small-grazing-run leases of endowment lands, with an area of 14,511 acres, at an annual rental of £333 6s. 6d. The revenue collected under this head during the year was : Ordinary Crown lands, £11,516 Bs. 2d. ; land for settlements, £401 18s. lOd. ; endowments. £278 4s. Id. : gross total, £12,197 lis. Id. ; the gross total for the previous year being £12,319 2s. lid., comprising ordinary Crown lands, £11,511 7s. Bd. ; land for settlements, £443 6s. lOd. ; endowments, £364 Bs. sd. I still think it would be advisable to make provision for reduction or rebate of rent in cases where, in the mining district, claims and other mining privileges are granted on small grazing-runs, many of which are of small area, as there can be no doubt that the granting of such privileges must materially affect the value and working of the runs. . (j.) Pastoral Buns. —By runs taken up during the year there has been an increase of nineteen, with an area of 373,231 acres, at an annual rental of £905 Is. 6d., but a decrease by forfeitures, expiries, and surrender of twenty-two in number and 277,746 acres in area ; the number now current'being 239, area 4,509,276 acres, annual rental £29,435 Is. Bd., as against 242 in number, 4 413,792 acres in area, and £29,170 18s. Bd. in rental; so that, while the number is less by three, the total area held and annual rental are greater by 95,484 acres and £264 3s. respectively. This is inclusive of two pastoral licenses under the Land for Settlements Act over an area of 954 acres, at a rental of £121 13s. per annum, but exclusive of endowment lands, of which there are two runs, with an area of 25,590 acres, at a rental of £460 10s. The average rental per acre of the ordinary Crown lands is l-56d., a fraction less than last year, when it was 158 d. per acre. The receipts for the year were : Ordinary Crown lands, £28,810 lis. 3d. ; land for settlements, £60 16s. 6d. ; endowments, £460 10s: total, £29,331 17s. 9d. (_.) Miscellaneous Licenses. —A large number of licenses are still being issued under the 116 th section of " The Land Act, 1892," over unoccupied Crown lands and reserves, by means of which the Government is relieved of considerable expense for rabbiting, &c, and the operation of the section continues to be satisfactory to both settler and State. The total number of miscellaneous licenses and leases issued during the year was not quite so large as during the previous year, but the total number now held, including land for settlements, has increased from 565, overall area of 77,632 acres, to 589, with an area of 77,789 acres, the annual rental being £1,112 3s. lid. as against £1,187 Is. sd. The gross receipts were, including land for settlements and en'dowments,°£l,74B 6s. lid. Forfeitures and Surrenders. —The tabie of forfeitures and surrenders shows by comparison a much less number than the average of the last four years, the totals for which are as follow : — Number. Area. 1898-1899 •• ••• ••• 166 307,131 acres. 1899-1900 124 39,493 „ 1900-1 ••■ •■■ 85 170,545 „ 1901-2 45 26,406 „ The large variation in area during the year 1900-1 is accounted for by the inclusion of pastoral lands. The transactions in the way of surrenders for the purpose of obtaining reduced capital values have become considerably diminished, and, while the selections have also been less, so also have forfeitures and surrenders, and this to a certain extent has equalised the number of holders at present in occupation.

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Transfers.—The number of transfers during the year was as follows : — Tenure - Number. Area. Deferred payments ... ... ... 5 g™ P ™ Perpetual leases ... ... ... 27 1 245 3 2" Occupation with right of purchase ... ... 3 011 Lease in perpetuity (ordinary Crown lands) 43 8,396 3 4 » (land for settlements) ... ... 38 e'944 323 Occupation leases (Mining Districts Land Occupation Q 6 162 1 16 Small grazmg-runs ... ... ... 9 15,489 338 M.! tO .. lrU " S 9 77,309 010 Miscellaneous 8 2 ; 0Q5 Q g Totals 138 112,787 2 16 Arrears— As indicated in my remarks under the heading " Eebates of Rent " the arrears are now much less than they were at the 31st March, 1901. Fre.n the summary it will he .seen tS 991°!<? le . {I" ln a " ear Va 7 \ re P resenti »S « -ea of 77,627 acres, the amoun owing being £3,291 16s. lid. as against 259 selectors, 92,557 acres, and £5,130 0s 2d arrears a difference of eighty-one selectors, 14,930 acres, and £1,838 3s. 3d. arrears no withstanding the increase in the number of selectors on the books-a result which I htnk under ah till circumstances, must be regarded as very satisfactory Swmbum Farm-homestead Association.-This settlement is in much the same position as at he date of my last report fourteen settlers occupying an area of 2,765 acres 1 rood 12 perches at a yearly rental of £121 2s. 4d„ the total amount received during the year beina £106 lis 7d It may perhaps be as well to state that the association has' practically ceased to exit and that ne tenants on the block are now, to all intents and purposes" simply "ordinary lessees m"derThe t Th6re tWelve ancf fortyporsons resident; Smrove ments, £1,877 Ranger Atkinson reports in respect of this block as follows : » The people on this settlement are doing fairly well The number of the original settlers is becoming Gradually less their places being taken by other settlers in the neighbourhood. The past season has been especially favourable for the settlers of the interior as regards feed, which ha_ not been so plentiful for many years The nine remaining of the original fourteen seem to be satisfied and the con ditions of their leases are being fairly well complied with " sauisnea, ana tne conSettlers' Progress generally and Settlement Conditions. -In reporting as to the progress made by settlers generally on ordinary Crown lands the Grown Lands Ringers state as follow. During the past year good progress has been made on ordinary Crown lands The Trices ruling for grain last season were low, but good returns were obtained in most cases The Thisleart ** »£ ™* als ° ™t™me_3 iii assist g tanners generally Ih.s year, however, fewer lambs are coming forward, owino- principally to the shortness or feed in the early part of the season, which was excessively dry. When he cWht broke up in December last feed at once became plentiful, but it was too late in the year for early lambs. The crops, which until then were very backward, came on very quickly and notwith standing the lateness of the season large yields of grain were promised everywhere Uniortuall S'r ZT' ThTi___7fa_ WM . e^™ nced - with the serious losses occurred ntriv all over Otago. lhe puces for grain this year promise to be high, while even damaged -rain is commanding a good price; and, as a matter of fact, discoloured grain is bringing geMe" price han the first-class gram of last year. The turnip-crops are very good, but potatoes have suffered through the excessive moisture of the last few months. In the bush clfstr ctsgenerally he settlers have made very good progress during the year. Many of the worst' roadf have'been improved, new dairy factories have been started, while the price of cattle has bee very good With the exception of some parts of Central Otago, where the land as a rule is dry and poor the residence and improvement conditions of the various leases have been well complied wih '' The ordinary inspections made by the Crown Lands Eangers during the year number 1 475 the aggregate area thus represented being 476,211 acres. Thevalue of hnprovem ents require, on the holdings visited amounts to £172,244 7s. Bd., while the value of those actually effected is appraised at £185,326 9s„ an excess of £13,082 over requirements. This excess.though'not so great in proportion as reported last year, maybe regarded as satisfactory, taW into cons.dera tmn the fact that the inspections included a much larger extent of rough country in h.intero on which improvements cannot with advantage be effected to the same extent as n more favoured ocahties. The Eangers have also performed a large amount of work of a special character apart from ordinary inspections, in relation to Land Board matters requiring special inspection valua tz\iLX:^zzi7 & T Dumerous applications for — iia — f 4°-y lissr^S-Improved-farm Settlements. A few slight changes have been made in the allotment of sections as well as adjustments of areas during the year, there now being fifty-three selectors holding an aggregate area o 7 466 acres in five of the settlements hereinafter mentioned, or three selectors less and "a few acres more than shown in last year's returns. The number of persons resident is 964 «,, _i_.Ltool m ° ie than felled 3,586 acres as against 3,446 acres, the areaTrassed27B7 as agaitst 3 498 »fk° T* of cattle on the allotments 1,121 as against I, O KZ ? SllS? to improvements was-for houses, £17; bushfelling and other works, £1,536 3s. 7d ? making the tota ° f the * the'3l^^

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" Purakauiti and Puaho Improved-farm Settlements (Block IX., Woodland Survey District). — These two settlements are located in the same block. Neither of them has made much progress during the year, being badiy situated for dairying purposes. Grazing is the only industry at present, and that is carried out on a very small scale owing to the settlers' want of means. There are twelve sections occupied by ten settlers, and seven vacant sections, the occupied area being 1,605 acres, 436 of which are grassed. A small amount of bushfelling has been done during the year, and other improvements effected, such as logging, gardening, and fencing. Many of the settlers were employed on roadworks on or near the block for short periods, but owing to the cessation of roadworks for a time the settlers have had to seek work outside the district, which has prevented them doing as much as they would have done in improving their holdings had they been employed in the district. There are, in all, thirty-one persons residing and ninety-two head of stock depasturing on the settlement. " Waipati Improved-farm Settlement. —While this settlement has not made any very noticeable or marked advancement during the year, it has held its position against a somewhat unfavourable season. There is every reason to believe that it will slowly forge ahead. Winter feed for stock is a much-felt want, there being but little cultivation attempted yet, owing to the stumps and fallen timber which cumber the ground on nearly all of the sections, and which only time combined with much labour will remedy. Stock has increased on this settlement, nine of the settlers being milksuppiiers to the local cheese-factory, with a prospect of better results next season. Most of the settlers realise that dairying must henceforth be their staple industry, and, although they are at present in somewhat straitened circumstances, with a prospect of rents falling due at an early date, they are in hopes of tiding them over with the assistance of work being given them on the main roads of the district. There are seventeen sections, occupied by a population of eighty-one persons, the area held being 2,649 acres, of which 1,114 acres is in grass, carrying 423 head of cattle. " Bimu, Block XV., Improved-farm Settlement. —This -settlement is progressing as well as can be expected, considering its isolated position, which is a decided bar to its more rapid advancement. The pushing-on of the railway to Tahakopa will be the means of making it a success, by bringing it within reach and giving the settlers a market for the timber and produce, which is at present unsaleable. All the sections on this block are occupied by eleven settlers, several of whom have two sections, the total area being 1,523 acres, and the number of residents fifty-eight. There is 566 acres in grass, and there are 210 head of cattle thereon. The only source of income is from butter-making and stock-raising, which, with the small amount of roadwork they have had lately, enables the settlers to struggle along. " Heath field Improved-farm Settlement. —This was the first co-operative settlement in this district, having been initiated and controlled for several years by the Southland office, and afterwards placed under the control of the Otago District. It has not been so successful as might have been expected, in consequence of having had to contend with many natural hindrances, some of which are : the block being too remote from a trading centre ; the open and also the bush-covered land of inferior quality, the latter for the most part heavily timbered and interspersed with moss mounds; and, lastly, the majority of the settlers themselves being inexperienced men at bushwork, as evinced by the way the bush was felled, being little more than underscrubbed, and not carried out in a way to secure that desired result—an effective burn. The summer seasons, too, having been often continuously wet, spoiled all chance of getting even a scorch of fire through the scanty felled bush, with the result that the native scrub and quick-growing mokomoko obtained a firm hold and entire possession, choking any patches of grass which may have been sown, and thus rendering the major portion of the earlier felling worse than when in its primeval state, inasmuch as the second growth is denser and more thickly interlaced with lawyer-vines. " The bush that has been felled, burned, and sown at a later period is not so badly done, more timber being felled and better burns secured thereby. At the same time it is not entirely satisfactory as a grass-growing area in sustaining stock. The grass is pulpy, and wanting that firmness and substance of quality of grass grown in a drier climate. Stock, particularly milkingcows, puff up on this grass during the abundance of its growth for a few months in summer, and as quickly fall off in condition, especially if any sudden severity of weather sets in, which makes a noticeable difference in quantity and quality of the milk-supply. It is these apparently small failings which depress the settler, whose whole income is his daily earnings. The settlers, having made a home here; are holding on, doing the best they possibly can with the knowledge gained during their several years' struggle, hoping to overcome the adverse conditions ; and there is a possibility that the fittest will, with the exercise of indomitable perseverance and energy, succeed in time. The area occupied at present is 1,687 acres, with about 639 acres in grass, grazing 396 head of cattle, the number of the settlers being fifteen, with families numbering in all ninety-four persons." From the foregoing remarks of the Inspector some little idea of the very poor circumstances and the difficulties in which these struggling settlers are placed may be gathered, a condition of things which I can bear personal testimony to, having visited the settlements during the year. That visit has left a much less favourable impression on my mind with regard to these settlements than when. I reported last year. The hope that I then expressed of having something more advanced and definite to record has not, therefore, been realised. Land for Settlements. Pomahaka. —l have to express regret that this estate is still in an unsatisfactory condition as regards the area unlet. Out of the unlet area given in last year's report—namely, 4,124 acres —■ only 884 acres has since been taken up, there now being 3,550 acres still unoccupied, a further forfeiture having been declared during the year. The number of settlers at present in occupation is seventeen; the area occupied, 3,705 acres 1 rood 25 perches, at an annual rental of £633 18s. 4d.

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unlet irl 'lS I_ ** £1 p6r anUUm ' ° Ver 12 acres - The aMUaI ™lue of the unlet area is £559 Os. 4d. The amount of rent collected during the year was £612 14s. lid making the total from the commencement £5,881 ss. 5d.; amount of rebate granted, £5 3s 4d* number of houses, 17 ; persons resident, 41 ; value of improvements effected, £3,616 13s. 6d' ganger Hughan reports : " The crops on this estate are in most cases very good, and with the weTelas.££°r 6S Th Fe .r "ft? f ° r . atS Sh ° Uld P lace the Settlers in a bette" position than they were last year. The settlers still continue to carry on improvements, such as buildings, fencing, LSn I r 6&n " uch . lm P r oved during the year, and this enables the settlers to pu tneir produce to market much easier. Bettlement c °ntinues occupied by twenty-two settlers, at the annual rental of 71. ?„^ C TB on e temporary license over 20 acres at 10s. per annum. Beceipts during the year, £195 2s. 9d.; tota to date, £1,876 lis. 3d. ; rebate of rent granted, £6 4s. 4d. P number °4w_ S s e ertll ; _ P ff° nS reSl u 66; ValU6 , of - im P rovem ents, £1,274. Eanger Atkinson reports: Ihis settlement is m much the same condition as last year. Sections 15 and 16 have now been S°?f y , earS U . d6r ? 6arl _ HcenSe b y one of the settlers > who undertook to try to eradicate £_ K° y ° f root - cr °P 8 ' but the experiment has not proved a suJcess. There n»M M _. . grea * .?u ° f Cr ° P gr ° Wn ° n the Bettlem ent, that grown consisting principally of damaged by tWo P otato ; cr ° P i S <?* Wel1 ' and the oats fair ' altho 4 somewU damaged by the continuous wet weather during harvest." Tahawai—Eight selectors continue in occupation of this small settlement of 68 acres 2 roods 14 perches, at an annual rental of £35 14s. 4d. The receipts for the year were £35 18s Id total from beginning, £227 13s. 4d.; rebate of rent granted, £1 17s. Id.; houses, 8 persons resident 38 value of improvements, £815. The Eanger states that to the 'water-supp /arranged oby the tniuefp!r P er";- freeh ° lderS this settl ™* * - greatmeasure S o wes Xom Maerewhenua-The area now in occupation in this estate is 10,929 acres 2 roods 12 perches by seven y-two selectors at an annual rental of £3,553 25., including three temporal licences oS 22 acres 3 roods 36 perches at £3 2s. 6d. per annum. The unlet area is 6 acres 3 roodsl2 perches of a yearly value of 19s. 8d The amount of rent received during the year was £4 270 13s 5d the and aluX. ,° && £21 ' 246 + 19s ' 6d ' Eebate <& «»* was Ranted to the exten of £57 Is'.'ed TeL " I ? llemSS1 °° ' P ursua ? to section 53 of "The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act' t\ P 7. ™ 1 -r, glVen 'r numbe / I ° f the settlers on this estate who sustained heavy lossesthrough the severe hailstorm in January of last year. The total of such remission amounts to £599 lbs 9d Account "and ST Mw_ h " T ~? direct to the handler Setriments Account and £20 10s. Bd. was passed through the Eeceiver of Land Revenue's cash-books to the credit of same account Number of houses on the estate, 57; persons resident 236 value of improvements effected, £12,863 ss. 9d. The Eanger reports as follows : " Speaking the settlers on this estate are m a prosperous condition, although the hav.notbee n at all fn. '_ri_ gre T?v aS6 T c Ch f k by droU S ht in and early part of summi which con tinted to the end of November, when the weather broke and the crops made another st_rt a good deal of second growth appearing. From then onwards and through the harvest the mm was almost continuous, and consequently the crops have suffered severely. The same remark aPPk to all he white crops. On the other hand, the root-crops are remarkably good The feed is alo very plentiful and snould last well into the winter. Taking everything i7to consideration do not think the loss generally will be very great in view of the" high "prices uing fo gan which will largely compensate for damage done. Very few lambs have been sent away for h7eZ S owing to too great a flush of green feed, which is unfortunate, as they will have to be canied through the winter or sold as stores." y earned Puketapu.- -Occupied as before by eleven selectors; area, 496 acres and 36 perches- yearly rental, £189 os. 10d., receipts for the year, £211 2s. 3d., the total to date being £1 077 3s 2d " etf 8 g ?; ted T, £7 p BS ' M ' ; n r ber^ h ° USeS ' 9; resident, 29; value of improvements' £966 Bs. 7d. The Banger reports : « This settlement is in much the s_me position asTst year' The principal crop grown was oats, which turned out a fairly good one, although damaged to some extent by the wet weather. The settlers seem to be of the rifht class, and appear to well. Some of them are supplying milk to the creamery at Palmerston, which .fof great assLT ance as a means of ready money at the end of the month." g Ardgowan.— This settlement continues prosperous, having the advantage of close nroximitv +_ such a centre as the Town of Oarnaru. The occupation remains the SX__rt^S3b£ reXf:r £ lZl ,° CCUpied V 65 aC1 * e8 2 -ods 34 percCat anTnnS lfi= fw 4" ! nol^ ln g one temporary license over 2 acres 3 roods 30 perches at Sep^firosn^l^^ ool6^6 . dU t g the r ar ' £2 3 18 19s - **" making the total from inception £11,036 lis.; rebates of rent granted, £106 19s. 9d. ; number of houses 51 persons resident, 235; value of improvements, £10,358 lis. Id. The Eanger sates thai this estate is still m a very thriving condition, the dairy factory, which is provinf of great benefit to settlers, contributing in no small degree to its success. The settlers are takin* a Wage rf 1 to a greater extent every year. _ The crops generally have been good, but considerablylmaged it comp y ii C cd S with y eaV> ' ram thr ° UghoUt th 6 harVeSt The S9ttlement condftions Le b ™s wdl and Makareao Extension. -The occupation of these settlements which to-ether contain 4,862 acres 1 rood 9 perches, is the same as last year, there being tweny seven hold in_ rental and f ° Ur rental ot ±..4/ 14s. Ihe receipts during the year were £1.140 lis. t._._ .„ _„,_

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£3 818 12s 3d ■ rebates granted, £16 Bs. 2d.; number of houses, 18; persons resident, 66 ; value of improvements, £3,307 Is. 9d. The Eanger reports : " This estate is m much the same condition as last year The crop in several instances would have given good yields, but owing to the unusually wet harvest the returns have been seriously affected. Many of the sections are too small especially in the Sweetwater Block and the block immediately above the Township of Dunback I would suggest grouping whenever opportunity offers. The conditions of residence are not being as well complied with as they should, owing, I think, to the above reasons. However feed is plentiful, and I think the prospects of the coming year are brighter. The limestoneworks on this estate have been improved and extended during the year under the supervision of the Engineer of Eoads, who will, I presume, furnish a full report of same. The proceeds from the sale of lime were passed through the books of this office for a portion of the year only—viz, up to the end of November, to which date the sum of £232 Is. 7d. had been received from sales of lime, but how much since I have no means of knowing. Momona.— This small settlement of 219 acres 1 rood 16 perches remains in the occupation of fourteen settlers, at a yearly rental of £210 6s. 2d. Bent received during the year, £219 Is. 9d ; total from beginning, £971 Is. lid.; rebates granted, £3 10s. id. ; houses, 14; persons resident, 56 ■ value of improvements, £1,869 12s. 6d. The Eanger states that the settlers on this estate are all doing very well, and appear to be quite content, no complaints of any kind having been made. Every section is occupied, and the improvements are good and substantial. Tokarahi —The total area occupied on this estate is 10,968 acres 3 roods 39 perches, by seventynine selectors, at £4,116 7s. yearly, including twenty-seven temporary licenses over 186 acres 3 roods 22 perches at £16 4s. 10d. per annum. A small area of 3 acres and 27 perches remains unlet, its annual value being £2 16s. 10d. Eents received during the year £5,201 16s. 4d., making the total to date £17,907 13s. 3d. ; amount of rebates of rent granted £78 3s. Id ; houses on the estate 42; persons resident, 169; and value of improvements, £10,312 14s. 6d. The Banger report's on this estate as follows : " The settlers appear to be making satisfactory progress, although the crops have suffered somewhat severely by the long-continued wet weather which prevailed throughout the harvest. As on Maerewhenua Estate, the crops received a severe check through drought up to the end of November, after which the weather was continuously wet, greatly dama<nn« the crops. The high prices now ruling, however, will to some extent compensate the settlers for these losses. The creamery established near the railway-station is a great and profitable source of revenue for the increasing number of those who are going in for that branch of industry The great flush of feed resulting from the wet weather will greatly assist the grazing of stock well into the winter. The turnip-crop is also good, and will enable the stock to be carried through in good condition. In this estate, as in others, the great growth of green feed has prevented the fattening of lambs for freezing purposes, which will necessitate their being kept until next shearing. The settlement conditions are, as a rule, being well complied with. Janefield — This settlement of 143 acres 2 roods 37 perches is now all occupied by twenty-one selectors at a rental of £275 17s. per annum, and there is every reason to believe that it is becoming highly prosperous. There are now nineteen houses and eighty-one persons resident, and the improvements effected are valued at £2,959. Eent amounting to £211 ss. 7d. was received during the year making the total from the opening of the estate £545 2s. 7d. The sum of £6 7s. 9d. was granted in rebates of rent. The Eanger states : " This is a very promising settlement, every section having been taken up, and the improvements being of a substantial character. Several of the settlers are going in for poultry-raising and fruit-growing, while others are dairying. They all appear to be quite satisfied with their selections." ' Elderslie —The whole area of this estate, 11,506 acres 3 roods 18 perches, is held by thirtythree selectors at an annual rental of £4,126 19s. 4d., including eight temporary licenses over 245 acres 2 roods 35 perches at £18 Bs. 10d. per annum. The receipts for the year amounted to £3 399 5s 8d the total from the beginning being £6,302 6s. 2d. The rebates of rent granted durin" the year amounted to £164 17s. Id. The houses number eighteen, and the persons resident sixty-three while the total value of the improvements now on the land amounts to £6,965 os. 10d. Banker reports on this estate as follows: "The settlers are making satisfactory progress. Last year° the improvements effected by them amounted to £3,032, while this year they amount to £4 553 being an increase of £1,521 for the year. The crops are m much the same position as those on the other large estates, having suffered considerable damage by the continuous wet weather There will be a low average yield, but the enhanced value of gram will in a measure compensate. The turnip-crop is fair, and grass and stubble feed plentiful. The conditions of settlement are being well complied with." Barneqo —There is an area of 1,006 acres and 5 perches of annual value of £125 7s. still unlet on this estate, the area occupied being 6,048 acres and 5 perches, by twenty-one selectors, at an annual rental of £1,316 ss. 6d., the position being practically the same as at the 31st March, 1901 The two sections unlet last year have since been grouped, but up to the present do not appear to be sufficiently attractive to induce any one to take them up. The section that was reserved for smaller subdivision has been duly cut up into small allotments and opened for selection but so far there have been no applicants for same. Bent received, £1,132 175., including some small amounts for grazing on the unoccupied land ; total receipts to date, £2,392 9s. 2d. Eebates of rent amounting to £97 3s. sd. were granted during the year. Numbers of houses, 18; persons resident, 58 ; value of improvements, £4,046 Bs. The Banger states that good progress has been made during the year on this estate. A considerable area has been under crop, which promises to give substantial returns and place the settlers in a good position. The improvements effected are of a substantial character, and the conditions of the leases are being well complied • with. The settlers appear to be satisfied with their selections.

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Earnscleugh.— The freeholds purchased at Earnscleugh, with certain adjoining Crown lands, have been surveyed and disposed of during the year, two areas of 850 acres and 38 perches and 103 acres 2 roods having been let on pastoral license as homestead-sites to the holders of Euns 249 and 249 a respectively, pursuant to the provisions of section 55 of " The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900," and eight small allotments let on lease in perpetuity, suitable either for dairying or fruit-growing purposes. There are thus 1,221 acres 3 roods let to ten tenants at £170 3s. 6d. per annum. Amount received during the year, £102 lis. 4d. ; total, £122 lis. 4d. A report on the progress of this settlement will be given in next year's annual report, it being now too soon after the disposal of the land for very much to have been effected in the way of improvements. Summary.—ln concluding this report, the following comparative summary for the last two years may be of interest : — 3 J 1900-1. 1901-2. Number of settlements or estates ... 14 14 Number of settlers, including holders of temporary licenses ... ... 389 407 Area in occupation, including temporary licenses ... 52,281 a. Or. 24p. 54,680 a. 3r. 35p. Average per selector ... ... 135 a. 3r. 6p. 134 a. lr. 16p. Gross annual rental £17,145 9s. 6d. £17,460 3s. 6d. Beceipts during the year £15,837 10s. 6d. £18,245 3s. Total receipts from inception ... £54,445 os. 2d. £73,415 2s. 2d. Area unlet at 31st March ... ... 6,377 a. 2r. 16p. 4,566 a. Or. 22p. Annual value of unlet area £994 17s. 6d. £688 3s. lOd. Value of improvements at 31st March £52,828 19s. £59,373 16s. 6d. Areas under cultivation — Oats •• ••■ 6,312 acres 5,759 acres. Wheat' 4,036 „ 2,980 „ Barley 90 „ 80 „ Boot-crops 2,317 „ 2,426 „ 12,755 acres 11,245 acres Number of dwellinghouses ... ... 287 288 Number of persons resident... ... 1,033 1,138 Office-work. The clerical work of the office has in no way diminished, but rather increased in volume during the year. It has, lam glad to be able to report, been carried out satisfactorily and with commendable ability by the several members of the staff. An estimation of its quantity and scope can no doubt be readily conjectured from a perusal of these reports and tables. D. Barron, Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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SOUTHLAND. The results of the transactions during the year are shown by the table hereunder : —

Summary of Land Transactions, 1901-2.

. Be ™™t-— , Th ® B ross reve nue for the year may be considered as very satisfactory, the amount being £24,484 Is. 5d., which, while only slightly in excess of the previous years, is considerably in advance of the years ending the 31st March, 1899 and 1900, the total receipts in those years being £20,878 Bs. sd. and £22,853 lis. 2d. respectively. s Lands opened for Selection.— A total area of 189,612 acres of Crown land was opened for sale or selection during the year, as against 109,559 acres last year. With the exception of two blocks in Longwood and Winton districts, most of the lands opened were forfeited and surrendered leases and licenses of pastoral runs which had expired by effluxion of time. As regards lands to be opened to selection during the year, I do not anticipate that any new land upon the mainland will be offered except a block now under survey in the Longwood and Waiau districts, and a few isolated pieces of Crown land applied for by settlers adjoining. It is proposed that a portion of the block of unsurveyed land in Stewart Island now open to application as such should be surveyed and roaded, but, owing to the pressure of other work and the inclemency of the season, I have been unable to visit the island in connection with this and other matters requiring attention there The bulk of the land now open in the Land Guide for this district is poor second-class land' which has been open to selection for many years. I contemplate a revision of the Land Guide' and a revaluation of all such lands as the Land Board may deem it advisable to recommend to the Hon. the Minister of Lands to reoffer at a reduced rate, and so encourage the selection of these waste lands of the Crown,

Nature of Selections, &c. Transactions during the Year. Number. Area. Area held under Lease at 31st March, 1902. Gross Revenue Area. Number. Area. received during the Year. Cash Deferred payments ... Deferred payments made freehold Perpetual leases Perpetual leases made freehold Occupation with right of purchase Lease in perpetuity (new) Lease in perpetuity (exchanged from other tenures) Occupation leases (Mining Districts Land Occupation Act) Village settlements— Deferred payments Deferred payments made freehold • Perpetual leases Perpetual leases made freehold Occupation with right of purchase Lease in perpetuity Village-homestead special settlement 79 A. B. P. 606 0 15 A. E. P. £ s. d. 1,173 10 6 1,053 9 1 "9 1,346' 1 17 72 15,284 2 37 5 50 960 0 25 7,443 1 8 93 216 16,433 44,459 2 0 2 26 534 2 8 764 8 8 1,028 10 3 8 2 1,675 0 15 952 2 32 229 73,845 0 24 1,542 10 2 8 173 2 28 40 1,529 1 1 89 15 10 3 87 1 12 12 239 3 23 103 2 4 7 178 3 23 104 1,451 2 26 176 12 7 345 12 5 1 12 1 4 "4 0 24 21 368 3 4 251 54 3,858 579 1 16 3 5 315 9 3 123 11 0 Improved-farm settlement Small grazing-runs ... Pastoral runs Miscellaneous leases and licenses Timber-cutting Other miscellaneous revenue ... 1 6 53 173 2 26 8,824 0 21 57,379 0 0 4,713 0 7 31,543,650 s. ft. 45 18 91 274 5,240 61,293 1,282,907 38,141 3 17 0 13 1 0 0 38 284 5 3 796 19 9 3,816 7 0 687 16 5 7,679 12 6 484 6 5 Total ordinary Crown lands Land for settlements— Lease in perpetuity Miscellaneous 252 84,882 0 33 1,503 1,545,268 2 10 21,001 14 2 18 2 4,915 1,165 1 34 1 35 74 7 20,397 4,089 3 9 2 10 2,012 17 170 16 3 9 Total land for settlements Endowments 20 6,080 3 29 81 24,487 1 29 2,183 14 0 74 48,338 0 13 1,298 13 3 Grand totals 272 90,963 0 22 1,658 1,618,094 0 12 24,484 1 5

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Selectors on the Books.- The total number of selectors on the books at the close of the year was 1,658, an increase of forty-three as compared with last year. Cash Lands— The dealings with lands disposed of for cash under the Land Act consisted of ten applications for 114 acres of rural land opened on the optional system ; five purchases of rural land at auction, the total area being 413 acres ; and sixty-four purchases of an area of 79 acres of town suburban, and village lands at auction. In some of the townships the whole of the previously unsold sections have been bought. Deferred Payments.—The number of selectors under this system is now but seventy-two holding an area of 15,285 acres, nine licensees having purchased the freehold of 1,346 acres during Perpetual Lease.—The number of selectors remaining under this tenure is ninety-three retaining an area of 16,433 acres. Five lessees obtained the freehold of a total area of 960 acres' One lessee exchanged to lease in perpetuity, and one lease was forfeited. Since it has been ruled that the holders of perpetual leases may acquire the freehold at any time during the term of lease the number of applications to purchase the freehold has diminished. Occupation with Bight of'Purchase.— During the year a pronounced disposition to favour this system has been apparent, fifty selections of rural land having been made of ail area of 7 443 acres as against eight selections on lease in perpetuity of an area of 1,675 acres. There are now on the books 216 selectors, holding 44,459 acres, there having been four forfeitures and two surrenders in the course of the year. Lease in Perpetuity. —Eight selections of rural land were made under this tenure, of an area ot 1,b.0 acres. Ihe total number of lessees is now 229, and the area held by them 73,845 acres. Village Settlements (all tenures).—The number of lessees in village settlements under the old tenures of deferred payment and perpetual lease is steadily decreasing through the purchase of the freehold, there remaining now but twelve selectors on deferred payment and 104 on perpetual lease. Twenty-one selections on lease in perpetuity, of a total area of 369 acres, have been made during the year. The total number of lessees under all the tenures is 425, the area held being 6,134 acres. 5 Small Grazing-runs.- Only one small grazing-run, area 8,824 acres, was selected during the year and this consisted of three runs, grouped, formerly held by members of one family There are but eighteen selectors under this system, holding an area of 61,293 acres. Pastoral Buns.-01 pastoral runs, six were taken up, area 57,379 acres; one was forfeited, area 3,200 acres; and one surrendered, area 1,000 acres. The licenses now held number ninety-one covering an area of 1,282,907 acres. J Miscellaneous Leases and Licenses.— Eifty-three licenses were granted or purchased at auction the total area of same being 4,713 acres. There are 274 lessees upon the books, the area held being 38,141 acres. Under the Land for Settlements Act two grazing licenses were taken up, area 1,165 acresthe net area held being 4,089 acres, by seven licensees. _ << The Mining Districts Land Occupation Act, 1894."— Eight leases under this Act have been issued during the year, the total area being 174 acres, the majority of the applications made " MiniDg ACt ' 1891 '" ° r f ° r sma " areas formerly Improved-farm Settlements. Haldane i (Waikawa District, Block IX.).—The settlers upon this settlement number sixteen occupying 2,087 acres, with an average of four in each family, and owning 334 head of cattle Only two sections in the settlement are vacant. The dairy factory on this settlement has proved, of great benefit to the settlers. Waikawa (Waikawa District, Block XV11.).-Five settlers occupy 977 acres in this settlement and own 127 head of cattle, the number of souls residing being thirty-three There are six sections vacant, containing an area of 707 acres. The settlement has not by any means been a successful one, owing m part to the unsuitable character of the land, and, further, to some of the settlers leaving the settlement as soon as Government expenditure and assistance ceased. Papatotara (Alton District) .-The fifteen sections in this settlement are occupied by twelve settlers with an average of four m a family. Area, 1,480 acres, with 120 head of cattle thereon Ihe settlers on this settlement mostly maintain themselves by cutting sleepers. Moturimu (Campbelltown Hundred, Block VIII.).-The whole of this settlement is occupied y 7_ me \, _ aVMg famllles averaging six. The area occupied is 658 acres, with seventy-three cattle The settlement is near the Woodend Sawmills, where most of the settlers and some members of their families obtain employment. . The settlers now remaining upon the improved-farm settlements appear more satisfied with their positions, and I expect that, with the exception of the Waikawa Settlement, all of them will hrve I bee P n < issued US Settlements ' The lessees are now ali in S rent, and most of their leases Land for Settlements. Merrivale (Waiau District)— The whole of this settlement is occupied, there being thirty-seven houses upon it in which 150 persons reside. The total value of the improvements effected by the lessees is £7,598. The lessees number forty-seven, holding an area of 9 474 acres J

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Otahu (Waiau District).—On this settlement, which is all occupied, there are four houses accommodating ten persons. The value of the improvements made is £770. The selectors number seven ; area leased, 6,024 acres. Beaumont (Wairaki District).— There are ten selectors on this settlement, holding 4,246 acres. The houses are four in number, eleven persons residing therein. The value of improvements made by lessees is £757. Ringway (Jacob's Eiver and Aparima Districts).—This settlement was opened to selection on the 20th December, 1901, and the seven allotments comprising the estate—area, 2,231 acres—were at once taken up. Six houses are already erected or are in course of erection. Glenham (Wyndham District).—The Glenham Settlement—area, 11,455 acres—was opened to selection on the 24th March, 1902. Eight sections were selected, two having been previously taken up by former tenants of the proprietors without competition, under section 57 of " The Land tor Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900." Three allotments have since been selected, and inquiries are frequently being made regarding allotments in the settlement. I anticipate that all of them will be selected within the year. Arrears.— -The arrears on ordinary Crown Lands amount to £550 12s. lid., owing by 129 settlers. On the land for settlement estates the arrears are £511 Bs. Bd., due by eighteen selectors. The total areas are corrsiderably in excess of the two previous years, but this may m part be accounted for by the late and cold and wet season experienced throughout the district. Forfeitures.— There were in all sixty-four forfeitures of holdings during the year. Of these, twenty-four were under the ordinary settlement tenures, of which five have been reselected. Two were under the Land for Settlements Act, one being reselected. There were thirty-eight miscellaneous licenses cancelled, of which six were subsequently purchased for cash, two reselected on occupation with right of purchase, and two on lease in perpetuity, and fifteen were again occupied as miscellaneous licenses. There were but five surrenders, which call for no special remark. State and Crown Lands Forests.—The area for sawmills surveyed during the year was 7 739 acres, embracing forty-one sections, producing 31,310,551 superficial feet, the royalty from which amounted to £7,466 12s. Bd., an increase over last year's revenue of £3,404. Ihere were prepared in duplicate and issued thirty-seven sawmill licenses. I may here mention that the form of licenses now in use is defective, inasmuch as they contain no information either in reference to Acts, conditions, or regulations under which they are issued and held. To rectify this I have under consideration and in course of preparation a new form, which I will forward snortly for your perusal. . .... Only two licenses were forfeited during the year for non-compliance with the conditions, but, as you are aware, a number of extensions of time was granted, otherwise the forfeitures would have been considerable. , . , Although but few sawmill licenses had been issued, I induced a number of holders of workedout areas, by letter, to abandon these areas, thus making them available for issue of ordinary • licenses to the general public for hewing sleepers, cutting mining props, stakes, posts, firewood, &c. 137 such licenses were issued during the year, a number (forty-two) greater than that of last year bringing in a revenue of £212 19s. 10d., and exceeding the previous year's transaction by a sum ot £25 ' Up to the 22nd March last the regulations under " The New Zealand State Forests Act, 1885 "and the regulations under " The Land Act, 1892," prohibited ordinary licenses being issued in this land district during the months of January and February; and consequently hewers, firewood-cutters, and post-splitters were debarred from working in the forests during these months. This was felt to be a hardship by the settlers and such men as generally make their living at bushwork; but I am pleased to say this restriction has now been removed, as it was clearly evident that no harm would be done by removing it, but, on the contrary, that a great benefit worild be conferred on a large number of men in this district who live principally by their labours in the forests. John Hay, Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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APPENDIX lI.—SUEVEYS.

EXTEACTS FEOM THE BEPORTS OF CHIEF SURVEYOES ON THE SUBVEY OPERATIONS FOB THE TWELVE MONTHS ENDED 31st MABCH, 1902.

AUCKLAND. Minor Triangulation and Topographical Surveys. —The return under this heading shows a total of 605,570 acres, at a mean cost of 0-57 d. per acre, 347,670 acres being done for the Urewera Commission, which completes the work in the Urewera District. Rural and Suburban. —The area surveyed is 144,525 acres, the number of sections 671, at a cost of l-465. per acre, the cost being almost the same as last year; included in the area is 580 acres, surveyed into 198 sections for five workmen's homes, under the Land for Settlements Act. The staff surveyors have contributed 128,867 acres, at a cost of l-375. per acre, 82,826 acres being in the Kawhia County. Town Section Survey. —This return of 307 acres, divided into 262 allotments, at a cost of 13s. per allotment, being the survey of Mihi Township ; of 196 allotments at the junction of the Waikato Eiver and Waiotapu Stream ; and forty-two allotments for residence-sites, Waiomo Township, and twenty-three allotments in the Drury Township. Native Land Court Surveys. —Seventy-one blocks, having a total of 157,207 acres, at a cost of 3-76 d. per acre, most of the work being for subdivision orders or Crown awards. In addition to the above total there were forty-four blocks surveyed, having a total area of 92,635 acres, the cost of which is paid for privately, the grand total of the Native Land Court surveys being 115 blocks having a total area of 249,842 acres, the greater portion of the work being in the King-country. The authorised surveyors have on hand about 480,000 acres, chiefly in the Eangitoto-Tahua Block. Gold-mining Surveys. —There is still a falling-off in area in these surveys, the area being 2,029 acres, costing s'o2s. per acre for twenty-six claims, the number of plans received under the Mining Districts Land Occupation Act being twenty-one. Roads. —The staff surveyors have surveyed 179-10 miles of roads at a mean cost of £11-42 per mile, and have about 114 miles in hand. Other Work. —The total, £3,128 os. 9d., is made up as follows : Inspections, redefining old boundaries, road-grading, Bangers' reports, measuring timber, river traverse for Urewera Commission, reports for Warden, traverse of Botoiti and Botoehu Lakes, &c. Inspection. —Mr. L. Cussen reports that the work done by the staff surveyors has been found to be uniformly good, no errors approaching the limit allowed being disclosed ; and, with one exception, the work of the private surveyors under inspection was found very satisfactory, that of Messrs. Harrison and Foster being of a high standard. Mr. H. D. M. Haszard also reports that, with one exception, the work of the private surveyors was found satisfactory in the Hauraki Mining District. Field-work in Progress. —The staff, consisting of eighteen surveyors, have in hand about 200,000 acres of rural land, 540 acres of town sections, and 420 acres for workmen's homes. During the ensuing year the staff will continue the work in Kawhia, Opotiki, and Whakatane Counties, also in Tutamoe, Maketu, Ngongotaha Districts, and other scattered districts. Land Transfer Surveys. —2os plans were examined and approved, comprising 1,015 subdivisions, containing a total area of 40,063 acres. There are twenty plans in the office, the examination of which is not yet complete. Office-work. —There have been twenty-nine Native Land Court plans and 197 sectional and township plans received and checked. Ninety-two plans for 85 miles of roads taken, and forty-four plans for 54 miles of roads closed have been checked and recorded. 501 plans were indorsed on Native Land Court orders, and 2,781 plans on leases and certificates of title. Five county maps, three townships, and eleven 20-chain maps were drawn for lithographing, and published here. The current work for the year was very heavy. Credits for work done for other departments amount to £3,694 lis. 6d., and 1,277 vouchers have been passed amounting to £28,658 Is. sd. During the past year many departmental changes have taken place in this office. The severance of the Eoads branch, the promotions and removals, involved the loss of several good officers, and in consequence some of the office-work has fallen somewhat in arrear, which to overtake may require the granting of some temporary additional assistance. G. Mueller, Assistant Surveyor-General.

HAWKE'S BAY. Topographical Survey. —The only work returned under this heading is an area of 198,858 acres, being surveys in the Urewera Country made by Mr. L. C. Beay for the Urewera Commission. The survey of 51,000 acres was partly completed last year. These surveys are situated in a rough forest country, and in a Native district, and Mr. Beay is to be congratulated in having completed his survey to the satisfaction of the Natives and the Commissioners. Minor Triangulation. —The area surveyed is 36,980 acres at a cost of 094 d. an acre;

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15,000 acres of this was partly completed last year, and Mr. J. A. Eobertson has completed the field-work of 58,000 acres, which is not returned owing to the plans not being completed, the work being breaking down the major triangulation to govern his surveys of the Milbourne Estate. The area returned as completed is breaking down from the major triangulation by Messrs. Hay, McAlister, Stevenson, Farnie, and Eobertson, to check their settlement surveys in the Mangatoro, Motuotaria, and Buataniwha districts. Rural and Suburban. —The area surveyed is 52,969 acres at a cost of 0-98 d. an acre, and the field-work of 34,412 acres is completed, but not included in the return, the plans not being deposited, and will be carried on till next year, being portion of the subdivisional survey of Forest Gate by Mr. Hay and the survey of the Milbourne Estate by Mr. J. A. Eobertson. Of the area returned 48,085 acres is portion of the Hatuma Settlement, and the subdivisional survey of Manga-a-toro, Kumeroa, and Forest Gate, by Messrs. Hay, Brook, McAlister, Stevenson, Farnie, and Eobertson, and portion of the Euahine Block surveyed by Mr. Farnie, and 4,884 acres surveyed by Mr. Dalziell in the Nuhaka District, being Crown awards roaded and subdivided for settlement. Town Section Surveys. —lncluded under this heading is the survey of the Waipiro Native Township by Mr. O'Byan. It contains 497 acres, and has been subdivided into 127 allotments, at a total cost of £319 os. 6d. The town section returned was a survey by Mr. Stevenson of an allotment in the Town of Dannevirke for a drill-shed. Native Land Court Surveys. —The area surveyed by the staff is 12,376 acres, at a cost of 0-795. an acre, .being Crown awards in the Poverty Bay District, Mr. Boddick having surveyed 7,889 acres at a cost of 0-665. an acre, and Mr. Dalziell 4,487 acres at a cost of l-02s. an acre. Authorised surveyors have surveyed sixty-seven blocks of a total area of 32,971 acres at the cost of the Native owners, so that the total surveyed during the year by staff and authorised surveyors is 45,347 acres, which is less than last year. Road Surveys. —The total surveyed by the staff is 48 miles at a cost of £12-09 a mile. The field-work of 12J miles is also completed, but not returned, the plans not having been deposited, being portion of Poroporo-Tikitiki Eoad surveyed by Mr. Eoddick. Of the work returned Mr. Dalziell has surveyed 21-| miles at an average cost of £10-87 a mile, and Mr. Eoddick 26J miles at an average cost of £13-11 a mile, all in the Poverty Bay District, and generally being roads to open up Crown lands. Under this heading, but which does not show in the report, are the necessary engineering surveys in connection with the co-operative works, supervision of the work, and the preparing of engineering drawings and specifications. Authorised surveyors have surveyed 56 miles under the Public Works Act, &c, making a total surveyed by staff and authorised surveyors of 104 miles, which is nearly double that surveyed last year. Other Work. —Under this heading is included field inspections, reports on blocks, redefining section boundaries, &c, and miscellaneous work which cannot be classed under any of the usual headings. Field Inspections. —Very few field inspections have been made during this year, the District Surveyors at Gisborne and Napier having been too much occupied on other duties to spare the time for this necessary work, but where thought necessary a few inspections have been made, generally with satisfactory results. Summary of Year's Operations. —During the year nine survey parties have been employed and two contract surveyors, who have surveyed 198,858 acres of topographical survey, 36,980 acres of minor triangulation, 52,969 acres rural and suburban, 497 acres town section survey, 12,376 acres of Native Land Court surveys (subdivisional), and 48 miles of road. They have also completed a considerable amount of field-work in the various classes, which is not returned owing to the plans not being completed. A number of inspections and reports have been made by staff surveyors, who have also been employed inspecting and making the necessary engineering surveys in connection with the co-operative road-works. Authorised surveyors have surveyed 32,971 acres of Native land, being subdivisional surveys, 56 miles of roads under the Public Works Act, &c, and 109 surveys, of a total area of 106,188 acres, under the Land Transfer Act, the plans of which have all been examined and recorded. There is a considerable increase in this class of surveys over last year. Proposed Operations for 1902-3. —The work for the coming year will be the survey and the roading for settlement of Crown awards and estates taken by the Crown, extending the triangulation over portion of the district not yet triangulated, a standard survey of Clyde Township, and road surveys. Messrs. Boddick and Dalziell will be employed in the Poverty Bay District surveying and roading for settlement, Crown awards, and road surveys ; Mr. Hay on the extension of the triangulation inspections, and subdivision of acquired estates for settlement ; Mr. Brook on the standard survey of Clyde Township and settlement surveys. Messrs. Stevenson and Farnie have some small surveys to complete at Hatuma and Manga-a-toro Settlements, on the completion of which I do not anticipate that I shall have work for these officers unless some more estates are acquired for settlement. Office-work. —Office-work in all branches is on the increase. 249 plans have been received, checked, and recorded ; 1,854 plans have been indorsed upon certificates of title, Court orders, leases, &c.; and 391 tracings made for the Land- and Income-tax Department. 820 maps, which were in a dilapidated condition, have been mounted and repaired. We have also had the usual amount of work in connection with co-operative contract road-work, which involves a large amount of work of which there is no record. Miscellaneous. —Some changes have been made in the staff, District Surveyor L. Smith having been transferred to Wellington, District Surveyor F. S. Smith being appointed District Surveyor and Land Officer at Poverty Bay, and Mr. McAlister has been transferred to Nelson District. Eric C. Gold Smith, Chief Surveyor.

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TAEANAKI. Minor Triangulation. —6o,4oo acres, chiefly subsidiary work, has been completed, at an average cost of l-sd. per acre, by Messrs. Bullard, Frith, Morpeth, and Watson, mainly for the purposes of governing the sectional surveys upon which they were engaged. The work lay, generally speaking, in broken forest country in four or five different districts. Rural and Suburban. —As anticipated by my predecessor in his last year's report, the survey of rural and suburban land exceeds in area the previous record in this district by some 20,000 acres, the work, as detailed in the table, showing 76,705 acres, subdivided into 119 sections, at a cost, of T73s. per acre. Nearly the whole of this area is in broken forest, some of which was very difficult of access, the surveys of Messrs. Bullard, Watson, Murcott, Sladden, Laing, and Oldfield being exceptionally arduous, and the year's output by these officers is very creditable indeed, whilst traverse closures, with an average error of l - 04 per mile on meridian, and 0-97 on perpendicular, shows that, notwithstanding the rough character of the land being surveyed, it has been kept well within the limit of error allowed by the departmental regulations. Roads, Railways, and Water-races. —Under this heading appears 29J miles of road and railway surveys completed at an average cost of £13-48 per mile, most of which being charges against other departments. These are, generally speaking, deviations of old roads, roads in use, or those taken through Native lands, in exercise of the Governor's powers under the Native Land and Public Works Acts. The railway portion is a redefinition of parts of the proposed Stratford route of the North Island Main Trunk Railway, executed generally in connection with other surveys. Other Work. —This includes the usual and general miscellaneous duties incidental to surveywork, the principal items in connection therewith being inspection-work, mainly for other departments, the cost of which has been recovered. The subdivision of land under the Land for Settlements Act has also necessitated several small expenses, such as a caretaker at Tokaora Settlement, repairing fences, &c. Several roads have also been inspected and reported on for the Eoads Department, and a considerable amount of standard survey and back-pegging has been done by our surveyors, all of which has been necessary and useful, involving a total expenditure of £249 16s. Inspections. —Under my predecessor's instructions, the senior District Surveyor, Mr. Skeet, made seven inspections of the different staff surveyors' work, and Mr. Skinner, Land Transfer Draughtsman, has examined the work of three different surveyors. In all cases the field-work has been found satisfactory. During the two months that I have been in actual charge, I have myself visited the whole of the field staff except Mr. Laing, going over roads and examining generally the country opened and being opened for settlement. I have at the same time made visits over the Upper Waitotara, Patea, and Whenuakura Districts, the country between Stratford and the Upper Tangarakau, and the Ohura portion of the King-country, which I reached by going overland through Taranaki via Mokau, Awakino, Te Kuiti, and Ongarue. I have also made several shorter visits in the neighbourhood of Mount Egmont, Opunake, Hawera, and Upper Waitara, interviewing the settlers, and gaining knowledge generally of the requirements of the district. I feel that I should like to have done more in this direction, but the changes in the office staff and the preparation of yarious returns asked for at this time of the year rendered my presence in New Plymouth very often desirable. As soon, however, as practicable I will go over other portions of the district, particularly the back settlements, where our most struggling settlers are located. Field-work in progress and proposed for Next Year. — The major triangulation in progress comprises a number of triangles round Mount Egmont, which Mr. District Surveyor Skeet has in hand ; but this officer has been unfortunate in weather. He still hopes, however, before the winter sets in to complete his observations, the area being about 200,000 acres. When this is done, the whole of the major triangulation will be finished; and, in connection with this work, Mr. Skeet suggests the measurement of a new base of verification, the length of which will be about 10 miles, the locality being between Manaia and Eltham. In the minor triangulation class of survey I hardly expect that there will be any necessity for extension, except in regard to subsidiary points necessary to govern current settlement operations, so that I anticipate that practically the whole of the staff will be available for settlement work, and distributed somewhat as follows : Mr. District Surveyor Skeet will probably be employed in completing major triangulation round Mount Egmont, extending standard surveys north of Hawera, also combining the survey of road-deviations in settled districts with the laying-down of standard lines of reference for subsequent Land Transfer and other surveys.- A proportion of the cost of deviation-work will be refunded by the Department of Eoads. He will also take up miscellaneous sectional work, having in hand about 2,000 acres north of Ureti, and this will probably be increased. Mr. Bullard is employed on about 30,000 acres (partly Crown lands and partly revision of defective magnetic surveys) in Opaku, Omona, and Taurakawa Districts. It may be advisable, however, to postpone the revision-work for another season, and take advantage of his services in opening up Crown lands, say, between the Upper Tongaporutu and Ohura Country, as the development of the latter district is an undertaking that is deservedly attracting attention from the public as a new field for settlement. What is actually wanted first, however, is to complete the through road connection between Stratford and Ohura, as also to connect the Moki and Ohura Eoads, and explore and make a road from the Upper Tongaporutu to Ohura, thus practically welding our road systems for the greater portion of the land district. When this is done, very large areas, both of surveyed and unsurveyed Crown lands, would at once be made available for all classes of settlement. Mr. Frith, who is going on six months' leave of absence, when he takes the field again, will be employed in Ohura, and about 5,000 acres will be as much as he is likely to overtake in the coming year. Messrs. Murcott, Watson, and Morpeth will be employed in the same locality. At present the combined area in their hands for settlement survey amounts to about 43,000 acres, of which perhaps 25,000 acres will be completed during the season. Mr. Sladden (who has the field-work of some 3,000 acres 7—C. 1.

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quite complete, but not returned this year, as the maps are unfinished) has on hand 19,000 acres near Whangamomona, to the east and west of the Stratford-Ohura Eoads, and I have no doubt but this exceptionally energetic officer will have 10,000 or 12,000 acres of this area to his credit at the end of the year. Mr. Laing will continue his present block in the Upper Tongaporutu District of about 25,000 acres, of which he will possibly complete 15,000 acres. Mr. Oldfield will continue his work in the Upper Whenuakura District, and will finish the remaining 14,000 acres that he has on hand, and which will complete the sectionizing of the old Kaitangiwhenua Block. Office-work. Examination of Plans. —The plans passing through this branch, under Mr. Carrington's charge, were as follows : Ninety sectional plans of settlement surveys, comprising 127 sections, 82,464 acres; three trig, plans, 43,000 acres ; ten road plans, 10£ miles ; eight railway plans, 25 miles ; three miscellaneous plans, 6,000 acres : making a total of 114 plans, comprising a gross area of 125,464 acres and 35-J miles of roads and railways. The traverse reduction sheets for the whole of this work numbered 345. It is only fair to the computer, Mr. Carrington, to state that he recomputes, single-handed, the whole of the survey-work put into his hands for examination. Compilations. —ln this district I find the state of these to be somewhat as follows : Twentyseven Crown-grant record-maps of survey districts and forty maps of towns and villages have been made. The arrears comprise eight maps ; but as there is no sectional work in these districts, and as the land is at present mostly Native, this class of recording is practically complete, and there are no actual arrears with the exception of keeping transactions up to date. Thirteen road record-maps are finished, but, in addition to eight on which there is at present no sectional work, fourteen still require to be compiled. Twenty-six out of twenty-nine 80-chain lithographs of survey districts have been made, leaving only three at present necessary, as there is no settlement on the remainder. All 40-chain district maps in settled country are up to date. Altogether 208 block sheets have been prepared out of a total of 296 where there are sectional surveys, leaving eighty-eight, on which there is more or less section-work done, still to complete ; of these five are in hand. Fourteen sale lithographic tracings have been prepared by Mr. Gordon, who, in fact, attends to practically all drawings required for photo-lithography. Land Transfer Work. —During the year 135 Land Transfer plans, comprising 533 sections and subdivisions of an area of 10,912 acres 1 rood 38-91 perches, were checked and approved. The tabulated returns, as compared with last year's report, show a slight diminution. Perhaps this may be caused somewhat by owners at present being unwilling to cut up land, under the conditions and restrictions imposed by " The Public Works Act Amendment Act, 1900," as to width of streets and the liability for constructing the same. Trig. Maps. —Of these there are standard maps of the whole land district, except in seven districts, where there is little or no work at present. Of course triangulation extends all over the province. Reserves, " Thirds " and " Fourths," Maps, &c. —During the coming year I propose having compiled special maps in counties and road districts to show all reserves in the land district, together with a special ledger with a view to defining what is to be done with all reserves with regard to gazetting, vesting, leasing, or other disposal. Maps to illustrate the expenditure of "thirds" and "fourths" are also being prepared. A start has been made on both these very necessary proposals. Shortly after my arrival here, Mr. Pollen, Chief Draughtsman, was promoted to the Chief Draughtsmanship in the Auckland Office. His departure from this district was very much regretted not only on account of his thorough knowledge of all Lands and Survey administration, but also of the kindly and courteous manner in which he carried out his important duties. He is succeeded by Mr. John Langmuir, an Otago District Surveyor of acknowledged experience and ability. In conclusion, I have much pleasure in placing on record my appreciation of the willing and zealous aid extended to me by all members of the staff since I have taken charge of the Taranaki Land District, which has materially lessened my labours here. James Mackenzie, Chief Surveyor.

WELLINGTON. The gross area surveyed during the year under the various headings is approximately 176,877 acres, besides 127 miles of roads and railways. The particulars are as follows : — Topographical. —Messrs. Morice and Lewis have in hand 81,000 acres in the eastern part of the Awarua Block, and 57,000 acres on the North Waimarino Block respectively, which may be considered to come under this class of surveying. Triangulation. —Mr. Lowe has an area of about 1,716,000 acres of major triangulation in the Eangitikei-Manawatu District in hand, including an area of about 348,000 acres of minor triangulation, covering country which was once flat bush land ; this will enable the whole of the old trig, work to be brought into harmony by means of the Eay trace. Rural and Suburban. —The chief surveys of this class have been the Maungaraki Settlement, an extension of the Korokoro Settlement, Belmont District; Linton's Estate, Eangitoto District, for close settlement; Crown Lands at Kai Iwi, Kaitieke, and along the hills of the Euahine Eange. Town. —The surveys under this class have been the Mowhanau Township in the Kai Iwi Block, containing 22 acres, subdivided into 119 allotments, at a cost of 14585. per allotment (the survey was much delayed owing to the high wind prevalent) ; the Mataroa Township, Ohinewairua District, containing 165 acres, subdivided into 154 allotments, at a cost of £1 2s. 6d. per allotment; also an extension of Taihape, at a cost of £39 Bs. sd.

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Native Land Court. —Twenty-six blocks, comprising ninety-two subdivisions, containing 13,747 acres, were surveyed by private surveyors ; and seven blocks, comprising 137 subdivisions, containing 233,636 acres in which the Government is interested, having advanced the cost of surveys or undertaken the same by staff officers and taken out liens in the Native Land Court. So that the total surveyed by staff and authorised surveyors is 247,383 acres. Roads and Railways. —The 127 miles traversed and mapped comprise 19 miles of the North Island Main Trunk Eailway, 11 miles of which have only the field-work completed, and is carried forward to next year. The principal object of the road surveys has been to secure the dedication of them to public use, and to establish permanent points of reference throughout the district. Other Work. —This includes the general miscellaneous work incidental to survey operations and inspections of surveys, timber assessments, explorations, extension of standard and alignment surveys, valuations and reports, road-deviations, and subdivisions of selectors' holdings. Inspection of Surveys. —Mr. Inspector J. D. Climie reports that he inspected eighteen surveys during the year, for the purposes of the Land Transfer and Native Land Court Acts; he also made fifteen valuations for advances to settlers, at a total cost of £211 13s. 10d. Generally, the work on examination was found to be satisfactory. In a few cases only corrections had to be made. Office-work. —Apart from much of the routine of office duties, which it would be impossible to enumerate, I may state that throughout the year 134 plans of sectional and Native surveys, containing 176,877 acres, were received. 148 plans, comprising 700 allotments, containing 272,857 acres, were approved, reduced, and recorded on Crown-grant and Land Office maps. Nineteen drawings and tracings were prepared for photo-lithography, five county lithos. prepared showing the tenures, and two 40-chain district maps of Penoarrow and Belmont Districts were completed. Eive new road-record maps showing net areas, three Crown-grant maps, and two plans of North Island Main Trunk Railway were compiled, and three 40-chain trig, maps completed. Reservations of Land. —During the year the reserves ledgers have been kept np to date, also index and detail maps of each county posted up. All reserves have been gazetted, and those usually placed under the control of local bodies have been recommended for vesting. "Thirds" and "Fourths." —The duty of handing over to the local authorities the due proportion of rents under the various systems, as laid down by "The Land Act, 1892," was systematically carried out. 252 proposals for expenditure on roads, bridges, &c, were made by the local bodies. These were examined, and 202 were submitted for the consideration and approval of the Land Board. Eight certificates for hypothecation were also submitted for approval of the Board, and issued under the sign-manual of the Chairman. The amount of "thirds " and " fourths "to the credit of local bodies in the Receiver-General's Deposit Account was £19,798 15s. 6d. on the 31st March last. In the face of this accruing accumulation, which is chiefly due to the action of some half-dozen of the local bodies refraining from making proposals for the expenditure of the funds at their disposal, the Land Board has brought under the notice of the Surveyor-General the advisability of bringing before the Hon. the Minister of Lands the need for amendment of the Land Act, so as to enable the Roads Department to undertake the expenditure of accumulated " thirds " and " fourths " that local bodies neglect to spend, although the settlers where " thirds " and " fourths " moneys are lying idle, in many instances, are undergoing much hardship for want of improved road-communication. Land Transfer Office, Survey Branch. —342 working-plans were received, showing an increase of twenty-two over last year, but a decrease in the transfers and other instruments. Over 1,200 Land Transfer plans have been mounted and repaired, as a number of the plans were in a dilapidated condition. Titles. —The officers intrusted with the duties of preparing leases, licenses, and warrants report that 195 leases, thirty-eight licenses, and 207 freehold titles were prepared and issued. The arrears on the 31st March amounted to forty-three titles. Proposed Operations for 1902-3. — Six staff and five temporary surveyors are at present engaged on field-work in different parts of the district. 317,390 acres of subdivisional surveys are in hand, consisting mainly of pastoral lands in large sections. Mr. Climie will continue the inspections where necessary, and be available for other work as required. Mr. Lowe will complete the reobservations of the major and minor triangulation in the Rangitikei-Manawatu District, which will take him a considerable time to finish. Mr. Thompson has in hand the roading and subdivision of the Taonui and Maraetaua Blocks in the Ngamatea District. Mr. Wheeler will complete the sectional survey of the Rangitatau Id Block, Nukumaru District. Mr. McKay has the roading required through the Raketapauma Block in hand, and Mr. Strachan will complete the subdivision of the Retaruke Kirikau Blocks. These surveys will take the greater part of the current year to complete. Mr. Mountfort will take up the standard survey of Masterton, and Messrs. Morice and Lewis will continue the explorations and roading of parts of the Awarua and Waimarino Blocks respectively. Messrs. Marchant and Girdlestone, Assistant Surveyors, will for the time being assist Messrs. Thompson and Wheeler with their sectional surveys. Miscellaneous. —The usual demands made on the office staff were attended to. These comprised the supplying of information to the public generally, and of data for the execution of surveys by staff surveyors and others. 225 general and Native plans, including tracings, fifty-one sale plans, 190 applications, ten block sheets, and 124 lithos. were mounted, and twenty-five plans repaired, reducing and recording data on maps, and a multitude of other duties. More good draughtsmen are required to overtake the large arrears —viz., about seventy-four 40-chain district maps, 750 new block sheets, the completion of trig, maps, standard surveys, and townships; also preparation of plans for reduction by photo-lithography. 1,257 block sheets have been bound with silk and repaired, and nine 10-chain tracings of old plans have been made in order to prevent loss through old age and dilapidation. I took charge of the Wellington District Survey Office on the Ist January last, the late Chief Surveyor, Mr. J. W. A. 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NELSON. Triangulation and Topography.—The work done this year was executed by Messrs Muir and Wilson and was for the special purpose of commanding sectional surveys made by them in the Motupiko and Buller Valleys. J Rural and. Suburban:—With the exception of the area returned by Mr. J. D. Thomson which was land applied for under Part 111. of "The Land Act, 1892" (situate chiefly in the Pelorus Sound), the surveys were executed for persons who had occupied areas within the Midland authoT_S T% . 4 T .£ST. ICenB6 ' and Wh ° W6re entitled " The Midland Authorised Area Band Settlement Act, 1900," to a more permanent tenure. Towns.— Thj j workof this class which has been done during the year consists in the survey of 133 sections on the reclaimed land at Westport, forty-nine sections at Omau Township, near Cape Foul wind and fifteen sections at Township of Birchfield, all done by Mr. Snodgrass, the whole of which will be put up to auction shortly. There were resurveys of portions of the Towns of Beefton Uulwer, and Hampden (now known by postal authorities as Murchison) respectively which had not been defined since the original magnetic surveys made years ago Mining Survey s.-T)mmg the past year there "has been very little of this class of work done in the district. The work during the past twelve months has been the survey of twenty-seven sections or claims and, with the exception of two which were done by staff surveyors, were executed by authorised surveyors they receiving the fees lodged in the Warden's Court. There are now a good many dredges at work in the district and the mean average produce of gold per week is about 26 oz which allows a margin of profit to be distributed amongst the shareholders to assist in repaying their outlay. The outlay upon a dredge is between £8,000 and £10 000 Road Surveys.-The roads traversed comprise chiefly portions of the main coach-road Belgrove to Eeefton, &c, situate in the Clarke, Hope, and Upper Buller Valleys, which had not formerly been surveyed. It was therefore found necessary to do so, in order to locate selections which have recently been taken up, and also to make our office maps complete Other Wor *--Under this heading the principal items are surveys in hand at the close of the year notably the Sherry and Slippery Valleys, in the Tadmor Survey District, whereabout 6 000 acres may be sectioned, the land being all fairly good. At the present time Mr. Sadd and staff are prospecting for a road through the block, so when that is fixed upon sections will be laid off to the best advantage, having the road as a frontage. Trigonometrical and to_nc.r_nl.jVal extension up the Matakitaki Valley Eoad, in Central Bullfr District, Z 1 the ectionizTng^fc ock between Mokihmui and Little Wanganui Elvers, are also in hand ; other items being the various inspections and reports for Land Board, inspection of surveys, roads, &c; also general expenditure connected with the district offices at Eeefton and Westport eapennicure Proposed Operations, 1902-3.-The completion of trigonometrical and topographical survey to connect between Murchison and the Maruia Plains, vid Matakitaki Valley, and also of road surveys whicn I estimated, say, forty miles. Of rural lands there are about 48,000 acres wh°ch it is proposed to cut up into suitable allotments for selection under the optional system' It is also proposed to open up a block of Crown lands of about 40,000 acres in the Totaranui'Survey District on the selection-before-survey system, and from what information I have been able to gather most of it is only suitable for sheep-farms, so would have to be taken up in large areas It will therefore be requisite to have the country classified, reserves made for forest conservation' and reserves for other public purposes, &c, and roads. ana Office-work-There has been a good deal of extra work thrown upon the office staff during the year in connection with the opening up of the Midland authorised area and the disposal.ofriands within same ; also searching titles and preparing plans, &_., for E.vers Commission, and the transfer o the Nelson portion of the Grey County to Westland, which entailed a great deal of copying of plans and documents; work o preparing index-maps for Valuation Department, tracings in con nection with the Ne son Harbour endowment, calculations of trig, stations to determine correct coast-line ; the collection of data for Year-book ; returns of timber lands, and other similar work tracings for sale-maps, besides about 430 miscellaneous tracings. ' W. G. Murray, Chief Surveyor.

MAELBOEOUGH. Minor Triangulation and Topography. -Under this heading Mr. Buckeridge has returned 511,400 acres of the Clarence Valley and Seaward Kaikouras. Mr. Carkeek 36 400 acres of the north-western portion of the district. The average cost of the whole was 142 dl.'per Rural and Suburban.—Seventy rural sections, embracing 75,873 acres, have been surveyed this year at an average cost of a little over lOd. per acre. This comparatively smTll price "s explained by the fact of the Waipapa Block being included. This block contains 54 542 acres and is subdivided into only nine runs. o_,o__ acres, Town Sections.-The only town sections surveyed this year are a few in the town of Kaikoura Native Land Court Surveys.-There was no work under this heading rvaujoura. Gold-mming Surveys.-Eleven claims, containing 844 acres, were surveyed during the year o_tTd?ptfr eyorS ' aQ C ° St ° f ab ° Ut ss ' 9d ' this ' however wfs paid" for Road Surveys.-Altogethex 32 miles of road surveys were returned in various parts of the district. The average cost was a little over £13 a mile. various parts oi tne Other Work.—The principal expenditure under this head was incurred in connection with the district office at Kaikoura, which was the headquarters of the surveys in that locality

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Field Inspections. —During the past year I have made seven visits to the field surveyors in their camps. I have also made nineteen other visits of inspection as follows :To nursery-sites, 2; scenic reserves, 4; forest, cemetery, and other reserves, 4; lands applied for, 3 ; school-site, 1 ; Seddon water-supply, 2 ; and road survey, 1. I also paid a visit to Kaikoura, where a meeting of the Land Board was held, and a ballot also ; and, as a member of the Eivers Commission, I visited Bartlett's Creek, with a view to its being made a channel for the deposit of tailings. In addition Mr. F. E. Greenfield, of the office staff, inspected the field-work of five Land Transfer surveys near Blenheim. Proposed Operations for 1902-3. —The completion of the triangulation that Mr. Buckeridge is now engaged on will occupy one surveyor for the whole of next season ; and it is important that it should be finished without delay, as a good many advance stations have been erected. I anticipate that with work now on hand, and what may reasonably be expected to come in, Mr. Gillies and Mr. McFarland will have ample work to keep them going for the whole of the season. Mr. Maitland has work on hand now that will take him till the end of June, or perhaps July. It is probable that other work will turn up to keep him employed during the rest of the season. Mr. A. Simpson will be kept busy during the season with work in the Sounds, or near thereto. Mr. T. W. Hughes has still some field-work to do near Kaikoura; and with your approval I should like him to carry out a standard traverse over the flat suburban districts round Kaikoura. There are also the standard surveys of Blenheim, Picton, and Havelock, which are urgently required, and which should be undertaken as soon as possible. Office-work. —Mr. Armstrong, Chief Draughtsman, reports as follows : During the last three years a continuous effort has been made to complete the publication of all district lithographs. Up to date nineteen districts have been completed, seven of them during this year. The publication of these maps was more urgently needed than any others, and the lack of them caused a considerable amount of extra office-work. Completed maps of the Sounds and Kaikoura Counties have been compiled from these lithographs, and in many other ways they have considerably facilitated the work of the office. Besides the above, there are thirteen other districts, but eight of these comprise old magnetic surveys, lithographs of which are published, and only five of them include modern surveys to necessitate republication. I hope to have these maps published during next year. Good progress was made in the compilation of block sheets, but there are yet arrears to be overtaken in this work, and also in the compilation of Land Transfer and secondary-record maps. An effort will be made next year to overtake these arrears ; but I would like to point out that there is no room left in our strong-room for any more record-maps; it is now filled to its utmost limit —in fact, inconveniently crowded with books and maps—and until extra accommodation is provided any new record-maps that are made will be unprotected from fire. That the officework in all branches is steadily increasing is evidenced by the fact that during the last three years the number of settlers on our books has increased from 429 to 724. All leases of Crown lands and certificates of title for the Land Transfer Department have, however, been promptly issued and registered, and all the current clerical work has been kept up to date.

WESTLAND. Topographical Survey. —-Under this heading is 79,800 acres of new country, which was fixed by Messrs. Smyth, Wilson, and Brook, and serves to fill up certain gaps in the district maps we hope to send forward for publication at an early date. Mr. Explorer Douglas has also exploited the block between the Poerua and Wataroa Bivers, holding the features with compass and aneroid, and producing a map replete with the fullest information alike valuable to the lumberer, miner, settler, and scientist. Rural and Suburban. —An area of 10,109 acres, consisting of sixty-five sections, has been finished during the year at a mean cost of L9s. per acre, a somewhat heavy average due to the wet season, rough wooded country, and the scattered nature of the allotments. These surveys were executed by Messrs. Wilson, Brook, Muir, Ledger, and the late Mr. Smyth, and are in every way most faithfully and skilfully executed. Gotd-mining Survey. —During the year 990 acres (fifty-three special claims) have been surveyed by Messrs. Macfarlane, Young, Newton, and Houston, contract surveyors, who were nominated and paid by the applicants. Road Survey. —Mr. Wilson completed two proposed deviations of the Boss Eoad at Eimu and 2 miles of detailed survey of a proposed roadway through the swamp at the Poerua Settlement. The late Mr. Smyth finished 5 miles of road survey at south end of Lake Brunner, and If miles of a deviation of the main Christchurch Eoad at Blake Eiver. The continuously-flooded state of most of these localities greatly enhanced the cost and hindered the progress of the work. Other Work. —ln Mr. Wilson's case, this is made up of inspection, plans, tracings, &c, of protection-works at Waitaha and Poerua Eivers; of proposed Township of Paroa; of bridge contract at Dobson ; and of timber areas at Coal Creek in connection with the State coal-mine. The two other items represent 7 miles of standard traverse by the late Mr. Smyth. Office-work. —Consequent on the rush of work induced by the change of district and the opening of the land previously locked up in the Midland Eailway Eeservation, with the necessary check and record of mining-claim plans and the preparation of various maps, &c, for the Eoads Department, we have only been able to keep somewhat abreast of these demands. Our other draughting has meanwhile remained in abeyance. Work Proposed for Next Year. —Mr. Wilson will undertake sectional surveys on the Upper Teramakau Valley, in the Kokotahi and Waimea Districts. Mr. Muir will attend to survey of selections in the Grey Valley, at Lake Brunner and adjoining Kumara. In the far south there is ample work for a third surveyor also. This scheme will require modification unless a Eoad

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Surveyor is appointed, as che inspections* surveys, and supervision of over a hundred different roadworks, scattered over 280 miles, demand much time and close attention. Mr. Douglas will continue his explorations and delineation of coastal country at present terra incognita. On the 31st December last Mr. J. N. Smyth " passed ahead," and the Department lost one of its most conscientious servants. He was connected with the survey of Westland almost from its inception, and experienced for many years all the discomforts connected with the pioneer work of this rough, wild country, through which he was especially skilful in piloting roads. Ever eager to push on with his work, he returned to field-duty before he had recovered from an attack of influenza, and in a few days died from a relapse. When the "Lives of the Surveyors" is written, the name of this soldierly surveyor will stand high on the list. G. J. Roberts, Chief Surveyor.

CANTEEBUEY. Rural and Suburban Surveys.— An area of 19,871 acres is returned as completed work, divided into 131 sections, at l'22s. per acre. The surveys include 18,582 acres of land acquired for settlement, of which area Mr. Broderick surveyed 4,668 acres comprised in the Puhuka Hamlet, and in the Eccleston, Maytown, Baincliff, and Eapuwai Settlements. Mr. McClure prepared the subdivision scheme of the Lyndon No. 2 Settlement, surveyed 10,000 acres, arranged the adjustment of boundaries with the abutting freeholders, and took general supervision of the field-work, Mr. Mathias assisting and surveying the northern portion : the plan of the latter not being completed, the area is carried forward to next year. Mr. Mathias takes credit for 3,914 acres, 50 acres comprising the Kapuatohe Hamlet surveyed this year, and 3,864 acres included in the Kohika Settlement: the fieldwork of the latter was finished during February of 1901. The balance of the total area, 1,289 acres, comprises scattered surveys done by Messrs. Broderick and Mathias of rural sections, reserves, mining, river-bed, and half-caste lands. Town Section Survey. —The only survey under this heading was done by Mr. McClure, being the subdivision of the acquired block of land, part of Bural Section 98, situated to the south of Sydenham, now known as the Tarawahi Hamlet. Road Surveys. —Mr. Brodrick graded and made an engineering survey of the road to be formed through the Pareora No. 2 Settlement, 1 mile 38 chains, and through the Puhuka Hamlet, 28 chains in length; Mr. McClure, 54-J- chains through the Tarawahi Hamlet, and 2| miles of roads through the Lyndon No. 1 Settlement; and Mr. Mathias surveyed 60 chains of new roads to be exchanged for old roads near Lake Ellesmere for the benefit of Crown tenants. Other Work. —The expenditure of £503 ss. 2d. represents the cost of miscellaneous surveys and other duties performed by the surveyors, the principal items being as follows : Mr. Broderick— Bepairing and restoring trig, stations in the Waimate District; surveys and attending the Courts in connection with civil and police cases ; lowering standard stones, and marking off the buildingline for the Customhouse in the Borough of Timaru ; inspecting various bridges and supervising road, drainage, and other works in the South Canterbury settlements; inspecting Mount Cook Road ; marking off tracks for formation up the glaciers, and supervising the restoration of the Hooker Bridge ; defining position of proposed bridge across the Tasman Eiver, and reporting re shortening the route to The Hermitage, &c. Mr. McClure—Survey and report on the drainage of the dairy factory at Cheviot and encroachment of shingle on sections; further survey in connection with access to Mrs. Vanstone's land, Pigeon Bay; survey and attending Supreme Court re the Eyreton murder case; inspecting the Waipara-Cheviot Road contracts; supervising the removal of obstructions from the Tarawahi Hamlet streets ; shingling part of Mackworth Street, Tamai Hamlet; lowering survey-stone 162 in Selwyn Street, Sydenham, &c. Mr. Mathias— Inspected and checked the Land Transfer survey of part of the Eaincliff Estate ; inspecting and reporting on settlement lands offered for sale to the Crown, and on the drainage of the Eoimata Settlement; inspecting and reporting on various roads in the North Canterbury District, &c. Arrears of Mapping. —The completed field-work, not mapped, nor as yet returned, consists of the Kaimahi Settlement, extension of the Hanmer Springs Township, and the northern portion of the Lyndon No .2 Settlement, a total area of about 6,085 acres; and 11 miles 35 chains of standard traverse survey in the Christchurch and Timaru suburbs, the cost chargeable against which at the present date being £548 15s. It is anticipated that the whole of this mapping will be finished in about two months' time, with the exception of that of the standard traverse. Land Transfer Work. —Mr. D. H. Monro, a zealous officer of twenty-eight and a half years' service, twenty-two and a half years of it in charge of the Land Transfer Branch, died, I regret to say, on the 28th of July last, after a brief illness of one week. His successor, Mr. Davis, who took charge on the 23rd of the following month, reports that the number of plans and instruments of title dealt with during the year exceed those of the previous one by about 10 per cent. ; but that, by the able and willing assistance rendered by his assistants in that branch, he has been enabled to bring the records and current work up to date. I have arranged for Mr. Davis to undertake occasional field inspections of Land Transfer surveys, which he will be able to perform without interference with his other duties. I notice in his report that he speaks in the highest terms of the work done by his predecessor, whose demise was without question a great loss to the service. The work done during the year includes 263 plans deposited and checked; 1,098 deeds and other instruments examined as to areas and descriptions, and passed or reported on to the Eegistrar as found necessary ; plans placed on forty-three single copies of certificates of title, on 1,509 in duplicate and on 100 in triplicate, making a total of 3,361 plans drawn on certificates, of which number 1,579 copies were done by contract. There were also six miscellaneous plans compiled.

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Survey Office-work. —During the past year, Mr. Shanks, Chief Draughtsman, was absent for six months on leave owing to serious illness, during which period the supervision of the office-work devolved upon Mr. Burns, who carried out the duties efficiently and satisfactorily. The number of survey plans received from the surveyors was twenty-two large and eleven small; the private surveyors sent in eight of them, defining exchange of lands and lands desired for gravel reservations and other purposes. The staff surveyors' plans delineate the subdivisions of acquired lands and scattered surveys of rural river-bed, reserves and half-caste lands, all of which plans have been examined and checked with the exception of one that shows a part of the Kohika Settlement. The mapping has comprised the compilation and drawing of plans for reproduction by photo-lithography of the Kapuatohe, Puhuka, Tarawahi Hamlets, and the Eccleston, Kaimahi, Maytown, Lyndon No. 2, Eaincliff, Eapuwai Settlements, and the plan of the extension of the Hanmer Springs Township. Other draughting work was floor-plans of the Christchurch Clubhouse and Coker's Hotel required in connection with the Eoyal visit, and the usual routine work of keeping our district and record-maps up-to-date by the compilation of the current work thereon. Plans were draughted on 554 lease-deeds, and on seventy-twc Crown grants and certificates of title. Fourteen of the latter, conveying an area of 15,507 acres, required large and intricate plans, being titles for Midland Eailway areas, a few of the plans taking the draughtsman several days to place on the certificates. This office also undertook the preparation of eight duplicate copies, as it was considered outside the specification to ask the contractor to make the copies at schedule rates. The present arrears of lease and license deeds not issued is about eighty-five, of which number fifty-three have been written and now await checking and the plans placed thereon, leaving thirtytwo recent ones not begun. However, I trust within a short time to have the whole of them prepared and issued. Additional information was placed on several of the record maps, and sixty-six certificates of title recorded thereon. Tracings of thirty deposit plans and 298 tracings delineating 350 transfer dealings were prepared for the Valuation Department, of which numbers two deposit and forty-three of the others were made in the Transfer Branch. With regard to the latter I may mention that it was arranged that the whole of the tracings should be made in the Transfer Office ; but as their work considerably increased the duty was again taken over by this office. Sixty-one valuable tracings of the early Canterbury section and feature traverse surveys were mounted and indexed, and a considerable amount of labour was expended in arranging, lettering, and indexing the survey plans of lands within the Amuri County. Numerous miscellaneous tracings were made for the Land Purchase Board, public bodies and other departments, besides the field tracings supplied to the surveyors and explanatory tracings to attach to correspondence. Proposed Operations for 1902-3. —The work on hand for the present year is small, as the only urgent survey required is the subdivision of the View Hill and Burnt Hill Euns, in the Oxford Survey District, classed as agricultural pastoral lands, about 8,026 acres; the leases expire on the Ist March next, when it is proposed to utilise part of the lands to give extended holdings to the Crown tenants in the locality. Other proposed work is the continuation of the standard traverse surveys in the vicinity of Christchurch and Timaru, and the survey of a few scattered sections, reserves, and mining areas, as opportunity permits, there being no urgency for survey except as regards the latter. There will also be the many surveys that are generally required, though not decided upon at present. No doubt the acquisition of further blocks for settlement will provide ample work to keep the staff surveyors fully employed. Thos. Humphries, Chief Surveyor.

OTAGO. Topographical Surveys. —Mr. District Surveyor Neill returns an area of 48,000 acres surveyed at a cost of per acre. Of this area the field-work of 38,000 acres was completed last year, but was not returned in the annual report. This now completes the work required for the preparation of a plan for the use of the Defence Department. The total area surveyed and mapped was nearly 200,000 acres. Rural and Suburban. —Only 3,631 acres is returned under this heading for the year, divided into 115 sections, and surveyed at an average cost of 3-755. per acre, the principal item in this being Mr. District Surveyor Langmuir's return of 2,195 acres of a resurvey and roading of the Otakou Native Beserve. Owing to faulty work in the original survey of these blocks the relocation of boundary-lines involved much consideration and care. Mr. District Surveyor Wilmot's return of 604 acres was made up of very small areas, and the work was widely scattered. Mr. McCurdie's area of 769 acres is made up of six different surveys, and half the area was in heavy bush country. Messrs. Calder and Mackenzie also surveyed a few small areas in the Upper Taieri, Strath Taieri, and Cromwell Districts. Town Section Surveys. —Eighty-six sections were surveyed at an average cost of 26375. per section, the principal item being Mr. Wilmot's survey of part of the Town of Alexandra. A few sections were also surveyed by Messrs. Langmuir and Neill, in the Town of Oamaru and Township of Hull respectively. Gold-mining Surveys. —As anticipated in last year's report, a very large decrease in this class of work, when compared with last year's return, will be noticeable. Only sixty-five sections or claims, having a total area of 1,835 acres, were surveyed during the year, at an average cost of 4-495. per acre, as against 14,270 acres, representing 367 sections, and costing 4-775. per acre, for last year. The work was nearly all done by private surveyors. Besides the above-mentioned surveys the staff and private surveyors made thirty-six inspections of mining applications for the various Wardens, and furnished them with tracings and reports, &c, on same. The total amount for which vouchers were passed under this heading during the year is £598 12s.

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Roads and Railways. —Mr. District Surveyor Calder returns 12 miles 16 chains of the Otago Central Eailway, making a total of 27J miles of this railway he has surveyed, at a cost of £22 15s. 3d. per mile. The other item in the return is 110 chains of road-grading by Mr. McCurdie in the Catlins and Warepa Districts, through dense bush. Land Transfer. —Fifty-eight plans were received for deposit during the year, and examined, approved, and recorded. Besides these the following instruments of title, &c, were examined and checked : Sixty applications to bring land under the Land Transfer Act, 1,426 transfers, 1,081 mortgages, 291 leases, sixty-six caveats, 274 transmissions, 522 plans on certificates (in duplicate), and 174 certificates in lieu of Crown grants were prepared in triplicate. Other Work. —Mr. Langmuir's expenditure under this head amounts to £283 145., of which £171 represents work done in connection with the resurvey of the Papanui Native Beserve; £21, the cost of inspection of the bridge over the Maruwenua Eiver at Hutton's Crossing; £15, work and time spent in connection with Woodcock's claim on a contract on the Elderslie Estate roads; £21, survey and plan of site of Inch Valley limekiln accident; and the balance engineering surveys and reports. The main item in Mr. Wilmot's amount of £247 4s. 6d. is his leave of absence (six months) on half-pay; £39 9s. 6d. represents various work for the Warden's Court; £30, the revision of the survey and street alignments in part of the Town of Alexandra ; £60, for work in hand, plans of which have not yet been received; and the balance for survey of a road deviation and reports. Mr. Calder's expenditure amounts to £185 lis., of which £92 is salary while on sickleave ; £32 10s. for house-allowance in lieu of quarters; and the balance is for inspections and reports for the Land Board and Warden, also office-work and attendance on the public. Mr. Neill's expenditure amounts to £218 3s. 10d., £25 of which is for office-work, and £192 13s. lid. is the amount charged against unfinished surveys not yet returned. Mr. McCurdie's expenditure amounts to £29 95., being the cost of miscellaneous services performed up to the time of his transfer to the Eoads Department. Office-work. —During the year 180 plans of various kinds were received from the staff and private surveyors, which, with two exceptions, have been examined, approved, and recorded on Crown grant record, county and Land Office maps. The large tracing prepared for the Defence Department, showing the topographical features of the country within a radius of 15 miles around Dunedin, was completed early in the year and forwarded to Head Office for publication. The 5-chain-to-the-inch plan of Dunedin and suburbs is also completed, and a tracing is being prepared which, on completion, will be forwarded to Head office to be lithographed. This plan shows the surrounding boroughs, and should prove of great value in the near future in view of " Greater Dunedin" being constituted. Two new Land Transfer record maps were constructed during the year, which now makes a total of seventy-eight plans for this class of work. Four sheets of Admiralty charts were forwarded to Head Office, on which was plotted the coast-line of the Otago District. Accompanying same were three sheets of tables, giving the longitude and latitude adopted for the position of each initial of circuit based on Admiralty determination of Observation Point, Port Chalmers, along with meridional and perpendicular co-ordinates (in terms and on meridian of the respective circuit initials) of trig, stations adjacent to the coast-line and the position of the said trig, stations expressed in longitude and latitude. Compiled working-plans were drawn and completed of Blocks 11. and 111., Catlin's, 11., Beaumont, and 1., Akatore Survey Districts. The Kauroo Survey District was drawn for photo-lithography, on a scale of 40 chains to an inch, and forwarded to Head Office. Tracings on scale of 40 chains to an inch were prepared of the Eock and Pillar, Blackstone, Gimmerburn, Swinburn, Upper Taieri, Naseby, Maniototo, and Serpentine Survey Districts, and forwarded to Head Office for the construction of a new map of the Maniototo County. Some of the county maps in this office, owing to almost daily use, are very much worn, notably the Tuapeka and Waikouaiti Counties, new maps for which, as the time of the draughtsmen can be spared, are being constructed. The keeping of county and record maps up to date, as well as transmitting tracings showing changes of tenures of lands to Wellington monthly, also supplying the Valuation Department with necessary information, and preparing plans of road-deviations, with the necessary reports thereon, continue to occupy a large share of attention. In the lithographic branch one block-map and plans of the interior measurements of various houses were drawn on transfer-paper for lithography. Photographic negatives of the Inch Valley Lime-works were taken before and after the accident, copies being printed, toned, and mounted, and forwarded to Wellington. The following printing was done in the local office, viz. : 250 copies of Block X., Leaning Eock Survey District; 100 of Tautuku Survey District; 200 abstract forms, 200 protractors, 100 schedules, forty sets descriptive examples of the Mannheim rule, fifty trig, notices, and fifty other plans. Future Operations, 1902-3. —The proposals for the year include the following : (1.) On the goldfields there will be the usual mining surveys of various classes, in addition to settlement spotting surveys. Both of these entail a great deal of travelling for the actual work done, while the cost also is correspondingly greater. There cannot, however, be a sufficiently high scale of fees to enable this class of work to pay, as in the case of limited areas a payable charge would be prohibitive to the smaller class of settler. (2.) The subdivision of Highfield Runs for close settlement, and land-for-settlement blocks surveys will also engage the attention of the staff. (3.) The surveys in connection with the adjustment of boundaries and road-lines (commenced before I came to this district) in the Native lands in Peninsula District are being continued, and should be completed shortly. Since Mr. Langmuir left, Mr. Neill has been carrying on the work. He will also revise the triangulation of North Harbour and Blueskin District. This work has for years been looked upon as doubtful, and the first opportunity has been taken to place it in a more satisfactory position on our records.

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Miscellaneous. —By the departure of Mr. John Langmuir from Dunedin this district has lost the services of a most competent surveyor, and by his retirement from tield-work to become Chief Draughtsman at New Plymouth the Survey Staff has suffered a considerable loss. From the time Mr. Langmuir joined Mr. C. W. Adams as cadet in 1874 he has worked in Otago, and during all that time has shown great interest in his work, and his capacity, zeal, and accuracy had become recognised by the profession and all with whom he was associated. I think it therefore only fitting that this should be placed on record on his severance from the district. Mr. W. D. E. McCurdie has also severed his connection with this Department by transfer to the new Roads Department as Road Surveyor. As he has not left the district, his advice in connection with various works with which he was previously connected will no doubt be still available. His bush experiences and ability as a surveyor rank only second to that of Mr. Langmuir. Mr. W. H. Trimble, the late Accountant, has also joined the Roads Department. I have no doubt his work in the new office will be as satisfactory as that rendered to the Lands and Survey Department. D. Baeeon, Chief Surveyor.

SOUTHLAND. Minor Triangulation and Topography. —No work of this kind was undertaken in this district during the year. Rural and Suburban. —The total area surveyed during the year reached 32,249 acres, divided into 156 sections, at an average cost of 2-9s. per acre. Within this total, areas of 2,231 acres and 11,455 acres represent surveys of Eingway and Glenham Settlements under the Land for Settlements Act. Surveys of thirty-three sections —6,406 acres —cover timbered country, being applications for sawmilling purposes. The remaining areas tabulated represent a considerable area, comprising the landless Natives' block and a number of lesser sections scattered over the district, which need no special comment, the high cost noted being due to the long distances travelled and other expenses incurred by the surveyors in their work, and defrayed by the applicants. Gold-mining Surveys. —Eight sections, totalling 381 acres, are tabulated, and the high cost of survey is again explained by the remote localities to be reached by the surveyor. These surveys, as before referred to, were carried on under the " fee system " by private surveyors practising in this district. The small number of gold-mining areas surveyed throughout the year is, I fear, the result of the reaction caused by the too-enterprising spirit displayed in the dredging operations during the year 1900. Roads.— The only works carried out under this heading were the preparation of engineering plans giving longitudinal and cross-section data of some 6 miles in connection with proposed roadformation in the Glenham Settlement. Other Work. —This represents cost of services performed by the surveyors, such as timber valuations, redefining old survey boundaries, and more particularly moneys expended on work in progress but not yet completed and mapped. Proposed Operations for 1902-3. —Mr. Hodgkinson has on hand the subdivision for settlement purposes, in areas from 200 to 400 acres, Block XIX., Longwood, and Blocks XIII. and XIV., Waiau District, containing together an approximate area of 9,700 acres. There are also a few spotting surveys which, with the above, will keep him fully employed during the year. Mr. Lilliecrona has the plans to complete, which are well in hand, of some 3,500 acres in Blocks I. and V., Eowallan District; after which, I propose employing him to subdivide for settlement about 2,000 acres in Blocks I. and X., Alton, and 800 acres in Block 1., Lillburn District. Before commencing these surveys, however, I would have all the areas in survey of deviation roads, &c.— the accumulation of some years back—brought up to date, so that these could be recorded and titles amended accordingly. Mr. Otway, by the middle of June, will have completed all the field-work of his block for landless Natives; he will then come into the office, push on with his mapping, and return to the field about the beginning of September. He anticipates finishing the whole of his field-work by the end of next summer. If opportunity and circumstances permit, I propose, as suggested last year, throwing a network of triangles over the Longwood Eange, but this may stand in abeyance should more urgent work be required. Land Transfer Office — Survey Branch. —The work of this department is steadily increasing. Eighty-one plans have been deposited and carefully checked by the office computer at intervals during the year, while the necessary draughting of marginal plans on certificates of title, certificates in lieu of grants, &c, reached 1,364 in number, while nineteen mortgages and other instruments of title have been examined. To this work the careful recording on office record-maps of the certificates last mentioned, and examining same, has added considerably to the work of the officer in charge. Office-work. —Many duties occur in the working of the office that I need not here enumerate, but I may state that 149 working-plans have been received from surveyors, and checked by the office computer. As before noticed, eighty-one of these were for depositing in the local office of the Land Transfer Department. The large map of the Southland and Wallace Counties in hand last year was completed in April last, and its publication in the Head Office has enabled a considerable sale to the public here. Lithographic drawings of the Townships of Feldwick and Clifden were prepared, as also drawings of the survey districts of Waimumu, Waiau, and Mokoreta for publication on the mile-to-an-inch scale at Head Office. Drawings of Eingway and Glenham Settlements were also prepared and sent to the Head Office to issue as posters, and accompanying maps for the pamphlets issued to the public just prior to sale of these settlements. For the public room a new map was drawn and coloured, on mile-to-inch scale, of the north-east portion of Southland County, and a similar map of the south-east portion is now in hand. These maps replace

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the maps prepared many years since, but wrinkled and faded, and practically useless for reference by the public. Similarly three new application maps of survey districts have been renewed. Forty-seven tracings have been drawn and lithographed at the Head Office as sale-posters, while 190 working and other tracings have been prepared. I find that seventy-two maps have been mounted, and at intervals during the year one of the draughtsmen has reduced and plotted on the record-maps a large number of blocks to keep pace with the recording of Land Transfer certificates, &c. I regret to state in this connection that I have not yet been able to undertake the systematic recording of the leases in perpetuity, which I found on taking charge had not been undertaken in this office, and thus there is an accumulation of work in this direction. I will, however, make an effort, with the officers at my disposal, during the next year to compile and have as many record-maps of all tenures brought up to date as time and circumstances will permit, as I have looked upon these maps as hardly of less importance than the working-plans. With a view to the better care and arrangement of the working-plans and records in the office-safe, I took advantage of the offer of the Head Office to supply new portfolios. A number —forty-eight in all—was requisitioned for, and in this way a large number of the old dilapidated folios have been set aside. I found also that a more direct method of indexing and arrangement of the many working-plans and records was necessary, and I have devoted one of the draughtsmen for some weeks to this work. I am again pleased to place on record my appreciation of the assistance tendered me by the officers here throughout the past year. John Hay, Chief Surveyor.

APPENDIX 111.

BEPOET ON VILLAGE SETTLEMENTS. During the year fifty-one sections, with an area of 833 acres, were taken up under village-home-stead regulations, and thirteen sections, with an area of 88 acres, under other tenure. For the same period twenty sections, with an area of 463 acres, were forfeited or surrendered under village-homestead regulations, and twelve sections, with an area of 161 acres, under other tenure. The number of village settlements in the colony is now 183, and the total number of settlers under all systems on the 31st March last was 2,019, the area held 42,043 acres, and the annual rent and interest £6,153 7s. lid., classified as under :— Number of Settlers. Resident. Non-resident. Total. Under village-homestead regulations ... ... 992 437 1,429 Under other tenure... ... ... ... 337 253 590 Totals ... ... ... 1,329 690 2,019 In the North Island ... ... ... 601 250 851 In the Middle Island ... ... ... 728 440 1,168 Totals ... ... ... 1,329 690 2,019 Area held on the 31st March, 1902. A. B. P. Under village-homestead regulations ... ... ... 30,469 1 10 Under other tenure ... ... ... ... ... 11,574 1 3 Total ... ... ... ... ... 42,043 2 13 In the North Island ... ... ... ... ... 17,966 029 In the Middle Island ... ... ... ... ... 24,077 124 Total ... ... ... ... ... 42,043 2 13 Annual Bent and Interest. £ s. a. Under village-homestead regulations ... ... ... 4,732 8 7 Under other tenure ... ... ... ... ... 1,416 19 4 Total ... ... ... ... ... 6,149 711 In the North Island ... ... ... ... ... 2 347 18 11 In the Middle Island ... .. ... ... ... 3 801 9 0 Total ... ... ... ... ... 6,149 711

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Sections taken up during the Year. No. Area. Rent. A. b. p. £ s. d. Under village-homestead regulations ... ... ... 51 838 029 115 1 6 Under other tenure ... ... ... ... ... 13 87 3 25 7 5 6 Totals ... ... ... ... .... 64 926 0 14 122 7 0 In the North Island ... ... ... ... ... 35 443 2 25 87 4 8 In the Middle Island ... ... ... ... ... 29 482 129 35 2 4 Totals ... ... ' ... ... ... 64 926 014 122 7 0 Forfeitures and Surrenders during the Year. No. Area. c ?' an f d Interest. A. B. p. £ s. d. Under village-homestead regulations ... ... ... 20 463 3 3 47 5 0 Under other tenure ... ... ... ... ... 12 161 2 22 10 8 10 Totals ... ... ... ... ... 32 625 1 25 57 13 10 In the North Island ... ... ... ... ... 8 188 133 24 4 2 In the Middle Island ... ... ... ... ... 24 436 3 32 33 9 8 Totals ... ... .. ... . ... 32 625 1 25 57 13 10 Total Area laid down in Pasture or cultivated. Acres. Under village-homestead regulations ... ... ... ... 21,458 Under other tenure ... ... ... ... ... ... 6,508 Total ... ... ... ... ... ... 27,966 In the North Island ... ... ... ... ... ... 11,789 In the Middle Island ... ... ... ... ... ... 16,177 Total ... ... ... ... ... ... 27,966 Amount advanced for Houses, Bushfelling, dc. Houses. Bushfelling. Total. £ s. d. £ >s. d. £ s. d. Under village-homestead regulations... ... 9,084 5 0 6,030 10 4 15,114 15 4 Under other tenure ... ... ... Nil. Nil. Nil. Totals ... ... ...£9,084 5 0 £6,030 10 4 £15,114 15 4 In the North Island ... ... ... 4,482 0 0 5,22113 2 9,703 13 2 In the Middle Island ... ... ... 4,602 5 0 808 17 2 5,411 2 2 Totals ... ... ...£9,084 5 0 £6,030 10 4 £15,114 15 4 Bepayments of above Advances. £ s. d. In the North Island ... ... ... ... 2,738 0 0 In the Middle Island 892 10 0 3,630 10 0 Eemaining unpaid ... ... ... ... ... 11,484 5 4 Total £15,114 15 4 Amount received for Bent and Interest during the Year. Rent. Interest. Total. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Under village-homestead regulations... ... 3,703 11 5 560 1 9 4,263 13 2 Under other tenure ... ... ... 1,440 19 3 Nil. 1,440 19 3 Totals ... ... ...£5,144 10 8 £560 1 9 £5,704 12 5 In the North Island ... ... ... 1,697 13 3 358 16 7 2,056 910 In the Middle Island ... ... ... 3,446 17 5 201 5 2 3,648 2 7 Totals ... ... ...£5,144 10 8 £560 1 9 £5,704 12 5

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The total amount received from the commencement of the system to the 31st March last in connection with village-homestead settlements was as follows : — Rent. Interest. Total. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. In the North Island ... ... ... 14,195 6 8 6,428 6 10 20,623 13 6 In the Middle Island ... ... ... 24,656 4 0 3,094 5 0 27,750 9 0 Totals ... ... ... £38,851 10 8 £9,522 11 10 £48,374 2 6 Arrears of Rent and Interest on the 31st March. Number. Area. Rent. Interest. Total. Under village-homestead regula- a. b. p. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ b. d. tions ... ... ... 149 4,110 3 9 397 411 343 11 11 740 16 10 Under other tenure ... ... 96 2,752 3 9 312 11 9 ... 312 11 9 Totals ... ... 245 6,863 218 709 16 8 343 11 11 1,053 8 7 In the North Island ... ... 143 4,281 037 424 3 4 333 2 2 757 5 6 In the Middle Island ... ... 102 2,582 121 285 13 4 10 9 9 296 3 1 Totals ... ... 245 6,863 218 709 16 8 343 11 11 1,053 8 7 Value of Improvements on the Land. £ Under village-homestead regulations ... ... ... 128,377 Under other tenure ... ... ... . ... ... 30,375 Total ... ... ... ... ... £158,752 In the North Island ... ... ... ... ... 74,980 In the Middle Island ... ... ... ... ... 83,772 Total ... ... ... ... ... £158,752 Briefly, the position of village settlements throughout the colony on the 31st March last was as under :— Number of settlements ... ... ... ... ... 183. Number of settlers ... ... ... ... ... 2,019. Area of land held ... ... ... ... ... 42,043 acres. Annual rent and interest ... ... ... ... ... £6,152. Bent and interest paid this year ... ... ... ... £5,705. Total rent and interest paid from the commencement of the system to the 31st March last on village-homestead settlements only ... ... ... ... ... ... £48,374. Arrears of rent and interest ... ... ... ... £1,053. The following summary shows the position of village-homestead settlements in the District of Wellington : — Number of village-homestead settlements ... ... ... 41. Number of settlers ... ... ... ... ... 550. Number of souls on the land ... ... ... ... 1,740. Area of land occupied ... ... ... ... ... 9,467 acres. Annual rent and interest ... ... ... ... ... £1,616. Eent and interest paid this year ... ... ... ... £1,346. Total payments of rent and interest from the commencement of the system to the 31st March, 1902 ... ... ... £13,208. Arrears of rent ... ... ... ... ... £134 Arrears of interest ... ... ... ... 66 £200. Value of improvements on the land ... ... ... ... £53,511. In Canterbury, Otago, and Southland the position is as follows : — Number of village settlements ... ... ... ... 109. Number of village settlers ... ... ... ... ... 1,121. Number of souls on the land ... ... ... ... 2,965. Area of land held ... ... ... ... ... 23,559 acres. Annual rent and interest ... ... ... ... ... £3,739. Eent and interest paid this year ... ... ... ... £3,584. Total rent and interest paid from the commencement of the system to the 31st March under village-homestead settlements only ... ... ... ... ... ... £27,253. Arrears of rent and interest ... ... ... ~. £289. Value of improvements under village-homestead regulations ... ... ... ... ... £60,864 Under other tenures ... ... ... ... 20,095 £80,959.

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The following is a summary of the position of village - settlements in the Canterbury District: — Number of settlements ... ... ••• •■• ••■ ■*'• Number of settlers ... ••■ ••• ■•• ••• Number of souls on the land ... ... ••• ••• 1,479. Area of land occupied ... ... •■■ ••• ••• 13,298 acres. Annual rent and interest ... ... ■•• ••• ■•• 2 '^^ 4 Bent and interest paid this year ... ... ... ••• £2,255. Total rent and interest paid into the Treasury on village-home-stead sections from the commencement of the system to the 31st March last ... ... ■ ... •■• ■•• £20,896. Arrears of rent ... ■■• •■• ••• £129 Arrears of interest ... • • ■ • • ■ ■ ■ • sbtol. Value of improvements on the land under villagehomestead conditions ... ••• ••• £36,288 Under other tenure ... ... ••• ■•• 5,188 £41,476. It is apparent by the returns I now transmit, and, moreover, it is, I think, generally admitted, that the settlements as a whole have been successful. The fact that over £48,370 has been paid in to the Treasury by way of rent and interest on village-homestead settlements since the commencement of the system, and that the arrears do not exceed £741, and are being gradually reduced, and, further, that the value of improvements on these settlements exceed £128,300, tends to prove their success. The system is one which, 1 think, should be encouraged and extended, but as there is no land at present in the Middle Island available for doing so, I would respectfully recommend that in all agricultural districts steps should be taken to acquire small blocks of good land—say, from 40 to 50 acres—at distances of five or six miles apart, with the view of establishing small villages of agricultural labourers chiefly. I would suggest that the number in any one village should not exceed ten, and the occupation of most of the men should be ploughmen or general farm-hands. If this plan was adopted I think it would be a boon to the farmer, and also to the farm-labourer, as the latter could always find work on his holding when not otherwise With* the view of assisting such settlers to erect their dwelling-houses, I would recommend that a similar amount towards building should be granted as is allowed under the regulations for workmen's homes —namely, an advance not exceeding £50. J. E. March, Superintendent of Village Settlements.

APPENDIX IV.—FOEESTEY OPEEATIONS.

EEPOET BY HENEY J. MATTHEWS, CHIEF FOEESTER. The total number of trees at present in the four nurseries is 5,982,710, and their value (estimated at about 25 per cent, below ordinary wholesale trade rates) £10,103 15s. sd. Of the above, 2,357,700 have been raised—chiefly from seed—during the year, their value being £1,940 14s. 3d. During the past year 1,311,037 trees and shrubs have been sent out from the various nurseries to plantations, Government domains, institutions, and other reserves, their value being £4 574 12s 6d The total area of artificial plantations made to date is 853f acres, containing 1,531,126 trees. The area laid down in plantations for timber purposes during the year is 3801 acres, each acre containing approximately 2,722 trees, or a total of 916,606 trees planted. Of the above-mentioned trees, 422,350 have been planted at Dusky Hill Plantation, Otago, covering an area of 172f acres ; 232 754 at Whakarewarewa Plantation, near Botorua, covering an area of 106f acres; 82,277 at Waiotapu Plantation, twenty-two miles from Botorua, covering 30 acres; 44,275 at four experimental plantations on the Kaingaroa Plains, thirty-five miles from Botorua, covering 21 acres ; and 134,950 at Survey Paddock Plantation, near Naseby, Otago, covering 50 acres. Trees and shrubs to the number of 221,381 have been supplied to other Departments, to the value of £1,213 10s. . The number of trees, shrubs, &c, grown at all stations since the initiation ot the Department in September, 1896, to the 31st March last is 7,848,466, and their value £16,968 os. lid. Expenditure for the year on all works amounts to £11,045 16s. 4d., and from September, 1896, to the 31st March £28,559 lis. Id. Against this sum, trees in stock, tools, implements, horses, and values of all improvements made on nurseries, plantations, &c, show a total of £39,995 2s. Id., leaving a credit balance of £11,435 lis. as the result of operations to date, details of which will be found in the appendix herewith. The average loss in transplanting trees from seed-beds to hmng-out ground in nurseries is barely 2 per cent., and the failures in transplanting trees from nurseries to plantations is under Tree-seeds (with the exception of Abies douglasii, Sequoia sempervirens, and Pinus ponderosa) germinated well at all stations, and have since made excellent growth. There has been practically no loss amongst " seedlings" through the grass-grub this season, the only affected area being at Whakarewarewa Nursery, the damage being confined to a few beds of larch.

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Digging "pits" for planting permanent trees at plantations cost 14s. 6d. at Whakarewarewa, £1 10s. at Dusky Hill, £1 ss. at Survey Paddock, and 15s. at Kaingaroa, per thousand, all being dug by contract. At the Waiotapu Plantation (worked entirely by prison labour) from three hundred to five hundred pits were dug per day per man —depending on the class of land dealt with, as well as the man. The lowest readings of thermometer were :At Eweburn, 9°, or 23° of frost; at Tapanui, 16°, or 16° of frost; at Starborough, 28°, or 4° of frost; at Whakarewarewa, 26°, or 6° of frost; and at Waiotapu, 18°, or 14° of frost. The maximum temperatures recorded were: Eweburn, 86°; Tapanui, 94° ; Starborough, 94°; Whakarewarewa, 89°; and Waiotapu, 92°. Eainfall for the year amounted to 1704 in. on 82 days at Eweburn, 36-09 in. on 144 days at Tapanui, 19-97 in. on 80 days at Starborough, 44-17 in. on 115 days at Whakarewarewa, and 47 - 44 in. on 132 days at Waiotapu. The maintenance and improvements to various thermal-springs reserves and sanatoria having been taken over from this Department by the Tourist Department on the Ist September, the usual report on work done in connection therewith is consequently omitted from this year's statement. The planting of street trees in the Town of Botorua by this Department has also ceased, the newly constituted Town Council now having control of this work. The proposal to establish a forest-tree nursery in the Wellington District is under consideration, and it is hoped to make a beginning at an early date. The experiment of utilising prison labour for tree-planting in the Waiotapu Valley has so far been a pronounced success. A good class of men have been employed—men who apparently take considerable interest in the work. During next year other plantations and possibly a new nursery will be established by prison labour, the matter being at present under consideration. In accordance with the instructions of the Surveyor-General a comprehensive scheme for forest-conservation and extensive planting operations is now being prepared. Suggestions will also be submitted for the better protection of State forests, climatic reserves, scenic reserves, and forest-clad Crown lands. Owing to the rapid denudation of our native forests it is necessary that measures be at once taken to conserve and protect our timber and make provision for the future. The question of supplying settlers in various parts of the colony with shelter and forest trees from State nurseries (either free of cost or at usual trade prices) requires careful consideration. A number of applications have been received for supplies, but these have so far been declined, on the grounds that the Government do not wish to interfere with private enterprise so long as nurserymen continue to supply the public with well-grown nursery stock at reasonable rates. Detailed reports on the various nurseries and plantations are appended, as are also particulars of all trees growing in nurseries and permanently planted in plantations, with their actual cost and present value. Expenditures and financial results of operations from September, 1896, to date are also given. Eweburn Nursery, Otago. Owing to heavy gales and meagre rainfall the growth of nursery stock is not as good as in past years. From April to November only 4-18 in. of rain fell, andjfrom December to March 12-86 in. was recorded. The spring was therefore exceedingly dry when transplanting was in progress, and, as little rain fell until the end of December, no growth took place until January. The lowest temperature recorded was 9°, or 23° of frost, and the highest 86° on 13th January and 3rd February. Pinus ponderosa, P. Benthamiana, and Abies douglasii have suffered most from drought and heavy winds. The shelter plantations around nursery have succeeded well, and now afford fair protection to the lining-out ground. Amongst this year's seedling trees, larch and Abies douglasii germinated poorly owing to want of heat; pines, however, did fairly well, considering the adverse season. Trees to the number of 134,950 were sent to the plantation near Naseby for permanent planting during the year. Sufficient horse-feed —oats, clover-hay, and carrots—were grown for our requirements, and the turf of clover was ploughed in as green manure preparatory to lining out trees during the coming spring. Extra seed-frames (fifty-four) were made for the growing of a hundred thousand more forest trees annually. Details of expenditure, values, trees in stock, &c, will be found in attached schedules. The following is the rainfall: —

Record of Rainfall and Temperature at Eweburn Nursery.

Month. Rainfall. Number n Hi^ est , of Days oi Rainfe11 ' momet'er. Date. Lowest Beading of Thermometer. Date. 1901. Inohes. 0-55 1-13 005 005 038 0-54 0-47 1-41 4-53 Degrees. 77 62 58 45 59 67 74 77 76 Degrees. 19 18 14 9 15 21 22 24 34 April May ... June ... July August September October November December 1902. 3 7 1 1 6 4 6 7 17 6th and 7th 15th 2nd 8th and 9th 13th 21st and 24th 28th 11th and 25th 27th 19th 7th and 13th 10th and 13th 1st and 3rd 8th 6th 8th 7th 23rd and 25th January February March 2-60 1-62 3-71 9 9 12 86 86 75 13th 3rd 4th 32 36 26 29th 19th 18th Totals ... 17-04 82

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Tapanui Nursery, Otago. During the year rain fell on 144 days, with a total of 36-09 in., the maximum fall being 5-81 in. during January. The greatest heat—94°—was experienced on the 20th January, and the lowest shade temperature was registered on the 30th June—l 6°. The general growth of nursery stock has been highly satisfactory throughout, notwithstanding the dull sunless weather prevailing during both summer and autumn. Transplanting was commenced three weeks later than the previous year owinc to prolonged rainfall, but by the end of October 604,820 trees were " lined out," and 504,500 smaller stock " lined in," making a total of 1,109,320 trees planted. The whole of these (with the exception of Pmus laricio, which does not transplant successfully here) have made excellent growth, permitting the removal of a large proportion of same to Dusky Hill Plantation during the approaching season where they will be permanently planted. All seedlings have made good headway, especially larch, which, having reached a suitable size will be removed from seed-beds and "lined out" during the corning spring. An experimental second sowing of larch was made about the end of November, when the protecting-frames were available from the previous sowing ; but, although germinating freely, they have not made sufficient headway to warrant a repetition of this experiment, and a large number will probably not survive if the present winter proves to be as severe as in previous years. The labour in tending transplanted trees has been greatly reduced by the introduction of a machme-hoe for working between the rows, which is also beneficial in keeping the soil open. During August 33 chains of hedges, comprising Pittosporum tenuifolium, P. eugenioides and broadleaf, were planted throughout the nursery, dividing it into breaks. This will enable " setting out" previous to planting being done with greater facility, and also be of service as shelter to young trees. A shelter plantation consisting of 870 trees—chiefly Pinus insignis, Pittosporum tenuifolium cotoneaster, and cabbage-trees—was also formed, and will prove beneficial in breaking the southwest gales so frequently experienced here. All these have done well, very few deaths occurring. A substantial cook-house has been erected, which is greatly appreciated by employees. An additional forty-five seed-frames were made, thus allowing of a much larger quantity of seed being sown in future. All spare land was utilised either for growing horse-feed or sowing down with clover to be ploughed in as green manure. General improvements throughout the nursery have been made, including asphalting workshed forming lawn, and extending border and shrubbery, fencing horse-paddock, erecting breakwind for seed-beds, and painting implements, gates, buildings, &c. The value of nursery stock has increased from £3,375 6s. to £4,451 125., this year's seedlings numbering 708,000, and being valued at £557 12s. 6d., the total number of trees of all ages in nursery at the 31st March being 2,401,000. 422,350 trees, valued at £1,448 15s. 7d., were transferred to Dusky Hill Plantation in forty-two express-wagon loads, and 169,340 trees, valued at £232 19s. 6d., were sent to various public bodies, &c. A transfer of about six hundred thousand trees will probably be made to plantations from this nursery during the coming season. • The expenditure for the year amounted to £1,413 ss. lid., making a total expenditure to date of £5,849 18s. Details of trees and statements of expenditures and values will be found in attached schedules. The following is the record of rainfall and temperature :—

Record of Rainfall and Temperature at Tapanui Nursery.

Month. Rainfall. I Number R Hi f. hesfc J of Days of Bain fell. Ther f " momefcer. Date. Lowest Reading ol Thermometer. Date. 1901. Inches. 2-59 3-13 0-41 3'42 2-81 2-53 2-22 4-81 3-98 April ... May ... June ... July ... August September October November December 1902. 12 17 6 15 15 9 9 16 19 Degrees. 80 66 68 56 62 68 80 80 88 6th 4th 12th 11th 29th 22nd 27th 11th 5th and 24th Degrees. 28 28 16 20 24 26 27 28 30 27th 17th 30th 1st 22nd 19th 27th and 6th 6th 22nd January February March... 5-81 1-55 2-83 9 8 9 94 93 82 20th 2nd 2nd 34 38 34 19th 11th and 20th 13th and 19th Totals... 36-09 144

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Whakarewarewa Nursery, near Botorua. (Established February, 1898.) Considerable success has attended operations at this nursery during the past year, chiefly due to the moist, growing season experienced. Eain fell during 115 days, and was fairly equally distributed throughout each month in the year, the total being 44-17 in., with a maximum fall of 7'24in. in July. Frosts have not been nearly so severe as during the previous year, only 6° being registered during May, July, and August, against 10° in July of 1900 ; 89° was the extreme temperature recorded, against 90° of the previous year. Continued deep cultivation has had a beneficial effect in sweetening the pumice soil, which is always more or less sour on recently cleared fern land. The effect of this " sourness "is most marked on young conifers, which turned yellow in patches, where fern-growth was previously most luxuriant. Light and frequent applications of lime to assist in decomposing fern-root has also been an important factor in bringing the nursery area into a high state of cultivation. Compared with previous seasons, the general growth of nursery stock this year is above the average, especially as regards larch and Abies amongst the seedlings, and also in all classes of twoand three-year-old conifers and hardwoods. Transplanting of one- and two-year-old trees from the seed-beds to nursery rows was started in August and completed in October, the number dealt with being 597,000. The loss in transplanting was about 2 per cent., chiefly among spruce fir, owing to a particularly drying time being experienced immediately after these were removed. Tree-seeds sown during the spring germinated well, with the exception of Oregon pine and redwood. The seeds of these two species, besides being difficult to procure regularly and in quantity, lose a great deal of their vitality in transportation. • An additional nursery area of 5 acres was cleared of fern, tutu, and other roots, and roughly levelled; lime was then applied at the rate of 1 ton per acre, after which the whole was ploughed and cross-ploughed in readiness for next season's " lining-out." Nearly half an acre was graded and similarly treated for seed-sowing. Early in the year the entire nursery was enclosed by a wire-netting fence in order to guard against the depredation of hares, which have unfortunately become plentiful in the district. Sufficient time has now elapsed to show that this expenditure was justified, no damage whatever having occurred since the fence was erected. An area of about 50 acres was also enclosed with a post-and-wire fence for use as a horsepaddock, and it is intended to plough and sow this down in grass and clover next season. During the spring some eight thousand trees and shrubs were planted throughout the nursery for shelter and ornamental purposes. Break-winds of Pinus insignis were formed across the lining-out ground, and at right angles to the prevailing winds. Considerable improvements have also been made to the nursery surroundings by planting exotic and native trees and shrubs on the borders of roads leading from seed-beds to lining-out ground. Forty-two seed-protecting frames, 18 ft. by 3 ft., have been made during the year, the total at present in use .being 200, all of which have been painted with tar to preserve the timber. It should be noted that this nursery (and adjoining plantation) have since their initiation been almost entirely worked by Native labour, only the foreman and his assistant being Europeans. Compared with other nurseries, both as regards cost of maintenance and the various operations connected with tree-raising, it is an undisputed fact that Native labour is more economical (although wages are at the same rate as elsewhere), and the work is done with much more care and neatness than by European labour in the southern nurseries. Maori women and girls are exceptionally careful and industrious in weeding, sizing, and counting young trees. Trees and shrubs numbering 430,197, and valued at £2,317 os. 5d., have been supplied to plantations, reserves, Domain Boards, &c, during the year, details of which will be found in Schedule C 5. The total estimated number of trees and shrubs of all ages in the nursery at the 31st March was 2,292,080, and their value (estimated at considerably below ordinary wholesale trade rates) is £3,921 16s. 9d., particulars of which are given in Schedules Cto C 5. Of the above number, fully three-quarters of a million are available for transferring to plantations and reserves during the coming planting season. Expenditure for the year amounted to £1,657 7s. 10d., the average number of persons employed being 15-5. Seeds of over fifty species of Eucalypti have been procured for experimental purposes during the coming year. Unfortunately a large number of Eucalypti are attacked by the larvse of a nocturnal lepidopterous insect, which eat away the epidermis of the leaves, thus asphyxiating the tree. The proposed experiment is chiefly to determine which species best resist the attack of this insect, and also to prove their hardiness, and suitability for pumice lands. Seeds of two American timber trees, Catalpa speciosa and Acer saccharinum (sugar-maple), have been procured in order to test their suitability to the pumice soil. Catalpa timber is highlyprized in America for railway-sleepers, posts, and other purposes where durability in contact with the soil is essential. Sugar-maple produces the well-known " bird's-eye maple "of commerce, and the sap is used for the manufacture of sugar and syrup.

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The following is the record of rainfall and temperature for the year:—

Record of Rainfall and Temperature at Whakarewarewa Nursery.

Starborough Nursery, Marlborough. (Established April, 1901.) An area of 104 acres was selected and reserved for nursery purposes some years ago when the estate was being surveyed for settlement. On the 4th April last a commencement was made by laving out the various compartments —seed-beds, lining-out ground, shelter plantations, hedges, roads, and horse-paddocks—as well as locating nursery buildings and nurseryman's cottage. The land is river-terrace formation, good, deep, friable loam, with open clay subsoil resting on' gravel, below which is papa rock. Many exotic trees throughout the district do well, considering the extremely meagre rainfall experienced and the frequency of high drying winds, usually from the north-west. From Blenheim (eighteen miles north), through the east coast of Canterbury and northern portion of Otago, the country is practically devoid of native bush, and it is with the object of providing future timber-supplies that this nursery has been established. During the past year freezing-point was only reached on four occasions—during May, June, July, and August; and the other extreme was recorded in February, with 94°. Eain fell on eighty days only, the heaviest falls occurring during July and December, with 4-87 in. and 4-58 in. respectively, while the total rainfall only measured 19-97 in. The following works have been carried out to date : Erection of 103 chains fencing, with necessary gates, &c, and repairing existing fences; clearing 54 acres flax, toitoi, and scrub; removing loose stones from nursery area; cutting 47 chains ditching from 3 ft. to 5 ft. deep; forming 72 chains of 18ft. roads; removing 1,500 cubic yards top soil from roads to fill up uneven portions of seed-beds ground ; trenching 1J acres land for seed-beds 18 in. deep ; making 200 seedprotecting frames 18ft. long by 3ft. wide; laying 3,967 ft. water-pipes, with standpipes, for watering seed-beds ; building concrete reservoir of 5,500-gallons capacity ; erecting outbuilding 48ft. long by 3ft. wide; erecting a 10ft. Star windmill on top of building for pumping water (from springs to reservoir) and cutting chaff; preparing land for seed-beds; sowing tree-seeds; planting 17,850 trees for shelter and ornamental purposes ; ploughing and cropping 27 acres oats for horse-feed ; ploughing and cultivating 30 acres lining-out area ; and building men's hut. The result of the first year's crop of seedling forest trees is highly satisfactory, all making good sturdy growth, with the exception of Pinus ponderosa, which germinated weakly. The number of trees raised is 626,800, details of which will be found under Schedule D herewith. Watering seedling trees was greatly facilitated by the high-pressure supply from concrete reservoir, situated at about 60 ft. above the nursery, to which height the water is raised by wind-mill-power. Chaff-cutting is done in the upper floor above the stable, the power for which is derived from windmill. This work can thus be done in comfort when it is impossible to work out-of-doors on account of the wind. Particulars of expenditures, values, &c, are appended.

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Month. Number Rainfell. of Days Bain fall. Highest [leading o' Thermometer. Date. Lowest Reading of Ther- | mometer. Date. ! 1901. Inohes. 1-45 099 5-72 7-24 4-73 2-69 3-25 0-58 6-78 Degrees. 70 62 59 57 61 62 74 75 78 Degrees. 30 26 28 26 26 30 28 35 40 Vpril JL&y une uly August September )ctober November December 1902. 15 4 17 14 7 9 9 3 14 2nd 9th 8th 2nd 31st 27th 29th 28th 1st 11th and 22nd 26th 26th 17th and 22nd 5th 11th and 12th 8th 25th 7th, 18th, 23rd 'anuary February tlarch 2.06 307 5-61 10 5 8 89 88 80 21st 3rd 4th 40 38 37 25th 18th 19th Totals 4:4-17 115

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The following is the record of temperature and rainfall: —

Record of Rainfall and Temperature at Starborough Nursery.

Survey Paddock Plantation, near Naseby, Otago. (Area, 725 acres.) Trees to the number of 134,950, covering 50 acres, were planted permanently here during last spring, the area planted to date being 76£ acres. With the exception of Abies doug asii, all have done well. The intensely cold frosty winds seem to turn the foliage of Abies douglasii a rustybrown colour in a single night, and death quickly ensues. It is a remarkable fact that this usually hardy tree is so tender m this district and yet flourishes in Canterbury and other parts of Otago where much lower temperatures are recorded. Pitting costs £1 ss. per thousand holes, and planting 19s. lOd. per thousand trees planted For next season's planting 85,036 pits were dug at 31st March, and fully two hundred thousand will be opened before the winter frosts put a stop to this work. Chaff to the value of £107 19s. 7d. was grown here and transferred to other nurseries, and about 35 tons of oaten sheaf remain to be " chaffed " as required. GIMMERBURN FOREST EeSERVE, OtAGO. (Area, 420 acres.) Fencing of this reserve was completed in December last at a cost of £238 4s. Id., the total length being 307 chains. A hundred acres of this area was leased in January last for cropping twice with turnips, to be afterwards eaten off by sheep, at a rental of 2s 6d. per acre per annum. It is proposed to plant 100 acres yearly, and this area will be under turnip for two seasons prior to being required for planting, and then handed over already ploughed. Dusky Hill Plantation, Otago. (Area, 845 acres.) The trees throughout have made excellent growth during the year, showing that both soil and local conditions are alike favourable to their success. Trees to the number of 354,480 (included under Schedule B 8 ) were planted permanently during the past season, with an estimated loss of barely 2 per cent. 90,000 acorns were also planted permanently in situ on steep hillsides where " pitting" was impracticable. These have germinated and grown well, and, as no disturbance to the root system takes place, it is certain that much more rapid and healthy growth will ensue under this method than by using transplanted trees. The system will be followed with acorns in future where existing undergrowth is not too strong to check by overcrowding the young tr66S. The area covered by this season's planting is 172| acres, the total area to date planted being 266 acres. Pits for tree-planting have cost £1 10s. per thousand, 393,840 having been opened to date. Fully 600,000 trees are in readiness at the Tapanui Nursery for transference to this plantation during the coming season, and 200,000 acorns will also be planted. Planting trees costs £1 ss. 6d. per thousand, the work being done by a man and a lad the latter carrying a supply of trees and holding them in position while being planted. The moist summer and autumn being favourable to grass-growth necessitated a considerable expenditure in keeping it from smothering young trees, but this work is only necessary during the first two seasons after planting. Babbits have been kept under successfully, and no damage resulted from these pests, as in previous years.

Month. Eainfall. Number of Days Rain fell. Highest Reading ol Thermometer. Date. Lowest Reading of Thermometer. Date. 1901. Inches. 0-83 0-46 1-79 4-87 1-00 1-63 012 0-44 4-58 Degrees. 63 72 70 68 68 75 82 86 86 April May ... June .. July ... August September October November December 1902. 5 4 8 16 4 5 2 5 10 9th 5th 5ch 19th 21st 16th 28th 13th 26th Degrees. 34 32 30 28 30 34 35 38 43 28th 25th 24th 5th 17th 19th 7th 11th 17th January February March' 0-99 0-73 2-53 9 4 8 94 94 86 20th 5th 6th 42 44 40 29th 17th 19th Totals... 19'97 80

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It is anticipated that another season's planting here will practically complete the area enclosed, so that further land will require to be obtained for future operations. The total expenditure for the year was £1,910 os. 6d., and the present estimated value is £7,401 os. lid. Particulars of expenditure, values, trees planted, &c, will be found in attached schedules. Whakarewarewa Plantation, near Eotorua. (Area, 817 acres. Established 1899.) Trees to the number of 232,754 —details of which will be found in Schedule C*—were planted here permanently during the year, with good results. The failures in the redwood compartment amounted to nearly 2 per cent., and in the Eucalypti about 8 per cent. Owing to the difficulty previously experienced in transferring Eucalypti from the seed-beds to the plantation, a trial was made of sowing the seeds direct in prepared pits on. the plantation, thus avoiding the risk of removal. Seven varieties were thus sown in 28,000 pits, with fairly satisfactory results. During the year a good deal of labour was expended in keeping growth of fern and tutu in check amongst newly planted trees, which grow luxuriantly here, and, if neglected, would very soon choke the young trees. The growth on the fire-breaks was kept in check chiefly by a free use of the horse-hoe. For next season's planting an area of 60 acres was cleared at a cost of 10s. per acre. On this area 120,000 pits, costing 14s. 6d. per thousand, are now being made for larch and redwood, the latter being the permanent trees. The total area permanently planted to date on this reserve of redwoods, pines, and Eucalypti is 229 acres, equal to 416,490 trees. The planting was done by Natives (at 6s. per day), and each man was attended by a Native woman (at 3s. 4d. per day) to hold and tramp in the trees, the cost being 12s. 6d. per thousand trees planted. Waiotapu Plantation (Prison Labour), Eotorua District. (Area, 1,280 acres. Established February, 1901.) As nearly one-third of the area is affected by thermal action of an interesting nature, it is proposed to divide the plantation area from the thermal portion in order that each area may be gazetted as State-forest and hot-springs reserves respectively, so that their protection can be carried out according to the separate regulations relating thereto. When the area was originally taken in hand both the hot-springs and plantation portions were under control of this Department, and a vast amount of labour was expended in forming paths to open up springs and places of thermal action, and also in ornamental planting. The control of the hot-springs reserves was taken over by the Tourist Department in September last. The work of fencing was commenced last year, and completed towards the end of June, in a very creditable manner. The fence consists of totara posts and seven wires, with eight 10 ft. gates and eight turnstiles, erected alike for the convenience of the camp and tourists who visit the thermal springs within the enclosure. A building comprising stable and workshop was erected and thatched with raupo and rushes. The total number of trees planted during the year amounted to 82,277. Of this number some 40,000 were planted along each side of the roads and paths, and around the camp on edges of plantation area for shelter purposes. These consisted chiefly of Cordyline, Pittosporum, Cupressus lawsoniana, and birch. 30,130 Berberis vulgaris were planted as a hedge along the fence-line, a strip of land 3 ft. wide by 2f miles long having been previously trenched 2 ft. deep in readiness. On the three trial plantations some 12,000 trees were planted, comprising Pinus benthamiana as permanent trees and Corsican pine and Lawson's Cypress as nurses. Very good results have been obtained amongst all the trees planted—a careful examination showing rather less than 3 per cent, of failures, most of which occurred among the Corsican pine. An area of 14 acres was enclosed within a post-and-eight-wire fence in order to keep a supply of sheep for the prison use. As this land was of a swampy nature, some 52 chains of ditching had to be done to bring it into condition for sowing down in grasses. A small area was also enclosed with wire netting for the purpose of growing vegetables for prison use. For next season's planting an area of 106 acres was cleared of scrub and other growth, and up to the 31st March 203,848 pits had been dug at 4 ft. apart. This work is still going on, and by the end of April it is anticipated that over a quarter of a million pits will be in readiness for the coming season's planting. The average number of prisoners employed was twenty-two, four of whom were fully occupied in cooking and other works connected with the prison camp. Owing to the varied nature of the work carried on during the last twelve months it is difficult to arrive at even an approximate estimate of its value. In commencing forest-tree planting by prison labour there is necessarily a great deal of preliminary work before actual tree-planting can be proceeded with —fencing on very uneven treacherous ground necessitated heavy cuttings and fillings, as well as extreme care on the part of the warders to prevent accident; roads were formed to give access to all parts of the area, as well as improving the adjoining road-lines in the vicinity of prison camp. Now that the preparatory work is practically completed, it will be possible to keep a correct record of the value of labour done. From frequent personal observation, as well as by estimating certain defined works such as digging holes for trees, it can be said that there has been an entire absence of loitering by prisoners, and, although perhaps hardly equal to free labour in point of speed, the works undertaken have been carried out in a thorough and workmanlike manner. Details of expenditure (chiefly for fencing material and timber for stable and workshop) are appended.

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The following is the record of rainfall and temperature for the year:—

Record of Rainfall and Temperature at Waiotapu Plantation.

Kaingaroa Plains Plantation (Experimental), Eotorua District. On the four separate enclosures (in all 25 acres) the trees which have proved unsuitable for the trying climate of these plains were removed, after which some five thousand conifers remained. The whole area was then cleared of tussock, and pits were made at 4 ft. 6 in. apart, in which 44,275 trees, comprising spruce, English birch, and three varieties of pines, were planted. Birch and Pinus insignis, being fast-growing, were planted in the form of a break-wind around each enclosure. _ The loss in transplanting amounted to 10 per cent, all round, but in this locality, where late spring frosts and high drying winds are so prevalent, the rate is not a high one. The individual, specimens of larch, Oregon pine, and Norway spruce planted in 1898 have made splendid growth during the year, the last-named species succeeding better here than in any other locality yet tried in the hot-lakes district. Some of these are grand specimens 6 ft. in. height, and during the season have made fully a foot of upright growth, with horizontal growth in proportion, which is more than the average with this somewhat slow-growing tree, especially in a and exposed position. Larch have made in some instances quite 3 ft. in vertical growth and Oregon pines have averaged over 2 ft. Experimental Grass Paddock, Bangitaiki, Kaingaroa Plains. (Area, 50 acres.) Some thirty-five species of grass and fodder plants were sown here in October 1897 for the purpose of testing their growth on this barren pumice land. Although no very satisfactory results were anticipated at the time of sowing—owing chiefly to the extremely poor and light nature of the soil and the rather high elevation (2,500 ft.)—the result of four and a half years' experiment goes to prove that no grass or fodder plant at present in cultivation in this colony will succeed here On this extensive wind-swept plain extreme frosts seem to play an important part in the non-success of these experiments. After heavy rains the open, porous nature of the land allows the frost to penetrate to a greater depth than the roots of any of the grasses sown reach to, and the soil to this depth is thus lifted by expansion and sunk again by contraction as the temperature rises, leaving the individual plants either on the surface if small, or raised up above their natural level if large It is obvious, therefore, that a succession of frosts will eventually throw out of the ground any plant whose roots do not descend below the level that frost affects. That this statement is correct can be proved conclusively by observing the vigorous and healthy growth of the native Poa australis, var. tcevis, compared with less robust and more shallow-rooting grasses experimented with The former plant has a very deep root system reaching below the level affected by frost, and is thus undisturbed by the alternate rising and falling of the top soil, whereas the exotic species are affected as before mentioned. On the sides of roads and along the numerous horse-tracks where the soil is consolidated by tramping many exotic grasses and clovers flourish luxuriantly, as on these parts rainfalls do not saturate the top soil to such a degree as the untrampled portions, and consequently frosts do not penetrate to such a depth. Want of consolidation is therefore the primary cause of failure of grasses on these plains. It is practically impossible to consolidate any extent of these plains by means of tramping with stock, as there is no available food to sustain them meanwhile and the cost on cartage of fodder from long distances (as would be necessary here) is prohibitive It has been asserted by visitors passing through this country that if grass and clover grow on the horse-tracks with such good results the whole plain could be made similarly productive It must however, be remembered that this growth in such places is the result of many years of consolidation by the droves of wild horses frequenting the plain, and, as I have pointed out, this result would be practically impossible by any other means.

Month. Rainfall. Number I of Days Eain fell. Highest Beading of Thermometer. Date. Lowest Beading ol Thermometer. Date. 1901. Inches. 1-16 1-20 6-25 7-74 5-88 2-68 2-15 071 4-54 Degrees. 76 64 62 56 64 68 76 78 82 April ... May ... June ... July August September October November December 1902. 11 6 19 14 11 11 11 6 14 2nd 3rd 19th 19th 31st 26th 28th 27th 28th Degrei s. 22 20 20 18 18 24 22 26 34 11th 26th 26th 16th 4th 20th 8th 25th 18th January February March 3-28 509 6-76 12 7 10 92 89 80 19th 2nd 3rd 32 32 ' 28 25th 18th 15th Totals... 47-44 132

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folio w^W^ B^ 8 Whi ° h haVe b f Q com P a^ atively successful - Che wing's fescue takes first place, nkm of er. nf ?ni ' M elatior, the latter, unfortunately, being a hosti plant of ergot and consequently undesirable for extended cultivation. nnrtb . n,fnf U theB6 fP erlments > in conjunction with those carried out in tree-planting on the north end of the same p ams, proves conclusively that, while grass-growing is impossible trial rnd7b° PeratlonS r aVe . b f n hlgWy r C6SsfuL Ali coniferous" trees'sufficiently lirdy to with wheth r extfnsive n wl* be y ond and it is a matter L co/sideration whether extensive plantations should not be started here in the near future. I believe the area of these plains held by the Crown totals over a million acres, all of which is not only capable of pro ducmg timber of the best quality, but by the beneficial effects resulting from annual shed£_ a *— ™ "* -tually render them JSS3 Hanmer Springs Plantation, North Canterbury. (Area, 600 acres—approximate.) During June last a commencement was made to enclose portion of the Hanmer Springs Eeserve for forestry purposes. The land selected is generally poor and in summer tTons 171 S 688 . 1 aPable ° f T WlDg , a Wld . range ° f foreSt trees sulCable t0 *" olimatid cond? s'Jl n an ]° Unt ° . lnanuk . and ° ther S3mb COTers to drier portions of the ground, 7ufZT t V f eSOt CUS ?° Ck ° n ncher P arts - Several swam P s ( whi <* can be easily drained loVmg tre6S ' BUOh aS °°™ toWardS the -uthern boundary, inn n T l e ,T k t0 K dat6 has been confined *° clea ™g fence-lines, erecting fence, and clearing about 100 acres of scrub preparatory to pitting for trees later on. A substantial fence, consisting one £n Zfa seven f f Per chain, 42m. by IJin. mesh by 16 gauge wire netting sunk into ground 6 m with one barb wire on top, has been partially erected, and°four 10 ft. iron gates have been placed a convenient intervals to give entrance to various parts of the reserve g „_ ,1, we , Bte ™. boundary adjoins Dog Creek, which is some 60 ft. below the terrace on the rive ' Tr St at *? end the la » d falls to the creek-level. Between he river and top of terrace is the only steep and broken portion of the area. Preparations hive been made to plant acorns in situ here, at 3 ft. apart. NT P ° r P la f tln § next season some one- and two-year-old trees have been sent from Tapanui Srifl _ . V 6d "v m " tem P° rar y and annual supplies of similar trees wUlbe brought here and treated as above, as it is necessary to acclimatise them before planting out permanently, besides saving additional cost of sending large trees such a distance pc? rail and CO Sh Those already received have done exceedingly well, considering the frequency of high drying winds experienced during the summer. J ° ' ° winus A travelling whare, 12 ft. by 8 ft., has been procured for the Forester in charee which can be moved from place to place as the works demand ouar_e, wmcn can He . Amongst plantations in the district it is found that the English larch succeeds best on the drier lands, and Abies douglasii, Abies menziesii, and oak on the fairly moist portions These rees dBaltWith ' Sh6lter fM them WiU te W by planting Enghsl Prior to the Ist September the planting of Hanmer Springs Water-race Eeserve and the area for the proposed new Sanatorium was under control of this Department, and on both these places a considerable amount of work was done in clearing, fencing, and planting. On the date mentioned the above were taken over by the Tourist Department. mentioned Tore a Neck Eeserve, Marlborough. (Area, 26 acres.) On. Th n_ re i S .7 e Q WaS _° rig _ a ?. ly S6t aP o rt for the P ur P° se of allowin g communication between Queen Charlotte Sound and Kenepuru Sound, and is the main thoroughfare between Pic ton and Pelorus Sounds. The reserve was leased by the Marlborough Land Board to a settler for native g bus U h POS6S ' V V bUrnt Wh ° le area ' which Was formerl y covered with A most pernicious weed known as St. John's wort, was unfortunately not kept in check by the essee, with the result that the whole area was one mass of dense undergrowth. The eradication of his weed has been a very costly item owing to its deep-rooting nature and the difficulty o burnng t,,f Uther ' 1C .? as be .f a » owed t0 seed ~r some years, and the whole of the hand is thuf thickly strewn with small seedlings immediately after being disturbed by grubbing up the larger In several deep gullies large quantities of fallen timber were lying in a half-decayed and sodden condition, causing considerable labour in burning uecayea and The following works have been carried out to date: Clearing and burning about 15 acres of St Johns wort, logging and burning 7 acres of fallen timber, forming 25 cha.ns of 6ft paths and the erection of 50 chains fencing of posts and wire netting. P ' The expenditure to date amounts to £141 16s. sd. Eainclipp Plantation Eeserve, South Canterbury. (Area, 206 acres 3 roods.) This plantation was recently acquired by Government as a State forest at a cost of £812 10s - barely £4 per acre, which is little more than the value of the land-including over 200 chain ' of fencing. The plantation is distant twelve miles from Pleasant Point and thirteen miles from Fairhe. The land is mostly steep hillsides with deep valleys, soil rather poor in quality S open

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and free, and shows signs of extreme dryness in summer. The plantation is divided into two portions by a road-line. On the higher and exposed parts a good many blanks occur, which have not been filled up. The trees have been planted much too wide apart (6 ft. to 12 ft.) to produce good timber, but, notwithstanding this, those suitable to the soil and climate have made excellent growth during the thirteen years they have been established. The following species have succeeded best: viz., larch, spruce fir, Pinus austriaca, Finns strobus, Pinus ponderosa, English birch, and Thuja gigantea. So far as can be ascertained, about 76,000 trees in all were planted, and probably there are 50,000 which have more or less established themselves, but it is difficult to give the exact number owing to the scattered nature of the planting. Many of the deciduous trees have made double leaders and strong side branches, the result of too wide planting. These are at present receiving attention by shortening back any strong side shoots and confining the leaders to a single stem. Several old gorse hedges running through the plantation had been allowed to spread—in some cases over 2 chains in width—and the risk from fire necessitated prompt action in grubbing and burning the whole of this out. The work was rendered somewhat difficult and expensive owing to the necessity of carrying the gorse out of the plantation for burning to prevent possible damage to trees. On the northern boundary a road-line 25 chains in length will require fencing, and also a few repairs to existing fences. In order to keep down the strong growth of grass amongst the trees, and the consequent risk of damage through fire, the area has been leased to an adjoining settler at an annual rental of £11 4s. per acre for grazing by sheep only.

Statement of Expenditure from Ist April, 1901, to 31st March, 1902. Eweburn Nursery.. £ s. d. Amount at 31st March, 1901 ... ... ... ... 4,236 18 3 Tree-growing (three crops) ... ... ... ... ... 247 9 6 General maintenance ... ... ... ... ... U5 H 9 Nursery-formation.. ... ... ... ... ... 45 13 \\ Horse-shoeing and general repairs ... ... ... ... 24 11 4 Horse-feed (purchased and grown) ... ... ... ... 34 9 1 Seeds (tree) ... ... ... ... ... ... 34 1 6 Tools, implements, &c. ... ... . . ... ... 27 411 Fuel, cartage, and railage ... ... ... ... ... 14 0 7 Water-supply ... ... ... ... ... ... 15 14 3 Seed-frames, new, additional ... ... ... ... 50 17 3 Supervision ... ... ... ... ... ... 45 0 0 £4,891 12 4 Tapanui Nursery. £ s . a. Amount at 31st March, 1901 ... ... ... ... 4,436 12 1 Tree-growing (three crops) ... ... ... ... ... 789 6 3 General maintenance ... ... ... ... ... 113 8 9 Horse-shoeing, repairs, &c. ... ... ... ... ... 37 14 0 Purchase of 2,018 posts at £1 per hundred ... ... ... 20 3 8 Manures, &c. ... ... ... ... ... ... 15 2 6 Horse-feed (purchased and grown) ... ... ... ... 64 6 9 Seeds (tree and shrub) ... ... ... ... ... 72 12 10 Tools, implements, horse, &c. ... ... ... ... 62 5 4 Seed-frames, new, additional ... ... ... ... 39 11 4 Building cookhouse and additions to same ... ... ... 97 3 5 Asphalting shed, and general improvements . . ... ... 36 5 1 Supervision ... ... ... ... ... ... 65 6 4 £5,849 18 4 Whakarewarewa Nursery. £ s . a. Amount at 31st March, 1901 ... ... ... ... 4,190 13 8 Tree-growing (three crops) ... ... ... ... ... 718 9 2 General maintenance ... ... ... ... ... 227 18 4 Eormation (extension of nursery) ... ... ... 189 17 0 Seeds (tree and shrub) ... ... ... ... ... 66 10 4 Manures, lime, &c. ... ... ... ... ... 99 7 8 Horse-feed (purchased and grown) ... ... ... ... 91 3 2 Fencing, hare-proof, around nursery ... ... ... ... 62 8 4 Seed-frames, additional, and repairs to ... ... ... 24 3 4 Horse-shoeing and general repairs ... ... ... ... 28 17 9 Tools, implements, &c. ... ... ... ... ... 32 14 6 Water-supply ... ... ... ... ... ... 672 Building raupo shelter-whare ... ... ... ... 5 16 3 Miscellaneous works ... ... ... ... ... 31 11 10 Supervision ... ... ... ... ... ... 72 3 0 £5,848 1 6

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Wellington Nursery (Proposed). £ „. d Purchase of tree-seeds ... ... ... 907 Eeporting on proposed sites... ... ... ... 234 £11 3 11 Starborough Nursery. £ s d Tree-growing (first crop) ... ... ... ... 67 7 5 Transfer of trees as per Schedules A 4, 84,B 4 , C ... ... 60 19 9 Nursery-formation... ... ... ... " 298 11 0 General maintenance ... ... ... oe 19 q Buildings—stable, tool-house, workshop, &c. ... ... ..'. 230 4 4 Fencing (labour and material) ... ... ... 224 9 3 Water-supply ... ... ... //_ '" '" 157 12 Seed-frames (labour and material) ... ... ... 203 18 9 Tools, implements, &c. ... ... ... .' 224 8 1 Cost of horses, dray, and harness ... ... ... 207 12 0 Horse-feed (purchased and grown) ... ... ... 77 7 1 Seeds (tree and shrub) ... ... ... 42 0 0 Horse-shoeing and general repairs ... ... ... 23 16 10 Manures, &c. (superphosphate and lime) ... ... ... 22 14 9 Miscellaneous works and travelling-expenses, &c. ... 31 6 8 Supervision ... ... ... ... g0 22 c £1,649 13 8 Naseby Survey Paddock Plantation. Amount at 31st March, 1901 ... ... 866 12 6 £s- d - Less value of trees supplied ... ... 274 8 7 592 3 11 Digging 111,520 pits for trees ... ... iq. i . 1 Planting 134,950 trees '.'.'. "' 233 510 General maintenance, weeding, &c. ... ... ... " 48 9 0 Ditching 21 chains ... ... ," "' 7 15 0 Cost of cropping 60 acres and cutting 23| tons chaff ... 67 2 6 Ploughing and sowing 30 acres oat-crop ... ... 31170 Cartage of trees from nursery ... ... 26 17 6 Supervision ... ... ... 20 21 0 £1,043 14 10 Gimmerburn Reserve. £ s d Amount at 31st March, 1901 ... ... ... 144 2 1 Fencing 307 chains at 4s. 6Jd. ... ... ..'.' 69 10 7 Fencing-material— posts, gates, wire netting, &c. ... 165 0 6 Supervision ... ... ... 3 13 0 £382 6 2 Dusky Hill Plantation (Area, 845 acres). Amount at 31st March, 1901 ... ... 3,353 11 6 S ' d ' Less value of trees supplied ... ... l,' 059 13 5 Digging 601,647 pits for trees ... . l'o. 5 f. . Planting 354,480 trees ... '" 'An 9 m Lining out 16.000 trees ... ... .'.[ " 7 0 7 Planting 95,000 acorns in situ ... ... 31 8 6 General maintenance, weeding, rabbiting, &c. ... 205 6 8 Threshing 150 bags oats ... ... 911 0 Fencing horse-paddock ... ... 12 9 1 Fencing-material, tools, &c. ... ... 21 11 8 Cutting and burning scrub ... ... ... " 53 6 8 Eailway fares of workmen ... ... 81411 Supervision ... ... ... oo 25 n £4,203 18 7

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Whakarewarewa Plantation. £ s . a. Amount at 31st March, 1901 ... ... ... ... 1,001 8 5 Clearing and burning 152f acres ... ... ... ... '152 2 6 Digging 218,550 pits for trees ... ... ... ... 175 18 4 Planting and sowing 232,750 trees ... ... ... ... 149 5 6 Stumping and ploughing 6f acres fire-break ... ... ... 9 18 5 General maintenance ... ... ... ... ... 186 4 1 Horse-feed ... ... ... ... ... ... 3 18 3 Manures... ... ... ... ... ... ... 11 4 7 Tree-seeds ... ... ... ... ... ... 7 4 0 Grass-seed ... ... ... ... ... ... 10 6 3 Tools, &c... ... ... ... ... ... ... 15 4 6 Supervision ... ... ... ... ... ... 28 14 0 £1,751 8 10 Waiotapu Plantation. £ s. d. £ a. d. Amount at 31st March, 1901 ... ... ...355 2 7 Less value of trees supplied ... ... ... 59 1 0 296 1 7 Fencing-material and cartage ... ... ... ... 117 15 6 Building stable and workshop (material and cartage) ... ... 15 12 6 Horse-feed ... ... ... ... ... ... 613 Cartage of trees from Whakarewarewa ... ... ... 900 Travelling-expenses and proportion of nurseryman's salary ... 7 16 0 Supervision ... ... ... ... ... ... 20 15 0 £473 1 10 Kaingaroa Plains Plantations (Four). £ 8 . d. Clearing and burning ... ... ... ... ... 163 17 0 Digging 44,275 pits for trees ... ... ... ... 33 3 9 Planting 44,275 trees ... ... ... ... ... 39 3 3 Cartage of trees ... ... ... ... ... ... 900 Travelling-expenses, &c. ... ... ... ... ... 210 0 Supervision ... ... ... ... ... ... 14 7 6 £262 1 6 Hanmir Springs Plantation. £ s . a. Clearing and burning scrub on 100 acres and clearing fence-lines 67 2 6 Fencing-material, railage, and cartage ... ... ... 458 9 0 Tools, &c, railage, and cartage ... ... ... ... 46 17 10 Men's hut and toolhouse, railage, and cartage ... ... 35 15 6 Lining out trees in temporary nursery ... ... ... 55 8 6 General maintenance of temporary nursery ... ... ... 22 9 9 Travelling-expenses of workmen ... ... ... ... 311 5 Miscellaneous works ... ... ... ... ... 459 Supervision ... ... ... ... ... ... 15 5 3 £709 5 6 Raincliff Plantation. £ B . a. Purchase of plantation (206 acres) ... ... ... ... 810 5 0 Surveying and contingencies ... ... ... ... 33 12 0 Clearing gorse and scrub ... ... ... ... ... 56 5 0 Tools ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 7 15 Travelling-expenses of workmen, &c. ... ... ... 5 13 4 Supervision ... ... ~. ... ... . . 910 0 £922 6 9 Torea Neck Reserve. £ „. a. Clearing 30 acres St. John's wort ... ... ... ... 73 17 6 Clearing fence-lines ... ... ... ... ... 550 Forming 30 chains path 6ft. wide ... ... ... ... 14 7 0 Fencing-material, freight, and cartage ... ... ... 25 4 8 Tools (cost and freight) ... ... ... ... ... 813 7 Travelling-expenses, repairs to hut, &c. ... ... ... 6 11 2 Supervision ... ... ... ... ... ... 7 17 6 £141 16 5

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Statement of Values for Year ended 31st March, 1902. Eweburn Nursery. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s d Amount at 31st March, 1901 ... ... 3,545 17 4 Less value of trees 31st March, 1901 1,402 11 3 Less horse-feed used ... ... 17 3 0 1,419 14 3 O lOft Q 1 Trees as per Schedule A ... ... ... ... '393 0 0 A 1 ••• ■•• ... ... ... 602 16 3 Aa ••• ••• ... ... ... 281 13 5 A ' ••• ••• ••• ... ... 402 17 0 " A 4 ... ... ... ... 19 18 9 Cartage of trees to plantation .. ... .. 16 17 6 Tools, implements, <_c. ... ... ... ... 27 4 11 Water-supply ... ... ... ... 15 14 3 Nursery-formation... ... ... ... 53 19 0 Improved value ... ... ... ... 281 15 4 Seed-frames ... ... ... ... 59 19 3 Horse-feed in stock ... ... ... .... 24 15 10 £4,116 14 7 Tapanui Nursery. „„ £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Amount at 31st March, 1901 ... ... 5,973 11 10 Less value of trees 31st March, 1901 ... 3,375 6 0 Less horse-feed used ... ... 62 9 3

3,437 15 3 2,535 16 7 Irees as per Schedule B ... ... ... ... ... 557 22 6 B 1 ... ... ... ... ... 536 9 9 B 2 ••• ••• ... ... ... 3,357 9 9 B 8 1(448 25 7 B 4 232 19 6 Cartage of trees to plantation ... ... ... ... 41 13 4 Tools, implements, &c. ... ... ... ... 62 5 4 Seed-frames, new, additional ... ... ... 39 11 4 Buildings—cookhouse and additions ... ... ... ... 97 3 5 Improved value ... ... ... ... 252 14 2 Horse-feed in stock ... ... ... ... 62 3 4 £9,224 14 7 Starborough Nursery. Improvements by general formation, &c. ... ... ... 440 19 li Trees as per Schedule D ... . ... ... .. 542 17 0 m ~ >' D 1 ••• 54 18 0 lools, implements, &c. ... ... ... ... ... 224 8 1 Seed-frames, new ... ... ... ... ... ... 203 18 9 Buildings - stable, toolhouse, workshop ... ... ... 230 4 4 Fencing ... ... ... ... ... ... " X 24 9 3 Values of horses, dray, and harness ... ... ... ... 107 12 0 Improved value by water-supply ... ... ... ... 157 12 4 Horse-feed in stock ... ... ... ... ... 132 16 8 £2,119 16 4

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Whakarewarewa Nursery. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Amount at 31st March, 1901 ... 5,586 11 9 Less value of trees ... ... 3,969 1 7 Less horse-feed used ... ... 91 3 2 4,060 4 9 1,526 7 0 Trees as per Schedule C ... ... ... ... ... 537 4 9 C 1 ... ... ... ... ... 1,972 3 0 C ... ... ... ... ... 637 13 2 C» 534 16 9 C 4 ... ... ... ... ... 239 19 1 C 6 2,311 6 8 Tools and implements ... ... ... ... ... 32 14 6 Buildings ... ... ... . ... ... 5 16 3 Fencing ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 62 8 4 Water-supply ... ... ... ... ... ... 672 Seed-frames (additional) ... ... ... ... ... 24 3 4 Horse-feed in stock ... ... ... ... ... 39 15 1 Improved values ... ... ... ... ... ... 293 11 10 £8,224 6 11 Naseby Survey Paddock Plantation. £ s. d. Amount at 31st March, 1901 ... ... ... ... 820 13 4 Trees planted as per Schedule A" ... ... ... ... 402 17 0 Cartage of trees ... ... ... . ... ... 16 17 6 Planting trees ... ... ... ... ... ... 141 19 0 Digging 26,484 pits ... ... ... ... ... 33 12 3 85,036 pits for next season ... ... ... ... 102 010 Improved value by labour ... ... ... ... ... 80 15 0 Value of 35 tons oaten sheaf at £1 10s. ... ... ... 52 10 0 Horse-feed transferred to nurseries ... ... ... ... 107 19 7 Increased value ... ... ... ... ... ... 33 15 6 £1,793 0 0 Gimmerburn Reserve. £ s. d. Amount at 31st March, 1901 ... ... ... ... 144 2 1 Fencing ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 238 4 1 Eental received (100 acres is leased for cropping with turnips during two seasons previous to planting) ... ... ... 99 19 6 £482 5 8 Dusky Hill Plantation. £ s. d. Amount at 31st March, 1901 ... ... ... ...3,510 8 2 Trees planted as per Schedule B 8 ... . . ... ... 1,448 15 7 Pits planted ... ... ... ... ... ... 633 12 8 Planting trees (449,480) ... ... ... ... ... 483 11 4 Lining out 16,000 trees ... ... ... ... ... 7 0 7 Cartage of trees from nursery ... ... ... ... 41 13 4 Tools, &c... ... ... ... ... ... ... 21 11 8 Value of 675 bushels oats at 2s. 3d. ... ... ... ... 75 18 9 „ 393,840 pits for next year ... ... ... ... 703 19 9 Improved value by roading, clearing, &o. ... ... ... 312 12 4 Increased value of plantation ... ... ... ... 161 16 9 £7,401 0 11 Whakarewarewa Plantation. £ s. d. Amount at 31st March, 1901 ... ... ... ...1,245 12 3 Trees planted as per Schedule C 5 ... ... ... ... 829 16 1 Digging pits for trees ... ... ... ... ... 175 18 4 Planting and sowing trees and seeds ... ... ... ... 149 5 6 Clearing and burning scrub ... ... ... ... ... 152 2 6 Stumping and ploughing fire-break ... ... ... ... 9185 Tools, &c. ... ... ... ... ... ... 15 4 6 Improvements by labour ... ... ... ... ... 247 11 2 Increased value ... ... ... ... ... ... 47 7 9 £2,872 16 6 m_-___-p_____s_s£<S2ms.

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Waiotapu Plantation. £ s. d. Amount at 31st March, 1901 ... ... ... ... 355 2 7 Trees planted as per Schedule C 6 ... ... ... ... 266 1 1 Digging 203,848 pits for trees at 15s. ... ... ... ... 152 17 0 120 acres clearing and burning ... ... ... ... 120 0 0 350 chains, 10 ft. wide, clearing manuka ... ... ... 900 Trenching 250 chains, 3 ft. wide, for hedge ... ... ... 31 0 0 Planting of 82,277 trees at 15s. per thousand ... ... ... 61 12 6 Fencing erected—2B2 chains at 4s. 6d. ... ... ... 63 9 0 Buildings ... ... ... ... ... ... 15 12 6 Improvements by labour, general ... ... ... ... 43 12 3 Increased value ... ... ... ... ... ... 703 £1,125 7 2 Kaingaroa Plains Plantations (Four). £ s. d. Trees planted as per Schedule C 8 ... ... ... ... 187 14 9 Clearing, planting, cartage, &c. ... ~. ... ... 262 1 6 £449 16 3 Hanmer Springs Plantation. £ s . d. Value of improvements on plantation ... ... ... 168 3 2 Trees in stock ... ... ... ... .... ... 260 8 0 Men's hut and toolhouse ... ... ... ... ... 35 15 6 Fencing-material ... ... ... ... ... ... 458 9 0 Tools in stock ... ... ... ... ... ... 46 17 10 £969 13 6 Baincliff Plantation. £. s . a. Net cost of plantation ... ... ... ... ... 843 17 0 Value of improvements ... ... ... ... .. 71 8 4 Increased value of plantation ... ... ... ... 42 3 9 Tools in stock ... ... ... ... ... ... 715 £964 10 6 Torea Neck Beserve. £ s . d. Improvements by clearing, &c. ... ... ... ... 101 10 8 Fencing ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 32 2 2 Tools ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 8 13 7 £142 6 5

Summary. Expenditure for Year ending 31st March, 1902. £ 8 . d. Eweburn Nursery ... ... ... ... ... 654 14 0 Tapanui Nursery ... ... ... ... . . 1,413 6 3 Whakarewarewa Nursery ... ... ... ... ... 1,657 7 10 Starborough Nursery ... ... ... ... ... 1,649 13 0 Wellington Nursery (proposed) ... ... ... ... 11 3 11 Naseby Survey Plantation ... ... ... ... ... 451 10 11 Gimmerburn Eeserve ... ... ... ... ... 238 4 1 Dusky Hill Plantation . ... ... ... ... 1,910 0 6 Whakarewarewa Plantation ... ... ... ... 750 0 5 Waiotapu Plantation ... ... ... ... ... 177 0 3 Kaingaroa Plains Plantation ... ... ... ... 262 1 6 Baincliff Plantation ... ... ... ... ... 922 6 9 Hanmer Springs Plantation .., ... ... ... 709 5 6 Torea Neck Eeserve ... ... ... ... ... 141 16 5 Supervision of thermal-springs and other reserves ... ... 97 5 0 Amount at 31st March, 1901 ... ... £18,912 15 0 Less value of trees charged in error, 1901 1,399 0 3 17,513 14 9 £28,559 11 1

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Totals of Expendititre from Ist September, 1896, to 31st March, 1902. £ s. d. Eweburn Nursery ... ... ... ... ... 4,891 12 3 Tapanui Nursery ... ... ... ... ... ... 5,849 18 4 Whakarewarewa Nursery ... ... ... ... ... 5,848 1 6 Starborough Nursery ... ... ... ... ... 1,649 13 0 Wellington Nursery (proposed) ... ... ... ... 11 3 11 Naseby Survey Plantation... ... ... ... ... 1,043 14 10 Naseby Domain ... ... ... ... ... ... 10 0 0 Gimmerburn Eeserve ... ... ... ... ... 382 6 2 Dusky Hill Plantation ... ... ... ... ... 4,203 18 7 Albury Estate Plantations ... ... ... ... ... 72 4 11 Whakarewarewa Plantation ... ... ... ... 1,751 8 10 Waiotapu Plantation ... ... ... ... ... 473 1 10 Kaingaroa Plains Plantation ... ... ... ... 262 1 6 Baincliff Plantation ... ... ... ... ... 922 6 9 Hanmer Springs Plantation ... ... ... ... 709 5 6 Torea Neck Eeserve ... ... ... ... ... 141 16 5 Supervision of thermal-springs and other reserves ... ... 336 16 9 £28,559 11 1 Value of Improvements, Trees, &c. £ s. d. Eweburn Nursery ... ... ... ... ... 4,116 14 7 Tapanui Nursery ... ... ... ... ... ... 9,224 14 7 Whakarewarewa Nursery ... ... ... ... ... 8,224 6 11 Starborough Nursery ... ... ... ... ... 2,119 16 4 Survey Paddock Plantation ... ... ... ... 1,793 0 0 Gimmerburn Eeserve ... ... ... ... ... 482 5 8 Naseby Domain ... ... ... ... ... ... 15 10 0 Dusky Hill Plantation ... ... ... ... ... 7,401 0 11 Whakarewarewa Plantation ... ... ... ... 2,872 16 6 Waiotapu Plantation ... ... ... ... ... 1,125 7 2 Kaingaroa Plantation ... ... ... ... ... 449 16 3 Hanmer Springs Plantation ... ... ... ... 969 13 6 Baincliff Plantation ... ... .. ... ... 964 10 6 Albury Estate Plantation ... ... ... ... ... 93 12 9 Torea Neck Eeserve ... ... ... ... ... 141 16 5 £39,995 2 1 Trees grown, and their Values, from Ist September, 1896, to 31st March, 1902. Number. Value. £ s. d. Eweburn Nursery ... ... ... ... ... ... 984,000 1,896 14 0 Tapanui Nursery ... ... ... ... ... ... 3,327,505 7,39117 8 Whakarewarewa Nursery ... ... ... ... ... 2,910,161 7,136 12 3 Starborough Nursery , ... ... ... 626,800 542 17 0 7,848,466 £16,968 011

Schedule A.— One-year-old Trees.—Details of Trees grown at Eweburn Nursery, 1901-2. (Sixth Crop.)

Name of Tree. Common Name. Habitat. il II fcoo I a "Sg Sg £5 Value raLs s ™ per Total Value. ■Sg §■§ Thousand. Bemarks. Pinus austriaea Pinus benbhamiana .. Pinus ponderosa Pinus. strobus Larix europea Sorbus auouparia Austrian pine Bentham's pine .. Yellow pine Weymouth pine .. European larob .. Mountain ash Europe .. America .. 307,000 5,500 ! 19,500 8,500 32,000 i i 14,500 -2 2 2 1 i 8 Lb. 20 5 7 5 56 40 £ s. d. 0 15 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 0 10 0 £ s. d. 230 5 0 5 10 0 19 10 0 8 10 0 32 0 0 7 5 0 Very good. Pair. Tyrol Europe Good. Total 387,000 303 0 0

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Schedule A1. —Two-tear-old Trees. —Details of Trees grown at Eweburn Nursery, 1900-1. (Fifth Crop.)

Schedule A2.—Three-year-old Trees.—Details of Trees grown at Eweburn Nursery, 1899-1900. (Fourth Crop.)

Schedule A 3 . —Trees transferred to Naseby Survey Paddock Plantation, 1901.

Schedule A 4 .—Trees transferred to Whakarewarewa and Starborough Nurseries, 1901.

Name of Tree. Common Name. Habitat. Lines. mcnes. Value per Thousand. Total Value. Remarks. 'inus austriaca 'inus ponderosa 'inus benthamiana .. 'inus strobus iarix europea bies douglasii Austrian pine Yellow pine Bentham's pine Weymouth pine European larch Oregon pine Europe America 147,500 10,000 'J, 200 7,000 112,500 4,750 4 3 6 2 3 2 £ s. d. 2 0 0 2 5 0 2 5 0 2 5 0 2 5 0 2 5 0 £ s. d. 295 0 0 22 10 0 4 19 0 15 15 0 253 2 6 10 13 9 Good growth. Strong plants. Very strong. Poor growth. Pair. Losses through frost. Tyrol .. America Total 283,950 602 0 3

Name of Tree. Common Name. Habitat. N i£* «" Value per Thousand. Total Value. Remarks. >inus austriaoa 'inus benthamiana .. 'inus ponderosa 'inus strobus 'inus larioio jarix europea iorbus auouparia 'ytisus laburnum Jerberis vulgaris ibies douglasii Austrian pine Bentham's pine Yellow pine Weymouth pine .. Corsican pine European larch Mountain ash Laburnum Barberry Oregon pine Europe America Corsica Tyrol .. Europe 45,500 200 4,750 1,000 18,500 18,570 900 60 700 1,700 6 6 6 3 6 8 12 12 8 6 £ s. d. 3 0 0 3 5 0 3 5 0 3 5 0 3 0 0 3 5 0 3 15 0 8 10 0 15 0 3 5 0 £ s. d. 136 10 0 0 13 0 15 8 9 3 5 0 55 10 0 60 7 0 3 7 6 0 4 2 0 17 6 5 10 6 Very fair. Pair. Poor growth. Fair. Good. Strong growth. Good. Strong growth. Fair. England Amerioa Total 91,880 281 13 5 i

Name of Tree. Common Name. Habitat. Number. ■Height in i Inches. Value per Thousand. Total Value. Remarks. 'inus austriaca 'inus larioio 'inus ponderosa 'inus benthamiana .. Lbies douglasii jarix europea ietula alba.. 'jtisus laburnum iorbus aucuparia Austrian pine Corsican pine Yellow pine Bentham's pine Oregon pine European larch English birch Laburnum Mountain ash Europe Corsica America Tyrol .. Europe 69,425 17,200 200 175 22,575 7,625 4,825 2,600 10,325 9 9 JO 10 8 12 \-2 15 12 £ s. d. 3 0 0 3 0 0 4 5 0 3 5 0 3 5 0 3 5 0 2 0 0 2 10 0 2 15 0 & s. d. 208 5 6 51 12 0 0 17 0 0 11 4 73 7 4 24 15 7 8 10 5 6 10 0 28 7 10 These trees have all done well Total 134,950 402 17 0

Where sent. Name of Tree. : Common Name. Number. Value per Thousand. Total Value. I Remarks. Vhakarewarewa Nursery .. Sorbus aucuparia itarborough Nursery .. „ Total I . i ■ ! .. Mountain ash.. 5,000 .. 2,250 I i 7,250 £ B. a. 2 15 0 2 15 0 £ b. a. 13 15 0 Strong trees. 6 3 9 I 19 18 9

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Schedule B.—One-year-old Trees.—Details of Trees grown at Tapanui Nursery, 1901-2. (Fifth Crop.)

Schedule B1.—Two-year-old Trees.—Details of Trees grown at Tapanui Nursery, 1900-1. (Fourth Crop.)

Schedule B 2 . —Three-year-old Trees.—Details of Trees grown at Tapanui Nursery, 1899-1900. (Third Crop.)

Name of Tree. Common Name. Habitat. _J_ •a l.'O if! ■3? « H .9 B.\ ! I .H S Amount : Value ■g-g of Seed i per Total Value. I ■j a sown. ! Thousand. I I I Remarks. Abies excelsa Spruce fit I Europe .. 130,000 1 ft. 14 !£ s. d. i 0 15 0 £ s. d. I 97 10 0 First-class crop; does wel here. Very poor results, owing to inferior seed. Good sturdy trees. Strong growth. Very good crop. For shelter purposes. This pine does well here. Excellent crop; very hardy. Germinated well; colonial seed. Good growth. Abies douglasii Oregon pine America .. 3,000 1 5 15 0 3 15 0 Pinus austriaca Pinus benthamiana .. Pinus ponderosa Pinus insignis Pinus strobus Larix europea Austrian pine Bentham'e pine .. Yellow pine Kemarkable pine . Weymouth pine.. European larch .. Europe .. 130,000 America .. 9,000 ..I 30,000 .. 19,000 .. i 13,000 Tyrol .. I 100,000 1J 2 H 3 20 5 7 6 5 56 0 15 0 10 0 10 0 1 0 0 10 0 10 0 97 10 0 9 0 0 30 0 0 19 0 0 13 0 0 100 0 0 Alnus glufcinosa Common alder .. Britain .. i 40,000 3 35 0 15 0 30 0 0 Fraxinus excelsior Acer pseudo-p'atanus.. Quercus pedunculata.. Berberis vulgaris Jugians regia Arbutus unedo Pittosporum tenuifolium Pittosporum ralphii .. English ash Sycamore English oak Barberry Walnut Strawberry-tree .. Black niapau Europe .. 43,000 .. 100,000 .. I 45,000 .. 10,000 Persia .. : 2,500 Ireland .. 1,000 NewZeTnd 30,000 6 14 9 10 6 2 6 75 106 350 20 95 6 30 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 15 0 0 15 0 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 15 0 33 0 0 50 0 0 33 15 0 7 10 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 22 10 0 For hedges. Good growth. Experimental, For hedges, &c. Ralph's pittos. .. 500 j ! ! I 708,000 10 2 1.0 15 0 0 7 6 Total 556 17 6

Na,me of Tree. Common Name. Habitat. Number in Seed-beds, Height in Value Inches. Th0 P » and . Total Value. ltemarks. Abies excels* Abies douglasii Larix europea Pinus austriaca Pinus ponderosa Pinus benthamiana .. Fraxinus excelsior Betula alba Cupressus lawsoniana Benthamia fragifera .. Spruce fir Oregon pine European larch Austrian pine Yellow pine Bentham'e pine English ash Birch Lawson's oypress .. Indian strawberrytree Europe America Tyrol .. Europe America 150,000 6,500 55,000 140,000 27,000 7,000 100,000 13,000 50 100 3 2 8 3 3 6 9 20 6 6 £ s. d. 10 0 15 0 15 0 10 0 1 5 0 15 0 10 0 2 0 0 2 5 0 10 0 0 & s. d. j 150 0 0 8 2 6 68 15 0 140 0 0 33 15 0 8 15 0 100 0 0 26 0 0 0 2 3 10 0 These trees have all made - strong growth for seed-bed stuff. Europe America India Experimental purposes. Total 498,650 536 9 9

Name of Tree. Common Name. Habitat. Number in Nursery Lines. Height Value in per Total Value. Inches. Thousand. Remarks. Abies excelsa Abies menziesii Abies douglasii Pinus austriaca Pinus ponderosa Pinus strobus Pinus laricio Larix europea Quercus pedunculata .. Praxinus excelsior Castanea vesca Aesculus hippocastanum Sorbus aucuparia Acer pseudo-platan us .. Betula alba Gytisus laburnum Juglans regia .. Cupressus lawsoniana .. Cotoneaster simmondsii Cerasus lauro-cerasus .. Alnua glutinosa Cnamasrops excelsa Ligustrum luoidum Melicytus lanceolatus .. Grieelinia littoralis Pittosporum eugenioides Pittosporam tenuifolium Pittosporum buohananii Spruce fir Menziea' spruce Oregon pine .. Austrian pine .. Yellow pine .. Weymouth pine Corsicau pine .. European larch English oak .. English ash .. Spanish chestnut Horse chestnut Mountain ash Sycamore Birch Laburnum Walnut Lawson's cypress Apple-wort Common laurel Alder Pan palm Privet Hinehine Broadleaf White mapau.. Black mapau .. Buchanan's pittos. Cabbage-tree .. Kowhai Native beech .. Flax, o r n amental Europe America Europe America Corsica Tyrol Europe Persia Amerioa Nepaul Levant Britain China New Zealand 315,000 28,000 15,000 83,000 46,000j 16.000J 17,000! 90,5001 91,000i 285,000 2,400 1,000 7,000 59,000 1,000 500 1,500 250 2,000 300 : 14,000, 500 1,000 600 2,500' 1,500! 3,500 : 1,0001 12 15 15 10 7 5 4 24 16 17 15 L8 80 20 23 24 14 6 12 4 12 4 L2 6 8 IS 15 16 £ s. d. 3 0 0 3 5 0 3 5 0 3 0 0 3 5 0 3 5 0 3 0 0 3 5 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 4 5 0 10 0 0 3 15 0 2 15 0 3 0 0 2 10 0 4 5 0 4 5 0 4 5 0 10 0 0 3 0 0 10 0 0 2 0 0 4 5 0 4 5 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 £ s. d. 945 0 0 91 0 0 48 15 0 i 249 0 0 I 149 10 0 52 0 0 51 0 0 294 2 6 273 0 0 855 0 0 10 4 0 10 0 0 26 5 0! 162 5 0j 3 0 0[ 15 0 6 7 6 113 8 10 0 3 0 0 42 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 2 11 0 10 12 6 4 10 0 10 10 0 3 0 0 Exceedingly well-grown and fibrous-rooted stock, most of which will be transferred to plantation next season. Grown principally for planting on outskirts of plantation. Cordyline australis Sophora tetraptera Fagus fusca Phormium tenax 2,000 5,000 400 900 24 12 15 24 3 0 0 5 5 0 5 5 0 3 0 0 6 0 0 26 5 0 2 2 0 2 14 0 Total il,094,350 :3,357 9 9

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Schedule B 3 .—Trees transferred to Dusky Hill Plantation, 1901.

Schedule B4. —Trees transferred from Tapanui Nursery to Hanmer Springs Plantation and Nursery Domains, etc.

Schedule C.—One-year-old Trees. —Details of Forest Trees grown at Whakarewarewa Nursery, 1901-2. (Third Crop.)

Schedule B 3 . —T: SEES transf: ERRED Tl i Dusi :y Hill Plantation, I L. Name of Tree. Common Name. Habitat. Number. Height in Inches. Value per Thousand. Total Value. Remarks. Pinus austriaca Pinus laricio .. Pinus benthamiana Larix europea .. Larix leptolepsis Abies exeelsa .. Abies douglasii.. Fraxinus excelsior Quereus pedunoulata Acer pseudo-platanus Betula alba Castanea vesca Austrian pine .. Corsican pice .. Bentham's pine European larch Japanese larch Spruce fir Oregon pine .. English ash .. English oak .. Sycamore Birch Spanish chestnut Elm .. Laburnum Poplars Willows Walnut Hazel Kowhai English oak .. Europe Corsica America Tyrol Japan Europe America Europe 123,000 11,250 850 19,250 2,850 16,300 1,600 37,200 91,300 8,000 1,300 950 10 6 7 6 24 10 8 25 24 7 10 6 £ s. d. 4 0 0 4 0 0 3 5 0 4 5 0 4 15 0 4 0 0 4 15 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 3 15 0 4 0 0 5 5 0 £ s. d. 492 0 0 45 0 0 2 12 9 81 16 3 13 10 9 65 4 0 7 12 0 148 16 0 365 4 0 30 0 0 5 4 0 4 19 9 All these trees have done well since being transferred to the plantation, and loss'through transplantation does not amount to 2 per cent. Ulmus campestris Cytisus laburnum Populus (varieties) Salix (varieties) Juglans regia .. Corylus avellana Sophora tetraptera Quereus pedunoulata 775 1,200 1,500 500 12,375 650 1,500 90,000 422,350 24 12 9 9 10 8 6 4 10 0 4 0 0 1 15 0 1 15 0 5 5 0 5 0 0 5 5 0 1 1 11 3 9 9 4 16 0 2 12 6 17 6 64 19 4 3 5 0 7 17 6 98 18 6 Persia Britain New Zealand Europe Acorns planted in situ. These have done exceedingly well. Total .. 1,448 15 7 Schedule B 4 . —Trees transferred from Tapanui Nursery to Hanmer Springs Plantation and Nursery Domains, etc. Where sent. Name of Tree. Number. Rate per Thousand. Value. Remarks. | Hanmer Springs (temporary nursery) - Abies exeelsa Abies menziesii Pinus austriaoa. Pinus laricio Pinus ponderosa Larix europea Betula alba Ornamental shrubs Shelter trees Shelter trees Pinus maritima Shelter trees Forest trees Shelter and ornamental trees .. Ornamental trees (obiefly native) Trees and shrubs (various) 75,000 25,000 25,000 10,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 9,100 1,000 400 2,000 350 1,000 3,940 1,400 150 £ s. d. 10 0 15 0 10 0 10 0 15 0 15 0 10 0 £ s. d. 75 0 0 31 5 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 6 5 0 6 5 0 5 0 0 23 14 9 3 10 15 0 5 10 0 12 9 3 19 7 11 9 28 2 6 0 15 0 These trees were lined oul in temporary nurserj i preparatory to nent planting. Hanmer Springs (Sanatorium grounds) Inspector of Stock, Fairlie Inspector of Stock, Naseby Ocean Beach Domain Board Inspector of Fisheries, Hakataramea .. Hampden Domain Board Starborough Nursery Quarantine Island, Port Chalmers Green Island School Committee Total 169,340 232 19 6 Schedule C.—One-year-old Tre: IS. —Details of Borei (Third ( it Tree: Jrop.) grown at Wh .kareware ■a Nursery, 1901-2. Name of Tree. Common Name. Habitat. Number in Seed-beds. Height iu Inches. Amount of Seed sown. Value per Thousand. Total Value. Remarks. Abies exeelsa Abies douglasii Pinus benthamiana .. Pinus insignis Pinus ponderosa Pinus strobus Pinus austriaca Larix europea Alnus glutinosa Betula alba Juglans regia Juglans cinera Sequoia sempervirens Spruce fir Oregon pine .. Bentham's pine Remarkable pine Yellow pine .. Weymouth pine Austrian pine.. European larch Common alder English birch.. Walnut Butternut Redwood Europe America Europe Tyrol Europe 1 200,000 1,750 8,000 34,000 40,000 12,000 190,000 ' 112,000 19,000 13,000 5,250 500 400 2 4 3 4 3 1 3 4 5 5 8 8 1 lb. 14 5 5 10 7 5 16 40 21 10 195 50 5 £ s. d. 0 15 0 15 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 0 15 0 10 0 0 15 0 0 15 0 2 0 0 2 10 0 2 0 0 £ s. d. 150 0 0 2 3 9 8 0 0 34 0 0 40 0 0 12 0 0 142 10 0 112 0 0 14 5 0 9 15 0 10 10 0 15 0 0 16 0 Extra strong growth. Sturdy plants. Strong growth. Does well on pumice. Exceedingly robust. Good growth. Extra strong. Even growth. Persia America .. Strong. Patchy. Total 635,900 537 4 9

Schedule B 3 .—T: SEES transf: ERRED Tl i Dusi :y Hill Plantation, I L. Name of Tree. Common Name. Habitat. Number. Height in Inches. Value per Thousand. Total Value. Remarks. Pinus austriaca Pinus laricio .. Pinus benthamiana Larix europea .. Larix leptolepsis Abies exeelsa .. Abies douglasii.. Fraxinus excelsior Quereus pedunoulata Acer pseudo-platanus Betula alba Castanea vesca Austrian pine .. Corsican pice .. Bentham's pine European larch Japanese larch Spruce fir Oregon pine .. English ash .. English oak .. Sycamore Birch Spanish chestnut Elm .. Laburnum Poplars Willows Walnut Hazel Kowhai English oak .. Europe Corsica America Tyrol Japan Europe America Europe 123,000 11,250 850 19,250 2,850 16,300 1,600 37,200 91,300 8,000 1,300 950 10 6 7 6 24 10 8 25 24 7 10 6 £ s. d. 4 0 0 4 0 0 3 5 0 4 5 0 4 15 0 4 0 0 4 15 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 3 15 0 4 0 0 5 5 0 £ s. d. 492 0 0 45 0 0 2 12 9 81 16 3 13 10 9 65 4 0 7 12 0 148 16 0 365 4 0 30 0 0 5 4 0 4 19 9 All these trees have done well since being transferred to the plantation, and loss'through transplantation does not amount to 2 per cent. Ulmus campestris Cytisus laburnum Populus (varieties) Salix (varieties) Juglans regia .. Corylus avellana Sophora tetraptera Quereus pedunoulata 775 1,200 1,500 500 12,375 650 1,500 90,000 422,350 24 12 9 9 10 8 6 4 10 0 4 0 0 1 15 0 1 15 0 5 5 0 5 0 0 5 5 0 1 1 11 3 9 9 4 16 0 2 12 6 17 6 64 19 4 3 5 0 7 17 6 98 18 6 Persia Britain New Zealand Europe Acorns planted in situ. These have done exceedingly well. Total .. 1,448 15 7 Schedule B 4 . —Trees transferred from Tapanui Nursery to Hanmer Springs Plantation and Nursery Domains, etc. Where sent. Name of Tree. Number. Rate per Thousand. Value. Remarks. | Hanmer Springs (temporary nursery) - Abies exeelsa Abies menziesii Pinus austriaoa. Pinus laricio Pinus ponderosa Larix europea Betula alba Ornamental shrubs Shelter trees Shelter trees Pinus maritima Shelter trees Forest trees Shelter and ornamental trees .. Ornamental trees (obiefly native) Trees and shrubs (various) 75,000 25,000 25,000 10,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 9,100 1,000 400 2,000 350 1,000 3,940 1,400 150 £ s. d. 10 0 15 0 10 0 10 0 15 0 15 0 10 0 £ s. d. 75 0 0 31 5 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 6 5 0 6 5 0 5 0 0 23 14 9 3 10 15 0 5 10 0 12 9 3 19 7 11 9 28 2 6 0 15 0 These trees were lined oul in temporary nurserj i preparatory to nent planting. Hanmer Springs (Sanatorium grounds) Inspector of Stock, Fairlie Inspector of Stock, Naseby Ocean Beach Domain Board Inspector of Fisheries, Hakataramea .. Hampden Domain Board Starborough Nursery Quarantine Island, Port Chalmers Green Island School Committee Total 169,340 232 19 6 Schedule C.—One-year-old Tre: IS.—Details of Borei (Third ( it Tree: Jrop.) grown at Wh .kareware ■a Nursery, 1901-2. Name of Tree. Common Name. Habitat. Number in Seed-beds. Height iu Inches. Amount of Seed sown. Value per Thousand. Total Value. Remarks. Abies exeelsa Abies douglasii Pinus benthamiana .. Pinus insignis Pinus ponderosa Pinus strobus Pinus austriaca Larix europea Alnus glutinosa Betula alba Juglans regia Juglans cinera Sequoia sempervirens Spruce fir Oregon pine .. Bentham's pine Remarkable pine Yellow pine .. Weymouth pine Austrian pine.. European larch Common alder English birch.. Walnut Butternut Redwood Europe America Europe Tyrol Europe 1 200,000 1,750 8,000 34,000 40,000 12,000 190,000 ' 112,000 19,000 13,000 5,250 500 400 2 4 3 4 3 1 3 4 5 5 8 8 1 lb. 14 5 5 10 7 5 16 40 21 10 195 50 5 £ s. d. 0 15 0 15 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 0 15 0 10 0 0 15 0 0 15 0 2 0 0 2 10 0 2 0 0 £ s. d. 150 0 0 2 3 9 8 0 0 34 0 0 40 0 0 12 0 0 142 10 0 112 0 0 14 5 0 9 15 0 10 10 0 15 0 0 16 0 Extra strong growth. Sturdy plants. Strong growth. Does well on pumice. Exceedingly robust. Good growth. Extra strong. Even growth. Persia America .. Strong. Patchy. Total 635,900 537 4 9

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Schedule C 1. —Two-year-old Trees.—Details of Forest Trees grown at Whakarewarewa Nursery, 1900-1. (Second Crop.)

Schedule C2. —Three-year-old Trees.—Details of Forest Trees grown at Whakarewarewa Nursery, 1899-1900 (First Crop.)

Name of Tree. Common Name. Habitat. Number in Seed-beds. Number Height in Nursery in Lines. I Value per ,j Thousand. Total Value. Remarks. Abies excelsa Abies douglasii Abies menziesii Pinua austriaca Pinus benthamiana .. Pinus ponderosa Pinus sfcrobus Pinus laricio Larix europea Befcula alba Alnus glutinosa Juglans regia Sequoia sempervirens Spruce fir Oregon pine Menzies' spruce.. Austrian pine Bentham's pine .. Yellow pine Weymouth pine.. Corsican pine European larch .. English birch Common alder .. Walnut Redwood Europe.. America Europe.. America 180,000 28,000 42^000 98,000 35,000 240,000 7,500 40,000 3,500 3 6 6 3 3 3 3 3 18 20 5 20 3 £ s. d. £1 & £2 15 0 2 5 0 2 0 0 2 5 0 25/ & 45/ 2 5 0 10 0 25/ & 45/ 10 0 10 0 2 5 0 3 15 0 £ s. d. 381 0 0 35 0 0 78 15 0 480 0 0 16 17 6 142 10 0 7'17 6 100 0 0 532 10 0 100 0 0 3 5 0 5 8 0 90 0 0 Only medium growth Good growth. Uneven growth. Good sturdy plants. Extra fine. Corsica.. Tyrol .. Europe.. 100,000 300,000 100,000 3,250 2,400 70^000 Even growth. Uneven growth. Good strong growth. Very fine growth. Persia .. America 24,400 Total 760,650 518,400 ! 1,973 3 0 1,27! ,050

Name of Tree. Common Name. Habitat. Number in Nursery Lines. Height in Inches. Value per Total Value. Thousand. Remarks. tbies douglasii 3 inus austriaca Pinua laricio 3 inus strobus 3 inus ponderosa .. 3etula alba Sorbus aucuparia .. Jastanea vesca uglans regia Jerberis vulgaris .. Jordyline australis Oregon pine Austrian pine Corsican pine Weymouth pine .. Yellow pine English birch Mountain ash Spanish chestnut Walnut Barberry Cabbage-tree America Europe Corsica America Europe 37,000 38,000 27,300 5,600 37,700 11,660 9,800 1,600 7,200 18,200 12,500 20 9 10 9 8 50 ■24 30 30 I-α 20 & s. d. 3 5 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 5 0 3 5 0 3 0 0 3 10 0 4 5 0 4 5 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 £ s. d. 120 5 0 114 0 0 81 18 0 18 4 0 122 14 2 35 0 0 34 6 0 6 16 0 30 12 0 36 8 0 37 10 0 Done well. Extra fine. Good growth. Spain Persia England New Zealand Very strong. For hedges. Pine stuff. Total 206,620 637 13 2

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Schedule C3.—Two-year-old Trees, Shrubs, etc., grown at Whakarewarewa Nursery, 1900-1. (Second Crop.)

Schedule C4.—Three-year-old Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, etc., grown at Whakarewarewa Nursery, 1898-1899. (First Crop.)

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Name of Tree. Common Name. Habitat. Number in Seed-beds. Number in Nursery Lines. Height in Inches. Value per Hundred. Total Value. Kemarks, Aucuba japonica Alectryon excelsium Aralia sieboldtii Arundo donax variegata Bambusa augustifolia Benthamia fragifera Berberis vulgaris Carpodetusaerratus Castanea vesca Cerasus lauro-oerasus Clianthus puniceus Coprosma robusta Cordyline hookerii Cordyline indivisa Cordyline australis Corynocarpus laevigata Cotoneaster simmondsii Cotoneaster microphylla Cryptomeria elegans Cupressus lawsoniana Cypress sempervirens Cytisus (varieties) Dianella intermedia Dracophyllum (varieties) .. Euonymus variegata Myrtus obcordata Frenella australis.. Fourcroyia gigantea Griselinia littoralis Gynerium argenteum Japanese laurel Titoki Angelica tree Plume grass Bamboo Indian strawberry-tree ; Barberry Puta-puta weta Spanish chestnut Common laurel Kaka-beak Karamu Toi (North Island var.) ; „ (Dusky Sound var.) Cabbage-tree Karaka Rosebox Japan New Zealand Japan America .. India Europe New Zealanc Spain England .. New Zealand " 500 2,500 60,000 1,200 100 1,250 150 3,500 10,000 1,200 1,000 80 j .. 80 2,200 25 50 ) j 120 ! •■ ■ ) ! ) i ) i j i 1,150 i 5,200 I 2 9 9 9 24 6&12 6 4 8 6 6 10 10 10 10 6 18 12 12 12 12 12 8 8 12 6 16 8 8 36 £ s. d. 10 0 J 5 0 0 1 10 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 ,I I 0 10 0 ' 1 2 10 0 0 0 6 0 10 0 0 4 0 0 5 0 15 0 f 0 10 0 I I 0 15 0 (050 10 7 6 0 5 0 0 2 6 15 0 2 10 0 2 10 0 5 0 0 0 10 0 0 15 0 0 7 0 2 10 0 2 10 0 , 2 10 0 1 10 0 2 10 0 5 0 0 0 7 6 5 0 0 ■ 1. £ s. d. 3 5 0 0 3 4 0 0 3 33 0 0 3 15 0 3 2 10 0 J I 15 10 0 5 15 0 0 ) 6 0 0 ) 0 4 0 ) 3 2 6 ) I 1 17 6 J J I 26 2 6 J j j 44 10 0 M 3 0 0 15 0 10 0 15 0 0 5 0 0 21 10 0 33 15 0 3 15 0 6 2 6 1 5 0 : l 5 o 5 0 0 14 0 ,10 0 5 0 0 [ 5 12 6 : 10 0 0 1 DQ X P o En *o ■p c o o b 3 § I a Elegant cedar Lawson's cypress Upright „ Ornamental laburnum Flax lily .. Neinei i Spindle-tree Native myrtle More ton Bay cypress Giant lily .. Broad leaf Pampas grass India Nepaul Japan America Europe j New Zealand 600 200 430 6,750 . 500 1,750 50 50 200 80 40 100 1,500 200 CO I CD 43 a a> a I . o "a gg cJ °S so a. ■Jo "3. Japan New Zealand Australia .. Mexico New Zealand South America New Zealand Portugal .. J 3 3 Hoheria populnea Laurus nobilis Ribbonwood Sweet bay i 50 100 9 10 2 10 0 2 10 0 (200 ( 0 10 0 15 0 15 0 5 0 0 15 0 2 10 0 2 10 0 2 10 0 3 15 0 f 0 2 6 I 0 10 0 10 0; 2 10 0 2 10 0 0 5 0 15 0 2 10 0 ° o So I Ligustrum lucidum Privet Japan 5,200 9 1-540 Melioytus lanceolatus Melicytus ramiflorus Metrosideros (varieties) Olearia furfuracea Olearia (varieties).. Panax arboreum Podocarpus totara Phyllocladue trichomanoides Hinehine Mahoe Rata i Daisy-tree New Zealand I 4,000 350 25 80 650 70 50 50 40 8 8 8 8 15 8 15 8 24 7 6 0 6 3 4 0 0 8 2 6 1 15 0 15 0 15 0 1 10 0 Houhou Totara Celery pine DO 1 A a> Pittosporum (varieties) Matipos 8,000 11,500 10 I 67 10 0 ) 1 Raphiolepis orata.. Retinospora (varieties) Senecio (varieties) Sophora tetraptera Sophora tetraptera grandiflora Veronica (varieties) Indian hawthorn Cypress Leather-leaf Kowhai „ large-flowered India Japan New Zealand 700 750 50 13,000 4 12 9 8 7 0 0 18 15 0 15 0 32 10 0 GO <D CD 1 I « Koromiko 270 2,050 8 8 0 5 0 3 15 0 0 13 6 76 17 6 Total 93,480 149 56,260 534 16 9 CD 03 6 ,740

Name of Tree. Common Name. Habitat. Number in Nursery Lines. Height Value in per Inches. Hundred. Total Value. Bemarks. iEsculus hippocastanum Arbutus unedo Cory 1 us avellana Cerasus lauro-cerasus Chamasrops excelsa .. Cryptomeria elegans .. Deutzia crenata Dodonea viscosa Escallonia macrantha Grevillea robusta Juglans regia Juglans cinerea Laurus nobilis Piptantbus nepalensis Populus balsamica Platanus orientalis Retinospora (varieties) Spartium junceum Ulmus (varieties) Viburnum opulus I Horse chestnut Strawberry-tree Hazel Common laurel Fan palm Elegant cedar Deutzia Akeake Chilian gum-box Silky oak Walnut Butternut Sweet bay Evergreen laburnum Balaam poplar Plane tree Cypress Spanish broom Elms Guelder rose Asia Ireland Britain.. England China .. Japan .. New Zealand Chili .. Australia Persia .. America Portugal Nepaul Europe.. Levant.. Japan .. Spain .. Europe.. 280 20 730 2,400 1,100 80 40 220 150 180 350 700 800 200 1,500 9,700 1,500 950 100 170 15 24 24 12 7 18 36 24 20 24 30 30 18 24 48 60 24 18 24 30 £ s. d. 0 17 6 4 0 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 5 0 0 2 10 0 4 0 0 15 0 5 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 3 10 0 0 15 0 0 8 0 4 0 0 2 10 0 0 10 0 10 0 2 10 0 £ s. a. 2 9 0 0 16 0 5 10 7 12 0 0 5 10 0 4 0 0 10 0 8 16 0 1 17 6 9 0 0 14 0 0 28 0 0 28 0 0 1 10 0 6 0 0 64 0 0 37 10 0 4 15 0 10 0 4 5 0 P -J ii Q) CD CD'S §'§ a ° Is si a « to u u °§ II rh m Total 21,170 239 19 1

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Schedule C 5. —Trees, etc., transferred from Whakarewarewa Nursery to Forest Plantations, etc., 1901.

Schedule C 5 . —Trees, ITC, TRANSFERRED FROM WHAKAREWAREWA ETC., 1901. fRSERto OREST 'la: NATIONS, Where sent. Name of Tree. Common Name. Number. Height in Inches. Value per Total Value. Thousand. Remarks. Whakarewarewa Plantation .. Eucalypti (8 species) Gums 18,000 9 £ s. d. 1 15 0 £ s. d. 31 10 0 Only medium success. Sown in situ. Does exceedingly well. Ditto. Grows well, but transplants badly. Good sturdy stuff. Fair growth. Sequoia sempervirens .. Redwood 28,045 13,335 15 0 17 6 5 0 0 24 10 9 66 13 6 Larix europea Pinus laricio European laroh Corsican pine .. 75,445 12,900 15 10 4 5 0 4 0 0 320 12 9 51 12 0 Pinus austriaca Austrian pine .. 60,280 10 4 0 0 241 2 4 Acer pseudo-platanus Betula alba Cordyline australis Sycamore English birch .. Cabbage-tree 15,736 5,350 3,663 10 12 12 3 15 0 3 15 0 4 0 0 59 0 2 20 1 3 14 13 4 Planted on edges of firebreaks. 232,754 829 16 1 Waiotapu Plantation .. Pinus laricio Pinus benthamiana Cupressus lawsoniana .. Betula alba Pittosporum tenuifolium Spartium juneeum Piptanthua nepalensis .. Corsican pine .. Bentham's pine Lawson's cypress English birch '.. Black rnapau .. Spanish broom Evergreen laburnum Barberry Cabbage-tree 4,425 2,500 9,075 20,100 5,467 150 100 10 9 14 12 10 12 12 4 0 0 4 5 0 5 5 0 3 15 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 10 0 0 17 14 0 10 12 6 47 12 10 75 7 6 21 17 4 12 0 10 0 I Planted on I experimental areas. \ Planted on edges of V plantations adjoining J road-lines. Berberis vulgaris Cordyline australis 30,130 10,330 6 12 2 0 0 3 0 0 60 5 2 30 19 9 82,277 266 1 1 iaingaroa Plains] Plantation .. Pinus laricio Pinus insignis Abies douglasii Abies menziesii Cupressus lawsoniana .. Betula alba Corsican pine .. Remarkable pine Oregon pine Menzies' spruce Lawson's cypress English birch .. 12,625 6,200 8,050 150 7,700 9,550 10 15 10 10 10 12 4 0 0 4 5 0 4 5 0 4 5 0 5 5 0 3 15 0 50 10 0 26 7 0 34 4 3 0 12 9 40 8 6 35 12 3 Planted on V trial alloti ments. 44,275 187 14 9 Starborough Nursery .. .. Pinus insignis Cordyline australis Cupressus lawsoniana .. Pittosporum (assorted) .. Raphiolepis ovata Veronica (assorted) Olearia Remarkable pine Cabbage-tree Lawson's cypress Matipos Indian hawthorn Koromiko Daisy-tree 7,500 3,000 1,500 2,250 150 375 25 15 20 9 12 4 9 9 2 5 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 6 0 0 3 15 0 1 10 0 16 17 6 6 0 0 4 10 0 4 10 0 0 18 0 14 1 3 0 7 6 14,800 232,754 82,277 44,275 14,800 10,370 358 2,397 2,643 60 2,268 1,535 200 428 150 18,650 9,800 1,000 332 2,750 100 47 4 3 Whakarewarewa Plantation, as per details above .. Waiotapu Plantation, „ laingaroa Plains Plantation, Starborough Nursery, „ Jeyser area, Whakarewarewa, ohiefly native trees and shrubs )kere Falls grounds, shrubs and hedge plants Sanatorium grounds, Rotorua, ornamental shrubs .. luirau Reserve, native trees and shrubs Pukeroa Reserve, „ Department of Agriculture, Wairangi, various trees, &o. (exj Quarantine Island, Motuihi, „ (sh< Native School, Tokaanu, for shelter purposes Paupo Domain, trees and shrubs School Committee, Taupo, trees and shrubs Waiotapu Springs, ornamental shrubs, native lamurana Springs, „ „ ... Hoad Surveyor's Paddock, Galatea, shelter trees Post-office, Hamilton, various trees and shrubs 3eautifying Association, Gisborne, various trees and shrubs. Pown Board, Rotorua, plane trees for street planting i lerimental) ilter) 829 16 1 266 1 1 187 14 9 47 4 3 283 17 9 7 9 6 46 15 0 72 18 0 3 0 0 8 2 0 10 3 9 4 16 9 16 16 6 4 5 0 245 15 0 238 8 9 5 0 0 9 7 6 18 15 0 5 0 0 Total .. 427,147 2311 6 8

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Schedule D.—One-year-old Trees. —Details of Trees grown at Starborough Nursery, 1901-2. (First Crop.)

Schedule D1.—Two-year-old Trees.—Details of Trees transferred from Whakarewarewa and other Nurseries to Starborough Nursery, 1901.

APPENDIX V.—SANCTUARIES FOR WILD ANIMALS.

' GAME FAEM EESERVE, NEAR PARAPARADMU. The following report was received from the Wellington Acclimatisation Society : — From the statement below it will be seen that £88 15s. Id. has been expended on the reserve for the year ending the 31st March, 1902, the chief items of expenditure being fencing and salary of caretaker. The fencing-work remaining to be done this year comprises the completion of the boundary-fences, for which a contract has already been let. This will enclose the whole of the reserve with a substantial eight-wire fence. The deer liberated on the reserve continue to thrive and increase, there being now a herd of eighteen, which are to be found sometimes on the reserve, frequently on the grass lands fronting the reserve, and often in the bush spurs leading up to Manganui trig, station. A few Californian quail have settled down on the reserve, and one or two pheasants have been seen. These latter were not liberated on the reserve. The society has not been able as yet to make any satisfactory arrangement for the breeding of game birds at this locality. Memorandum showing Receipts and Expenditure from Ist April, 1901, to 31st March, 1902. Beceipts. Expenditure. 1901-2. £ s. d. 1901-2. £ s. d. Amount received from Government Salary of caretaker ... ... 20 0 0 on account fencing, 1900-2 ... 70 13 9 Amount expended on account of Government voce for fencing ... 68 15 4 £70 13 9 £88 15 4

Name of Tree. Common Name. Habitat. Estimated Number in Seed-beds Height in Inches. Seed sown. Value per Thousand. Total Value. Remarks. Pinus austriaoa Pinus benthamiana Pinus ponderosa Pinus strobus Pinua insignis Larix europea.. Berberis vulgaris Alnus glutinosa Austriau pine .. Europe Bentham's pine.. America Yellow pine .. j „ Weymouth pine.. ! „ Remarkable pine ! „ European larch .. Tyrol Barberry .. ' Europe Common alder .. i Britain 275,000 16,000 5,000 25,000 30,000 215,000 60,000 800 2 2 1-i 14 4 2 6 2 lb. 28 104 n 44 56 2* 2 £ B. d. 0 15 0 10 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 £ a. d. 206 5 0 16 0 0 5 0 0 25 0 0 30 0 0 215 0 0 45 0 0 0 12 0 Good sturdy trees. Good growth. Good sturdy trees. Good crop. Fine trees. Germinated well. Very strong. Fine. Total ' 626,800 542 17 0 * Bushels.

Name of Tree. Common Name. Habitat. Height Value Number. in per Inches. Thousand. Total Value. Kemarks. >inus insignis 'upressus lawsoniana .. lorlms aueuparia, ierberis vulgaris taphiolepis ovata !ordyline australis 'ittosporum (varieties)., llearia (varieties) r eronioa (varieties) Remarkable pine Lawson's Cypress Mountain ash Barberry Indian hawthorn Cabbage-tree Matipo Daisy-tree Koromiko America Europe India New Zealand 8,000 1,500 2,250 300 150 3,000 2,250 25 375 Iβ 9 24 15 4 20 12 9 9 £ s. d. 2 5 0 3 0 0 2 15 0 15 0 6 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 10 0* 3 15 0* £ s. d. 18 0 0 4 10 0 6 3 9 0 7 6 0 18 0 6 0 0 4 10 0 0 7 6 14 1 3 Very fine stuff. Very fine. Good. Does well here. Fair. Strong and healthy. Very good. Fair growth. Have done well. Total .. 17,850 54 18 0 * Per hundred.

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RESOLUTION ISLAND. The following notes and memoranda were received from Mr. Richard Henry, caretaker at Resolution Island :— April, 1901. —We went a special trip to the head of Dusky Sound to try and get a pair of saddlebacks, but saw none; though when we first .went up there we often saw them on the banks of the Seaforth River. However, that was in December, and they may be there again in the summertime ; but I think they are rapidly dying out everywhere, because they make their nests in hollow trees, where they are easily got at by rats. When we were up at the head of Broughton Arm, in Breaksea Sound, that place appeared to be alive with grey kiwi on a quiet night, also kakapos; so that the weasels and ferrets have not reached that place as yet. It was also the best place for native thrushes; but they were all moulting, or, at least, I shot three and did not get one good one, so I have to get them yet. I had repairs to do to boats and sails, and was provisioned all ready for a cruise early in May, but the weather has been very bad even for this place. In all May we only had one day fine, enough to dry our sail, and, if anything, it has got worse in the first few days of June. Lately we have had day after day with driving rain and a haze that we could not see a hundred yards in, with all northerly winds and a high temperature, from 50° to 58° at 9.30 in the morning. However, we always have some frosty weather in June, and then we will get away. June turned out fairly dry for this place, with only 10-66 in. of rain, and we spent a fortnight in Wet Jacket Arm. Thrushes there used to be more numerous than they are now, for we had many a high climb in the scrub before we got a suitable pair; but they choose the driest and warmest places, away up in dense scrubs under cliffs facing the sun, and only a few such places could we reach. In our rambles we visited the old copper-mines opposite Oke Island. It is in a very steep place, about 1,500 ft. high. The same formation runs for miles on nearly the same level westward, but I think it is no good, for there is very little green oh the stones, but plenty of iron-rust and iron-pyrites. July was also very dry with us, for we only had a little over 6 in. of rain, but plenty of cold sou-westers. We went and stayed a week at Cascade Sound, for we wanted a few little birds—a hen tit, a paroquet, and sparrow-hawk—but found them very hard to get, especially the tit. The males are so plentiful that we could get a dozen in a day, but not one female have we seen in a month. This I never noticed before. I have noticed a similar thing with robins, though it is uot easy to distinguish the sexes of the latter. Either the hens are very scarce or very shy in both cases. The penguins come here in squads or hapus, and at different dates. The first arrivals come to what we call South Cove, on Pigeon Island, about twelve days before any others that I know of. They go in and keep quite silent, so that you would not know there was a penguin in the Sound until about a fortnight after they come. It is the same with all of them. Though there may be a hapu of some hundreds in every half-mile of coast, you may not hear or see one unless you go into the bush, until they begin to lay, and then they get noisy—l allude to the yellow-crested penguin. The only other sort here is the little blue penguin, which is a great howler or singer at almost every time, for they stay here all the year, or a few of them do. The big ones came to South Cove on the 28th June, and on the 22nd July we only got eight eggs, though there were about fifty pairs of penguins about that place. We can get all the eggs we can use off Penguin and Parrot Islands alone, but the penguins are in numbers on all the islands and coasts in the Sounds wherever they can get fresh water and any rude shelter for their nests. I think it is darkness they mostly seek, so that the young ones may escape the sandflies, for they are content with very sloppy nests in the caves. About 1 per cent, of them have dry comfortable nests, 50 per cent, have a few sprigs and damp rubbish, while the others have only hollows in the hard mud. It is only cliffs that stop their landing. They do not mind waves, let them be ever so fierce. 22nd January, 1902.—1 got home this morning after an outing of ten days in Cascade Harbour. Woodhens are very plentiful, and when they had their evening concerts the place would be ringing with them all round the harbour, and all with half-grown chickens. No doubt the absence of rats is the cause of this, as it leaves them plenty of food. Roas were also plentiful low down near the sea, though in all other years they have kept high up in summer. Those that I caught were moulting and nearly naked, but in fairly good condition. Of course, I only caught a few, but I could hear them at night and all low down. I had two fine old ones for the " Waikare " and two for the Gardens, but she did not call at Cascade, so I put them out at Anchor Island. I did not see a sign of a rat, though there are a few at my house at Pigeon Island, but the smell of fish and food will attract all that there are within miles. The kakapos were drumming away, for this is their breeding season. No drumming last year. There is a great scarcity of little living things in the sea-water this year, though last year it was swarming with such as whale-food, and all that lot that the scientists call pelagic fauna. I have been looking out for some of them, but the place is deserted; even the fish and the seagulls that were here last year in hundreds are scarce. My experience since I came here is that no two seasons are exactly alike in the coming and going of things, and there is no use trying to keep a naturalist's calendar, for I get nothing regular to put in it. The mutton-birds and penguins keep fairly good time, but everything else appears to be indifferent to a month or two. The ratas are very late in blossoming, and I thought there were going to be no tuis nor kakas, but they have just come, also the swarm of sparrows. Last year was a great season for berries, but there will scarcely be any this year except mapous, which did not bear at all last year.

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APPENDIX VI.

NATIONAL PARK, MOUNT EGMONT. The management of what is now known as the Egmont National Park was formerly under four district committees, with the Commissioner of Crown Lands a member of each. These committees attended to the local wants falling within their particular sphere. The fees and subscriptions collected, supplemented by Government subsidies, have been expended to the very best advantage in making tracks, providing rough accommodation for visitors, and paddocking accommodation for horses. With the limited means at their disposal, no doubt these committees, who were really the pioneers of the Egmont Domain, have done wonders in the past. The great trouble, however, has been the continued shortness of adequate funds. The individual houses up to now having a purely local interest, as much as possible was spent on each. The tracks have advanced to such a stage, and the time probably has come, when, to cope with present and future requirements, one thoroughly equipped central house, together with a properly constructed carriage-road, is needed in order to attract the general tourist, where all hotel conveniences can be procured, so that invalids and all classes of visitors can be accommodated, and that with a minimum amount of inconvenience and personal discomfort. This would tempt not only the young and robust, but also the class of tourist who will be quite content to get to an elevation of, say, 5,000 ft., breathe the pure invigorating air, enjoy the magnificent view, and roam about at sweet will on the mountain slopes, without ever, perhaps, thinking of going to the summit. People as a rule like to get to the base of their operations with comfort, however much roughing they may feel inclined voluntarily to undertake afterwards. The question will at once arise, Which is the best road and the best position for such a building ? Each of the houses have attractions in themselves, but by having a good walking or bridle track from one to the other much of the difficulty of selection could be overcome. As the main house will be a resort for health purposes, the site should be chosen with the most genial aspect, at the same time offering sufficient inducements for the more hardy travellers making excursions from it. If this view is given effect to much will have to be considered, and the advantages of each centre carefully weighed before a final decision is arrived at. At present I feel that more concentration is necessary for the developing of Mount Egmont as a favourite tourist resort, and that local sentiment will have to give place largely to the advantages gained by attracting visitors from other parts of the colony and the outside world to probably what is the easiest climbed mountain of its altitude in any part of the Southern Hemisphere, and one that can be reached in a few hours from so many of our leading centres of population. The management of the Park since February, 1901, was by a Board elected by the contiguous local bodies under " The Egmont National Park Act, 1900," with two nominated members by the Government, the Commissioner of Crown Lands for the time being chairman—in all, ten members. Sub-committees are appointed to manage all local matters and carry out improvements, all, however, being subject to the control of the general Board. Native and imported game is absolutely protected within the domain, as well as the native flora and fauna. During the past year four meetings of the general Board have taken place, and operations have been confined to the upkeep of roads, buildings, furnishings, &c. The caretakers are recouped by a percentage from fees collected at the different houses. The road-formation inside of and adjoining the radius-line has been under the supervision of the Road Surveyor, and the following operations have been carried out : Egmont Track—4o chains of bushfelling and clearing in progress and 2 miles of engineering survey, at a cost of £53 7s. (The above is exclusive of work done on Egmont Road under control of local body, the Moa Road Board.) Dawson's Falls Road —1 mile 66 chains of engineering survey, at a cost of £30 7s. 2d. Pembroke Road—l 4 chains of dray-road construction, 20 ft. culverts, at a cost of £33 lis. Kahui Road—s acres of bushfelling and 3 miles of bridle-track, at a cost of £22 2s. : total, £139 7s. 2d. On the improvement of the different houses, which has been carried out solely from the revenue derived from tourists, the following are the principal items : North Egmont house, £52 13s. 3d. ; East Egmont house, £117 14s. 5d.: total, £170 7s. Bd. The visitors to the different houses during the season, which opens about the 21st December and closes about the 21st April, although this season the southern house continued open into May, have been as follows : North (Egmont), 693 ; east (Stratford), 250; south (Dawson's Falls), 1,080; west (Rahotu, Kahui), 100: total, 2,123. Receipts from fees, &c, amount to £363 2s. 3d., and expenditure so far as accounts have come in amounts to £361 2s. 3d., leaving at present a credit of £2; but, as there are several outstanding accounts not yet to hand from the southern committee, this credit is approximate only. It may be mentioned that although there is this approximate credit on the whole domain, one of the local committees has, I understand, liabilities of about £50 over their receipts, and another has probably £20, or £70 in all, which will have to be met in some way during the coming year. Mount Egmont. A trip to Mount Egmont is becoming one of the recognised attractions of the colony and outside world. At present four routes are offered to the intending visitor. The first ascent by any one except Maoris was made by Dr. Dieffenbach, the naturalist of the New Zealand Company, and a man named Heberly, as far back as Christmas, 1840. The party took the valley of the Wa

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wakaiho and up a spur to the summit. The route was a very difficult one, but in those days, with no tracks, the only one available. The Provincial Government of Taranaki, about the year 1875-76, spent a considerable sum in making a bridle-track over the ranges to the swamp, between the Pouakai Ranges and the mountain. The track was vid the Mangorei Road, a clearing being made at a suitable spot, about 800 ft. from top of ranges, for horses, and a camping-ground. There was also another campingground at Holly Flat, below Sinclair's Table, on south side of swamp, and for years this was the usual track to the mountain. The ascent was a hard one, the trip taking several days, though the scenery was magnificent. The present Egmont Track was made about 1890, and is a continuation of the Egmont Road. Then follow the Stratford Track, via the Pembroke Road, which was cut out, and due to the energy of Messrs. Curtis and Perm of that town. Later on the Manaia Track, vid Dawson's Falls, was located by the residents of Manaia and surrounding districts. The Surrey Road Track was cut out in the first instance by Mr. Speck and his boys. The Rahotu Track, vid Kahui Road, of recent date, is not quite finished. From that side the early settlers followed up Stony River to a spur, and on that way to the summit. These make in all six tracks to the mountain ; on each considerable sums of money have been spent, and on three of the tracks houses have been built, and, provided ordinary care is taken, the mountain can be ascended from any side now without serious difficulty. The Egmont Boute from New Plymouth. This is a good driving-road, metalled to the radius-line, a distance of sixteen miles, occupying two to three hours. From Inglewood Railway it is eight miles by good metalled road to the same point. For two miles inside the radius-line the road has been formed for vehicle traffic, another mile is in progress, and the further mile to the mountain house (3,200 ft. high) is a good bridle-track. From the mountain house it is a walking-track to the summit, taking from three to five hours to make the ascent. From the house for the first mile and a quarter it is through bush and scrub, then it is moss, and on to the bare rock and scoria, presenting no serious difficulty till the summit is reached. The scenery on this line is of an ever-changing nature. The fine gorge of Ngatoro near the house, with the forest on each side of it; then the isolated rocks called Humphries Castle; further off the ranges of Pouakai; and, when once on the moss, diversions can be made with ease to both sides of the mountain to view the fine old lava gorges and the many high cliffs of solid rock. At whatever season of the year, in the sheltered gulches ice is always obtainable on this route. The gorge of the Waiwakaiho is a favourite detour, and trips can be extended in other directions to Stratford and Falls houses, occupying three and four hours respectively to travel. The Next Track from Stratford, via the Pembroke Boad. This is a good metalled road for seven miles, for another mile and a quarter it is an ordinary road, then on to the house, a distance of four miles further on, it is simply a horse-track. From the house horses can be taken for another mile and a quarter to an elevation of 5,200 ft., though the last 1,000 ft. of this distance is very steep. From Stratford house excursions can be made to the Manganui Gorge and down the Kapuni to the Falls house, also on to the Egmont house. A beautiful waterfall on Manganui River and one on Waingongoro River are specially attractive side features of this route. The ascent to the summit of the mountain will take from three to five hours from the house, the last part near the top being very steep. From railway-station at Stratford to the house the journey can be accomplished in three hours, or the entire trip to summit can be done in, say, seven hours. The Next Boute, via the Manaia Boad. To the Falls house, at an elevation of 3,070 ft., the road is a good metalled one to within half a mile of the radius-line, then through the bush for three miles and three-quarters it is a horsetrack., in fair order. From Falls house to summit the track is vid Panitahi Peak, and takes from four to six hours from the house. Should the tourist not wish to make the whole ascent, a magnificent view can be had from Panitahi, at an elevation of 6,438 ft. From this house many excursions can be taken, first of importance being that to the Dawsons' Falls, near at hand; next the Cascades, on Kapuni, Hastie's Hill; and, by following up the mountain track to the moss-line, skirting round Panitahi, and descending to Lake Dive, is another trip that will require three hours each way. The scenery, however, to Lake Dive is very beautiful; the wild gorge of Punehu and the abrupt cliffs of Bobs Bluff well repay the exertions of the tourist. Another New Route from Rahotu. Due west of the mountain and thirty miles from New Plymouth is the track vid the Kahui Road. For a distance of seven miles and three-quarters it is by a good metalled road, then by one mile of cleared road to radius-line. From radius-line to moss-line four miles and a half is only a rough walking-track ; the work of opening this out for a bridle-track was started, but owing to shortness of funds was not finished. A small clearing has been felled for a paddock and a site chosen for house. The scenery on this track is in many respects different from the others ; it embraces the long mossy slopes at the head-waters of Stony River, the Pouakai Ranges, the Gorge of Okahu with its high cliffs, this latter being one of the finest views of the mountain, which can be easily explored from the track. 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There are other walking-tracks through the reserve, as the radius-line is tapped all round with roads leading to different parts of the surrounding district. From each road-terminal a track is made; these, however, are only of local interest, and used by settlers and others as occasion requires. The houses built at Egmont, Stratford, and Falls (Manaia route) Tracks have simple accommodation —viz., bunks, mattresses, table and cooking utensils, provided at a nominal charge. From December to April a caretaker, who also acts as a guide, is kept, to supply firewood and water for the visitors. At Egmont and Falls cottages are also provided, at moderate rentals, for visitors desiring greater privacy for themselves and their families. If desired, meals can be supplied to visitors at reasonable rates, thus saving them the trouble of bringing their own provisions, et cetera. Blankets, however, are not provided. Special rooms are set apart for ladies. The air of the mountain is clear, dry, and bracing, giving vigour to any one ; for chest complaints great relief is soon felt; visitors after a few days seem to leave behind them their ills, and, the accommodation and means of access were improved, it would doubtless become a health resort for many who do not take advantage of it on this account. The visitors to the mountain from all sides for the last three seasons have not averaged more than two thousand per season. Falls house has had about half of this aggregate, and this is probably accounted for by the interest the southern people take in the mountain and its environs, as they make the trip an annual excursion, and at the same time induce many of their friends to accompany them. Jas. Mackenzie, Chief Surveyor and Commissioner of Crown Lands.

APPENDIX VII.

LONGITUDE OF NEW ZEALAND (SUMMARY OF OBSERVATIONS AND RESULTS). The Mount Cook Initial Station, Te Aro, Wellington, is the point to which is referred the elements of the surveys of New Zealand. It will be interesting to consider the steps that have been taken at various times to determine the longitude of this point and other stations in New Zealand. We have, first of all, the following particulars as to absolute determinations :—

(1.) Longitudes of Places in New Zealand.

(2.) Longitudes of Places in Australia.

Date. Station. Observers. Method. Longitude. Authority. Old time-ball, Wellington Captain Carkeek .. Lunars, Jupiter's satellites, lunar eclipses, and moon culminations Moon culminations H. m. b. 11 39 17 Parliamentary Paper, 1871, G.-23, p. 4. 1670 Hutt Observatory Mr. H. Jackson 11 39 5073 Supplement New Zealand Gazette, No. 12, 18th February, 1871, p. 11. Supplement New Zealand Gazette, No. 46, 20th May, 1878, p. 635. Transit of Venus, 1874, p. 493. 1869-71 Rookyside Messrs. J. T. Thomson and J. McKerrow Major Palmer Ditto 11 21 59-61 1874-75 Burnham Meridional transits and azimuths of the moon 11 29 13-10

Date. Station. Observers. Method. Longitude. Authority. Sarly Admiralty determination Pert Macquarie H. in. s. 10 4 56 Trans. N.Z. Inst., Vol. ix., p. 218 (151° 14' 00"). Melbourne Observatory Sydney Observatory Ditto Mr. Bllery 9 39 54-80 Trans. N.Z. Inst., Vol. vii., p. 50S. Ditto. Mr. Scott 10 4 47'32 .877-78 .. Mr. Russell Moon culminations 10 4 50-81 Report on the Surveys of New Zealand, 1883-84, p. ii. Nautical Almanac, 1902, p. 600. Ditto Messrs. Ellery, Russell, and Todd Telegraphic signal.. 10 4 49-54

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We have also the following data on record : —

(3.) Differences of Longitude.

"We may now proceed to the final results deducible from the foregoing : —

(4.) Comparison of Results referred to Mount Cook Initial Station.

The longitude of Mount Cook Initial Station hitherto adopted by the Survey Department is llh. 39m. 9-925., derived from moon culminations at Rockyside by the late Mr. J. T. Thomson, F.R.G.S., M.1.C.E., and telegraphic and trigonometrical connections. This value has not so far been abandoned owing to the doubt existing as to the true longitude of the station of

Date. Stations. Observers. Difference of Longitude. Authority. Old time-ball and Wellington Observatory Hutt and Rockyside Observatories Hutt and Wellington Observatories Pipitea Point and Wellington Observatory Wellington Cathedral and Pipitea Point Wellington Observatory and Mount Cook Initial Station Burnham and Wellington Observatories Burnbam and Mount Cook Initial Station Fort Macquarie and Pipitea ' Point Garden Island (Sydney) and Wellington Cathedral Sydney and Wellington Observatories Sydney Observatory and Mount Cook Initial Station Melbourne and Sydney Observatories Sydney Observatory and Port Macquarie Sydney Observatory and Garden Island Greenwich and Syciney Observatories Greenwich and Sydney Observatories H. m. s. 0 0 125* Parliamentary Paper, 1871, G.-23, p. 4. Parliamentary Paper, 1871, G.-23, p. 10. Parliamentary Paper, 1871, G.-23, p. 10. Parliamentary Paper, 1871, G.-23, p. 4. Trans. N.Z. Inst., Vol. vii., p. 504. 1871 Messrs. Thomson and Jackson Mr. H. Jackson 0 17 44-519} 1871 0 0 35-413* 1871 a • • 0 0 2-88* Captain Nares 0 0 0-87 ' 1884 Mr. C. W. Adams .. 0 0 1-21* Report on the Surveys of New Zealand, 1883-84, p. iii. Parliamentary Paper, 1876, H.-6, p. 2. Report on the Surveys of New Zealand, 1883-84, p. iii. Trans. N.Z. Inst., Vol. vii., p. 504. 1874-75 Major Palmer 0 9 52-37} 0 9 53-88* 1852-54 Captain Stokes 1 34 15-53f 1874 Captain Nares 1 34 15-47t 1876 Messrs. Russell and Stock Messrs. Russell and Adams 1 34 15-9949} Parliamentary Paper, 1876, H.-6a, p. 2. Report on the Surveys of New Zealand, 1883-84, p. 24. Trans. N.Z. Inst., Vol. vii., p. 505. 1883 1 34' 16-985} 0 24 55-81} 0 0 2-63 p. 504. Captain Nares 0 0 5-73 Mr. Baracchi 10 4 48-47} Report on the Surveys of New Zealand, 1883-84, p. iv. Nautical Almanao, 1902, p. 600. Messrs. Ellery, Russell, and Todd 10 4 49-54} *By triansulation. + By transit of chronometers. } By telegraphic signal.

Origin. Longitude. Difference of Longitude. Observers. Mount Cook Initial Station. Wellington Observatory. ' ort Macquarie H. m. s. 10 4 56 (Admiralty) 11 39 17-00 (Captain Carkeek) H 39 50-73 (Mr. H. Jackson) 11 21 59-61 (Mr. J. T.Thomson) H. m. s. 1 34 13-86f Captain Stokes H. m. s. 11 39 9 86 H. m. s. 11 39 8-65 )ld time-ball, Wellington lutt Observatory 0 0 0-04* 11 39 16-96 0 0 34-203* 11 39 16-527 iockyside .. Jurnham 0 17 10-316 J* 0 9 53-58}* Messrs. J. T. Thomson, J. McKerrow, and H. Jackson Major Palmer and assistants 11 39 9-926 11 39 6-68 Melbourne Observatory 11 29 13-10 (Major Palmer) 11 29 13-10 ' (Major Palmer) 9 39 54-80 (Mr. BUery) 9 39 54-80 (Mr. Ellery) 9 39 54-80 (Mr. Ellery) 10 4 48-47} (Mr. Baracchi) 10 4 50-81 ' (Mr. Russell) 10 4 49-54+ (Messrs. Ellery, Russell, and Todd) 0 9 53-88* 1 59 12-30}f* 1 59 16-21}f* 1 59 13-01}* Captain Stokes Captain Nares Messrs. Russell and Stock 11 39 6-98 11 39 7-10 11 39 11-01 11 39 7-81 11 39 5.89 11 39 9.80 11 39 6.60 lydney 1 34 16-98} Mesers. Russell and Adams 11 39 5-45 1 34 16-98} a> 11 39 7-79 It • " * * 1 34 16-98} 11 39 6-52 11 39 5-31 * By triangulation. t By transit of chronometers. t By telegraphic signal.

Hagley Park, Christchurch, View near Magnetograph House.

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Office Buildings and Seismograph, Christchurch.

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reference in Australia. The longitude of Sydney Observatory having now by telegraphic signal from Greenwich on no less authority than tha of Mes« • EUjry, Buje 11 and Son W hhhe n rto "n hTs fcj amveTat Sr consultation with Sir James lector K.GMG Mr. James McKerrow, F.R.A.S., Captain Blackburne, and Mr. King, the Observer at Wellington Observatory. The results are as under- :— Longitude of Sydney Observatory by telegraphic signal (Messrs. H. m. s_ Ellery, Russell, and Todd) ■•-. . ■•■ 10 449 54 Difference Sydney and Mount Cook by telegraphic signal (Messrs. Russell and Adams) ... ••• ••• ••• Longitude of Mount Cook Initial Station ... ••• 1139 6-52 This change in the initial longitude necessarily suggests an amendment of the Admiralty charts of New Inland. A careful Comparison has therefore been made as to he coast-lmes as recorded on the Admiralty charts and on the maps resulting from the operations oi the buivey Department,which showsthat the lines of longitude should be moved relatively to the features of MTptare being prepared illustrative of the effect of the above change of longitude and the alterations due to the P trigonometrical surveys, which will be submitted in due course to the Marine Department.

APPENDIX VIII.

MAGNETIC OBSERVATORY AND MAGNETIC SURVEY. By C. Coleridge Farr, D.Sc. The past year has seen the erection of the Magnetic Observatory in Hagley Park. The history dthk institution is as follows : In 1897 Dr. Adolf Schmidt, one of the greatest authorities on ?L sub ecT pointed out the great scientific advantage which would arise from a more uniform the world, and that, while there were then between fify and sixty such institutions in the Northern Hemisphere, of which four were- m the British Isle an J five in Tanan there were only three over the whole of the Southern Hemisphere—viz., at Ba aria Mauritius, an dMdbourne-and Dr. Schmidt specially named New Zealand as being the Batavia ividuiiuiu» * meeting of the Australasian Association for tne Adtn™t of"SiS heSTn SydneylntnuT/y, l! 98, the subject of the dearth of magnetic observSLs south o the equator was touched on by Mr. Baracchi, the Governmen As™mer for the Colony of Victoria, who used the expression that the establishment of one m New Zealand" was a duty owed to the scientific world. In consequence o thTs and other remarks of a similar character by very distinguished men-Dr Schuster ?or instance who wrote of the "absolute necessity" for more attention being paid to these matte. Tn the Southern Hemisphere-a committee was appointed by the Australasian Associationatthe Sydney meeting to bring the matter of a magnetic survey of New Zealand and he estahhshmentJf a magnetic observatory before the Government of New Zealand while at the same mTthe Kew Observatory Committee of the Royal Society of London, winch has since bernateeitothe National Physical Laboratory Committee of the Royal Society, very generously nffered to assist by lending a set of absolute magnetic instruments. The objects of the AustSasL Assoc atSn Committee met with the support of Admiral Pearson, the Shipmasters Assoc a ion of New Zealand, and the Chambers of Commerce; and when the matter came before fheGov rnmentit was decided to place a sum of £500 on the estimates or, preliminary work Sth th Kew instruments, whic/were brought into the colony by ins.ru The magnetic survey of the colony was commenced early in 1899 with instra ments a°nd during \he same yea/a set of Sitz recording magnetographs was ordered to be' made under the kind supervision of Dr. Chree and Kew Observatory, and a set of absolute -magnetic instruments was also ordered. Owing to unavoidable delays chiefly owing to a large number of orders for similar instruments for India and elsewhere, and So to the pressure of work consequent on the South African war, the instruments were not received in the colony till April of the year under review, 1901, and the absolute instruments were notdeceived until March of the present year, 1902. At the commencement of the past financial veL and before the plans of the buildings to receive the instruments were completed inquiries S male byThe president of the Royal Geographical Society to ascertain whether the observltorvwoud be In readiness by the time the antarctic exploring-ship « Discovery would be m thesewlers and if so, she would make Lyttelton her port of departure instead of Melbourne as ntendldbefore it was known that a magnetic observatory was in contemplation m these Islands. As the Cnrstchurch Gardens were eminently suitable from a magnetic pomfc of view, and m fonseouence too of the fact that such a position would be readily accessible to the members of the expedition the Christchurch Domain Board were approached, and very generously gave permission to the observatory to be erected there. Mr. P. M Stewart contracted for the buildings at a total cost of £1,217 7s. Id., and he carried out the work conscientiously and well.

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The Observatory consists of three picturesque buildings of the Swiss-chalet type, and are shown in the accompanying illustrations. Illustration A shows the office buildings, consisting of two rooms, with an attached room at the left-hand end, in which one of the incline horizontal pendulum seismographs is placed. In the foreground is an interesting instrument designed by Elste and Gertel, of Wolfenbuttel, for the determination of certain quantities connected with the electrical state of the atmosphere. Illustration B shows the "absolute house," where absolute determination of the magnetic quantities are made. The Sitz recording photographic instruments are what are known as variation instruments —that is, instruments which record all the variations in the magnetic quantities which occur. If, then, at any time we determine otherwise the absolute value of the three magnetic quantities —the horizontal intensity, the vertical intensity, and the declination —we can, by measurement from the photographic curves of the variation instruments, determine their values at all hours of the day. With new instruments such as ours it is necessary to keep a very careful check on the variation instruments, as these magnets "age" rapidly; and variations which are really due to this " aging" of the magnets might be ascribed, unless care were taken, to variations in the earth's magnetic condition. In front of the building on one of the tripods is the absolute magnetometer constructed by the Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company under Dr. Chree's supervision; while the smaller instrument is the dip circle belonging to the Observatory. Inside the building on the pillars, of which only one of the two is visible, the absolute instrument lent us by the Eoyal Society is rather indistinctly seen. The building has been constructed with copper nails and brass screws and locks and hinges, so as to be absolutely free from foreign magnetic influence. .It was on the pillar which is seen that the bulk of the "Discovery's" instruments were standardised by Lieutenant Armitage. Illustration C shows the magnetograph house. The special feature of this building cannot, unfortunately, be shown in a photograph, as it consists of a cellar under the building, in which the rnagnetographs are placed. In front of the building the solar thermometer and terrestrial-radiation thermometer can be seen, and also in a brass tripod one of Lord Kelvin's portable electrometers with a fuse attached, for determining the value of the electrical potential of the atmosphere. The Observatory has quite recently received two of these, and there are also two amongst the " Discovery's " physical equipment, one of which, however, unfortunately met with an accident on the journey out. The object of these instruments is to study the variations which take place in the electrical state of the air. We live surrounded by an immense store of electrical energy in the air, which it is not impossible that some day we may be able to utilise. Of late years our knowledge of this subject has been considerably increased by the observations carried on at the fixed observatories in the Northern Hemisphere, as at Kew, Greenwich, and Lyons ; indeed, nearly all the observatories of the Northern Hemisphere which are not severely astronomical make this subject a part of their work, and balloon ascents to a height of 12,000 ft. have been made in France by Ch. Andre and Le Cadet expressly to give more information of the air's electrical state at high altitudes. Elste and Gertel too, and Bxner, have, also observed on mountain-peaks with the same end in view ; but so far, I believe, the subject is almost entirely neglected in the Southern Hemisphere, with the exception of a few isolated observations made in the extreme south by the "Southern Cross" expedition before accident to their instruments rendered further work impossible. Observations of atmospheric potential have been asked for in the south by the International Magnetic Co-operation, which drew up the scheme of international work during the period of antarctic research of this and next "year, and accordingly systematic observations are now being made in Christohureh; but as they were not commenced till after the end of the financial year—indeed, have only now (June) been begun —no details can be given. The pipe which can be seen projecting in the illustration from the right-hand side of the building is the discharge-tube of the water-dropping collector of atmospheric electricity for observations at a fixed spot. This water-dropper takes the place of the fuse which can be seen projecting horizontally from the electrometer in the illustration. Fuses are for field-work ; water-droppers are for fixedspot work. The building shown contains also a dark-room for photographic work. Underneath this building the magnetographs are placed in a rather specially constructed cellar. One was used in the selection of the materials for the cellar to see that there was nothing magnetic in them, and, as it is quite essential to secure as uniform a temperature as possible in a room containing magnetographs, the cellar was built with double walls. It is with a view to uniform temperature that these instruments are put in a cellar rather than in a room on the ground floor, and the combination of the cellar and double walls has acted admirably. The regular daily variation of temperature which is so marked in the open air disappears entirely in this cellar. The temperature does not vary half a degree on days when the external temperature varies from twenty-five to twenty-eight degrees. The difference between summer and winter is, however, visible, and the temperature of the cellar is now (June) eight degrees lower than it was in January. The importance of uniformity of temperature is consequent on the fact that all magnets are affected by temperature, having what are known as "temperature coefficient." In general a magnet is weaker when hot than when cold, and if no account were taken of temperature, or if it were allowed to vary irregularly, apparent alterations, in reality due to changes of temperature, might be put down as real; indeed, it would be impossible to say what was real and what was due to alteration of temperature. The temperature coefficient of the magnet will be determined from a year's results, when there will be the "aging" and the temperature to be taken into account. The two effects can be separated, however, as the " aging," though becoming less and less as the year proceeds, will always be in the same direction— i.e., the magnet will always become weaker from age, though at a less and less rapid rate. The alteration in their strength in consequence of temperature will, on the other hand, at first be in the direction of increasing their strength owing to the fall of temperature from summer to winter, while the strength will decrease as the tempera.ture rises from winter to summer. The records of these magnetographs are kept continuously night and day by photographic means, and this has been in progress since November, 1901. In

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consequence, however, of the annual cycle of temperature not having been completed, it is impossible to begin a discussion of the results ; indeed, the longer the period of observation is from which these two correcting quantities are derived the more accurate will the result be. The discussion, when it is commenced, will involve an immense amount of work, and the results will be such that the magnetic quantities over the period of observation can, if necessary, be given every five minutes of the day. It is usual to publish hourly values. The photographic method by which the results are recorded is that of reflection of a spot of light from two mirrors, one of which is fixed and the other attached rigidly to the magnet. The spots from these two mirrors fall on a drum, on which is clamped a sheet of sensitive photographic paper (bromide). This drum—or, rather, the three drums, for there is one for each of the instruments—is caused to revolve by a drivingclock. The spot of light from the fixed mirror makes, of course, a straight line on the paper, whilst that from the mirror attached to the magnet follows any motion the magnet may make, and its trace is left on the sensitive paper. Prom a knowledge (derived otherwise) of what alteration in magnetic force is represented by a movement of the movable spot of one centimeter, the alterations of magnetic strength from hour to hour are determined. The straight line drawn on the paper is generally known as the base line, and its value is determined by the absolute observations taken from time to time. The value of the base line with quite uniform temperature and old magnets would not alter. In our instruments the value is not the same from observation to observation, and from its variations we shall, as indicated above, determine the rate of " aging " of the magnets and the temperature coefficient. In order to fall in with the wishes of the International Magnetic Co-operation I have had the driving-clock altered, so that now we can cause the drums either to rotate once in twenty-four hours or once in one hour and a half. In view of the departure of the various antarctic expeditions, a programme has been drawn up by which all the observatories in the world are adopting on certain days precisely the same course of procedure, and the same is being done by the British and German expeditions in the south. On these days—known as " term' days " —viz., the Ist and 15th of the month—the drums of the magnetographs are caused to rotate at the quicker speed for certain specified times. The result of this quick-speed driving is that it enables the exact time of any magnetic event to be picked out with great accuracy, and it will be possible to say, for instance, that such-and-such a change of magnetic conditions took place at any observatory at a certain time, and which time it will be possible to give to an accuracy of less than five seconds. We shall thus be able to trace a disturbance from one observatory to another and determine its velocity of travel with much greater accuracy than has been done hitherto. The desire of the International Magnetic Co-operation is to have information over the whole world of the three magnetic elements for every twenty seconds of time. This involves 543 measurements for every hour of quick-speed driving. Owing to the improbability of the British expedition being able to keep all the term days, I have agreed with Captain Scott to drive the magnetograph drums at the quick speed for the whole of every term day from the Ist March until the expedition returns, and the drums of the expedition magnetographs will similarly be driven at the higher rate of speed for as many of the term days as possible. A circular announcing our intention was sent to the other observatories, and in consese'quence of it the observatories at Mauritius, Batavia, De Biet, and, to some extent, Kew, are adopting the same course of action. Thus on every one of the term days there will be 543 points of comparison to within an accuracy of five seconds between all the observatories and amongst the six mentioned —namely, Batavia, De Biet, Kew, Mauritius, Victoria Land, and Christchurch. There will be over twelve thousand points of comparison to the same degrees of accuracy for every one of the days. Unfortunately, we were unable to let the German expedition know of our arrangement, but I think it quite possible that they will adopt it notwithstanding. Such work as this is very laborious, for, besides involving a nightly vigil once a fortnight, the reduction of each term day's records will mean an enormous amount of work. It is, however, quite a special occasion, and calls for quite special energy, and the records once obtained can be reduced more leisurely. It is, of course, the first time such a co-operation in working has been attempted; indeed, it is the first time that magnetographs have been in the antarctic regions. It therefore behoves us to make the most of the opportunity. Quite apart from its ordinary functions the higher driving-speed for the magnetograph drums acted as a most valuable seismograph for the Cheviot earthquake-shocks in November, 1901, and that on the very day after the adjustment of the instrument was completed. It has been a point on which there has been room for much difference of opinion whether or not an earthquake, besides shaking the earth's crust, causes also magnetic disturbances. Magnetic records have been examined over considerable lengths of time by the Seismological Committee of the British Association, and the conclusion reached—chiefly in consequence of a record obtained in Bombay by Mr. Moos, where drums were driven at only one-fifteenth of the speed at which ours were—is to the effect that the two are associated. A reproduction of Mr. Moos's record is given in the British Association Report for 1898, page 239, and an inspection of it will show that, owing to the very small amount of sensitive paper used per minute, no detail is visible. On the occurrence of the Cheviot shocks we decided to test the efficacy of our arrangement for high-speed running by attempting to record some of the shocks on the magnetographs, and at the same time throw light, if possible, on this point. With the cordial assistance of Mr. H. P. Skey, we managed thus to keep the instruments running at high speed for some eighty hours. (Under these circumstances they require constant attendance.) In all, we recorded four shocks and many minor tremors. The general character of the records of all four was- the same, and very surprising and interesting, for they not only, in my opinion, settle the question of the magnetic effect of an earthquake, but they show that the effect is of a rhythmical, wavy character, which cannot fail to be suggestive of its cause. (See plate V.) ■ Mention has already been made of the seismograph—one of two in the colony—which is at the Observatory, and some account of it may not be uninteresting. It is necessary to understand

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at the outset that these instruments are intended to record the effect of very severe earthquakes which make themselves felt at a large distance from the seat of the disturbance. Some earthquakes have been known the waves generated by which have either travelled right round the world or twice through it, for they have been twice recorded at many stations, the second record being some hours after the first. It is earthquakes such as these that are of the greatest scientific interest, for the waves which are recorded by a seismograph, coming as they do through a portion of the earth's interior, bear on their surface the marks of the material through which they have travelled. While there is still much that is obscure, a certain amount has been already learned, and every record obtained gives fresh knowledge. A general description of the instrument may not be uninteresting. It is one of those designed by Professor Milne and known as a horizontal-pendulum seismograph. The principle of it is remarkably simple, and one with which every one is acquainted, being in effect an adaptation of the well-known swinging backward and forward of the boom of a yacht when that boom is not stopped from swinging by ropes or sail being set. As the yacht rolls the boom swings to and fro in response to its motions. If, then, the motions of the. end of the boom were watched, it would be possible to tell when waves were passing under the yacht. This is exactly what is done in the modern seismograph. An exceedingly delicately suspended aluminium boom has a hole in its free end, through which light from a lamp passes on to sensitive paper below. The paper is unrolled from a roll at a rate of about sixty millimetres of paper per hour. Motions of the end of the boom are accompanied of necessity by motions of the light spot on the sensitive paper, and thus any earth-waves which come are at once photographed. In this way forty-seven different disturbances have been recorded in Christchurch from the 23rd November till the 31st March, all of them being quite unfelt by persons either sitting or standing, and most of them originating at a great distance from these Islands. There are some forty of these seismographs scattered over the surface of the earth. The number of them is rapidly increasing. Those in our more immediate neighbourhood are at Wellington, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, and Honolulu. There is also one just now erected somewhere in Victoria Land. It would be interesting and useful to have one in Norfolk Island. The custom in connection with the records is for details of the various shocks to be tabulated and sent round to the various seismological observatories. Any one can see on receipt of these circulars where any shock has originated from the times at which it has been recorded elsewhere. In accordance with this method the following circular has been sent round : — Reooeds of Milne Seismograph No. 16, at Christchubch. Latitude: 43° 31' 50" S. Longitude: 172° 38' 09" E. Time employed: llh. 30m. os. East of Greenwich. For the months of November, 1901, to March, 1902. No. 1, 2, .. . for each month. Time : N.Z.S.T., as stated above. P.T. = Preliminary tremors less than 2mra. complete amplitude; A.T. = After-tremors less than 2mm. cimplote amplitude; B.E. = Beginning and end of vibrations not loss than 2mm.; Amp. = Full amplitude in millimetres; B.P = Boom period. Midnight = oh. or 241).

Maxima. No. n P.T. B. From To Amp. B. A.T. till. B.P. Remarks. 1 2 H. m. s. H. m. s. 23 25 13 0 0 13 48 0 N. H. m. s. H. m. s. 16 19 0 16 22 0 13 49 0 13 50 30 OVEMBEB, Min. 1-0 3-0 II. m. s. 13 52 0 H. ill. s. 14 30 0 Sees. 20 6 6 5 1 30 7 .. 1 42.10 9 2 13 0 2 30 20 15 10 40 0 10 57 0 27 31 10 20 0 10 56 27 31 18 1 17 31 20 56 35 20 57 24 Di JCEMKEK. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0 1 1 30 5 13 50 5 13 50 1 43 40 1 43 40 2 37 30 2 39 50 11 6 0 11 6 0 19 49 30 10 59 0 11 2 0 18 8 4 18 11 27 21 22 30 21 28 30 21 31 46 21 33 45 T 2-0 5-0 80 3-3 3-5 1-2 3-0 1-8 9-0 26-0 8-0 6-0 5 14 20 1 57 20 2 40 20 11 24 0 7 30 0 4 12 0 12 30 0 20 0 0 12 55 0 18 40 0 25 30 0 20 •20 20 15 17 18 18 18 11 6 35 21 51 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 3 9 18 15 17 19 21 22 22 24 25 17 14 22 17 39 40 J 17 46 1 2 24 5 2 37 15 11 37 40 10 32 0 18 6 30 12 16 50 11 29 44 11 52 18 21 52 17 10 11 30 17 53 0 21 26 32 11 18 35 11 19 30 11 21 30 11 25 28 11 39 50 'anuary. 10-2 2-0 2-2 5-2 0-8 0-8 0-7 1-8 0-8 O7 10 33 4 over 34 15-0 10-5 1-5 0-7 0-7 4-0 17 53 0 20 10 0 20 Very sharp tremor. Magnetograph much affected from 11.2 to 11.39. 11 29 40 10 9 30 18 0 10 18 48 30 11 19 16 21 43 0 10 2 18 17 47 0 10 24 45 10 40 0 12 17 0 11 27 0 18 12 0 12 42 0 12 9 0 22 5 30 10 22 0 17 58 15 18 18 18 IS 18 18 18 18 18 18 11 4 45 11 9 48 Very sharp tremor. The largest " shock" recorded to this date, but not felt personally. 16 0 40 17 4 0 18 56 0 1 53 15 12 19 7 15 0 0 16 13 0) 17 14 0) 13a 13b 14 15 26 2G 28 31 16 6 35 17 6 0 17 11 0 18 38 0 2 31 30 2 33 0 18 18 18 2 20 0 2 31 10 3 30 0

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Records were commenoed on this instrument on the 19th November, 1901. The instrument is erected on a brick pillar standing on a concrete foundation, sunk t j a depth of about 4 ft. 6 in. The concrete is of the form of a truncated pyramid of square .section, the length of whose side at the bottom is 4 ft. 6 in., and on the top 1 ft. 6 in., from which rises the square-sectioned brick pillar referred to. The geological formation is an alluvial plain of considerable thickness, and in which are several water-bearing strata. From there the people of Christchurch derive their artesian water. There is also a permanent committee of the British Association which discusses all the records received by it, and a circular, together with prints of the principal disturbances, has been sent to the honorary secretary of the committee, Professor Milne. The origin of all the shocks recorded ■in the circular is at present unknown to me, as the return circulars have not yet arrived. The one shown on Plate VI. is one of those recorded in the circular ; it is not typical of the rest, for there is infinite variety in the records. This shock has also been recorded at Hamburg. Since the end of the financial year we have recorded in Christchurch, and I believe, too, Mr. Hogben has also recorded it in Wellington, a shock whose origin can, I think, be stated. News by the mail reached us some little time ago that a disastrous earthquake had occurred in Guatemala, killing some five hundred persons, and destroying Amitilan, a town of ten thousand inhabitants, and Queneultunago, the second city of Guatemala. This disastrous affair took place on the 18th April. On our record for the 19th April the disturbance, which is reproduced (see Plate VII.), occurs. Bearing in mind that the greater part of the 18th at Guatemala occurs on the 19th in New Zealand, and also the fact that the distance of the origin of the earthquake from Christchurch, obtained by the only means there is of determining the distance from a single record, corresponds to the distance of a point situated quite a little to the west of Guatemala, there is good reason to think that this is the record as obtained in Christchurch of this dreadful earthquake.* The visit of the "Discovery "to New Zealand has been alluded to. Her making Lyttelton her port of departure was entirely due to the existence of a magnetic observatory in Christchurch, where the officers could compare their instruments and determine their constants before setting out. She remained in Lyttelton nearly a month, and during that time three of her officers—Lieutenant Armitage, F.R.G.S. ; Lieutenant Barnes, F.R.G.S.; and Mr. L. Bernacchi, F.R.G.S.—were constantly at the Observatory. Of these gentlemen two have already had polar experience. Mr. Armitage was one of the Jackson-Harmsworth expedition to Franz Josef Land which brought Nansen back to civilisation after his remarkable sledge journey on the ice—indeed, it was Mr. Armitage who first saw Nansen on the ice, I believe; and Mr. Bernacchi was one of the " Southern Cross " expedition to the antarctic which returned a few years ago. The land party of this expedition was the first to winter in the desolate regions of the extreme south. Their ship, the " Southern Cross," returned to temperate zones for the winter. Mr. Bernacchi has given a very interesting account of the hardships endured in his book "To the South Polar Regions," whilst an account of the magnetic and meteorological work of the expedition has been published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. The " Discovery " expedition

* Since writing the above news has reached me that a heavy shock was reoorded at the Isle of Wight on this day. They are doubtless both the same, and we shall probably find that it has been felt over the whole earth.— (Vide Nature, 15th May, 1902, p. 57.)

Maxirna. No. s q P.T. B. From To Amp. E. A.T. till. B.P. Remarks. 1BKUARY. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 II. 9 9 Id 11 11 11 L3 17 24 27 11 4 47 19 10 51 ! Indefinite! 7 55 53 9 51 47 12 26 21 13 40 0 22 29 40 12 24 50 13 8 0 1 4 37 11 18 42 19 15 56 21 45 57 7 59 50 11 20 38 11 23 23 11 25 25 19 19 54 21 50 1 8 0 21 9 53 19 12 40 36 13 42 50 22 39 40 13 1 30 13 9 45 1 9 12 11 26 32 19 22 2 21 52 16 6-5 37 3-9 3-7 . 34-0 34-0 2-5 0-5 1-0 1-8 07 2-2 03 0-7 11 31 44 20 0 30 22 42 54 8 1 36 12 23 0 Indefinite 22 51 2 8 13 16 9 56 52 12 49 57 13 58 0 22 25 53 14 41 0 13 24 32 1 15 18 18 18 IK 18 IK 18 18 18 18 18 IK 12 54 27 13 5 13 Isolated tremor. 1 2 3 4 5 1 3 6 10 13 12 4 37 22 21 45 7 1 14 ■ 16 7 50 2 45 0 10 44 0 13 4 20 15 56 40 i 17 16 50 21 12 0 2 23 48 7 17 40 2 45 50 12 35 12 22 30 25 7 21 36 16 23 50 2 50 10 2 54 15 2 56 10 11 1 50 13 9 50 15 58 20 17 17 26 21 33 30 2 53 22 2 54 40 2 59 10 Maeoh. 05 1-7 5-8 0-5 9-5 9-0 8-0 1-7 1-0 0-3 1-2 2-0 8-5 8-0 6-3 7 27 10 3 5 25 10 0 Indefinite 8 8 25 17 8 40 3 29 45 18 IK 18 18 18 Slight tremor; storm. Tremors continue up t No. 7. 6 7 8 9 10 11 23 23 26 28 28 29 17 19 20 13 26 20 16 18 30 17 36 10 22 7 15 17 17 17 17 17 2 33 26 3 8 40 5 41 0 17

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is'of far more importance than this recent and smaller one. It is one of four which are making a simultaneous and combined attack on the interesting and important problems of the extreme south, and is probably the best-equipped British expedition that ever sailed. The officers have with them a very beautiful set of Eschenhagen magnetographs, and the German expedition, in the " Gauss," has a similar set. These instruments, while quite as sensitive as the Kew pattern magnetographs, which we have here, are very much more portable, and in the short time which elapsed between the completion of their design and his lamented death, Eschenhagen made a very important discovery with them. They are indeed beautiful instruments, and I think will gradually supersede the Kew pattern. They were not set up at this Observatory, as we had no available darkroom, but it was not necessary. The chief work of the members of the expedition was the comparison of their Fox circles and Lloyd Creak circles (a new instrument designed for sea-work) with our standard instruments, and a comparison of the expedition absolute instrument with those here. Besides this the expedition pendulums were swung in the " absolute house "of the Observatory. The result of these comparisons were sent to the authorities of the expedition in England. For the time these expeditions are away temporary observatories have been erected on Kerguelen Island and Staaten Island, the former by the German Government and the latter by the Argentine Government ; so that with the observatories at Melbourne and Christchurch there will be a very satisfactory distribution in the temperate regions surrounding the pole. At the completion of her voyage the "Discovery" will return to Lyttelton and again compare her instrument with ours, and thus all the records obtained in both places will be comparable. In the meantime we shall have to send off the " Morning " on her mission of relief, and she no doubt will bring back news of how it. goes with these men who are risking their lives in the cause of scientific advancement. The magnetic survey of the colony has been in abeyance during the year, from quite unavoidable causes. A lengthy report, chiefly consisting of the facts of the work, was drawn up in the winter and spring of last year, and has since been transmitted to Dr. Glazebrook, the Director of the newly established National Physical Laboratory at Bushy House, near London. The committee of the Eoyal Society, which controls the National Physical Laboratory, has taken over the property of the old Kew Observatory Committee, to which we are indebted for the loan of the set of absolute instruments with which the survey has so far been carried on. The report contains full information as to the methods which have been adopted in connection with the work, but in its present uncompleted state I drew no inference from the results. The necessity there was for getting the Observatory ready for the arrival of the expedition prevented a resumption of the survey last spring, and since the beginning of this year until quite recently there has only been one set of absolute magnetic instruments in the lent by Kew —and these could not be spared from the Observatory until the arrival of the others to replace them. It is desirable, however, now that the new instruments have arrived, and have been compared with the old, that the work should be resumed with as little delay as possible. Similar work being in progress in the south by the " Discovery " and the " Gauss " will very much enhance the value of the observations made here. The Observatory is equipped with meteorological instruments. The principal use made of these is that observations are made at 11.30 p.m. each night in accordance with the request made by the International Meteorological Co-operation through the Secretary of State for the Colonies. Since the inception of atmospheric-electricity observations certain meteorological data are recorded every two hours. Embracing thus as it does magnetic work, seismological records, and observations of atmospheric electricity, the Observatory partakes of the nature of a geophysical rather than simply a magnetic institution. I am indebted to my assistant, Mr. H. F. Skey, for.much help during the year.

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Table 1. —Summary of Lands absolutely disposed of from the Foundation of the Colony, with Total Cash received to the 31st March, 1902.

Table 2. —Lands opened for Sale and Selection during the Year ended 31st March, 1902.

District. Total Area sold and held on Freehold. Total Area granted or reserved under Acts. Total Area sold or otherwise finally disposed of from the Foundation of the Colony. Total Cash received to the 31st March, 1902, exclusive of Bents. Total Area disposed of on Leasehold Tenures of a Permanent Character. Total Area open for Selection on 31st March, 1902. Total Area remaining for Future Disposal, exclusive of Area in preceding Column and of Native Lands. Auckland Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington .. Nelson Marlborougli Westland Canterbury .. Southland A. E. P. 1,994,121 0 31 1,403,543 2 3' 420,612 3 11 2,151,451 1 26 467,130 3 4 851,820 3 30 65,372 0 15 3,595,439 3 12 2,116,584 2 16 1,585,890 1 13 A. B. P. 3,405,680 1 18 374,146 1 10 661,276 0 21 1,298,455 3 39 840,131 0 9 206,816 0 3 127,820 1 23 1,520,110 2 8 696,273 2 5 591,437 1 11 A. E. P. 5,399,801 2 9 1,777,689 3 13 1,081,888 3 32 3,449,907 1 25 1,307,261 3 13 1,058,636 3 33 193,192 1 38 5,115,550 1 20 2,812,858 0 21 2,177,327 2 24 £ s. d. 811,116 18 0 702,613 12 8 836,852 11 11 2,393,777 5 2 436,264 4 7 341,112 9 3 74,579 12 8 6,455,195 16 1 2,198,591 8 3 1,888,296 1 8 A. B. P. 813,680 2 10 462.952 0 33 269,287 0 2 534,103 2 29 125.953 2 5 313,062 2 17 30,328 1 12 423,323 1 19 862,012 0 17 244,617 3 21 A. B. P. 745,694 0 0 56,586 2 3 56,224 1 23 28,176 2 25 262,097 0 0 4,883 0 0 75,689 0 0 4,895 0 0 120,274 0 0 1,627,678 0 0 A. E. P. 1,772,886 0 10 216,216 3 23 511,206 0 0 681,451 1 18 3,092,307 0 0 138,353 0 0 297,557 0 23 1,036,460 1 23 5,385,719 0 0 519,516 0 0 Totals 9,722,147 2 27 24,374,115 0 28 13,651,672 3 17 i 14,651,967 2 1 16,138,400 0 3 4,079,321 1 5 2,982,197 2 11

District. Optional System. Cash by Auction. Lease by Auction and Application. Village Allotments. Pastoral Buns. Small Grazing-runs. Lease in Perpetuity only. Native Towns. Totals. Acres. 92,770 932 23,322 7,287 16,527 2,599 4,270 Acres. 2,572 Acres. 4,482 300 56 8,154 Acres. Acres. 17,100 Acres. 2,170 38,174 Acres. 4,335 33,581 1,495 1,590 6,950 173 Acres. Acres. 123, 42E 72,981 25,184 21,83! 23,685 27,83( 4,46( 28,97: 204,40! 189,615 L uckland lawke's Bay 'aranaki Vellington .. lelson larlborough Vestland lanterbury .. )tago iouthland .. 315 194 208 966 1,139 501 4,094 22,953 190 1,494 12,522 5,850 19 10,942 135 280 413 1 351 19,599 176,374 154,844 7,465 5,592 12,729 4,616 Totals 87,447 722, 405 168,433 4,670 19,160 853 367,917 73,910 19

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Table 3 (Part I.). —Summary of Lands taken up during the Year ended 31st March, 1902 (exclusive of Pastoral Runs and Miscellaneous Leases).

.'3 <D CD m o Hawke's Bay. Taranaki. Total Area taken up during Year. Auckland. Wellington. Nelson. Marlborough. Westland. Canterbury. Otago. Southland. Tenures. A. R. P. 10,485 1 28 A. E. P. 15 2 17 A. R. p. 3,137 1 2 A. R. P. 459 2 2 A. R. P. 5,282 1 39 A. B. P. 1,336 3 8 A. B. P. A. R. p. 1,336 3 8 4,683 2 0 A. R. P.! A. R. P. 304 1 10 ( 977 0 7 A. B. P. 606 0 15 A. R. P. 27,288 0 8 Table 5—Cash lands 6—Deferred payment .. 52 0 0 52 0 0 7—Perpetual lease and small areas .. 10 0 0 ... 10 0 0 8—Occupation with right of purchase 61,396 0 14 10,106 0 0 ; 12,407 1 0 6,505 2 35; 11,801 3 30 1,344 2 0: 1,344 2 012,790 1 16 106 1 37j 4,991 0 29 7,443 1 8 128,892 3 9 9—Lease in perpetuity 23,971 1 16 4,978 3 27 3,299 2 0 3,898 1 2 11,956 1 0 ,139 0 0 ,139 0 0 9,497 1 34 204 0 39 3,848 1 16 1,675 0 15 65,468 1 29 „ 10 —Agricultural leases .. 27 3 0 27 3 0 „ 11 —Occupation lease under "Mining Districts Land Occupation Act, 1894" 12 —Village settlement, cash 1,435 0 11 342 0 11 28 0 0 28 0 0 528 0 0 173 2 28 2,506 3 10 9 3 9 9 3 9 12 —Village settlement, deferred payment „ 12 —Village settlement, perpetual lease .. i [ I .. i 12 - Village settlement, occupation with right of purchase 12 —Village settlement, lease in perpetuity „ 12 —Village - homestead special settlement 14 - Special-settlement associations 21 0 0 10 1 0 2 0 65 0 24 47 0 0 368 3 4 10 1 455 1 28 422 1 25 " 469 1 25 „ 32 — Improved-farm special settlement. . 1,444 1 0 I 173 2 26 1,617 3 26 „ 15 —Homestead „ 16 —Small grazing-runs 16,678 0 0 4,220 0 0 55,185 2 0 55,185 2 0 11,800 2 37 8,824 0 21 96,708 1 18 Totals 97,287 3 29 31,799 2 4 23,064 0 2 12,749 3 33 29,382 3 0 60,033 3 8 60,033 3 8 27,023 1 10 662 2 6 22,239 0 34 19,264 2 37 323, 507 3 3 Cheviot Estate. Table 5 Cash lands „ 9 — Lease in perpetuity 12 —Village-liomestead special settlement 16 —Grazing-farms 1,422 3 O; 1,422 3 0 .. ' Land for Settlements Acts. 5—Cash .. 9 - Lease in perpetuity „ 12 — Lease in perpetuity (village) „ 14 —Special-settlement associations 16—Small grazing-runs 2,535 3 38 29,631 0 0 0 10 878 1 351,550 2 7 935 0 0 935 0 0 190 2 0 2 0 0 7,374 3 23 1,223 1 26 2,112 2 0 '.'. 4,915 1 34J 2 0 0 49,235 1 3 0 10 10,471 2 0 3,655' 2 0 O CKK Ci f\ 16,239 2 0 .- .. 3,655 2 0 .- Grand totals 99,823 3 27 71,902 1 4 64,624 1 8 27,213 3 10 123,942 1 37; 14,300 2 0: 29,382 3 0i 11,574 2 29 23,462 2 20l 24,180 0 8ll 1390,407 2

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Table 3 (Part II.).— Summary of Lands: Transactions up to the Year ended 31st March, 1902.

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P £ O Tenures. Exchanges from other Tenures during the Year. Area taken up during Previous Years. Total Exchanges to 31st, March, ' 1902. Total Forfeitures to 31st March, 1902. Total Surrenders to 31st March, 1902. Total Expiries to 31st March, 1902. Total Area held on 31sfc March, 1902 : Past and Current Transactions. Total Area made Freehold to Date. Obdinary Cbown Lands. Table 5 — Gash lands A. R. p. A. K. p. 12,301,990 3 11 A. B. P. A. R. P. 0 2 0 A. E. P. a. e. p. A. R. P. A. K. P. 12,829,278 1 19 6—Deferred payment 1,275,388 0 15 65,652 2 1 181,943 1 25 32,466 3 25 966 3 6 96,885 0 37 897,525 1 1 „ 7—Perpetual lease.. 1,336,232 0 38 199,994 2 20 153,552 1 21 110,758 1 36 204,841 2 5 667,095 0 36 8—Occupation with right of purchase 370 0 0 950,908 2 29 1,282 2 4 83,813 3 11 59,788 1 22 935,286 3 1 „ 9 —Lease in perpetuity 10,192 2 17 1,083,905 2 19 370 0 0 108,507 3 17 94,298 2 11 956,390 0 37 10 —Agricultural lease i 288,778 2 36 43,204 3 28 18,645 3 17 4,193 3 31 81,337 0 12 528 3 5 140,895 3 23 11 —Occupation lease under "Mining Districts Land Occupation Act, 1894" 12 —Village settlement, cash 12,891 3 13 678 3 5 468 1 24 14,251 1 34 7,030 3 38 7,040 3 7 12 —Village settlement, deferred payment 12 —Village settlement, perpetual lease 14,647 3 6 223 2 6 1,853 3 12 58 0 35 477 3 6 12,034 1 27 6,822 1 3 1,088 0 13 1,198 3 23 70 3 28 2,730 1 29 1,733 3 30 /, 12 —Village settlement, occupation with right of purchase 12 —Village settlement, lease in perpetuity 12 —Village - homestead special settlement 14—Special-settlement associations .. 35 3 20 6 2 8 30 1 13 8,367 3 27 1,804 0 28 694 3 36 6,324 0 31 192 1 7 46,242 3 37 7,989 0 0 14,357 3 11 1,957 0 34 22,600 2 24 446,534 3 34 617 1 8 151,574 3 4 80,566 3 35 124,105 0 3 89,670 3 24 32 —Improved-farm special settlement.. 76,801 0 0 16,215 2 7 8,296 3 37 53,906 1 22 15 —Homestead " 89,489 0 34 144 1 9 8,912 0 0 1,636 1 10 78,796 2 15 „ 16 —Small grazing-runs 1,734,182 3 0 20,723 3 1 215,818 3 30 360,269 0 28 14,096 2 12 1,219,982 2 27 Totals 10,754 3 24 20,180,251 3 0 341, 146 1 1 950,117 1 28 762,801 0 22 96,400 1 30 3,639,977 3 4 14,724,071 1 22 Cheviot Estate. Tablj 5—Cash lands 9—Lease in perpetuity 12—Village-homestead special settlements 16 —Grazing-farms 6,691 0 34 25,229 1 9 2,803 2 38 0 2 0 1,320 1 0 323 1 38 921 2 0 24,410 1 9 2,480 1 0 6,690 2 34 47,257 0 9 1,286 0 0 45,971 0 9 Land fob Settlements Acts. 5—Cash .. „ 9—Lease in perpetuity 12 —Lease in perpetuity (village) 14 —Special-settlemt-nt associations 16--Small grazing-runs 2 3 8 247,798 2 17 429 0 12 2,114 1 9 55,025 3 37 2,189 0 19 602 1 36 294,242 1 5 429 1 12 2,114 1 9 69,695 3 37 4 3 8 1,569' 2 0 Grand totals 10,754 3 24 14,730,766 3 24 20,567,603 3 13 341,146 1 1 j 955,236 3 5 765,894 2 18 96,400 1 30 4,079,321 1 5

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Table 4.— Analysis of Holdings taken up during the Year ended 31st March, 1902.

Average Holdings of Selectors. Tenure. No. of Selectors. No. of Selectors No. of Selectors 501 to 1,000 1,001 Acres Acres. and upwards. No. of Selectors under 1 Acre. No. of Selectors 1 to 50 Acres. No. of Selectors 51 to 250, Acres. No. of Selectors 251 to 500 Acres. Obdinary Crown Lands — Cash lands Deferred payment Perpetual lease Occupation with right of purchase Lease in perpetuity Agricultural lease Occupation lease under " The Mining Districts Land Occupation Act 1894 " Village settlement, cash .. .. .. ,. Village settlement, occupation with right of purchase '.'. Village settlement, lease in perpetuity Village-homestead special settlement .. .. Special-settlement associations Improved-farm special settlement Small grazing-runs Pastoral runs Thermal springs, Rotorua Miscellaneous leases and licenses 488 1 1 447 241 1 *78 21 1 32 30 158 1 17 219 1 64 30 1 66 4 1 30 27 83 1 208 115 12 21 108 66 5 47 23 2 20 6 1 3 1 •■ •■ 9 9 25 54 1 1 5 1 2 3 6 20 40 440 26 222 121 53 9 9 Total 1,869 206 675 547 251 Cheviot Estate — Cash lands Lease in perpetuity Village-homestead special settlement Grazing- farms Miscellaneous 3 1 93 97 - 2 - - - Land for Settlements Acts — Cash lands Lease in perpetuity Lease in perpetuity, village .. .. .[ Small grazing-runs Pastoral runs Miscellaneous ••...'.' 1 257 22 14 1 1 115 50 48 29 1 2 14 1 2 1 1 1 10 Grand totals 2,166 3 223 600 806 299 111 127 * Includes seven selectors of Endowment Lands in Nelson Distri.

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Table 5. — Return of Crown Lands sold for Cash during the Year ended 31st March, 1902.

Area disposed of. Average Price per Acre. iwn. Suburban. Rural. Total. District. Cash, received. Number of Purchasers. Area. Number of Purchasers. Area. Number of Purchasers. Area. Number of Purchasers. Area. Town. Suburban. Eural. A. K. P. A. B. P. A. B. P. A. R. p. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland 30 39 2 28 15 222 2 33 101 10,223 0 7 146 10,485 1 28 8 5 0 f 1 19 10 I 3 15 6 0 9 0*) 117| 7,154 16 2 Hawke's Bay 12 6 3 5 1 8 3 12 13 15 2 17 53 8 6 16 8 386 0 0 Taranaki Wellington Nelson 23 46 19 2 36 I ! 15 3 27 6 11 80 3 32 38 3 23 14 3 32 3,036 2 14 404 2 32 5,259 2 1 43 60 52 3,137 1 2 459 2 2 5,282 1 39 36 7 5 58 5 7-25 14 9 9 4 12 10 3 15 35 (0 19 7 ) 120 13 0 j ] 1 5 0 j { 0 10 2 J 10 6 6 1 0 17 0 ) f 0 5 6 1 1 0 18 10 ) 4,253 12 4 1,209 7 6 20 22 3 38 2,250 19 8 Marlborough 6 1,336 3 8 6 1,336 3 8 748 7 6 Westland 42 4,683 2 0 42 4,683 2 0 0 15 3-8 3,547 15 4 Canterbury 9 304 1 10 9 . 304 1 10 3 1 1-3 929 16 2 Otago 11 4 0 2 13 18 1 29 14 954 2 16 38 977 0 7 40 4 II-β! 4 7 2 10 7 9 ) (17 5-2) I 1 1 81 \ \ 0 14 11-7 j 663 5 10 Southland 14 7 10 50 71 2 4 15 527 1 11 79 606 0 15 25 8 33 7 15 6-8 ! 1,173 10 6 Totals : 116 1 16 27,288 0 8 22,317 11 0 156 95 432 2 1 237 26,739 0 31 488 ■• Land for Settlements — Canterbury i i 1 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 8 17 6 17 15 0 * Where two average prices are given, the first is for lands selected when an option was given to acquire them nder other tenures, and the second when no such option was given.

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Table 6. —Return of Deferred-payment Lands: Transactions during the Year ended 31st March, 1902.

100

District Taken up during the Year. Surrenders during the Year. II Area. Capitalised during the Year. Net Area held on 31st March, j 1902, including Capitalised Holdings. Amount received j ] during the > m Ypflrlv Tn I Year ended 31st < S ieartym- w i iqa<? 2 , stalments MarcH, 1902. jjj Area - and Interest I £ payable. Area. Yearly Instalments payable. Yearly Instalments payable. il a » Area. Yearly Instalments payable. "o d Area. •™l ■ i A. K. P. £ s. d. I A. R. P. £ s. d. A. K. P. 451 0 0 £ s. d. 14 2 8 A. K. P. 12,585 3 29 2,140 1 13 4,244 3 0 2,351 3 28 32,876 1 9 360 3 37 332 2 28 11,273 2 29 15,433 3 27 15,284 2 37 £ s. d. 502 0 10 87 10 2 270 18 10 62 7 4 1,740 3 5 29 6 9 10 13 4 840 14 8] 572 10 0 437 17 8 £ s. d. 733 9 11 87 3 0 1,185 10 7 808 12 10 2,270 18 5 35 6 <J 52 0 8 1,028 0 2 1,033 15 5 1,053 9 1 Auckland Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington .. Nelson Marlborough Westland Canterbury ., Otago Southland •• 1 52 0 0 3 18 0 •• 2 *2 557 0 0 20 15 10 108 3 31 14 307 8 3 14 52 72 I •• 1 66 3 39 11 4 10 I Totals .. 1 1 66 3 39 11 4 10 4 1,008 0 0 8,288 6 10 52 0 0 3 18 0 34 18 6 612 96,885 0 37 4,554 3 0! Freehold acquired during the Year. Made Freehold from Commencement of System to 31st March, 1902.. Selectors in Arrear on 31st March, 1902. District. 2 a> Area. ll Area. Total Amount realised, exclusive of Interest. si Area. Amount. Auckland Hawke'a Bay Taranaki Wellington Nelson Marlborough .. Westland Canterbury .. Otago Southland 18 3 3 51 1 2 2 7 9 A. E. P. 2,620 2 2 613 1 20 1,570 3 20 824 0 0 5,702 0 12 10 0 1 337 1 0 206 1 32 1,055 2 39 1,346 1 17 237 804 1,273 641 1,297 42 96 108 1,085 1,250 A. B. P. 29,088 0 20 83,341 1 20 153,076 1 38 134,848 2 25 116,214 2 15 4,277 1 33 4,199 0 5 16,521 2 15 177,222 1 16 178,735 2 14 £ s. d. 21,692 2 9 88,605 9 7 233,854 16 4 148,879 18 11 96,731 11 1 3,185 3 3 3,932 2 7 38,602 18 11 215,526 17 3 243,245 0 4 39 2 A. B. P. 4,122 0 39 981 0 22 £ s. d. 258 14 3 18 10 8 2 280 2 28 60 18 0 5 4 487 0 35 664 2 17 22 10 1 12 2 10 Totals.. 108 14,286 2 23 6,833 897,525 1 1 1,094,256 1 0 52 6,535 3 21 372 15 10

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Table 7. — Return of Perpetual-lease and Small-area Lands: Transactions during the year ended 31st March, 1902

101

Taken up during the Year. Exchanges to other Tenures during the Year. Forfeitures during the Year. Surrenders during the Year. District, "3.2 *3i Area. Annual Eental. 03 o o cQ Area, Annual Rental. CO Area. Annual Rental. to O O Area. Annual Rental. A. R. P. £ s. d. a. R. p. 2,182 3 27 £ s. d. 46 0 0 A. E. P.j 330 1 0| £ 8. d. 13 0 6 A. K. P. £ s. d. Auckland Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington Nelson Marlborough Westland Canterbury Otago Southland 14 2 •• I ■ • i I •• •• !■• 1 j 10 0 0 10 0 .. •■ •• i •• .. ■• •■ ■• .. i .. a i 896 0 20 179 2 32 42 19 4 7 17 2 "i ) 248' 1 19 538 0 4i s"4 10 16 16 4 4 717 2 38j 28 12 4 Totals 1 10 0 0 10 0 i 3,258 2 39 96 16 6 5 1,116 2 23 38 1 8 I 4 717 2 38 l8 12 4 District. CO Freeholds acquired during the Year. * 2 3 o> CO Made Freehold from Commencement of System to 31st March, 1902. Area. Total Amount realised, exclusive of Interest. CO Net Area held on 31st March, 1902. Amount received during the Year ended 31st March, 1902 (exclusive of Amount from Perpetual Leases made Freehold^ 6% co ectors in Arrear, 31st March, 1902. Area. Annual Rental. Area. Amount. Area. Auckland Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington Nelson Marlborough Westland Canterbury Otago Southland 94 9 28 34 A. B. P. 124,264 3 18 5,903 0 27 7,301 0 38! 13,806 0 27 .. 347 270 370 737 13 1 6 65 82 68 A. E. P. 112,932 2 18 123,796 1 1 93,191 3 32 288,165 0 1 5,126 1 11 300 0 0 482 3 20 12,250 1 6 14,460 3 12 16,3a9 0 15 £ s. d. 52,994 8 3 94,987 14 4 84,607 7 1 258,278 10 10 1,662 9 6 82 10 0 482 17 2 19,026 18 9 11,312 '2 0 12,451 11 4 387 33 43 67 27 11 7 50 262 93 A. K. P. 82,875 2 35 12,309 3 6 11,880 1 6 15,968 1 39 6,268 2 27 1,796 2 7 580 1 8 ! 5,561 1 l! 51,166 3 36; 16,433 2 0 £ s. d. 2,145 1 1 679 19 7 660 1 2 1,079 19 6 112 8 3 52 2 3 28 0 4 412 7 6 1,952 8 10 620 9 2 £ s. d. 2,438 0 7 548 4 9 844 17 10l 1,197 4 6! 108 13 3 46 18 1 22 17 O! 447 11 0i 1,988 2 7 534 2 8 97 3 7 13 12 A. E. P. 18,015 1 12 1,448 0 0 3,078 0 35 150 0 0: 370 1 8; 171 2 37i 2,063 3 9 2,271 1 25 £ s. d. 379 4 5 65 15 5 251 17 8 2 5 0 40 12 10 8 11 10 24 17 0 59 19 3 14 15 5 4,079 0 32 2,480 2 10J 960 0 25; Totals 535,886 9 3 980 8,176 12 3 138 199 .8,795 1 17, 1959 667,095 0 36 204,841 2 5 7,742 17 8 27,568 3 6 833 3 5

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Table 8.—Return of Occupation-with-right-of-purchase Lands taken up during the Year ended 31st March, 1902.

102

Taken up during the Year. Forfeitures during the Year. Surrenders during the Year. District. 03 "3° 03 « B °3 is CO Area. Average upset Bent per Acre. Annual Eental. Area. Annual Rental. Area. Annual Rental. Auckland Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington Nelson Marlborough Westland Canterbury Otago Southland 192 13 24 26 46 5 67 23 50 A. E. P. 61,396 0 14 10,106 0 0 12,407 1 0 6,505 2 35 11,801 3 30 1,344 2 0 12,790 1 16 106 1 37 4,991 0 29 7,443 1 8 s. d. 0 5-95 0 11-9 0 10-65 0 11 0 5-25 0 65 0 8-8 2 7-2 0 6-5 0 7-1 £ s. d. 1,619 8 4 502 16 8 532 5 6 300 1 2 261 14 6 36 11 2 468 17 1 13 16 10 136 14 4 220 19 8 12 A. E. P. 4,633 3 18 £ s. d. 88 19 2 16 J A. k. p. 7,176 2 16 ■ i& s. d. 188 0 7 3 5 1 1,232 0 0 932 0 0 215 0 0 46 0 0 50 16 0 5 7 6 7 4,174 0 0 164 14 10 '■ 2 4 126" 2 37 750 1 30 4 10 10 23 5 0 5 2 804 2 5 1,074 1 33 26 13 6 18 19 2 Totals .. 447 27 i 30 128,892 3 9 0 10-4 4,093 5 3 7,890 0 5 218 18 6 13,229 2 14 398 8 1 Exchanges during the Year. Net Area held on 31st March, 1902. Amount received during the Year ended 31st March, 1902. Selectors in Arrear, 31st March, 1902. Distriot. O o Area. Annual Rental. x-i S °s Area. Annual Rental. On the Year's Transactions. On Past Transactions. o o CO Area. Amount. A. E. P. £ s. d. A. E. P. 404,251 0 29 85,552 3 23 120,194 0 3 182,150 0 15 37,862 0 28 11,488 2 3 16,061 1 22 1,516 3 2 31,750 0 10 44,459 2 26 £ s. d. 11,020 10 6 3,618 0 4 5,647 10 2 10,422 17 2 733 15 0 526 19 8 536 19 8 110 1 10 867 1 10 1,249 10 10 £ s. d. 646 2 3 347 12 11 337 18 0 376 11 3 267 10 7 16 4 7 235 19 6 6 18 5 123 12 4 110 9 10 £ a. d. 7,103 18 6 3,470 4 9 4,466 3 4 8,555 16 5 281 8 6 436 15 5 124 8 11 98 14 6 641 0 9 918 0 5 A. B. P. 331 83,688 2 3 i £ s. d. 1,780 0 9 Auckland Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington Nelson Marlborough Westland Canterbury Otago .. Southland •• 1,649 191 302 612 192 39 94 14 168 216 33 12,338 2 0 44 17,111 2 10 4 312 3 0 1 640 0 0 6 484 2 18 1 40 0 0 8 1,298 3 33 19 i 4,171 0 17 485 3 3 693 4 8 7 13 5 16 0 0 26 2 0 2 10 0 31 0 10 60 17 9 3 612 0 0 27 - 4 7 Totals 3 3,477 935,286 3 1 447 120,086 0 1 3,102 12 8 612 0 0 27 4 7 34,733 7 0 2,468 19 8 26,096 11 6

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Table 9. — Return of Lease-in-Perpetuity Lands, 31st March, 1902.

103

Taken up during the Year. Exchanges from other Tenures during the Year. Forfeitures during the Year. District. No. of Selectors. Area. Average Rental per Acre. Annual Rental payable. No. of Selectors. Area. Annual Rental payable. No. of Selectors. Area. Annual Rental. Ordinary Crown Lands — Auckland Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington Nelson Marlborough Westland Canterbury Otago Southland 91 9 9 13 37 11 46 4 13 8 A. E. P. 23,9.71 1 16 4,978 3 27 3,299 2 0 3,898 1 2 11,956 1 0 2,139 0 0 9,497 1 34 204 0 39 3,848 1 16 1,675 0 15 s. d. 0 4-76 0 8 1 4-45 0 8-6 0 4 0 7-9 £ s. d. 475 15 8 167 5 10 92 11 0 141 11 6 206 0 6 70 4 10 278 16 8 22 8 2 68 3 4 ! 37 14 6 20 4 6 a. b. p. 2,474 2 5 2,482 0 0 3,267 0 0 £ s. d. 44 3 3 163 '3 4 5315 6 2 1 •2 2 1 A. B. P. 100 0 0 479 0 0 549 0 0 395 0 0 241 0 0 £ s. d. 2 10 0 19 3 2 20 4 4 16 17 0 2 17 10 2 2-3 0 4-2 0 5-4 7 2 2 120 1 0 896 0 20 952 2 32 42 16 8 34 7 4 13 19 6 4 8 557' 2 18 777 0 25 12 3 4 24 0 8 Totals 241 1,560 12 0 97 16 4 65,468 1 29 41 10,192 2 17 352 5 7 20 3,098 3 3 Land for Settlements — Auckland Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington Nelson Marlborough Westland Canterbury Otago Southland i i I 3 72 8 61 2,535 3 38 29,631 0 0 878 1 35 1,550 2 7 1 2-05 5 11 21 8-6 18 9 148 9 4 8,977 15 8 921 4 8 1,453 6 4 •• q 600 0 0 73 15 10 'i 2' 1 23 5 15 0 1 1 j 73 20 18 935 0 0 190 2 0 7,374 3 23 1,223 1 26 4,915 1 34 3 1 0 602 7 1-8 ' 4 1-2 4 5-2 143 7 4 4 15 4 1 2,637 19 10 150 14 4 1,091 0 2 15,628 13 0 1 9 4 2 13 0 190 2 0 ■ 1,327 3 7 310 0 24 394 3 14 6 10 0 4 15 4 397 7 6 41 1 6 61 10 2 f I I •• .. Totals 257 49,235 1 3 25 •• 2,827 1 28 590 15 Cheviot Estate .. 3 [ 1,422 3 0 3 6-1 250 1 6

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Table 9.—Return of Lease-in-Perpetuity Lands, 31st March, 1902—continued.

104

Surrenders luring the Yei Net Area held on 31st March, 1902. Amount received during the Year ended 31st March, 1902. Selectors in Arrear, 31st March, 1902. District. No. of Selectors. Area. Annual Rental. No. or Selectors. Area. Annual Rental. On On Past the Year's TransacTransactions. tions. No. of Selectors. Area. Amount. Ordinary Crown Lands — Auckland Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington Nelson Marl borough .. Westland Canterbury Otago Southland 4 2 A. b. p. 773 2 0 2,008 0 0 22 3 20 ! £ s. d. 16 1 10 64 12 6 10 0 <J41 178 256 458 166 189 56 183 624 229 A. E. P. 192,340 3 18 100,684 3 21 74,181 1 12 131,609 1 12 47,516 1 10 89,569 0 23 10,382 1 34 72,852 0 26 163,408 2 17 73,845 0 24 £ s. d. 4,395 11 5 3,172 11 1 3,376 6 10 5,640 14 3 702 13 7 2,221 15 6 289 7 8 4,099 9 8 4,665 10 4 1,898 13 4 £ s. d. 178 14 6 148 2 5 38 5 6 132 15 6 319 5 7 38 18 9 135 10 2 15 19 1 37 8 5 18 17 3 it s. d. 3,378 5 3 2,606 0 9 3,183 18 9 4,844 2 6 273 15 2 2,152 17 10 30 10 0' 3,516 2 3 4,149 15 10 1,523 12 11 202 1 26 39 5 2 a. E. p. £ s. d. 36,843 2 16 943 15 10 572 1 0 7 5 8 6,051 2 3 160 10 6 11,477 1 11 410 . 9 6 893 2 26 11 9 2 1,169 0 0 19 2 10 i I 11 39 44 i 352 "l 23 i 12 13 8 I 2,241 2 8 72 1 4 9,282 0 37 : 223 4 10 15,588 3 35 202 10 4 •• Totals . . I 3,156 3 3 , 94 8 0 3,280 8 956,390 0 37 i 30,462 13 8 1,063 17 2 j |25,059 1 3 ; 369 84,120 0 16 2,050 10 0 Land for Settlements — Auckland Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington Marlborough Westland Canterbury Otago Southland 1 2 409 3 10 225 0 0 4 3 26 92 4 2 250 4 10 1 3 8 149 210 6 183 138 740 327 74 32,364 3 38 42,229 3 32 653 1 35 14,137 2 21 35,684 1 12 2,971 2 0 96,834 1 39 48,968 0 19 20,397 3 9 I 4,813 7 11 I 15,087 5 0 670 19 10 6,101 10 4 7,273 10 6 256 0 10 35,513 13 6 16,582 6 10 3,124 4 0 - __ ( 74 4 8 i 4,744 15 3 412 15 9 j 1,081 16 10 i 136 4 0 2 7 8 1,979 8 8 129 18 5 545 10 1 ■ 4,212 16 4 I 5,209 3 11 S 4,067 10 9 ! 5,762 11 3 265 2 9' 31,946 17 10: 17,064 13 8 1,386 4 5 31 4 ii 40 11 88 36 18 6,306 0 12 120 1 37 67 3 34 14,408 3 17 1,783 3 0 12,014 3 18 8,126 1 35 4,239 2 19 I 889 15 4 90 13 2 47 2 11 2,088 11 0 163 2 11 2,006 1 11 2,191 15 0 511 8 8 3 1 4 0 30 8 2 37 7 10 10 j 14 8 2 •• I Totals .. 7 652 2 23 J [365 11 8 J 1,845 294,242 1 5 89,422 18 9 9,107 1 4 J ;69,915 0 11 245 I 47,068 0 12 7,988 10 11 Cheviot Estate Ellesmere Endowment .. i 2 921 2 0 175 1 6 j 104 57 125 0 9 i 6,272 18 8 1,259 0 5 10 1,903 2 16 . 314 11 0 -. 24,410 1 9 13,943 3 39 6,502 15 2 1,401 1 0 ■ * • ■ ..

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Table 10. — Return of Agricultural-lease Lands taken up during the Year ended 31st March, 1902.

Table 11. —Occupation Leases under "The Mining Districts Land Occupation Act, 1894," taken up during the Year ended 31st March, 1902.

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105

Taken up during the Year. Net Area held on 31st March, 1902. Amounts during the Year ended 31st March, 1902. j Made Freehold from Commencement of System to 31st March, 1902. District. o >> Area. iS 0-1 ° m c £ £ oj = is I I n a) Total Area. Amount realised. Auckland Westland I A. B. P. A. K. P. £ s. d. 1 A. B. P. I 20 2 0 £ s. d. •£ s. a. " £ s. d. 67 32 A. H. p. £ s. d. 2,750 0 0' 590 5 0 279 0 15 488 12 1 131,296 2 3131,580 12 C 6,570 1 5 6,570 5 0 1 27 3 0 •• Otago .. 27 3 0 1 1 0 16 508 1 5 30 6 3 110 24 15 9 1,326 Southland 50 Totals 1 27 3 0 528 8 5 30 6 3 110 24 15 9 27 3 0 1 1 0 17 1,475 I '140,895 3 23139,229 14 7

District. Taken up during the Year. v S , ' Annual o Area. \ ,, . , g _oj i Rental. Forfeitures during the Year. £ S . Annual ■£> o Area. -,, , , g _5 Rental. Area. Annual Rental. Net Area held on 31st March, 1902. 3,2 Z 03 Area. Annual Rental. On the Year's Transactions. Amount received during the Year. 8 B lelectors in Arrear . 31st March, 1902. Area. Annual I Rental. On Past Transactions. Area. Amount I Auckland .. 31 Nelson .. .. 8 Marlborough .. ■ 1 Otago .. .. 28 Southland .. 8 A. B. P. 1,435 0 11 342 0 11 28 0 0 528 0 0 173 2 28 £ a. a. 178 0 10 13 0 2 18 0 20 0 0i 17 7 2 1 A. E. P. 14 2 34 £ s. d. 136 19 0 15 0 136 0 15 0i 339 A. B. P. 6,251 1 1 342 0 11 1,161 0 0 4,967 3 21 i 1,529 1 1 14,251 1 34 £ s. d. 483 9 10 13 0 2 31 4 4 189 12 9 122 2 0 £ s. d. 50 11 5 34 3 3 0 14 0 69 16 8 8 13 7 £ s. d. 83 9 2 29 9 4 156 6 11 81 2 3 8 9 A. B. P. 571 2 39 521 2 21 £ s. d. 13 17 6 11 5 7 Totals .. 71 I ■ 2,506 3 10; 229 16 2 1 14 2 34 839 9 1 163 18 11 350 7 8 17 1093 1 20 25 3 1 Nelson Endowments .. 7 I 136 3 29; 8 9 6 3 j 32 1 33 4 16 0 52 4 16 0 52 j 1,119 3 18 67 19 6 3 3 0 37 14 9 6 32 0 20 4 18 0

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Table 12.—Return of Village Settlements during the Year ended 31st March, 1902

106

Taken up during the Year. Exchanges to other Tenures during the Year. Made Freehold during Year. Made Freehold from Commencement. District. Tenure. o a> GO Area. Annual Rental. GO Area. Annual Rental. 1 Area. Amount realised. o Total Cash received. Area. Auckland Hawke's Bay A. R. P. £ s. d A. K. P. 291 2 18 £ s. d. 17 2 4 A. B. P. £ s. d. A. B. P. £ s. d. Taranaki Wellington I Marlborough .. Canterbury Village-homestead special settlement Cash Deferred payment Perpetual lease Lease in perpetuity Cash Deferred payment Cash Deferred payment Perpetual lease Village-homestead special settlement Cash Deferred payment Cash Deferred payment Perpetual lease Lease in perpetuity Village homestead special settlement Cash Deferred payment Perpetual lease Occupation with right of purchase Lease in perpetuity Cash Deferred payment Perpetual lease Lease in perpetuity 5 21 29 21 0 0 9"3 9 422 1 25 2 14 0 84 '6 8 6 •■ •• 21 ■i 2 3 9 3 9 14 *2 27 73 0 17 101 0 0 163 4 0 28 12 0 326 13 0 162 10 0 259 110 9 309 120 313 109 27 9 3 166 519 18 643 1 5 1,192 2 2 146 3 1 853 3 9 2.289 2 36 477 1 14 970 2 36 311 3 22 22 1 11 22 3 0 1,208 0 1 2,527 1 5 412 0 37 4,194 1 10 . 2,706 18 1 293 18 1 6,945 10 9 10,907 12 11 3,647 12 5 3,789 5 4 998 3 11 75 16 10 18 15 0 5,481 17 4 21,283 1 11 882 5 1 0 2 0 47 0 0 0 13 0 3 11 2 7 120 1 0 53 10 10 Otago 7 3is"2 13 42 0 0 ■ .. 103 102 21 889 2 19 1,100 0 34 512 2 39 1,756 3 5 2,796 0 7 1,082 0 0 I 5 10 1 65 0 24 0 6 0 3 2 6 9 217 2 22 I 591 0 0 Southland •• I 3 7 87 1 12 178 3 23 165 9 0 345 12 5 579 264 21 2,946 1 28 3,931 0 34 350 1 11 9.230 10 3 9,451 5 3 813 8 5 21 368 3 4 27 9 8 ■• Totals 84 935 2 23 20 46 1 1783 0 5 3,061 Land for Settlements Acts Hawke's Bay Lease in perpetuity i I 121 17 0 I 730 1 31 112 13 2 I 682 1 30 20,809 0 24 86,354 7 9 1 0 10 0 0 10

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Table 12.—Return of Village Settlements during the Year ended 31st March, 1902-continued.

107

irfeitures durii ig the Tear. Surrenders during the Year. Net Area held on 31st March, 1902. Arrears on 31st March, 1902. District. Tenure. Amount received during the Year. ! m CO c 1 I o Area. Annual Eental. Area. Annual Bental. Total Annual Eental. Area. No. Area. Amount. Auckland .. [ Village-homestead special settlement Hawke s Bay .. Occupation with right of purchase • ; . Lease in perpetuity _ " • • ! Village-homestead special settlement laranaki .. Occupation with right of purchase .. ■ ■ Lease in perpetuity Wellington .. Gash .. .. • • Perpetual lease made freehold '.'. ■ ■ Perpetual lease .. .. .'. » • ■ : Village-homestead special settlement a/ iu n u '" Village-homestead special settlement Marlborough .. Deferred payment • • I Perpetual lease .. .'. ■ ■ Lease in perpetuity .. \ _, • ■ Village-homestead special settlement Canterbury .. Perpetual lease made freehold • ■ Deferred payment Perpetual lease .. .. ]] ■ ■ Occupation with right of purohase ■ ■ I Lease in perpetuity „ " • ■ Village-homestead special settlement Utago • • Perpetual lease made freehold • ■ Deferred payment .. Perpetual lease .. .. \\ ■ ■ Occupation with right of purchase .. • ■ Lease in perpetuity ,„ ",,, , •• ■ Village-homestead special settlement boutnland .. | Perpetual lease made freehold Deferred payment • ■ Perpetual lease .. Occupation with right of purchase ■ • Lease in perpetuity ■ • Village-homestead special settlement £ s. A. 250 16 9 1 17 6 49 13 5 54 3 6 3 6 9 6 14 6 163 4 0 28 12 0 2 15 0 1,346 4 9 1 A. B. P. 44 1 24 £ s. d. 2 19 0 A. B. P. £ s. d. 61 8 36 30 16 8 A. B. P. 2,352 0 30 6 2 8 384 1 12 188 0 37 13 0 0 65 0 13 £ s. d. 184 16 4 2 0 0 49 19 2 64 12 0 3 18 0 6 13 10 33 j 2 2 2 A. B. P. 1,417 2 16 5 2 16 2 0 0 21 0 0 £ s. d. 387 4 10 2 4 5 0 9 0 1 16 1 2 11 6 15 0 26 3 0 18 6 6 162 10 0 54 2 2 209 6 9 3 9 4 8 0 0 920 4 1 591 0 0 4 0 4 61 16 7 1 1 0 158 2 7 151 18 9 345 12 5 103 2 4 176 12 7 1 12 1 315 9 3 123 11 0 4 122 2 30 17 6 10 2 1 21 0 19 6 0 15 5 ~7 4 0 18 0 1 550 20 2 1 8 14 12 1 11 9,467 2 22 100 3 7 20 2 20 10 0 0 152 2 35 234 0 24 1 17 0 1,385 7 4 17 15 0 2 11 6 15 0 21 19 4 22 13 6 57 6 867 1 5 42 1 4 200 15 1 6 2 6 1 6"l 7 0 18 0 •• I - I 36 5 16 241 87 0 39 770 1 3 2 10 8 10 8,520 2 4 20"7 8 162 19 4 3 12 0 8 6 6 1,011 3 6 •7 146 0 0 16' 8 9 1 89 0 2 4 12 0 14 706 2 24 48 1 1 1 5 1 0 18 47 1 16 6 3 11 0 7 0 2 6 8 1 19 0 '2 2 1 23 2 8 53 3 16 14 0 8 14 0 2 11 2 2 0 4 3 23 ■ 5 122 79 130 0 4 486 0 29 I 4 1 21 1,855 1 35 1,258 0 22 11 6 8 42 7 8 0 18 0 155 17 0 160 14 6 • • I 1 7 0 0 0 5 3 '8 2 176 0 0 13 2 26 7 18 8 3 2 3 1 *7 36 i 14 101 2 17 3 12 0 9 16 2 ~2 .. . 57 3 37 4 3 4 104 4 251 54 239 3 23 1,451 2 26 I 4 0 24 3,858 1 16 579 3 5 12 15 4 189 1 8 2 13 2 356 12 10 138 15 6 3 15 20 5 70 1 24 201 1 19 369 3 34 59 3 31 2' 6 9 20 5 6 17 17 8 7 5 3 Totals Cheviot Estate — Canterbury .. Lease in perpetuity 5,347 5 5 20 359 2 0 38 6 8 11 265 2 25 20 16 2 1,718 32,264 0 30 :4,042 19 4 178 ! 4,113 0 6 723 1 1 8U0 11 10 80 2,480 1 0 873 0 4 7 486 1 5 Land for Settlements — Hawke's Bay .. Lease in perpetuity Otago .. . " 26 14 6 231 0 10 0 10 0 8 0 18 29 0 10 0 8 0 47 265 3 25 I 21 4 2 1,845 61 14 7 •■ I 1 •• 36 1 8 393 0 4 24 16 0 299 0 6 1 0 2 16 11 161 3 21 ! 1 0 5 0 98 5 8 Totals 257 15 4 429 1 12 323 16 6 12 162 1 37 I Grand totals 6,405 12 7 98 10 8 •• 12 35,173 3 2 5,239 16 2 197 4,761 3 8 883 6 4 * iindowmeni

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Table 13. —Summary of Position of Village Settlements at 31st March, 1902.

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Number i in Occi f Settlers ipation. Amounts advanced to Set 31st Marr-h, 190S ;lers up to Total. Amount of Advances which have been repaid to i 31st March, 1902. District. Area occupied. in Pasture or cultivated. Annual Rental including Interest on Advances. a, For For Houses. Bushfelling, Grassing, &c. Total Amount of Interest paid to 31st March, 1902. Value of Improvements now on the Land. Arrears of Interest on 31st March, 1902. Eesident. Non-resident. A. E. p. A. B. P. £ s. d. 577 10 4 £ s. d. £ p. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland 136 53 7,792 2 38 4,326 0 0 958 0 0 1,253 17 6 2,211 17 6 394 0 0 2,549 10 2 13,765 0 0 266 11 5 Hawke's Bay 72 20 615 1 25 364 0 0 141 7 2 580 0 0 296 15 9 876 15 9 354 9 0 506 10 6 6,953 0 0 0 10 0 Taranaki 8 11 78 0 13 78 0 0 10 11 10 701 0 0 Wellington .. 385 166* 9,479 3 33 7,021 0 0 1,618 9 7 2,944 0 0 3,670 19 11 6,614 19 11 1,990 0 0 3,372 6 2 53,561 0 0 66 0 9 Nelson t 13 7 100 3 7 84 0 0 17 15 0 70 0 0 " 70 0 0 30 0 0 20 0 0 1,226 0 0 3 10 0 Marlborough 22 5 417 1 39 188 0 0 48 9 4 85 0 0 18 15 0 103 15 0 15 0 0 63 15 4 1,587 0 0 Canterbury!.. 355 80 13,298 0 9 10,721 2 29 2,365 1 10 2,590 0 0 2,590 0 0 687 10 0 1,535 0 6 41,476 0 0 2 0 0 Otago 159 102 4,127 0 35 1,979 0 0 670 4 4 ! I 1,101 5 0 440 0 0 1,541 5 0 60 2 6 823 9 11 13,333 0 0 1 15 0 Southland 179 246 6,133 3 14 3,205 0 0 699 18 6 756 0 0 350 2 2 1,106 2 2 100 1 3 651 19 3 26,150 0 0 3 4 9 otals .. i I 1 I 1,329 690 42,043 2 13 27,966 2 29 6,149 7 11 9,084 5 0 6,030 10 4 15,114 15 4 3,631 2 9 9,522 11 10 158,752 0 0 343 11 11 * Including seventy-nine not yet reported upon. + Endowment lands. I Including Cheviot Estate— Lake Ellesmere Endowment lands. Note. —The figures in the Auckland District include 128 tenants, in occupation of 5,440 acres 2 roods 8 perches, who changed their holdings to Lease-in-perpetuity tenure, and are shown in Table 9.

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Table 14. —Return of Special-settlement Associations, under Section 163 of "The Land Act, 1885," and Part IV. of "The Land Act, 1892," to 31st March, 1902, not included in the Special Returns.

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Taken up during the Year. Amount received during the Year. Total Amount received on Current and Previous Transactions to 31st March, 1902. Made ing the Year. Freehold. From Commencement of System to 31st March, 1902. No. of Selectors required to reside, and actually residing, and Area. District. g Capit ! *- v P t •z; Acre Capital Value per Acre. Duj Area. No. required Actually residing. No: Area. No. I Area. reside. No. Area. Auckland Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington Canterbury Otago A. B. P. £ s. a. £ s. d. 150 5 6 90 8 1 898 2 2 4,540 12 6 168 10 11 106 11 7 £ s. d. 7,051 3 1 395 15 5 6,078 16 11 124,842 7 2 1,385 7 6 897 19 4 •• 4 A. B. P. 439 1 39 52 54 799 A. R. P. 5,217 0 25 4,809 3 12 79,643 3 27 93 14 72 460 14 32 8 64 352 5 9 a. e. r. 5,080 2 26 1,600 0 0 14,565 0 0 66,931 0 0 660 3 11 1,725 0 20 __ I "" Totals i 1 4 439 1 39 I i 905 . 89,670 3 24 657 470 90,562 2 17 5,954 10 9 140,651 9 5 Under Land for Settlements Acts — Canterbury 157 4 0 1,033 11 9 232 0 0 .. Forfeitures during the Year. Surrenders during the Year. Net Area held, 31st March, 1902. Selectors in Arrear, 31st March, 1902. . District. 05 o o is 03 Area. Amount. 03 Area. Amount. 03 Area. Annual Rental. O O CO Area. Amount. Auckland Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington Canterbury Otago 3 1 A. B. P. 665 1 0 200 0 0 £ e. a. 20 0 0 i 80 0 I " " X A. H. P. 204 0 0 £ s. d. 7 2 10 93 14 74 463 27 14 A. B. P. 15,670 0 0 3,111 0 19 16,565 2 0 83,453 3 35 2,539 0 17 2,765 1 12 124,105 0 3 £ s. d. 300 7 4 55 101 16 0 i .. 876 2 8 i 9 4,664 15 5 40 168 0 6 3 121 2 4 I .. 6,232 4 3 |l07 A. B. P. 9,618 1 38 1,597 0 0 7,660 2 9 165 3 8 £ s. d. 294 19 3 37 4 11 569 4 2 9 2 11 ] Totals i 865 1 0 28 0 0 1 204 0 0 7 2 10 685 19,041 3 15 910 11 3 Under Land for Settlements Acts — Canterbury •• • • ! 11 162 7 8 2 2,114 1 9 385 2 29 16 5

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Table 15. —Return of Homestead Lands: Transactions during the Year ended 31st March, 1902.

Table 16. —Return of Small Grazing-runs taken up during the Year ended 31st March, 1902.

110

Net Area heia on 31st March, 1902. Made Freehold during the Year. Made I?reehold since Commencement of System to 31st March, 1902. District. No. of Selectors. Area. No. of Selectors. Area. No. of Selectors. Area. Auckland .. Westland.. Otago 18 A. B. P. 1,478 0 13 A. E. p. 451 39 19 A. B. P. 74,618 2 37 1,480 0 0 2,697 3 18 2 158 0 37 Totals 15 1,636 1 10 509 78,796 2 15

Take: up during the Year. Forfeitures during the Year. Surrenders during the Year. District. Area. Average Area. a> aj ce a ° Hi < 8, Annual Rent. y, Area. Annual Rental. ■3 a p Area. Annual Rental. Auckland .. Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington .. Nelson Marlborough Canterbury.. Otago Southland .. A. B. P. A. B. P. s. d. £ s. d. A. E. P. £ s. d. A. B. P. £ s. d. 5 1 16,678* 0 0 4,220 0 0 3,335 2 16 4,220 0 0 0 3-0 0 4-2 210 10 2 74 1 0 1 4,807 0 0 90 2 6 1 3,920 "0 0 85 15 0 13 55,185 2 0 4,245 0 0 0 8-8 765 17 4 3 28,350 2 0 I 390 4 0 5 1 11,800 2 37 8,824 0 21 2,360 0 23 8,824 0 21 0 4-2 0 1-5 207 17 2 55 3 0 Totals .. 25 96,708 1 18 4,596 3 36 0 3-2 1,313 8 8 4,807 0 0 90 2 6 32,270 2 0 475 19 0 Land for Hawke's Bay Marlborough Canterbury.. Sett 9 5' 2 dements — 10,471 2 0 3,655 2 0 2,112 2 0 16,239 2 0 1,163 2 0 731 0 0 1,056 1 0 11-4 3-0 3-1 ,594 10 Oj.J 408 10 8.. 344 7 6 .. 123 9 2 2t 1,569* 2 0 .. .. Totals .. 11 2,983 2 13 5-8 3,347 8 2.. 1,569 2 0 123 9 2 *Noi separate holders, but included in thirteen ori Unary holders. t Included in the threi ori li: •y holder! Exchanges to other Tenures Net Area held on 31et during the Year. March, 1902. Amount received during the Year. L rrears 01 31st March, 1902. District. •I Area. Annual Eental. S> •A Area. Annual Rental. On the Year's Transactions. On Past Transactions. i Si a 55 Arei Amount. Auckland Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington .. Nelson Maryborough Canterbury .. Otago Southland 4 A. B. P. 2,482 0 0 £ r. d. 62 i 0 10 69 24 74 1 103 48 259 18 A. B. P. 58,697 2 0 203,920 1 14 29,530 0 0 71,390 1 4 1,088 0 0 156,437 2 16 110,001 1 25 527,624 1 35 61,293 0 13 £ s. d. 482 16 5 2,049 15 4 412 5 7 2,055 11 10 10 0 0 2,225 10 0 5,031 12 0 12,269 2 8 716 4 10 £ s. d. 105 5 1 37 0 6 £ s. d. 476 6 11 1,504 18 10 281 7 9 1,951 8 10 8 0 0 1,682 14 9 5,084 5 3 11,444 0 1 769 8 3 6 10 A. B. P. 32,580 0 0 5,726 3 16 8,359 2 8 £ s. a. 204 5 11 73 18 11 226 19 11 1 486 'o 0 • " 6 i 6 384* 3 5 72' 8 1 27 11 6 ■ 6 3 33 7 121,285 0 0 6,796 3 0 53,342 0 5 15,423 3 8 140 0 3 110 0 2 591 18 9 167 7 7 Totals .. 2,968 0 0 68 2 6 606 1,219,982 2 27 25,252 18 8 626 8 7 23,202 10 8 74 143,513 3 37 1,514 11 6 Land Hasvke'sBay.. Wellington .. Marlborough.. Canterbury .. Ocago ■or Settlement, ! 9i 6 28 3 10,471 2 0 1,030 0 0 16,147 0 0 38,380 0 7 3,667 1 30 2,594 10 0 •171 13 4 1,642 17 6 5,443 7 6 401 18 10 1,297 5 Oi 244 19 1 172 3 9 1,040 19 1 4,115 10 10 401 18 10 2,086 0 0 6,030 2 19 1,214 2 23 181 18 7 645 14 4 64 10 6 5 1 Totals .. 892 3 5 44 69,695 3 37 10,254 7 2 1,714 7 li 5,558 8 9 9,331 1 2 Cheviot Estate: Canterbury 6,622 14 8 6,285 11 11 4,564 1 20 40 45,971 0 9 381 18 10 * In. ijudi is £61 8s. 6d., interest and sinking fund on buildings.

Table 17.— Number and Area of Pastoral Licenses for the Year ended 31st March, 1902.

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111

Taken up during the Year. Exchanges to other Tenures during the Year. Forfeitures during the Year. Expiries during the Year. Surrenders during the Year. District. No. of Holders. Area. Annual Rental. No. of Holders. Area. No. of Holders. Number. Area. Number. Area. Area. Auckland Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington Nelson Marlborough Westland Canterbury Otago Southland C 1 A. B. P. 16,499 2 0 11,632 0 0 £ s. d. 82 0 0 80 0 C a. b. P. A. b. P. A. B. p. A. B. p. •• " •• 2 2 3 13 4 17 6 3,120 0 0 1,060 0 0 14,280 0 0 75,998 0 0 19,804 3 26 372,277 0 0 57,379 0 0 8 5 0 5 0 0 62 17 6 68 9 0 357 18 6 844 5 0 458 17 8 •• 4 3,450 0 0 "37 ,. 4,351 2 36 8 1 119 19 5 7,447 0 0 3,193 0 0 55,965 2 0 375 3 0 254,798 0 19 55,475 0 0 30,200 0 0 1,000 0 0 19,, 650 0 0 1,000 0 0 ■• 1 1 3,298 0 11 3,200 0 0 3 1 2 1 1 773 0 0 Totals 54 572,050 1 26 5 4,223 0 0 39 10,849 3 7 ! 377,254 1 19 1,967 12 8 160 51,850 0 0 Cheviot Estate — Canterbury Land for Settlements — Otago .. 1 2 460 0 0 953 2 38 60 16 6 Net Area held on 31st March, 1902. Holders in Arrei ■ton 31st March, 1902. District. Rent paid during the Year. Number of Holders. Area, approximately. Average Holdings. Annual Rental. Number. Area. Amount. Auckland Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington Nelson Marlborough Westland Canterbury Otago Southland 25 17 A. B. P. •133,216 0 27 134,991 2 0 A. B. P. 5,328 2 23-48 7,940 2 32 £ s. d. 549 13 10 713 3 0 £ s. d. 164 4 0 685 8 11 4 A. B. P. 70,474 2 0 £ s. d. 275 11 6 23 t73 80 81 111 237 91 29,911 0 0 313,960 0 0 944,998 0 0 577,638 0 0 3,535,612 2 10 4,508,322 1 22 1,282,907 1 0 11,461,556 3 19 1,300 1 37 4,300 0 0 11,812 0 0 7,131 0 0 31,834 1 15-5 19,022 1 33 14,098 0 0 194 10 2 773 14 10 4,303 3 7 662 8 0 34,302 8 2 29,313 8 8 3,904 17 10 191 16 8 673 12 0 4,213 3 10 576 6 11 32,381 13 6 28,810 11 3 3,816 7 0 56 1 62,132* 0 0 1,678 0 0 151 14 2 28 11 1 Totals 738 74,717 8 1 71,513 4 1 61 134,284 2 0 455 16 9 Cheviot Estate — Canterbury Land for Settlements — Otago (Earnscleugh) .. 1 1,642 0 0 1,642 0 0 193 3 8 250 13 8 2 953 2 38 476 3 19 121 13 0 60 16 6 • Includes five grazing leases, containing 4,799 acres 2 roods, taken up during the year under Section 232 of " The Land Act, 1892., t Seven licenses, area 6,808 ac: ■es. rentals £29, were tri ,nsferr<

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Table 18.— Return of Miscellaneous Leases and Licenses, not otherwise enumerated, during the Year ended 31st March, 1902.

112

Objects for which leased. Total Area in Occupation on 31st March, 1902. Total Annual Rental of the Lands leased during the Year. Lessees in Arrear on 31st March, 1902. Goal and Mineral. Timber-cutting, &c. Flax-cutting. Miscellaneous. Total Area leased during the Year. Total Amount received during the Year. District. 0 Area. Annual Eental. i 6 : § Area. Annual Rental. 0 Annual Rental. 0 Area. Amount. Amount received. 6 l<5 Area. Amount received. o Area. Auckland ... I.. Hawke's Bay ! .. Taranaki .. .. Wellington.. 1 Nelson .. .. Marlborough j.. Westland .. i.. Canterbury .. Otago .. J 3 Southland .. | 2 Totals .. 6 1 A. B. P. £ B. d. 426 15 6* 200 0 0 10 0 0 8 46 5 Acres. .. f 473 6,363 1,320 £ s. d. 6,898 9 lit 146 5 3 205 9 0 96 9 5 1 3 1 A. K. P. 80 0 0 1,032 0 0 410 0 0 £ s. d. 2 0 0+ 2 5 0 15 12 6 42 3 8 27 30 7 44 73 50 a. r. p., £ s. d. 6,498 1 39! 143 0 0 16,257 2 0: 423 5 10 342 3 4 1 27 0 8 34,672 0 9 425 11 6 3,011 0 17 42 10 0 1,418 0 0, 2 0 0 13,348 0 10! 137 3 2 2,919 2 22 229 12 8 19,031 3 19; 152 15 6 4,600 1 91 79 1 3 A. E. P. 6,498 1 39 16,257 2 0 ! 342 3 i\ 35,345 0 9 9,454 0 17 3,770 0 0 13,758 0 10 3,219 2 22 20,073 3 19 4,713 0 7 1 1 £ s. d. 569 15 6 423 5 10 27 0 8 905 11 6 250 4 0 100 0 0 138 3 2 229 12 8 182 0 6 82 10 7 £ s. d. 23,380 11 6! 162 1,894 14 9 69 371 11 11 81 2,663 19 8 175 736 0 0| 258 837 6 10! 90 I 52 10 6| 140 3,012 19 6 440 1,368 14 8 543 687 16 5 274 a. B. P. 40,020 2 23 47,396 3 34 1,175 2 31 79,627 0 18 27,788 0 35 34,150 1 25 14,205 3 24 91,072 1 19 77,090 0 27 38,141 0 38 £ s. d. 942 11 0 869 6 11 429 14 10 1,260 6 0 744 12 4 829 6 8 202 11 11 2,917 8 10 1,056 19 7 635 19 7 a. E. p. 43 7,342 2 15 2 4,240 2 12 7 22 0 28 11 120 1 5 45 916 0 24 2 34 2 8 45 153 1 8 181,026 2 2 3 205 1 30 £ s. d. 417 15 11 60 5 6 12 1 4 41 17 6 1,616 13 10 11 12 10 129 6 3 35 17 3 6 6 0 I " 6 0 0 4 5 0 29 0 28 2 9 4 4 15 300 1,036 45 15 6 i 152 4 6 I •• 1 83 2 10 100 235 0 28 443 9 10 78 19,492' 17,544 13 7 6 102,099 3 9: 17614,061 2 12 2,331 16 5 20 17 6 : 850 1,662 0 7 113,432 2 7 2,908 4 5 35,006 5 91 12,232 450,668 2 34 9,888 17 8 1,605 2 10: I I 1 I I I ! I 1 .1 I. .[ I l__| I |_l Land for Auckland .. Hawke's Bay .. Taranaki .. Wellington.. Marlborough .. Canterbury.. .. Otago .. Southland .. Settlements — I 201 1 10 i 61 17 0 ••! •■ ! I •• 2 1 4 13 25 0 0 12,914 2 0| 2,936 0 85 5 14 0 316 10 0 841 11 8 201 1 10 25 0 O^ 12,914 2 0 2,936 0 25 61 17 0 5 14 0, 316 10 0] 841 11 a] 177 6 1 300 7 9 164 16 9 5 8 5 736 17 8 383 1 0 356 14 9 251 19 6 9 2 2 13 11 46 7 159 2 31 201 1 10 44 0 0 13,168 3 25 891 1 37 698 2 24 4,089 2 10 36 10 6 61 17 0 8 4 8 351 6 8 284 15 10 55 4 4 98 16 5 1 100 0 0 5 33 3 15 91 81 1 7 7 10 0 27 18 0 4 6 6 - 19"2 6 19" 2 6 2 1,165 1 35 17,242 1 30 1,165 1 35! - " 1 I : •• ! 1,244 15 2 90 j j 15 215 0 22 39 14 6 Totals .. 22 17,242 1 30; 1,244 15 2 2,376 11 11 19,253 2 17 896 15 5 — •• 67 9 152 1 17 41 10 0 Cheviot Estate .. 274 8 11 1,659 1 23 296 1 2 .. • • .. •• .. Eoyalty on 25,606'l tons. t Royalty on 17,497,810 ft. 1 Eoyalty on 20 tons.

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Table 19.—Return of Gross Revenue received during the Year ended 31st March, 1902.

113

System. Auckland. Hawke's Ba; ' Taranaki. Wellington. Nelson. Marlborough. Canterbury. Westland. Otago. Southland. Totals. Obdinaby Obown Lands 1 Cash lands Perpetual lease made freehold Village-settlement perpetual lease made freehold Deferred payment, rural Deferred payment, pastoral '.'. Perpetual lease and small areas Occupation with right of purchase '.. Lease in perpetuity Agricultural lease .. Occupation lease under " The' Mining Districts Land Occupation Act, 1894 " Village settlement, cash Village settlement, deferred payment '.'. Village settlement, perpetual lease .. ,. Village settlement, occupation with right of cur'chase Village settlement, lease in perpetuity Village-homestead special settlement .. Special-settlement association, deferred payment' bpecial-settlement association, perpetual lease Special-settlement association, lease in perpetuity improved-farm special settlement Small grazing-runs Pastoral runs Coal and mineral leases Prospectors' mining leases Timber licenses and other leases, and sale oi timber Flax-cutting.. Miscellaneous leases Transfer, lease, and license fees, &c. Rents of reserves Miscellaneous Crown-grant fees .. " State forests Survey liens on Native lands .. Survey fees which do not form part payment of land burvey fees which do form part payment of land £ s. d. 7,154 16 2 11,060 5 2 733 9 11 2,438 0 7 7,750 0 9 3,556 19 9 134 - 0 7 256' 16 9 £ s. d. 386 0 0 3,307 11 8 87 3 0 548 4 9 3,817 17 8 2,754 3 2 .. i 17 6 49 13 5 54 3 6 £ s. d. 4,253 12 4 6,369 13 11 1,185 10 7 844 17 10 4,804 1 4 3,222 4 3 3 6 9 6 14 6 £ s. d. 1,209 7 6 12,034 6 2 28 12 0 808 12 10 1,197 4 6 8,932 7 8 4,976 18 0 163 4 0 2" 15 0 1,346 i 9 99 0 2 31 10 0 4,410 2 4 1,434 5 3 1,951 8 10 191 16 8 £ s. d. 2,250 19 8 2,270 18 5 108 13 3 548 19 1 593 0 9 34' 3 3 £ s. d. 748 7 6 35' 6 9 46 18 1 453 0 0 2,191 16 7 30 3 4 2 11 6 15 0 26 3 0 18 6 6 £ s. d. 3,547 15 4 52* 0 8 22 17 0 360 8 5 166 0 2 •• £ s. d. I 929 16 2 5,325 15 7 162 10 0 ! 286 19 11 741 0 3 > 447 11 0 > 105 12 11 ! 3,532 1 4 1 •• I 54 2 2 209 6 9 3 9 4 8 0 0 920 4 1 £ s. d. 663 5 10 1,989 0 0 591 0 0 733 8 3 300 7 2 1,988 2 7 764 13 1 4,187 4 3 25 16 9 226 3 7 4 0 4 61 16 7 110 158 2 7 151 18 9 £ s. d. 1,173 10 6 764 8 8 345 12 5 920 4 5 133 4 8 534 2 8 1,028 10 3 1,542 10 2 89 15 10 103 2 4 176 12 7 1 12 1 315 9 3 123 11 0 £ s. d. 22,317 11 0 40,851 1 2 1,127 14 5 7,113 14 9 1,174 12 1 8,176 12 3 28,565 11 2 26,722 18 5 25 16 9 514 6 7 163 4 0 163 16 4 451 15 11 11 6 8 564 2 9 2,865 5 4 99 0 2 185 4 9 5,670 5 10 3,185 14 0 23,828 19 3 71,501 4 1 841 11 4 60 15 0 17,044 19 0 150 5 6 251 0 11 476 6 11 164 4 0 506 15 6 90 8 1 254 14 6 1,610 3 11 685 8 11 898 2 2 953 12 8 318 8 3 8 0 0 673 12 0 51 16 0 29 16 0 1,632 14 5 2,066 18 2 4,213 3 10 153 14 9 14 16 2 5,084 5 3 32,369 13 6 57 17 0 10 0 106 11 7 7 15 5 11,516 8 2 28,810 11 3 171 11 9 284 5 3 796 19 9 3,816 7 0 53 11 1 576' 6 11 i 12,655 'l2 10 213' 1 2 2919 0 96 9 5 765' 7 5 152 4 6 1,529' 9 3 2 0 0 569 9 6 525 6 0 65 2 6 812 13 8 281 1 0 9,581 11 2 185 18 5 68 15 8 56 13 2 1,894 14 9 175 10 0 103 18 11 46 8 7 91 11 2 103 16 0 280 0 9 156 1 7 85 14 11 356 15 9 334 5 9 472 17 1 492 17 1 103 17 10 1,614 16 2 67 7 1 3 10 6 219 16 2 151 16 6 255 9 0 74 9 2 110 7 1 15 12 6 133 3 7 62 9 0 562 2 4 9 11 3 7 19 2 39 4 6 94 6 0 13 6 0 52 16 11 18 0 0 229 1 0 2,800 14 10 398 11 10 90 2 8 165 7 8 849 3 3 305 8 0 52 1 3 200 2 10 73 14 5 143 13 11 6 0 0 208 16 0 628 5 4 116 18 2 102 19 9 6,150 3 3 27 3 0 4,153 18 8 2,190 14 3 5,129 19 1 2,418 1 5 920 5 5 17,655 12 2 595 16 7 914 16 2 141 8 7 327 19 3 14 11 10 87 16 11 42 13 4 I 0 8 9 34 12 10 595 7 0 72 11 3 41 13 4 55'l2 6 I 59,431 6 51 • • ■• Carried forward .. - 16,196 1 7 23,722 11 1 42,474 2 4 297,374 18 4 ■ 9,052 14 1 10,751 6 6 5,708 9 4; 54,687 1 2 54,349 11 2 21,001 14 2

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Table 19.—Return of Gross Revenue received during the Year ended 31st March, 1902.—continued.

114

Auckland. Hawke's Bay. Taranaki. Wellington. Nelson. Marlborough. Westland. Canterbury. Otago. Southland. Totals. System. £ s. d. 19,431 6 5 £ s. d. 16,196 1 7 £ s. a. 23,722 11 1 £ s. a. 42,474 2 4 £ s. a. 9,052 14 1 £ s. a. 10,751 6 6 £ s. a. 5,708 9 4 £ s. a. 54,687 1 2 £ s. a. 54,349 11 2 £ s. a. 21,001 14 2 £ s. a. 297,374 18 4 Brought forwara j Land fob Settlements . Cash Lease in perpetuity Lease in perpetuity, village Special-settlement associations Small grazing-runs Pastoral runs.. Miscellaneous ::| 4,287' 1 0 9,953' 19 2 26 14 6 412' 15 9 5,140 3 7 5,89815 3 26710 5 17 15 0 33,926 6 6 157 4 0 4,287 14 7 17,194' 12 1 231 0 10 401 18 10 60 16 6 1,093 11 2 1,93114 6 17 15 0 79,012 17 8 257 15 4 157 4 0 7,272 16 7 60 16 6 3,274 0 5 1,297' 5 0 1,28518 2 • • 244 1 2 I 180' 14 4 300 7 9 16112 4 58 5 917 15 1 370 10 2 4,467 15 4 11,578 6 5 574 8 1 267 10 5 18,981 19 5 2,175 15 8 90,053 5 6 Total 5,145 11 5 8,102 8 6 38,759 10 3 Cheviot Estatb. Lease in perpetuity Village homesteaas Grazing-farms Pastoral runs Miscellaneous leases Miscellaneous •■ •■ •• 6,397 19 5 800 11 10 6,285 11 11 250 13 8 274 8 11 51 14 11 •• •• 6,397 19 5 800 11 10 6,285 11 11 250 13 8 274 8 11 51 14 11 14,061 0 8 14,061 0 8 Total .. • • .. ■ • .. ■• .. •• Enaowment lands Thermal-Springs Districts Act: Eents .. " Native Townships Act, 1895 " 1,598 7 10 1,511 3 10 388 17 0 76' 18 9 348 0 558 10 9 426' 4 i\ 12,051 2 11 .. 1,750 19 8 1,413 10 5 •• 1,298 13 3 19,408 2 5 1,511 3 10 497 3 1 • • -• .. .. Total 3,109 11 8 459 15 9 348 0 7 984 15 1 12,051 2 11 1,750 19 8 1,413 10 5j j 1,298 13 3 21,416 9 4 422,017 14 11 •• 24,484 1 5 67,005 5 2 28,234 3 9 24,648 4 2 48,613 13 5; 1 |21,103 17 0 18,672 17 7 74,008 5 1 Grand total 5,975 19 9 109,271 7 7

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Table 20. —Return of Lands reserved and alienated under Acts, or for Scrip.

Table 21.— Forfeitures and Surrenders during the Year ending 31st March, 1902, showing under each Tenure the number of Selectors who have forfeited and surrendered their Holdings, and the Area and Rental of such Holdings.

'uring ear em !arc! Total Area reserved, granted under Acts, &c, from the Foundation of the Colony to the 31st March, 1902. District. Area reserved Area granted rea 8 rante d Total Area for various * n Satisfaction alienated during Purposes. uncter Aots - of Scrip. the Year. Auckland .. Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington.. Nelson Marlborough Westland .. Canterbury .. Otago Southland .. A. B. p. 1,225 2 18 318 1 9 2,012 0 17 5,528 3 15 1,719 3 7 605 0 33 17,000 0 0 169,182 3 10 284 3 25 247 0 5 A. B. P. 42 1 36 32 1 37 123 2 22 A. B. p. A. B. P. 1,268 0 14 318 1 9 2,044 2 14 5,652 1 37 1,719 3 7 605 0 33 17,000 0 0 325,323 0 17 308 1 36 247 0 5 A. B. P. 3,405,680 1 18 374,146 1 10 661,276 0 21 1,298,455 3 39 840,131 0 9 206,816 0 3 127,820 1 23 1,520,110 2 8 696,273 2 5 591,437 1 11 156,140 1 7 23 2 11 Totals.. 198,124 2 19 156,362 1 33 354,487 0 12 9,722,147 2 27

Forfeitures. Surrenders. Tenure. No. Area. Annual Rental, No. Area. Annual Rental. Ordinary Cbown Lands. Deferred pa)'ment Perpetual lease Occupation with right of purchase Lease in perpetuity Mining Districts Occupation Act.. Village Settlement, — Perpetual lease Occupation with right of purchase Lease in perpetuity Homestead special settlement .. Special-settlement associations .. Improved-farm special settlements Small grazing-runs Pastoral runs Miscellaneous 5 27 20 4 1 1 17 2 4 10 1 39 47 A. K. P. 1,116 2 23 7,890 0 5 3,098 3 3 47 0 27 36 1 14 0 18 295 1 13 51 0 35 865 1 0 952 1 21 4,807 0 0 10,849 3 7 7,773 1 33 £ s. d. 38 1 8 218 18 6 97 15 6 5 11 0 3 12 0 0 7 0 31 7 8 3 10 28 0 0 44 17 11 90 2 6 124 17 0 120 7 0 1 4 30 8 2 2 5 4 1 3 4 7 4 A. ft. P. 66 3 39 717 2 38 13,229 2 14 3,156 3 3 47 1 19 23 2 8 £ s. d. 11 4 10 28 12 4 398 8 1 94 8 0 4 6 0 14 0 115 3 12 126 1 5 204 0 0 247 0 6 32,270 2 0 51,850 0 0 112 5 2 8 6 6 11 5 8 7 2 10 22 10 8 475 19 0 133 3 4 19 0 0 Totals .. 178 37,783 2 29 806 38 9 75 102,168 3 26 1,215 11 3 Cheviot Estate. Lease in perpetuity 2 921 2 0 175 1 6 Land for Settlements. Lease in perpetuitv Village lease in perpetui.y Small grazing-runs 25 2,827 1 28 590 15 4 7 1 652 9, 23 0 10 1,569 2 0 360 11 8 0 8 0 128 9 i Grand Totals 203 40,611 0 17 1,397 14 1 85 105,312 3 9 1,875 1 7 Native townships 29 3 13 9 0 0 * The two selectors who surrendered these lands are included in the four ordinary small grazing-run surrenders.

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Table 22. — Return of Land taken up during the Year ended 31st March, 1902, within the Thermal-springs District of Auckland.

Table 23. — Return of Lands disposed of under "The Native Townships Act, 1895," for the Year ended 31st March, 1902.

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.ken up auring the Year. Net Area hel< March, 1! I on 31st 102. Sel :otors in Am March, I 1 iar on 31st )02. Locality. O to 3 ,3 Area. Yearly Rent payable. μ-i O «5 Si •2 o a" 3 Area. Amount reeeivea during the Year. O 02 Yearly Rent payable. Area. Amount. A. B. p. £ s. d. A. B. P. 247 5,754 3 33 s a. a. 1,652 1 4 £ s. a. 1,511 3 10 36 A. B. P. 646 3 8 £ s. a. 189 6 5 iotorua ..

'own ship. :en up dui Year. ing the Area of Name of Township. Date of Date when opened for Sale. Land District. Proclamation. Proclaimed. Oflered. No. Area. Eent payable. A. B. p. 497 0 0 383 0 0 90 0 0 366 0 0 490 0 0 138 0 0 49 0 18| A. E. P. 166 1 32 206 0 1 39 0 29 254 3 30 198 0 0 80 2 6 31 0 28 A. K. P. £ s. d. :awke's Bay Wellington Te Puia .. Tβ Araroa Tuatini .. Pipiriki .. Tokaanu .. Potaka .. Parata 13 July, 1898 4 Oct., 1899 14 Sept., 1899 5 Aug., 1896 11 Mar., 1897 26 July, 1879 14 Aug., 1899 29 Aug., 1899 15 Feb., 1900 14 Dec, 1900 16 Jan., 1901 27 July, 1897 17 June, 1898 9 May, 1900 11 Sept., 1900 3 4 16 2 7 11 2 10 8 0 24 52 2 11 5 0 0 13 1 7 3 0 0 36 18 0 46 18 0 10 0 0 18 9 0 Totals 32 90 2 12 15 5 0 Land District. Name of Township. Net Ai •ea held on 31st March, 1901. Forfei iures durin the Year. Eent paid during Year. No. Area. Bent payable. No. Area. Annual Eent. A. B. P 75 0 15 101 0 14 21 0 0 235 2 10 103 2 22 56 1 29 28 1 17 & s. d. 38 2 6 66 15 6 68 0 0 171 1 2 223 6 0 82 10 6 84 19 0 A. R. P. £ s. d, £ s. d. 3 10 0 42 19 9 24 9 0 154 1 6 155 4 9 62 8 3 54 9 10 !awke's Bay Wellington Te Puia .. Te Araroa Toatini .. Pipiriki .. Tokaanu .. Potaka Parata 12 23 9 47 30 26 16 i 1 7 *3 2 0 10 1 12 0 4 10 0 Totals 621 0 27 734 14 8 8 0 2 6 2 0 497 8 1 163

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Table 24 .—Return showing the Area of Bush felled on Lands sold or leased by the Crown from 1st April, 1895, to 31st March, 1902.

Table 25.- Statement of the Number of Selectors on the Books of the Lands and Survey Department on 31st March, 1902.

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Table 24 —Eetuen showing the Area of Bush fe April, 1895, to 3 [led on Lands so! 1st March, 1902. id or leased by ti Irown trom .st District. Felled during the Year on Lands taken up during the Year 1900-1901. Felled during the Year on Lands taken up in Previous Years. Total felled at 31st March, 1901. Total felled at 31st March, 1902. Auckland Hawke's Bay .. Taranaki Wellington Marlborough .. Westland Otago Southland a. B. P. 1,220 0 0 550 0 0 1,500 0 0 1,954 0 0 820 0 0 6,700 0 0 46 0 0 25 0 0 A. K. P. 2,442 0 0 7,500 0 0 1,000 0 0 17,172 0 0 2,950 0 0 6,400 0 0 560 0 0 175 0 0 A. E. P. 63,881 0 0 80,074 0 0 22,295 0 0 575,183 0 0 73,490 0 0 33,170 0 0 21,642 0 0 5,493 0 0 A. E. P. 67,543 0 0 88,124 0 0 25,545 0 0 594,309 0 0 77,260 0 0 46,270 0 0 22,248 0 0 5,693 0 0 Totals 12,815 0 0 38,199 0 0 875,228 0 0 926,992 0 0 Table 25. —Statement of £ ae Books of the Lands a: 902. te Numbeb o: Selectoes on fc on 31st March, ] id Survey Department Deferred Payment. Perpe Leas tual ie. Occupation with Eight of Purchase. Lease in Perpetuity. a5 w CD "3 Occupati under " T! Districts L pation Ac ion Lease 'he Mining jandOccuct, 1894." 43 43 fl fl CQ CD rW _ HH COrD _ g rf CD i>R a CD co C3 CD % CD T3 en § £,"S m CD "S CH <■> fl CO a &•« - a § CD 'jShM CO c3« O &° cd g^H t> Ph Vili m< in] lage Set mt, Lei Perpetu ;tlelity. District. CO >rj « 9 gh3 M O fl CD . a CO -^ S fl O c3 fl M CO ■a fl o ■S C3 o 43 fl CD - a-s £ 9 O c6 ■Shi fl H CO _ "T3 £ c3 o fl CD . a CO cc3 IS fl O c3 H co' fl fl . O 1 CD 1 O c3 ' ■ r4 43 > CO CD _] Q CO "fl s § . C3 S ■< , "1 43 —I CD &Q I n CD • a ctj * 9 O C3 ■ahl fl 3 s bo ■3 CO T3 fl A fc * Sh-1 U O IS 43 CO o fl •& n3 CD fl fl a « H "h^ co T3 fl fl fcs a o CO «S <d - fl r_ fl 43 fl„S H CD 02 43 fl <D . fl so Auckland Hawke's Bay .. Taranaki Wellington Nelson Marlborough .. Westland Canterbury Otago Southland 108 3 31 14 307 8 3 14 52 72 387 33 43 67 27 11 7 50 262 93 9 20 1,649 191 302 612 192 39 94 14 168 216 7 941 178 256 458 166 189 56 183 624 229 149 210 6 183 12 1 1 136 1 ~8 16 *36 8 18 i "b 138 18 740 327 74 8 19 52 '2 i "8 104 57 9 23 16 136 40 8 3 12 36 23 104 5 5 4 16 122 251 29 "i i 8 15 34 1 Totals 47 4 14 980 78 3,477 3,280 104 1,845 102 17 339 53 25 165 38 441 61! vu: St£ S( lage-hc :ad Spi jttlemi ,mescial ant. ipc it! ;cia erne iatii jBDt Im] farm Sett! iproveda Specii ilement Smi •azins ,11 Past, >ral iei: lOUi District. 43 fl CD . SCO & fl O e3 sel Ass, CO T3 a! t* u O 3C1 ons. cd n 43 < .2 ■» i Ph °4 a «•: O CO u s O CD . 'iH _ CO ■8§S 9-<! H 2 CQ ins. 43 fl a^s £ fl o _ 15 J co i tJo'i fl ! u c5 en n_S _ Q CO 43 o § . fl CO T3 fl 43 »£2 c3 _ "S h-1 "S CQ CD .o J > CO OB -fl O 43 fl _ • a-s £ 9 fl N „ CD O a o 43 43 O o3 •g-s o O fl c3 lam fl _ • Beg & 9 QtT t_ fl ■as CO J3 EH CO B & o EH CD > a r5 Total. CO fl fl •s a O _ 43 43 O <-3 >- _ <_ r_] ,fl ffl O fl c3 h-1 CO o CO n3 a 9 I hi Q to fl fl 6 c3 o to a Auckland .. Hawke's Bay Taranaki .. Wellington Nelson Marlborough Westland .. Canterbury Otago Southland 61 30 1 93 14 74 463 50 13 10 69 24 74 1 103 *9 6 3 25 17 13 162 69 81 172 258 90 140 440 543 274 9 2 247 44 4,077 972 982 2,946 1,319 721 402 2,399 3,048 1,655 550 4 127 165 39 i 23 73 80 81 111 237 91 2 14 3 210 119 20 <3 13 14 "3 21 2 1 241 79 54 80 49 *27 14 'ii 48 259 18 25 3 40 i 67 ii 46 s 7 '„ 88 10 3 _ 2 4 2 •• Totals .. 1029 80 70 685 111 | 338 155 606 44 40 738 2 l 6 15 2,229 I 67 I I 90 254 247 163 18,521 22

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Table 26.—Statement showing the Total Number of Crown Tenants, with Area selected or held, the Yearly Rent payable, and Rent in Arrear on 31st March, 1902.

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Tenure. Total Number of Tenants. Total Area held by such Tenants. Total Yearly Rental or Instalment payable. Total Amount oi such Rents or Payments in Arrear. Ordinary. Crown Lands. Deferred payment Perpetual lease Occupation with right of purchase .. Lease in perpetuity Agricultural lease Homestead Mining Districts Land Occupation Act Village settlements — Deferred payment Perpetual lease Occupation with right of purchase Lease in perpetuity Village-homestead special settlements — Perpetual lease Lease in perpetuity Special-settlement associations — Deferred payment Perpetual lease Lease in perpetuity Improved-farm special settlements .. Small grazing-runs Pastoral runs Miscellaneous leases 612 980 3,477 3,280 17 15 339 A. R. P. 96,885 0 37 204,841 2 5 935,286 3 1 956,390 0 37 ■ 528 3 5 1,636 1 10 14,259 0 12 £ s. a. 4,554 3 0 7,742 17 8 34,733 7 0 30,462 13 8 30 6 3 £ s. d. 372 15 10 833 3 5 3,102 12 8 2,050 10 0 839' 9 1 25 - 3 1 25 165 38 441 477 3 6 2,730 1 29 30 1 3 6,324 0 31 47 1 2 397 10 8 13 1 2 599 8 8 2 6 9 36 19 6 0 9 0 27 12 5 430 599 8,955 1 39 13,645 0 25 1,412 18 4 1,786 9 7 538 1 4 111 9 7 16 22 647 493 606 738 2,229 1,676 1 10 2,081 3 31 120,346 3 2 53,906 1 22 1,219,982 2 27 11,459,556 3 19 450,668 2 34 19 6 6 144 7 2 6,068 10 7 3,204 19 2 25,252 18 8 74,717 8 1 9,888 17 8 3 13 6 906 17 9 1,234 1 3 1,514 11 6 455 16 9 2,331 16 5 Totals 15,169 15,547,210 3 25 201,915 14 1 13,548 0 9 Cheviot Estate. Lease in perpetuity Village-homestead special settlement Grazing-farms Pastoral runs Miscellaneous 104 80 40 1 67 24,410 1 9 2,480 1 0 45,971 0 9 1,642 0 0 1,659 1 23 6,502 15 2 873 0 4 6,622 0 0 193 3 8 296 1 2 314 11 0 61 14 7 381 18 10 41 10 0 Totals 292 76,163 0 1 14,487 0 4 799 14 5 Land for Settlements Acts. Lease in perpetuity Lease in perpetuity, village Special-settlement associations Small grazing-runs Pastoral runs Miscellaneous 1,845 47 11 44 2 90 294,242 1 5 429 1 12 2,114 1 9 69,695 3 37 953 3 38 19,253 2 17 89,422 18 9 323 16 6 162 7 8 10,254 7 2 121 13 0 896 15 5 7,988 10 11 98 10 8 16 5 8 892 3 5 39 14 6 Totals 2,039 386,689 0 38 101,181 18 6 9,035 5 2 Thermal Springs (Rotorua) 247 5,754 3 33 1,652 1 i 189 6 5 Grand totals 17,747 16,015,818 0 17 319,236 14 3 23,572 6 9 Endowments Native townships 611 163 159,307 3 39 621 0 27 7,775 15 1 734 14 8 296 8 10 77 1 8

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Table 28. —Endowments: Return of Revenue received during the Year ended 31st March, 1902.

Table 27. —Endowments: Lands taken up during the Year ended 31st March, 1902.

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Tenure. Auckland. Hawke's Bay. Taranaki. Wellington. Nelson. Marlborough. Westland. Canterbury. Otago. Southland. Totals. Gash lands Perpetual lease made freehold Deferred payments Perpetual lease and small areas Occupation with right of purchase .. Lease in perpetuity Lease in perpetuity land for settlements Village-homestead special settlement Village lease in perpetuity Small grazing-runs Mining Districts Land Occupation Act Pastoral runs Coal and mineral leases Timber licenses and royalties Miscellaneous leases Rents of reserves £ s. d. 33 10 0 172 7 0 29 8 2 12 16 4 36 7 8 19 6 £ s. d. 213 8 11 42' il 6 & s. a. £ s. d. 552" 1 3 £ s. d. 59**9 4 1712 6 £ s. d. £ s.'d. •• £ s. d. 1,259*0 5 259 14 3 £ s. d. 331 "7 9 230 8 10 74**8 3 1514 0 278 4 1 £ s d. 332 8 7 387 6 1 12 0 0 185 3 4 86*15 7 £ s. d. 33 10 0 172 7 0 1,275 6 11 860 12 0 24 16 4 1,597 11 2 19 6 277 6 9 15 14 0 665 10 3 40 17 9 748 14 8 1,358 0 0 10,794 7 10 394 17 9 1,147 0 6 19,408 2 5 169 19 2 130* 11 5 4017 9 460 io 0 288**4 8 1,063 0 0 7 10 0 72 0 0 2 *5 2 348 'o 7 6*9 6 1,358 0 0 9,731 7 10 10 0 842 15 6 2217 6 6*15 0 232 "5 0 Totals 1,598 7 10 388 17 0 348 0 7 558 10 9 12,051 2 11 1,750 19 8 1,413 10 5 1,298 13 3 .. • •

Lease in Perpetuity. Occupation Leases under Mining Districts Land Occupation Act. Small Grazing-Buns. District. Endowments, &c. Q) a Area. Annual Rental. 8 a 3 Area. Annual Eental. CD Area. Annual Eental. A. a. p. £ s. d. A. B. P. £ s. d. A. B. P. 8,937 1 28 £ s. d. 92 13 i Auckland Nelson Canterbury Otago Southland 136" 3 29 8*9 6 6 •• 7 4 2 406*1 8 5,768 2 29 30 1 6 96 3 0 Ellesmere Clutha Trust Educational i 319 'o 25 12 15 2 Totals .. i 319 0 25 12 15 2 136 3 29 8 9 6 12 15,112 1 25 218 17 10

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Table 30. — Cheviot Estate : Return of Outlay and Income at 31st March, 1902. Dr. Outlay. £ s- a. Purchase-money .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 260,220 0 0 Roads-construction .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 45,158 10 0 Surveys .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6,411 9 11 Landing-service, administration, and contingencies to 31st March, 1901 .. 12,033 9 8 „ administration, and contingencies, Ist April, 1901, to 31st March, 1902 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 15 0 0 Interest to 31st March, 1901 .. .. .. .. .. .. 69,525 19 5 Interest, Ist April, 1901, to 31st March, 1902 .. .. .. .. 8,866 2 6 Cheese-factory .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 900 0 0 Total .. .. .. .. .. £403,130 11 6 Cr. Income. Cash—Freehold disposed of .. .. .. .. .. 38,755 6 4 Rents and royalties to 31st March, 1901 .. .. .. .. 104,714 2 2 Ist April, 1901, to 31st March, 1902 .. .. 14,016 0 8 Interest to 31st March, 1901 .. .. .. .. .. 1,421 10 11 Interest, Ist April, 1901, to 31st March, 1902 .. .. .. 45 0 0 Shipping and port charges .. .. .. .. .. 3,828 3 11 Rents and interest unpaid at 31st March, 1902 .. .. .. .. 4,028 8 4 Balance .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 236,321 19 2 Total .. .. .. .. .. £403,130 11 6

Table 29 —Summaby of Cheviot Estate Receipts for the Financial Year ending 31st March, 1902. £ s. d. £ s. d. Rents, lease in perpetuity .. .. .. .. .. 6,397 19 5 V.H.S.S 800 6 10 grazing-farms .. .. .• ■• •• 6,285 11 11 miscellaneous pastoral leases .. .. .. .. 523 16 4 14,007 14 6 Timber-outting royalties .. .. .. .. •• •• 862 Interest on advance to Cheviot Dairy Factory Company .. .. 45 0 0 £14,061 0 8

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Table 31.-Summary of Cheviot Estate Receipts from 1st April, 1893, to 31st March, 1902.

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Particulars. 893-94. 1891-95. I 1895-96. 1896-97. 1897-98. 1898-99. 1899-1900. 1900-1901. 1901-1902. Total. Proceeds fire-insurance policies Cash sales, land ,/ sundries Leases in perpetuity Grazing- farms .' Miscellaneous pastoral leases' Interest on cash, conditional sales Fencing adjoining homestead reserve limber-cutting licenses and royalties \'. £ s. d. 1,400 0 0 4,595 5 8 11 5 10 3,349 9 8 1,842 10 1 6,922 8 1 100 0 0 • £ s. d. 3 26,613 16 7 ) 166 12 8 1 5,142 8 4 L 3,637 1 1 - 1,058 3 1 ) 370 9 3 £ s. d. 7 903 9 8 3 144 17 6 1 6,410 17 10 L 5,440 8 3 L 687 17 7 i 194 11 10 . £ s. d.j 3 336 2 0 3 100 11 6 ) 6,793 13 11 J 6,311 13 1 ! 688 16 3 ) 188 6 6 45 0 0 869 4 10 • I £ s. d. 3 838 12 0 5 20 18 3 L 7,236 3 8 L 6,355 1 7 i 789 0 6 i 185 16 6 ) 45 0 0 ) 806 8 1 £ a. d. 3,234 "2 0 6,725 11 2 6,259 14 4 518 12 4 179 16 10 45 0 0 69 8 8 s. d. 374 4 2 15 1 0 7,452 3 10 6,485 18 11 455 14 11 1. £ s. d. 3 2 £ s. d. 1. £ s. d. 1,400 0 0 36,895 12 1 459 6 9 3 57,406 7 3 I 49,069 19 8 I 12,202 17 1 1,219 0 11 ' 247 10 0 3,828 3 11 0 7 6 ! 50 18 10 3 7,097 12 7 L 6,452 0 5 L 558 8 0 J 7,198 6 3 5 6,285 11 11 ) 523 16 4 301 18 1 1,050 12 8 0 7 6 110 ! 730 11 7 22 10 0 ) 45 0 0 ) 45* 0 0 I 11 2 9 17 2 7 13' 6 4 8" 6 2! Recoveries — Passage-money, tools, &c. Cheviot rabbit-fence Share of fencing harbour reserve ' Rebate fire-insurance premiums Cement sold Advertising 18,522 17 51 367 7 5 38,040 12 2: 86 8 9 7 10 0 : 14,512 14 3: 10 9 10 i 115,333 8 lj 1 9 15 6 2*13 0 16,277 0 7: 137 9 3 17,043 8 1 14,822 15 5 i14,166 7 4: 14,061 0 8: 1162,780 4 0 56' 5 10 34 3 6 - - o'io 0 4 2 6 - Totals 18,890 4 10 3 38,134 10 111 14,613 13 51 15,345 16 71 16,414 9 101 17,048 0 7: 14,822 15 5: 14,166 7 41 14,061 0 81 162,780 4 0

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IMPROVED-FARM SETTLEMENTS. Table 32.-Return showing Position and Transactions in Improved-farm Settlements from their Commencement to 31st March, 1902.

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Name. Area. Dates of Gazette Proclamation. Number of Number Settlers \i,,vni, ev of remaining Num t ber Sections ill P^rannn in each Occupation ",5°^ Settlement. on resident. 31 Mar., '02. Area occupied. Number of Area Area ' Cattle felled. grassed. on Allotments. Roads felled and formed or partially formed during the Year. Amount paid to Selectors for Improvements: I Kent and Interest pp«id Past and Present Transactions. by Selectors. For Bush- During the FromComFor Houses, felling and ,J,i n ta Year ending mencement of other Works. ! ments. 31M m System. Value of Improvements now on the Laud, including that paid for by Government. Total Payments. During the Year endingi 31 Mar., '02. 1 Auckland — Kau-a-moa .. Paemako Mangatu Awatuna Katui Kangitira Tawai Acres. 1,410 J 1,412 1,100 1,000 1,000 1,000 411 1896, p. 655 1897, p. 5 1895, p. 863 1895, p. 863 1895, p. 863 1895, p. 863 1896, p. 1541 10 13 10 10 10 10 19 10 11 10 2 5 2 10 47 43 31 14 1!) 6 17 A. E. P. 1,424 2 32 1,343 2 38 991 0 0 199 2 0 491 0 0 200 0 0 142 1 27 Acres. i 821 57 705 408 380 100 148 Acres. 703 402 534 65 177 52 20 o O Mis. ch. £ s. d. 237 16 2 337 8 0 184 8 3 122 2 11 165 11 4 45 18 4 102 10 0 £ s. d. 1,661 15 5 372 6 8 1,466 0 8 989 12 11 901 0 0 146 8 0 500 9 5 £ s. d. 1,899 11 7 : 709 14 8 j 1,651 5 11 1,111 15 10 1,066 11 4 192 6 4 602 19 5 J £ s. d. .21 4 0 33 19 5 70 19 3 0 8 4 14 15 3 2 0 6 7 14 2 £ s. d. 286 16 2 135 4 5 209 18 5 66 9 7 135 8 6 29 11 8 37 16 3 £ s. d. 2,159 18 0 1,066 11 0 2,432 0 0 1,504 0 0 2,061 11 0 415 16 4 1,672 16 1 7,333 50 2,619 1,953 901 5 0 1 11,312 12 S Totals 82 177 4,792 1 17 " 1,195 15 0 6,038 10 1 7,234 5 1 251 0 11 i i Hawke's Bay — Waikopiro .. Akitio 1,880 145 1895, p. 79 1896, p. 655 15 2 15 2 96 2 1,771 0 0 145 0 0 1,338 145 1,338 145 1,221 322 139 14 4 20 0 0 1,708 5 0 152 4 5 1,847 19 4 172 4 5 1227 17 0 26 17 6 1,193 6 4 61 1 7 5,666 5 0 520 5 0 17 17 1,916 0 0 1,483 1,543 159 14 4 i 1,254 7 11 6,186 10 0 Totals 2,025 98 1,483 1,860 9 5 2,020 3 9 !254 14 6 I I !. ; . : Taranaki — Ngaire Tongaporutu Mangaere Uruti Taumatatahi Whangamomona Poti Maata Huiroa Okau Derwent Nihoniho Greenlands .. Mangapoua .. 170 2,500 482 697 430 10,543 108 30 668 1,889 1,369 1,406 603 702 7 Feb., 1895 4 Oct., 1894 10 Jan., 1895 10 Jan., 1895 22 Oct., 1894 30 Jan., 1896 4 July, 1895 4 July, 1895 29 Nov., 1894 5 Mar., 1896 5 Mar., 1896 15 Aug., 1895 17 Sept., 1896 27 Oct., 1897 16 16 13 7 4 111 8 3 9 19 13 15 6 7 15 4 10 3 4 56 8 2 7 4 6 3 3 2 58 29 40 23 32 170 31 11 37 23 25 15 7 1 159 2 30 452 2 0 444 1 2 1 497 0 0 430 2 0 7,463 1 11 108 0 0 30 0 0 571 3 16 388 2 14 698 0 0 213 2 0 302 1 20 200 0 0 166 519 459 479 220 4,880 106 23 522 496 596 173 236 103 166 519 459 479 \ 220 4,848 106 23 522 496 596 163 236 103 86 86 179 168 70 1,584 65 26 258 55 163 160 39 5 0 47 0 85 0 7 262 10 0 200 0 0 132 10 0 79 0 0 70 0 0 ■797 10 0 120 0 0 50 0 0 93 10 0 ! 137 10 0 192 10 0 311 7 9 922 13 11 574 2 0 817 7 0 281 14 2 6,835 7 5 173 15 3 58 1 8 587 3 0 1,010 1 6 1,123 11 5 203 1 11 629 0 3 286 5 6 ' 573 17 9 1,122 13 11 706 12 0 896 7 0 351 14 2 7,632 17 5 293 15 3 108 1 8 680 13 0 1,147 11 6 J 1,316 1 5 j 203 1 11 j 679 0 3 316 5 6 j 53 7 0 : 55 11 9 51 19 1 42 11 10 23 0 4 500 14 9 37 6 9 7 18 10 47 18 1 I 19 16 3 I 70 1 3 13 16 8 24 0 5 5 9 8 225 2 1 : 235 3 2 264 2 2 ! 238 7 5 130 9 3 1,622 11 9 I 159 18 4 32 18 7 203 6 6 93 13 5 268 12 11 57 18 6 j 90 0 2 33 0 4 1,221 7 9 1,338 13 11 1,884 12 0 1,376 17 0 905 14 2 14,040 5 5 859 15 3 200 1 8 1,719 13 0 1,347 11 6 2,124 1 5 645 1 11 757 10 3 479 5 6 0 48 50 0 0 30 0 0 Totals 21,597 247 127 502 11,959 2 13 8,978 8,936 2,944 2 27 2,215 0 0 ! 13,813 12 9 16,028 12 9 1 953 12 8 1 . 3,655 4 7 29,100 10 9 ' ! . I ! Wellington — Pemberton .. 1,460 (20 Dec, 1894 '(10 Sep., 1897 31 Oct.. 1894 31 Oct., 1894 118 Sep., 1894 "(24 Sep., 1896 20 Apr., 1899 I 21 Dec, 1896 1 23 Aug., 1898 (24 May, 1899 I » 13 68 1,277 0 0 1,210 1,210 764 1 227 0 0 1,828 10 1 2,055 10 1 161 1 7 1,241 0 9 \ 4,635 3 9 Kawatau Hautapu 1,000 1,204 12 11 12 11 77 51 999 3 36 1,057 0 0 716 478 716 591 1,209 420 •• ! 230 0 0 j 265 0 0 959 14 6 814 2 10 1,189 14 6 1,079 2 10 90 4 1 122 0 1 453 5 4 397 19 5 3,700 1 0 1,836 15 5 Masterton- Tenui 1,168 1 16 [ 44 12 55 1,163 0 0 630 630 468 i 220 0 0 627 0 1 847 0 1 87 6 6 449 15 8 ; 2,769 19 1 Akitio 5,206 36 99 3,810 2 0 2,551 2,309 2,723 511 10 0 2,923 5 11 3,434 15 11 279 11 4 I 838 2 9 I 6,904 7 7

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IMPROVED-FARM SETTLEMENTS. Table 32. —Return showing Position and Transactions in Improved-farm Settlements from their Commencement to 31st March, 1902—continued.

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Nameof Settlement. Areas. Dates of Gazette Proclamation. Number of Sections in each Settlement. Number of Settlers remaining in Occupation on 31 Mar., '02. Nuinber of Persons resident. Area occupied. Area felled. Number of Areas Cattle grassed. on Allotments. Roads felled and formed nr na.-v*-i«.ll v Amount paid Past a: to Selectors for Improvements: ad Present Transactions. Kent and byS( Interest paid ilectors. Value of Improvements now on the Land, including that paid for by Government. formed during the Year. For Bushfelling and other Works. Total Payments. During the Year ending 31 Mar., '02. 1 From Commencement of System. For Houses. Wellington — continued. Horopito Otaihape .. ... Acres. 1 2,000 200 2 Oct., 1894 19 Dec, 1894 ( 7 Apr., 1896 I 27 Dec, 1899 7 Apr., 1896 16 Nov., 1897 7 Apr., 1898 2 Dec, 1898 27 Mar., 1900 f 1 Sept., 1896 U0 Nov., 1897 119 Mar., 1902 (21 Dec, 1896 14 Oct., 1897 \ 15 Aug., 1898 19 Apr., 1899 U7 Sept., 1901 24 May, 1899 12 10 3 10 5 46 A. E. P. 300 0 0 ! 204 1 10 Acres. 120 197 Acres. 120 197 67 193 Mis. ch. £ s. d. 60 0 0 259 0 0 £ s. d. 317 6 4 405 12 0 £ s. d. 377 6 4 664 12 0 £ s. d. 24 19 0 51 3 10 £. s. d. 73 14 10 241 18 5 £ s. d. 730 0 0 1,295 0 0 • Ohutu 2,881 ! - 28 28 94 2,199 3 26 1,550 1,523 970 277 0 0 1,443 10 11 1,720 10 11 I 180 11 3 570 11 2 6,051 9 2 Otuarei 1,700 f U i 7 19 1,372 2 0 198 180 787 85 0 0 271 19 5 356 19 5 i 89 15 11 j 163 6 3 715 14 5 Rongoiti 2,688 \ 5 22 492 2 0 343 328 905 87 10 0 349 13 1 437 3 1 j 59 2 4 140 5 0 1,131 19 3 Mangatiti 5,838 ■ 22 67 2,934 3 38 1,792 1,530 607 186 15 0 2,705 2 0 I 2,891 17 0 I 222 11 2 560 6 2 4,277 14 4 Oraukura ■ojj f Oraukura fl § Sommerville s- 2 Part of Ohutu *Z „ Akitio .. |*J „ Mangatiti.. % ° ' „ Otuarei "&% Taihape Extension .§! Sec. 15, Blk. XIV., §•2 Maungakaretu J" [Eongoiti (part of i.. 1,819 1,600 •• 24 May, 1899 10 8 6 4 8 6 3 6 2 6 1 48 31 1,044 1 0 774 3 0 1,600 0 0 694 0 0 249 2 0 959 0 0 331 1 36 567 1 16 200 0 0 285 142 292 180 •■ 149 238 90 0 0 91 0 0 267 14 9 76' 7 3 357 15 2 167 "7 3 30 15 8 j 35 2 6 •• 30 15 8 35 2 6 •■ 1,304 10 3 881' 4 6 567 200 19 Sept., 1901 17 Sept., 1901 6 1 .. 3 300 0 0 I 230 682 22,532 0 2 9,806 Totals 29,531 ! 204 10,212 9,500 2,589 15 0 12,989 19 7 15,579 14 7 1,434 5 3! 5,196 3 11 36,233 18 9 Otago — Purakauiti Puaho Waipati Rimu, Block XV. Woodland, Block II. .. Heathfleld 1,515 1,003 3,000 1,600 1,214 2,400 1895, p. 29 1895, )> 30 1895, p. 1548 1895, p. 972 1895, p. 972 1895, p. 438 12 7 22 16 9 29 8 2 17 11 27 4 81 58 1,217 0 20 388 1 20 2,649 1 8 1,523 0 32 384 129 1,200 578 32 1,263 321 115 1,114 566 32 639 91 1 423 210 0 40 96 1 2 20 0 0 172 16 2 195 14 8 2,051 2 2 584 10 5 5,780 16 1 3,840 19 5 50 12 0 5,073 7 8 2,147 3 4 604 10 5 5,953 12 3 4,036 14 1 50 12 0 5,304 9 2 i 10" 1 5 7 15 5 1,200 0 0 300 0 0 3,500 0 0 2,000 0 0 50 0 0 2,500 0 0 0 30 7 15 5 is 94 1,687 2 13 7,465 2 13 ■396 1,121 231 1 6 98 4 2 Totals 10,732 95 53 264 3,586 2,787 715 13 6 17,381 7 9 I I 18,097 1 3 I 116 1 0 9,550 0 0 0 70 7 15 5 Southland — Haldane 2,200 1895, p. 176 1891, p 585 1895, p. 1222 1895, p. 1445 1894, p. 1618 1895, p. 1526 j 24 ! _ 16 1,212 1,208 ! 334 I j I 394 10 0 4,613 4 1 I \" 65 2,087 0 18 \ 5,007 14 1 126 8 10 126 8 10 3,373 13 8 Waikawa 1,768 5 33 977 1 29 720 714 127 0 21 229 12 0 3,581 4 2 3,810 16 2 26 8 0 26 8 0 1,465 12 3 Papatotara Moturimu I 1,480 670 15 14 12 9 49 54 1,518 1 34 657 3 16 695 172 745 174 120 73 •• 67 19 0 210 0 0 2,565 14 1 395 11 10 2.633 13 1 605 11 10 86 7 1 45 1 4 86 7 1 45 1 4 1,870 8 8 1,003 0 0 .. Totals 6,118 69 42 ! 201 5,240 3 17 2,799 2,841 654 i 902 1 0 0 21 11,155 14 2 12,057 15 2 284 5 3 284 5 3 7,712 14 7 Grand totals 77,336 740 493 1,924 53,906 1 22 29,677 27,806 15,762 3 38 7,777 18 10 63,239 13 9 71,017 12 7 3,185 14 Oj 11,407 7 8 100,096 6 6

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Table 33 (Part I.). — Return of Lands acquired and leased under the Land for Settlements Acts up to the Year which ended 31st March, 1902.

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Area acquired, including ascertained Surplus or Deficiency. Area of Laud unlet, including Land forfeited, New Selections and Addition to Holdings during the Year. Total Lands leased at Date. Name of Estate. Date when Land opened for Selection. Area occupied by Roads and Reserves unlet. resumed and not relet, and also Land not yet offered for Selection. No. of Selectors. Annual Rent payable. No. of Selectors. Area. Annual Rent now payable. Area. Auckland — Opouriao Okauia .. Rangiatea Karapiro Fencourt Whitehall Hawke's Bay — Raureka Elsthorpe Waimarie Pouparae Tomoana Mahora Willows.. Hatuma Manga-a-toro Taranaki — Tokaora Wellington — Paparangi Ohakea .. Te Matua Aorangi Langdale Mangawhata Epuni Hamlet .. Mnungaraki Marlborough — Blind River Omaka Puhipuhi Starborough Richmond Brook Waipapa North Bank Westland — ■ Poerua Canterbury — Pareora Studholme Junction Kapua Rosebrook Otaio Patoa The Peaks Roimata Kereta Braco .. Feb. 12, 1896.. Feb. 21, 1898.. June 22, 1898.. Oct. 21,1898.. Mar. 12, 1900.. April 9, 1900.. May 6,1896.. June 24, 1896.. Sept. 9,1896.. April 21, 1897.. Mar. 3,1898.. Mar. 22, 1899.. Mar. 22, 1899.. April 25, 1901.. Jan. 21, 1902.. Nov. 20, 1901.. Feb. 28, 1898.. Dec. 27, 1899.. Dec. 27, 1899.. April 5, 1900.. Mar. 19, 1901.. May 14, 1901.. June 25, 1901.. Due. 20, 1901.. A. B. P. 7,604 0 0 5,920 0 0 4,004 0 0 2,276 3 9 7,105 3 5 8,959 0 0 427 2 0 9,740 0 0 430 2 10 337 3 4 111 3 38 1,133 3 0 775 1 36 26,522 3 20 19,581 3 12 1,505 2 8 322 3 32 1,745 1 30* 702 0 19 1,785 0 0 9,405 0 0 1,240 2 36 100 3 14 470 3 4 A. B. P. 433 2 20 1,595 2 0 89 3 0 3 0 0 62 2 26 5 0 0 11 1 2 192 0 20 4 2 16 1 1 32 1 3 35 21 1 5 654 0 10 159 3 12 6 3 31 24 2 31 8 1 24 31 3 29 152 3 37 14 1 36 6 2 26 95 3 2 A. B. P. 905 1 0 409 3 10 10 0 17' 2 18 709' 2 0 4,348 0 0 845 0 22 29 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 59 21 6 1 2 7 42 10 A. E. P. 1,250 1 38 1,285 2 0 7 11 0 10 9 2 2 53 2 37 25,159 1 10 15,074 0 0 653 1 35 2 1 23 74 3 0 1,226 1 0 91- 3 4 180 1 20 £ s. d. 125 13 8 22 10 0 11 0 0 0 10 0 10 0 0 64 5 0 7,627 3 10 3,921 13 10 ?70 19 10 5 15 0 20 12 6 826 10 0 480 5 8 125 17 2 61 9 19 17 35 8 19 46 18 9 13 32 22 59 21 6 37 15 13 37 25 7 42 10 A. K. P. 6,265 0 20 4,324 2 0 3,914 1 0 2,273 3 9 6,633 1 9 8,954 0 0 416 0 38 9,546 3 20 425 3 34 336 1 12 110 0 3 1,094 3 17 775 1 36 25,159 1 10 15,074 0 0 653 1 35 298 1 1 1,737 0 6 702 0 19 1,753 0 11 9,222 3 0 1,226 1 0 91 3 4 180 1 20 £ s. d. 1,316 13 0 286 17 10 712 8 2 432 18 3 1,680 10 8 383 14 6 543 2 0 2,307 17 0 463 0 0 405 8 0 135 2 0 1,606 11 2 758 10 2 7,627 3 10 3,921 13 10 670 19 10 307 1 6 1,124 7 0 527 7 4 1,342 16 10 1,547 2 10 826 10 0 480 5 8 125 17 2 2' 1 24 194 2 22 Jan. 16, 1895.. June 24, 1896.. Feb. 25, 1897.. Mar. 13, 1899.. Aug. 18, 1899.. Mar. 19, 1901.. April 1,1901.. 5,507 0 0 3,898 0 0 320 0 0 35,906 0 0 5,854 0 0 3,7o5 2 0 12,895 0 0 272 0 15 69 1 0 795 2 28 185 0 0 100 0 0 57 0 0 86' 3 0 1 935 0 0 143 7 4 18 13 2 112 11 3 1 5,234 3 25 3,828 3 0 320 0 0 35,023 2 12 5,669 0 0 2,086 0 0 12,838 0 0 883 0 6 586 19 4 24 10 0 5,795 14 4 1,305 0 6 285 1 6 300 0 0 1,569 2 0 June 26, 1896.. 3,230 1 6 101 3 6 157 0 0 1 190 2 0 4 15 4 18 2,971 2 0 256 0 10 Jan. 18, 1894.. Jan. 18, 1894.. Mar. 24, 1894.. June 26, 1895.. June 26, 1895.. Nov. 27, 1895.. Aug. 1,1895.. Aug. 14, 1895.. Dec. 4,1895.. Nov. 27, 1895.. 620 2 13 109 0 7 574 1 22 600 1 8 373 3 14 4,535 3 14 2,811 0 9 48 3 27 105 2 29 27 2 4 8 2 38 4 1 39 2 0 0 6 2 21 17 3 26 12 0 0 3 2 31 44 0 0 i « 50 0 0 22 10 0 28 4 11 14 9 11 26 4 14 611 3 15 104 2 8 528 1 22 600 1 8 367 0 33 4,517 3 28 2,799 0 9 45 0 36 105 2 29 27 2 4 396 18 6 73 4 6 245 19 4 307 13 6 216 14 8 170 16 6 196 12 6 140 5 9 82 18 0 72 18 4 • Including 4 acres and 1 perch closed road.

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Epworth Ashley Gorge Omihi Valley Orakipaoa Highbank Otarakaro Wharenui Rakitairi Waiapi Horsley Down Albury R.S.1862 Pc. R.S. 2682 E.S. 36469 R.S. 36231 R.S. 36056 and 36057 R.S. 36228 R.S. 36278 Marawiti Hekeao Pavvaho Waikakahi Tamai Takitu Pareora No. 2 Rautawiri Papaka Punaroa Lyndon Kohika Tarawahi Rainclifi Pubuka Kaimahi Kapuatohe Rapuwai )tago — Pomahaka Teanaraki Tahawai Maerewhenua Puketapu Ardgowan Makareao Makareao Extension Momona Tokarahi Janefield Elderslie Barnego Earnscleugh iouthland — Merrivale Otahu Beaumont Ringway Glenbam Nov. 27, 1895.. Deo. 4,1895.. June 28, 1899.. June 22, 1896.. June 24, 1896.. Mar. 24, 1897.. Mar. 24, 1897.. Mar. 22, 1897.. Mar. 22, 1897.. May 31, 1897.. April 12, 1897.. Oct. 21,1897.. June 29, 1899.. June 29, 1899.. Dee. 14, 1899.. Dec. 30, 1899.. May 17, 1900.. Nov. 14, 1901.. May 7,1897.. Mar. 9,1898.. April 5,1898.. Mar.: 20, 1899.. June 26, 1899.. Mar. 1,1900.. Mar. 22, 1900.. April 19, 1900.. April 19, 1900.. April 19, 1900.. Mar. 5,1901.. May 13, 1901.. June 25, 1901.. June 25, 1901.. July 29, 1901.. Oct. 15,1901.. Oct. 15, 1901.. Dec. 9,1901.. 21 0 3 1,165 3 6 20 0 0 384 0 31 9,121 3 8 39 3 9 73 1 10 3,526 1 26 1,124 2 36 3,982 3 35 19,539 1 24 20 0 0 6 2 4 154 3 2 98 3 30 58 0 16 100 3 23 618 2 0 2.028 2 33 2,254 2 11 52 0 18 *48,262 2 34 41 0 28 9,713 0 37 8.13S3 0 31 113 0 7 1,561 2 25 7.029 3 5 4,243 3 28 3,864 1 10 31 3 0 745 2 0 39 2 7 100 2 1 49 3 37 2,247 2 11 4 2 4 87 3 30 3 3 22 38 2 16 166 0 33 2 0 0 68 1 26 1 3 14 210 3 34 3 2 32 39 0 1 54 0 14 222 0 10 11 0 0 56' 0 0 i 86 3 14 618 2 0 31 1 0 "3 9 2 25 1 8 2 10 1 27 69 5 26 21 15 25 72 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12 13 23 162 39 5 33 6 9 16 8 16 12 1 6 12 4 5 21 0 3 1,161 1 2 20 0 0 384 0 31 8,811 3 8 28 3 9 73 1 10 3,522 2 4 1,124 2 36 3,944 1 19 19,373 0 31 20 0 0 6 2 4 154 3 2 98 3 30 58 0 16 100 3 23 618 2 0 1,976 2 33 2,186 0 25 46 2 39 47,763 1 18 36 3 36 9,674 0 36 8,078 0 17 113 0 7 1,554 0 25 6,573 0 27 4,206 3 28 3,833 3 25 16 1 37 538 3 0 22 3 4 94 0 27 28 1 37 2,245 2 11 13 11 2 258 1 0 13 5 0 397 10 8 2,966 13 10 82 1 0 291 16 0 1,061 19 2 518 19 10 1,071 16 6 3,429 19 4 3 7 4 11 11 10 25 14 0 17 15 6 14 18 10 12 11 4 25 1 8 727 10 10 626 0 2 143 2 4 16,635 19 10 226 8 11 1,250 16 2 3,700 0 8 1.32 17 8 947 6 0 1,547 8 6 849 19 2 1,451 14 2 1-22 5 8 85 3 10 36 9 4 236 9 10 82 19 2 480 18 8 3 2 5 286 1 22 0 2 0 6 5 251 0 0 3 0 0 12 1 2 7 14 30 6 9 128 5 10 7 2 0 8 2 18 37 0 0 30 1 25 4 0 20 206 3 0 2 3 3 448 0 0 16 12 1 6 12 4 5 3,833 3 25 16 1 37 538 3 0 22 3 4 94 0 27 28 1 37 2,245 2 11 1,451 14 2 122 5 8 85 3 10 36 9 4 236 9 10 82 19 2 480 16 8 li' 0 23 2 0 0 2 0 0 14 0 0 6 1 14 19 2 0 Feb. 20, 1894.. Feb. 7,1894.. Aug. 21, 1895.. Sept. 10, 1895.. Mar. 18, 1896.. Aug. 12, 1896.. June 26, 1896.. April 14, 1897.. May 10, 1897.. May 11, 1897.. Sept. 13, 1899.. Mar. 20, 1900.. May 15, 1900.. Dec. 18, 1901.. 7,478 2 2 351 0 39 70 1 35 11,163 3 31 509 0 6 4.268 3 28 2,383 0 4 2,573 3 6 224 1 16 11,259 2 36 147 0 2 11,618 2 4 7,078 2 1 1.269 3 5 222 3 39 6 3 9 1 3 21 227 2 7 12 3 10 103 0 34 91 1 4 3 0 37 5 0 0 287 2 10 3 15 111 2 26 24 1 31 48 0 5 3,550 0 18 6 3 12 4 1 883 2' 18 50 0 0 156 9 6 8 2 6 17 22 8 72 11 65 31 3 14 79 21 33 21 10 3,705 1 25 344 1 30 68 2 14 10,929 2 12 496 0 36 4,165 2 34 2,291 3 0 2,570 2 9 219 1 16 10,968 3 39 143 2 37 11,506 3 18 6,048 0 5 1,221 3 0 633 18 4 263 16 2 35 14 4 3,553 2 0 189 0 10 1,893 19 4 377 18 8 296 15 4 210 6 2 4,116 7 0 275 17 0 4,126 19 4 1,316 5 6 170 3 6 3' 0 27 i . 2 10 0 11 1 29 10 0 19 16 2 1,006 0 5 io 1,221 3 0 170 3 6 Dec. 18, 1895.. Nov. 4,1897.. Jan. 26, 1898.. Dec. 20, 1901.. Mar. 24, 1902.. 9,998 0 0 6,153 0 36 4,484 0 4 2,253 2 8 11,484 2 10 523 2 20 128 2 25 16 0 36 22 1 30 29 2 10 222 0 14 1 2 "1 10 fl72 3 0 1,165 1 35 2,231 0 18 2,511 2 16 39 6 0 19 2 6 460 9 0 591 5 2 47 10 10 9,474 1 20 6,024 2 11 4,245 2 34 2,231 0 18 2,511 2 16 1,416 12 10 338 5 0 416 8 5 460 9 0 591 5 2 8,943' 1 24 Totals 101,057 14 0 418,722 1 9 8,066 3 9 24,123 3 33 264 62,232 3 1 18,282 9 1 2,033 386,529 2 7 * Forfeited and res< sleeted. t Inclusive of i acres sold for cash.

Table 33 (Part II.). —Return of Lands acquired and leased under the Land for Settlements Acts up to the Year which ended 31st March, 1902.

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Name of Estate. Yearly Value of Unlet Land at 31st March, 1902. Occupied Land. Amount ac 'vanced to Selectors for 3uildings, &c. Arrears on 31st March, 1902. Kent and other Payments Total Eeceipts No. of Houses on Holdings. No. of Souls resident on Holdings. Value of Improvements. During previous Years. During Year. Total. No. Area. Rent in Arrear. received during the Year. to 31st March, 1902. AucHana — Opouriao Okauia .. Rangiatea Karapiro Fencourt Whitehall Hawke's Bay — Raureka Elsthorpe Waimarie Pouparae Tomoana Mahora Willows.. Hatuma Manga-a-toro Taranaki — Tokaora Wellington — Paparangi Ohakea .. Te Matua Aorangi.. Langdale Mangawhata Epuni Hamlet .. Maungaraki Marlborough — Blind River Omaka Pukipuhi Starborough Riohmona Brook Waipapa North Bank Westland — Poerua Canterbury — Pareora Stuaholme Junction Kapua Rosebrook Otaio Patoa The Peaks Roimata Kereta Braoo Epworth Ashley Gorge £ s. a. 119 17 0 £ s. d. 28,200 0 0 1,670 0 0 4,375 0 0 2,826 0 0 3,448 0 0 1,277 8 0 £ s. a. £ s. d. £ s. d. A. B. P. 1,064 0 0 1,048 3 30 438 0 0 273 3 10 1,405 1 12 2,076 0 0 £ s. a. 227 7 0 152 4 6 82 19 3 48 8 8 225 11 4 153 4 7 £ s. a. 1,663 11 6 255 18 3 806 5 3 470 10 7 1,096 10 1 174 19 8 £ b. d. 7,601 15 11 578 8 0 2,302 5 3 1,404 4 0 2,319 15 2 391 4 2 64 7 17 11 28 9 288 12 101 44 89 22 14 2 3 4 5 3 92 4 2 112 0 18 27 16 9 11 25 17 34 86 128 66 30 53 106 60 116 2,722 10 0 10,656 5 0 1,797 12 6 2,045 11 0 2,241 10 0 5,089 5 0 2,672 9 0 12,247 8 0 1 1 0 2 16 21 0 31 o"5 0 12 11 0 529 4 6 1,698 11 6 400 2 6 391 17 0 135 7 0 1,455 17 9 667 10 8 4,338 18 7 1,960 16 11 3,067 10 11 13,069 13 6 2,280 10 6 1,742 4 6 523 8 0 4,284 17 2 1,988 6 2 4,338 18 7 1,960 16 11 25' 3 4 1 2 15" 3 28 83 1 18 12 12 9 65 9 5 212' 17 0 806 2 6 992 12 0 1 5 231 0 0 574 8 1 574 8 1 l6" 2 6 36 13 11 37 4 6 27 2 146 51 41 162 28 27 90 No report yet 3,440 0 0 4,803 0 0 2,305 0 0 8,206 0 0 1,292 0 0 1,749 0 0 2,912 0 0 464 0 0 106' 0 0 50 0 0 13o"o 0 514 0 0 230"0 0 10 i 55 0 15 12' 3 19 42 3 2 4 19 9 432 16 8 1,058 10 1 507 4 5 1,359 12 11 720 10 11 683 3 3 320 10 7 63 2 7 1,433 13 11 2,423 14 0 1,326 6 2 2,683 15 6 1,554 10 11 683 3 3 320 10 7 63 2 7 5 13 8 121 9 7 645"o 0 645"o 0 • - 3213 6 18 12 61 9 2 1 71 50 2 234 29 11 2 5,421 1 6 4,258 18 4 210 0 0 22,191 0 0 3,402 17 3 1,611 3 9 802 5 0 6 5 33 3 3 1,690 1 39 1,412 3 26 10,202 1 32 1,203 0 .0 2,086 0 0 266 17 8 147 0 0 1,511 15 10 170 7 6 181 18 7 1,170 12 7 860 1 1 20 5 0 4,021 12 8 1,112 13 2 405 8 4 511 15 8 4,852 3 0 3,266 4 6 91 10 0 13,664 12 3 2,856 2 8 105 8 4 511 15 8 123 9 2 (Let to Bell Bros, for one year) 14 14 4 11 48 3,579 5 0 11 1,783 3 0 163 2 11 267 10 5 1,065 7 8 24 4 0 25 3 12 13 9 2 104 13 32 64 36 11 2,346 17 6 419 8 0 1,430 5 0 1,979 3 6 1,128 5 6 1,104 0 0 1,534 0 0 4,304 0 0 582 17 6 1,363 0 0 158 16 0 3,393 0 0 5 4 5 154 2 26 204' 0 0 236 3 12 56 12 7 48 6 2 60 0 8 378 18 6 63 3 5 237 0 5 310 6 7 285 13 0 174 19 7 234 8 5 127 2 11 80 5 3 55 13 8 7 14 2 239 16 11 2,951 1 10 574 16 9 2,020 11 8 1,984 16 11 1,495 1 7 1,019 9 11 1,176 9 8 893 3 10 502 8 3 439 8 4 65 17 4 1,637 11 1 26 4 14 1 10 129 26 44 6 52 2 1 1 385 2 29 10 0 26 1 19 16 5 8 1 10 9 10 0 0 16' 0 0 io"o 0 "2 21 0 3 115 2 2 9 14 1 5 15 6

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Omitai Valley Orakipaoa Higbbank Otarakaro Wharenui Rakitairi Waiapi Horsley Down Albury R.S. 1862 Pt. R.S. 2682 R S. 36469 R.S. 36231 R.S. 36056 and 36057 R.S.36228 Marawiti Hekeao Pawaho Waikakahi Tamai Takitu Pareora No. 2 Rautawiri Papaka Punaroa Lyndon Kohika Tarawahi Raincliff Puhuka Kaimabi Kapi;atobe Rapuwai Pomahaka Teanaraki Tahawai Maerewbenua Pukftapu Ardgowan Makareao Makareao Extension Momona Tokarahi Janefield Elderslie Barnego Earnsoleugh Southland — Merrivale Otabu .. Beaumont Ringway Glenham ::i 74 19 6 29 17 0 21 5 0 34 6 133 4 0 2 8 0 134* 8 0 74 19 8 21 16 10 14 17 8 32 10 0 559 0 4 019 8 2 16 10 125* 7 0 22 4 2 1,411 0 0 19 61 5 26 19 15 24 64 1 1 1 12 13 21 141 32 5 32 6 9 16 6 7 6 1 2 7 1 3 93 239 31 82 72 69 80 325 1 3 2 68 50 69 568 118 10 151 23 29 62 30 40 21 2 5 17 2 4 1,814 19 0 12,743 18" 0 1,153 0 0 3,458 0 0 i 3,359 0 6 j 2,651 18 10 ! 9,758 12 3 15,749 19 0 165 0 0 8l' 4 0 162 11 0 363 19 0 2,122 18 0 2,879 4 6 2,591 0 0 52,093 0 0 2,865 0 0 3,487 18 3 10,162 8 3 ! 598 10 0 2,629 10 0 5,284 13 1 3,126 9 4 2,365 1 0 730 0 0 210 11 1 329 2 3 856 0 0 262 0 0 1,107 17 0 210* 0 0 125* 0 0 296 0 0 20 "0 0 79 0 0 70 0 0 '75"o 0 •• 230 "0 0 204 "0 0 366 "0 0 [ - 75 "0 0 3 13 2 3 2 12 4 1 29 4 1 3 2 22 1 20 1,295 2 21 12 2 31 593 0 0 . 101 2 35 2,32l' 2 18 545 2 23 258 3 37 8,891 2 39 3 0 0 2,527 3 36 702 1 23 37 0 27 10 3 1 i 216 0 8 32 17 1 8910 2 21 12 4 215 17 7 __ 107"7 6 40 9 4 1,468 1 4 6 13 0 161 3 2 89 7 1 20 12 2 • • '■ 338 19 6 3,463 2 0 152 8 5 255 0 6 1,132 8 0 487 11 7 966 10 8 3,576 17 8 3 0 8 14 15 9 23 2 8 8 17 9 13 9 0 12 11 4 765 11 5 641 1 4 113 18 10 15,618 7 0 180 19 0 870 11 10 3,169 10 2 82 11 8 861 16 1 1,414 11 9 382 17 1 1,355 18 5 83 7 3 105 3 10 20 18 8 124 18 11 36 9 7 280 6 7 2,294 1.1 6 18,134 8 7 476 14 0 1,343 14 5 4,937 16 0 2,494 12 4 5,593 8 7 15,960 18 9 14 13 0 28 17 7 73 5 0 35 11 0 35 2 4 25 2 8 3,376 17 11 2,328 19 3 419 1 8 43,874 2 0 441 7 2 1,871 12 9 6,657 7 11 199 19 8 1,804 3 5 3,011 8 2 807 16 8 1,355 18 5 83 7 3 105 3 10 20 18 8 124 18 11 36 9 7 280 6 7 1 60 0 8 0 0 17 17 8 57 9 51 15 3 14 42 19 18 18 41 66 38 236 29 235 56 10 56 169 81 63 58 3,616 13 6 1,274 0 0 815 0 0 12,863 5 9 986 8 7 10,358 11 1 2,267 11 9 1,039 10 0 1,869 12 6 10,312 14 6 2,959 0 0 6,965 0 10 4,046 8 0 7,598 0 0 770 0 0 757 0 0 429 0 0 8 11 2,049 1 8 161 3 21 211 19 9 98 5 8 612 14 11 195 2 9 35 18 1 4,270 13 5 211 2 3 2,318 19 4 5,890 7 3 1,876 11 3 227 13 4 21,246 19 6 1,077 3 2 11,036 11 0 •• 7 1,700 2 34 551 15 3 *8 1 58 0 0 1,214 2 23 Iβ" 2 3 64 10 6 I 1,140 11 0 3,818 12 3 1 19 2 5 23 1 7 2,846 3 33 20 0 0 1,509 2 0 9 18 0 957 19 1 34 17 0 411 10 2 219 1 9 5,201 16 4 211 5 7 3,329 5 8 1,132 17 0 102 11 4 971 1 11 17,907 13 3 545 2 7 6,302 6 2 2,392 9 2 122 11 4 37 4 4 6 7 150 10 11 7 14 •• 12 1 5 1,994 1 0 408 0 38 1,837 0 21 217 8 7 24 4 9 269 15 4 1,109 19 3 201 12 3 210 7 1 358 4 6 295 12 7 8,628 8 3 970 0 1 766 7 1 358 4 6 295 12 7 ■• Totals 5,247 12 11 1,069 0 0 2,274 0 0 283 303,105 15 11 1,566 6,311 381,517 11 7 1,205 0 0 57,162 2 22 9,035 5 2 90,053 5 6

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Table 34. —Statement showing Outlay and Income of Estates purchased under the Land for Settlements Acts.

Name Date of Purof Estate. chase. Outlay Income. Amount. Particulars. Amount. Particulars. £ Si d. 1,291 5 6 £ a. d. itudholme Junction 27 July, 1893 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to Maroh 31, 1902 160 15 8 Rents &c, paid, to March 31, 1901 Rents, &c, paid April 1, 1901, to Maroh 31, 1902 Rents, &o., unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance 511 13 4 63 3 5 394 14 6 1,326 9 2 54 10 3 Total Total 1,901 5 11 1,901 5 11 'areora 16 Aug., 1893 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 7,198 14 10 113 5 11 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31, 1901 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance 2,571 3 4 378 18 6 2,04l'l3 11 160 5 8 6,513 15 1 270 7 11 Total Total 9,624 2 7 9,624 2 7 'omahaka.. 10 Oct., 1893 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 18,656 17 10 4,328 3 6 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31, 1901 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance 5,277 12 4 612 14 11 33 19 7 6,339 13 2 380 11 0 24,053 12 0 965 16 2 Total Total 30,324 10 3 30,324 10 3 apua 11 Nov., 1893 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March, 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 4,594 5 0 279 12 2 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31, 1901 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance 1,783 11 3 237 0 5 1,301 10 9 111 6 10 4,219 1 10 175 12 5 Total Total 6,351 0 4 6,351 0 4 'e Anaraki.. 31 Jan., 1894 Purohase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 5,044 0 6 546 13 11 Rents, &c, paid, to Maroh 31, 1901 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to Maroh 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance 1,681 8 6 195 2 9 1,45712 8 207 7 11 5,177 12 6 213 4 7 Total Total 7,261 11 8 7,261 11 8 ilind River 20 Aug., 1894 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to Maroh 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March, 31, 1902 Interest to March 31,1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 14,806 5 3 1,891 18 1 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31, 1901 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance 3,681 10 5 1,170 12 7 4,02314 4 542 9 7 15,999 7 5 672 2 4 Total Total 21,394 0 0 21,394 0 0 iosebrook .. 15 Feb., 1895 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Interest to March, 31 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 5,984 4 8 74 0 1 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31, 1901 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance 1,674 10 4 310 6 7 1,34111 10 140 11 8 5,501 17 7 227 9 7 Total Total 7,627 6 2 7,627 6 2

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Outlay. Income. Name of Estate. Date o( Purchase. Particulars. Amount. Particulars. Amount. itaio 25 Feb., 1895 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 £ s. d. 4,143 11 3 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31, 1901 Rents, &o., paid, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance £' s. d. 1,209 8 7 134 15 2 285 13 0 929 16 9 24 4 2 3,847 19 10 159 2 5 Total 5,367 5 7 Total 5,367 5 7 Merrivale .. 17 Apl., 1895 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to Maroh 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 81, 1902 24,995 0 0 3,018 18 10 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31, 1901 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 R.ents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance 7,518 9 0 1,109 19 3 1 9 10 5,902 9 8 641 7 6 25,707 5 8 Total 1,059 3 1 34,977 1 .5 622 1 4 Total 34,977 1 5 'ahawai 25 Apl., 1895 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1901 Interest April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 10 19 4 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31, 1901 " .. Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance 191 15 3 35 18 1 I .. 134 5 8 2 3 9 560 15 6 23 6 3 Total 790 12 7 Total .. 790 12 7 'atoa, and Peak's Farm 8 May, 1895 Purchase-money Incidental expanses to March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 31 1901, Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 6,612 10 3 Rents, &c, paid, to Maroh 31, 1901 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to Maroh 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance 250 5 6 1,786 11 7 409 8 2 1,469 8 6 41 6 2 6,358 5 0 263 6 8 Total Total 8,595 10 11 8,595 10 11 Roimata .. 29 June, 1895 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to Maroh 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 5 901, to March 31, 1902 .. ■ .. Interest to March 31, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 2,200 6 7 624 9 4 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31, 1901 Resits, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance 766 0 11 127 2 11 561 11 0 7 13 9 2,592 2 6 106 13 2 Total Total 29 June, 1895 3,493 0 1 3,493 0 1 Kereta Purchase-money Incidental expenses to Maroh 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 81, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 1,584 0 0 31 16 0 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31, 1901 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance 422 3 0 80 5 3 327 5 9 31 9 9 1,469 18 2 60 14 5 Total .. Total 2,003 16 2 2,003 16 2 Maerewheiuia 27 July, 1895 Purohase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 81, 1902 66,905 17 0 2,032 13 11 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31, 1901 Rents, (fee, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance 16,976 6 1 4,270 13 5 6 16 14,077 4 0 1,756 4 6 63,235 10 3 2,616 17 10 Total Total .. 86,238 14 3 86,238 14 3

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Outlay. Income. Naine of Estate. Date of Purchase. Particulars. Amount. Particulars. Amount. 5 Aug., 1895 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 £ s. d. 1,375 0 0 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31, 1901 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance £ s. d. iraco 383 14 8 44 10 3 55 13 8 285'15 8 9 14 1,310 15 10 53 19 7 Total Total 1,759 5 6 1,759 5 6 sliley Gorge 9 Aug., 1895 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Interest to Maroh 31, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 4,855 19 6 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31,1901 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance 265 8 9 1,397 14 2 239 16 11 1,027 1 4 27 4 4 4,676 2 3 192 8 1 Total Total 6,340 17 8 6,340 17 8 Epworth .. 14 Aug., 1895 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 252 4 6 10 4 1 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31, 1901 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance 58 3 2 7 14 2 53 0 10 16 9 8 243 4 1 10 1 8 Total 325 11 1 Total 325 11 1 Puketapu .. 18 Nov., 1895 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to Maroh 31, 1902 3,308 14 10 240 8 10 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31, 1901 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance SG6 0 11 211 2 3 683'l6 8 6 6 1 3,285 11 4 136 0 3 Total 4,369 0 7 Total 4,369 0 7 Omihi S.E. 16 Jan., 1896 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to Maroh 31, 1902 240 0 0 25 6 9 Rents, &o., paid, to March 31,1901 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1092 Balance 2G 10 0 6 12 6 53 8 3 6 12 6 290 18 5 11 18 5 Total Total 330 13 5 330 13 5 Poerua 3 Feb., 1896 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, Apri 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 3,634 1 6 1,350 3 3 876 9 9 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31, 1901 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance 797 17 3 267 10 5 286 4 10 4,703 2 0 194 0 0 Total Total 6,054 14 6 6,054 14 6 Raureka 9 Mar., 1896 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 10,260 0 0 227 11 6 2 7 6 1,874 12 5 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31, 1901 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance 2,538 6 5 529 4 6 191 6 6 9,499 5 0 393 11 0 Total Total 12,758 2 5 12,758 2 5

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Name of Estate. Outlay. Income. Date of Purchase. Particulars. Amount. Particulars. Amount. ipouriao .. 20 Mar., 1896 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 24,261 3 3 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31, 1901 1,673 13 2 Bents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at 19 0 8 March 31, 1902 4,516 16 5 'Balance QfiS 9. 'A £ s. d. 24,261 3 8 £ s. d. 1,673 13 2 5,938 4 5 1,663 11 e 19 0 8 4,516 16 5 669 11 3 23,162 8 7 963 2 3 Total 963 -A a 31,433 15 9 Total .. 31,433 15 9 31,433 15 irakipaoa .. 20 Mar., 1896 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 81, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 3L, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 81, 1902 7,683 17 6 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31, 1901 106 7 0 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 31. 1902 Rents, (fee, unpaid at March 31, 1902 1,389 15 5 Balance 1,955 12 338 19 38 14 7,141 0 294 6 8 Total 9,474 & 7 Total .. 9,474 6 7 imaka 20 A pi., 1896 Purchase money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 10,865 13 6 Rents, &c, paid to March 31, 1901 060 12 10 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 1, 1902 Rents, (fee, unpaid at 20 10 0 March 31, 1902 1,954 0 1 Balance 2,406 3 860 1 5 1 235 19 10,429 14 7 8 431 2 4 Total 13,931 18 9 13,931 18 9 Total .. 13,931 18 ilsthorpe .. 21 Apl., 1896 27 Nov., 1896 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 31 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 43,420 10 0 1,761 2 3 43,420 10 0 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31,1901 1,761 2 3 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 7,798 12 3 I Balance 1 fi«7 ia s 11,371 2 1,698 11 7,798 12 8 863 16 40,734 7 1,687 18 3 Total .. 54,667 17 9 1,687 13 3 54,667 17 9 j Total .. 54,667 17 8 'akareao .. 12 May, 1896 14 Dec, 1896 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 fnterest to March 31, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 12,239 13 8 i Rents, &c, paid, to March 31, 1901 15,808 4 6 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &C, unpaid at 4,401 17 1 March 31, 1902 3,401 12 10 ! Balance 1 fla.9 u ii 12,239 13 8 15,808 4 6 2,678 1 c 1,140 11 C 4,461 17 1 3,401 12 10 253 1 4 33,182 9 £ 1,342 14 11 Total 1,342 14 11 37,254 3 0 Total .. 37,254 3 0 37,254 3 ( :ighbank .. 18 May, 1896 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31. 1902 :. Interest to March 31, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 59,209 12 7 j Rents, &c, paid, to March 31,1901 1,272 9 6 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 10,217 11 5 Balance 0. QSfi 1fl q 59,209 12 7 ' 14,671 6 r , 1,272 9 6 3,463 2 ( 10,217 11 5 550 6 t 54,251 14 i 2,236 15 9 J Total 2,236 15 9 72,936 9 3 Total .. 72,936 9 3 72,936 9 .rdgowan .. 23 May, 1896 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 34,600 0 0 Rents, &c, paid, to Maroh 31, 1901 4,230 9 10 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &o., unpaid at 22 10 0 1 March 31, 1902 6,597 12 1 Balance i Afifi ii n ! 34,600 0 0 4,230 9 10 8,717 11 2,318 19 ■ 22 10 0 6,597 12 1 285 11 35,595 0 l< 1,466 11 0 Total 1,466 11 0 j 46,917 2 11 Total .. 46,917 2 11 46,917 2 1

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Outlay. Income. Name of Estate. Bate of Purchase. Particulars. Amount. Particulars. Amount. Waimarie .. 21 July, 1896 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 £ s. d. 8,608 15 0 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31, 1901 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance £ s. d. 264 16 5 1,880 8 0 400 2 6 2 7 6 1,466 15 5 89 15 6 8,316 6 3 343 17 11 Total 10,686 12 3 Total 10,686 12 3 Otarakaro .. 4 Sept., 1896 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 81, 1902 1,990 6 3 83 18 11 340 5 10 Rents, &c, paid, to March 81, 1901 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 81, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance 324 5 7 152 8 5 58 16 0 1,961 1 8 82 0 8 Total Total 2,496 11 8 2,496 11 8 Wharenui .. Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 81, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 3.1, 1902 Rents, &o., paid, to Maroh 31, 1901 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 81, 1902 Balance 28 Oct., 1896 4,765 6 3 1,088 13 11 264 17 10 255 0 6 40 0 0 785 19 0 25 3 10 4,681 8 1 194 3 3 Total 6,050 6 4 Total 6,050 6 4 Tomoana .. 31 Dec, 1896 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 81, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 2,458 0 0 20 J 3 2 385 9 8 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31, 1901 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 81, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance 388 1 0 135 7 0 I 25 14 0 2,414 9 5 99 8 7 Total Total 2,963 11 5 2,963 11 5 !orsley Down 1 Jan., 1897 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 81, 1902 Interest to March 81, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 81, 1902 20,022 5 8 492 15 4 20 0 0 3,057 15 1 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31,1901 Eents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance 4,626 17 11 966 10 8 17 9 18,770 10 7 772 10 10 Total Total 24,365 6 11 24,365 6 11 'ouparae .. 31 Jan., 1897 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 7,768 16 6 36 13 1 2 7 6 1,172 13 9 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31, 1901 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 81, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance 1,350 7 6 391 17 0 136 11 0 7,412 5 2 310 9 10 Total Total 9,291 0 8 9,291 0 8 ,akitairi .. 31 Mar., 1897 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 .. Interest to March 81, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, te Maroh 31, 1902 19,362 7 6 342 10 7 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31, 1901 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Items, &c,, unpaid at March 81, 1902 Balance 3,805 8 0 1,132 8 0 2,773' 9 9 293 16 5 17,589 18 4 343 2 11 Total .. 22,821 10 9 Total 22,821 10 9

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Outlay. Income. Name of Estate. Date of Purchase. Particulars. Amount. Particulars. Amount. Waiapi 31 Mar., 1897 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 81, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 £ s. d. 9,553 2 3 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31, 1901 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Rents, ifeo., unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance £ s. d. 2,007 0 9 106 6 1 j 487 11 7 1,359 11 6 43 4 11 8,846 17 4 ! 365 14 9 Total 11,384 14 7 Total 11,384 14 7 Albury 31 Mar., 1897 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to Maroh 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 81, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 65,294 11 8 1,995 4 9 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31, 1901 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance 12,384 1 1 3,576 17 8 30 16 2 9,603 10 5 692 6 9 62,861 18 8 2,591 1 2 Total Total 79,515 4 2 79,515 4 2 Puhipuhi .. 14 Apl., 1897 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 320 0 0 3 16 0 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31, 1901 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 81, 1902 Balance 71 5 0 20 5 0 44 15 0 8 5 0 280 18 9 12 2 9 Total Total 380 13 9 380 13 9 Momona 26 Apl., 1897 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 81, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to Match 31, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 3,608 19 3 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31, 1901 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance 76 17 7 752 0 2 ■219 1 9 0 12 6 508 1 11 79 14 8 3,280 11 3 136 16 7 Total Total 4,331 7 10 4,331 7 10 Tokarahi .. 26 Apl., 1897 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 81, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 77,360 17 10 1,849 15 10 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31, 1901 Rents, Ac, paid, April 1, 1901, to Maroh 81, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance 12,705 16 11 5,201 16 4 45 1 10 11,030 3 7 2,520 4 1 72,874 8 5 3,016 6 8 Total 93,302 5 9 Total 93,302 5 9 . 26 Apl., 1897 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 81, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 .. Interest to March 81, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 14,200 18 10 272 16 1 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31, 1901 Rente, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance 2,611 6 6 765 11 5 2,016 17 2 325 16 6 13,338 5 1 550 7 5 Total Total 17,040 19 6 17,040 19 6 Oannington (R.S., 1862) 5 June, 1897 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 81, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 60 0 0 4 8 0 *8 14 0 Rents, &o., paid, to March 31, 1901 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 81, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance li 12 3 0 8 60 13 9 2 9 9 Total Total 75 r> 9 75 6 9

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Outlay. Income. Name of Estate. Date of Purchase. Amount. Amount. Particulars. Particulars. 'aparangi .. 23 July, 1897 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Interest to Maroh 31, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 £ s. d. 3,875 8 0 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31,1901 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance £ s. d. 1,000 17 8 2,948 7 11 432 16 8 10 0 0 834 0 11 153 15 3 6,347 12 2 266 18 6 Total Total .. 7,935 1 4 7,935 1 4 itahu 4 Aug., 1897 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 7,555 4 6 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31,1901 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance 768 7 10 728 13 0 201 12 8 24 2 6 1,1.04 18 6 118 3 2 8,674 5 1 349 9 10 Total Total 9,762 8 4 9,762 8 ieaumont.. 9 Dec, 1897 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to Maroh 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 10,482 11 3 83 !) 11 Rents, &c, paid, to Maroh 31,1901 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance 556 0 210 7 0 1 1,297 i 11 554 11 10,978 18 8 1 436 12 9 Total Total 12,299 16 10 12,299 16 10 'awaho 8 Mar., 1898 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31,1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to Maroh 31, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 1,823 12 6 228 17 8 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31, 1901 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to Maroh 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance 305 2 10 113 18 10 103 17 3 221 9 1 10 5 2 2,032 17 8 84 8 0 Total Total 2,462 4 6 2,462 4 6 iekeao 8 Mar., 1898 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 81, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 10,545 5 0 1,081 19 4 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31, 1901 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance 1,687 17 11 641 1 4 1,264 13 9 123 11 7 10,889 6 11 449 19 8 Total Total 13,341 17 9 13,341 17 ikauia 23 Mar , 1898 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 4,143 12 1 685 5 0 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31,1901 Kent?, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance 322 9 9 255 18 3 533 3 2 276 13 6 4,702 8 11 195 10 2 Total 5,557 10 5 Total 5,557 10 5 iangiatea .. 24 Mar., 1898 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 81, 1902 Interest to March 81, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to Maroh 81, 1902 14,014 0 0 253 7 10 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31, 1901 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 81, 1902 Hents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance 1,495 18 2 806 5 8 1,574 11 6 315 6 6 13,792 11 9 568 2 4 Total .. Total 16,410 1 8 16,410 1

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( Name of Esta.te. Date of Purchase. ( Outlay. Income. Particulars. Amount. Particulars. Amount. 27 Oct., 1898 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 81, 1901 Incidental expenses, April ; 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 81, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 £ s. i. 8,617 4 6 Rents, &c, paid, to March 81, 1901 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance £ s. d. Karapiro .. 933 13 5 133 15 5 470 10 7 722 9 2 77 12 9 8,335 11 1 343 18 9 9,817 7 10 Total .-. 9,817 7 10 Total 18 Nov., 1898 : Purchase-money .. Incidental expenses to March 81, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 18 Nov., 1898 105 0 0 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31, 1901 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 81, 1902 Balance 14 1 10 R.S. 2682 .. 4 13 0 14 15 9 8 19 11 5 15 11 87 17 0 3 17 7 Total .. Total 122 10 6 122 10 6 Starborough 27 Mar., 1899 1 Purchase-money 4 Oct., „ i Incidental expenses to March 81, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 81, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 27 Mar., 1899 4 Oct., „ 100,562 0 0 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31, 1901 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 81, 1902 Balance 9,642 19 7 6,516 14 3 4,021 12 8 1,635 16 6 7,722 2 10 3,242 7 2 103,820 3 10 4,290 9 8 Total 120,727 3 3 Total 120,727 3 3 Waikakahi 27 Mar., 1899 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 27 Mar., 1899 323,314 2 7 3,177 17 11 Rents, &c, paid, to March 81, 1901 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 81, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 81, 1902 Balance 28,255 15 0 15,618 7 0 5 8 0 23,718 2 11 5,144 7 8 314,142 16 6 12,945 14 9 Total Total 363,161 6 2 363,161 6 2 Mahora 27 Mar., 1899 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 81, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 27 Mar., 1899 31,178 2 6 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31,1901 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &o., unpaid at March 81, 1902 Balance 718 12 6 2,828 19 5 1,455 17 9 2,318 9 9 512 5 2 30,644 2 10 1,226 0 5 Total 35,441 5 2 Total 35,441 5 2 Willows 27 Mar.,1899 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 81, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 .. Interest to March 31, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 81, 1902 27 Mar., 1899 14,734 10 0 78 15 7 1,077 12 . 4 Rents, &o., paid, to March 31,1901 Rent?, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 81, 1902 Balance 1,320 15 (i 067 10 8 287 4 4 14,202 6 1 586 18 8 Total 16,477 16 7 Total 16,477 16 Taraai 27 Mar., 1899 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 27 Mar., 1899 2,662 11 3 671 15 6 94 14 8 225 18 3 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31, 1901 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance 260 8 2 180 19 0 42 16 1 3,308 11 10 137 15 5 Total 3,792 15 1 Total 3,792 15 1

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Table 34. —Statement showing Outlay and Income of Estates purchased, &c.— continued.

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Outlay. Income. Name of Estate. Date of Purchase. I Amount. Particulars. Amount. Particulars. Richmond Brook 27 Mar., 1899 14 June, „ Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 £ s. d. 23,890 7 0 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31, 1901 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance £ s. d. 1,743 9 6 765 2 5 ;i,112 13 2 653 17 6 1,807 0 10 397 0 0 24,887 17 7 1,024 12 6 Total 28,141 0 3 502 19 7 Total 28,141 0 3 ,S. 36469.. 26 Apr., 1899 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 81, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 81, 1902 Interest to March 81, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 81, 1902 I 4 4 0 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31, 1901 ' .. Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance 50 2 4 23 2 8 35 15 8 489 16 11 20 2 8 563 1 11 Total 563 1 11 227 0 3 Total J.S. 36228 Homestead) 24 July, 1899 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 81, 1902 13 0 8 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31,1901 Rents, &c, paid, April 1. 1901, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance 12 11 4 12 11 4 15' 4 3 240 1 0 9 18 6 265 3 8 Total Total 265 3 8 aneheld .. 27 July, 1899 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 4,888 3 4 161 6 9 7 2 6 312 2 10 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31, 1901 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid to March 31, 1902 Balance .: 333 17 0 211 5 7 92 9 0 4,935 7 2 204 3 4 Total 5,572 18 9 Total .. 5,572 18 9 ..S. 36231.. 29 Sept.,1899 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 81, 1902 Interest to March 81, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 346 5 7 3 3 0 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31, 1901 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance 26 13 3 8 17 9 21 0 11 8 17 9 340 0 10 14 0 1 384 9 7 Total 384 9 7 Total ..^ ,.S. 36056/7 29 Sept.,1899 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to . March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 290 10 0 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31, 1901 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 81, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance 21 13 4 3 3 0 13 9 0 16 5 8 286 11 7 11 15 3 Total Total 321 13 11 321 13 11 'e Matua .. 27 Dec, 1899 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 10,531 15 8 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31, 1901 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 81, 1902 Balance 278 6 6 819 1 9 507 4 5 502 - 8 2 21 8 6 10,393 0 7 428 4 11 Total Total 11,740 15 3 11,740 15 3

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Table 34. —Statement showing Outlay and Income of Estates purchased, &c. — continued.

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Outlay. Income. Name of Estate. Date of Purchase. Amount. Amount. Particulars. Particulars. ;autawiri .. 27 Dec, 1899 Purchase money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 £ s. d. 2,560 7 2 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31, 1901 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance £ s. d. 117 8 0 62 i 0 82 11 8 15 8 123 18 1 63 6 0 2,590 19 11 106 10 8 Total Total 2,854 5 7 2,854 5 7 lhakea 13 3 an., 1900 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 22,638 12 2 218 5 11 986' 1 0 Rents, &o., paid, to March 31, 1901 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Rents, (fee, unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance 1,365 3 11 1,058 10 1 139 4 8 22,194 10 1 914 9 8 Total Total 24,757 8 9 24,757 8 9 Aorangi 26 Mar., 1900 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 25,355 0 0 Rents, &o., paid, to March 31, 1901 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance 831 13 11 1,324 2 7 1,359 12 11 778 2 8 1,005 9 1 92 3 5 26,279 12 7 1,085 7 10 Total Total 29,055 13 6 29,055 13 6 Fencourt .. 26 Mar., 1900 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 31,976 0 4 674 3 2 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31, 1901 Rents, &o., paid, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance 1,223 5 1 1,096 10 1 90 12 10 1,234 2 5 849 7 10 32,128 5 11 1,322 10 2 35,297 8 11 Total Total 35,297 8 11 26 Mar., 1900 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 6,734 16 3 Rents, &c, paid, to Marcli 31, 1901 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance Whitehall .. 294 9 5 216 4 6 174 19 8 10 7 5 307 12 9 6,885 2 2 283 16 5 Total Total 7,583 19 1 7,583 19 1 Takitu 26 Mar., 1900 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31, 1901 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to Maroh 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance 23,032 14 0 367 8 3 1,001 0 11 870 11 10 171 0 2 880 10 4 632 13 6 22,897 0 1 949 13 7 Total 25,401 6 4 Total 25,401 6 4 PareoraNo. 2 6 Mar., 1900 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to Maroh 31, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 70,953 3 0 550 1 9 330 11 0 2,678 17 3 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31, 1901 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance 3,487 17 9 3,169 10 2 258 17 3 70,491 9 6 2,895 1 8 Total .. 77,407 14 8 Total 77,407 14

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Table 34.— Statement showing Outlay and Income of Estates purchased, &c.— continued.

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Name DateofPurof Estate. chase. Outlay. Income. Particulars. Amount. Particulars. Amount. Elderslie .. 26 Mar., 1900 1 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to Maroh 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 81, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 £ s. a. 79,758 18 4 Bents, &c, paid, to March 31, 1901 Bents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Bents, &c, unpaid at March 81, 1902 Balance £ a. d. 1,696 12 5 2.973 0 6 3,329 5 8 82 8 2 3,070 9 9 1,760 6 11 79,827 14 3 3,281 18 8 Total 87,890 7 4 Total 87,890 7 4 Punaroa 26 Mar., 1900 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 31,613 15 4 200 18 8 247 13 6 1,224 11 11 Rente, &c, paid, to March 31, 1901 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to Maroh 31, 1902 Sents, &a., unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance 1,596 16 5 1,414 11 9 153 12 5 31,508 5 6 1,296 6 8 Total 34,673 6 1 Total 34,673 6 1 Papaka 26 Mar., 1900 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Interest to Maroh 31, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to Maroh 31, 1902 17,962 11 4 188 2 1 15 9 696 14 1 Bents, &c, paid, to March 31,1901 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Bents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balanoe 942 7 4 861 16 1 39 15 8 17,732 11 8 727 17 6 Total 19,576 10 9 Total Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 81, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 19,576 10 9 Barn ego ■Aβ Mar., 1900 26,323 2 0 625 12 9 292 2 2 1,034 15 2 Bents, &c, paid, to Maroh 31, 1901 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance 1,259 12 2 1,132 17 0 96 1 7 26,889 18 4 1,102 17 0 29,378 9 1 Total Total 29,378 9 1 Earnscleugh 6 Nov., 1900 Purchase-money .. j Incidental expenses to Maroh 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31,1902 Interest to March 31, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to Maroh 31, 1902 3,100 0 0 25 15 0 44 2 5 47 10 7 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31, 1901 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 81, 1902 Balance 20 0 0 102 11 4 3,225 7 5 130 10 9 Total 3,347 18 9 Total 3,347 18 9 Maungaraki 6 Nov., 1900 23 Dec, 1901 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 3,000 0 0 21 2 6 571 14 4 42 17 11 Bents, &c, paid, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at Maroh 81, 1902 Balanoe 63 2 7 3,721 1 7 148 9 5 Total 3,784 4 2 Total 3,784 4 2 'aipapa .. 6 Mar., 1901 Purchase-money 'ncidental expenses to March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to Maroh 81, 1902 .. :nterest to March 31, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 81, 1902 8,250 0 0 87 12 7 193 7 11 21 12 4 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance 405 8 4 238 0 2 8,258 9 3 349 4 11 Total .. 8,901 17 9 Total 8,901 17 9

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Table 34. —Statement showing Outlay and Income of Estates purchased, &c.— continued.

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Outlay. Income. Name of Estate. Date of Purchase. Particulars. Amount. Particulars. Amount. £ s. d. 2,857 10 0 £ s. d. 'arawahi .. 26 Mar., 1901 Purohase-money Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 81, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 131 19 0 19 9 Rents, &c, paid, to March 81, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance 83 7 3 0 8 11 3,029 5 2 122 2 7 Total 3,113 1 4 26 Mar., 1901 Total Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1,1901, to March 31,1902 Interest to March 81, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 3,113 1 4 6,750 0 0 Rents, &c, paid, to March 81, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance Northbank 511 15 8 5 5 4 251 11 11 3 10 0 (5,784 17 4 286 5 9 Total 7,296 18 0 Total 7,296 13 0 Lyndon Purcbase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1,1901, to March 31,1902 Interest to March 81, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 15,750 0 0 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31, 1901 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance 424 19 7 26 Mar., 1901 99 4 11 382 17 1 262 4 4 I 8 4 4 15,952 14 6 640 17 7 Total 16,760 11 2 Total 16,760 11 2 26 Mar., 1901 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 81, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 81, 1901 Interest, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 141,393 5 3 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance 4,338 18 7 Hatnma .. 490 18 0 3,587 19 5 142,891 9 10 2,944 1 9 74 5 4 5,915 17 6 Total 150,818 7 10 Total 150,818 7 10 1 April, 1901 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1,1901, to March 31,1902 Interest to March 31, 1902 30,669 10 0 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &c, paid, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance 834 0 0 Langdale .. 248 0 5 720 10 11 621 15 4 1,276 14 3 97 13 8 31,163 15 5 Total Total 32,816 0 0 32,816 0 0 24 April, 1901 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1902 .. 16,129 8 6 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance Mangawhata 160 2 10 683 3 3 47 3 9 16,660 7 0 468 19 2 632 3 6 Total 17,390 14 0 Total 17,390 14 0 Kohika 29 April, 1901 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1901 Incidental expenses, April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 81, 1902 28,093 4 3 95 2 0 Rents, &c, paid, to March 81, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 81, 1902 Balance 1,355 18 5 26 1 6 28,491 0 8 607 10 1 1,077 4 3 29,873 0 7 Total 29,873 0 7 Total Manga-a-toro 27 Mar., 1902 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1902 88,118 4 3 641 3 10 29 15 3 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31, 1902 Balance 1,960 16 1 86,828 6 I Total 88,789 3 88,789 3 4 Total

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Table 34. —Statement showing Outlay and Income of Estates purchased, &c. — continued.

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Name of Estate. Date of Purchase. Outlay. Income. Particulars. Amount. Particulars. Amount. aicnahi .. 23 July, 1901 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1902 £ s. d. 4,700 0 0 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31, 1902 Balance £ a. d. 52 5 2 133 8 7 124 18 11 4,760 14 10 * 26 Sept., 1901 Total 4,885 13 9 Total .. 4,885 13 9 2,249 3 1 . Purohase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1902 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31, 1902 Balance 44 15 7 47 14 7 36 9 7 2,305 3 8 Total 2,341 13 3 989 4 4 Total 2,341 13 3 'uhnka 28 June, 1901 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1902 99 15 6 33 12 5 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31, 1902 Balance 20 18 8 1,101 13 7 Total 1,122 12 3 Total 1,122 12 3 iaincliff .. Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1902 Rents, &o., paid, to March 31, 1902 Balance 21 May, 1901 2,424 5 0 105 3 10 2,471 7 8 64 18 0 87 8 6 21 Mav, 1901 Total 2,576 11 6 Total 2,576 11 6 Epuni Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1902 9,146 12 6 Rents. &c, paid, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance .. 320 10 7 885 8 8 352 8 0 30 0 10 10,033 17 9 Total 10,384 9 2 Total 10,384 9 2 .ingway .. 2 Aug., 1901 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1902 8,000 0 0 121 17 1 218 19 9 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31, 1902 Balance 358 4 6 7,982 12 4 Total 8,340 16 10 Total 8,340 16 10 Poka-ora .. 26 Sept., 1901 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1902 31,616 11 0 389 18 8 64 17 2 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31, 1902 Balance 574 8 1 31,496 18 9 Total 32,071 6 10 Total 32,071 6 10 lenham .. 27 Feb., 1902 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1902 [nterest to March 31, 1902 37,100 0 0 412 18 4 134 5 8 Rents, &c, paid, to March 81, 1902 Balance 295 12 7 37,351 6 5 Total 37,646 19 0 Total 37,646 19 0 japuwai 29 Oct., 1901 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1902 8,990 5 6 Rents, &c, paid, to March 31, 1902 Rents, &c, unpaid at March 31, 1902 Balance 280 6 7 167 19 8 156 14 11 0 19 9,034 11 9 Total 9,315 0 1 Total 9,315 0 1 'oresc Gate 27 Feb., 1902 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1902 48,521 0 0 Ba'ance 49,385 3 10 688 1 6 176 2 4 49,385 3 10 Total 49,385 3 10 Total jyndonNo. 2 27 Mar., 1902 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1902 43,326 5 0 Balance 43,883 8 6 542 9 0 14 14 6 43,883 8 6 43,883 8 6 Total Total

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Table 34.—Statement showing Outlay and Income of Estates purchased, &c.— continued.

Land for Settlements Account. SUMMARY.

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Name Date of Purof Estate. chase. Particulars. Outlay. Income. Amount. Particulars. Amount. Waari 14 Sept., 1901 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 81, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1902 £ s. d 855 8 0 Balance £ s. d. 879 14 6 5 5 0 19 1 6 Iletana Total 879 14 6 Total 879 14 6 14 Sept., 1901 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1902 4,898 14 3 26 11 0 109 1 8 Balance 5,034 6 11 Total 5,034 6 11 Total 5,034 6 11 Kumeroa .. 26 Mar., 1902 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1902 29,092 3 9 459 4 3 13 4 10 Balance 29,564 12 10 Cradock Total 29,504 12 10 Total 29,564 12 10 4 Feb., 1902 Purchase-money Interest to March 31, 1902 1,000 0 0 6 3 0 Balance 1,006 3 0 Kitchener .. 4 Feb., 1902 Total 1,006 3 0 Total Purchase-money Interest to March 31, 1902 876 9 8 5 7 9 Balance 1,006 3 0 881 17 5 Plumer 5 Feb., 1902 Total 881 17 5 Total 881 17 5 Purchase-money Interest to March 31, 1902 888 0 0 5 7 3 Balance 893 7 3 Metlmen .. 5 Pβ'')., 1902 Total 893 7 3 Total 893 7 3 Purchase-money Interest to March 31, 1902 3,528 16 10 21 6 4 Balance 3,550 3 2 B.S.36278 .. 11 July, 1901 Total 3,550 3 2 Total 3,550 3 2 Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 31, 1902 483 17 9 3 3 0 14 6 6 3alance 501 7 3 26 Mar., 1902 Total Total 501 7 3 501 7 3 'aytown .. Purchase-money Incidental expenses to March 31, 1902 Interest to March 81, 1902 5,286 12 0 Balance 20 16 0 2 7 4 5,309 15 4 Total 5,309 15 4 Total 5,309 15 4

Outlay. Income. Particulars. Amount. Particulars. Amount. Dβ. Purchase-moneys of estates acquired, to 31st March, 1902 Roads, and incidental expenses of estates paid for, to 31st March, 1902.. Incidental expenses of estates not paid for at 31st March, 1902 Lands exchanged Incidental expenses of estates declined or not yet completed at 31st March, 1902 Interest to 31st March, 1902 Expenses on issue of debentures £ s. d 2,117,503 14 3 93,127 12 3 37 15 3 22 4 6 Cβ. Rents, &c, paid, to 31st March, 1902 Bents, &c, unpaid at 31st March, 1902 £ s. d. 303,105 15 11 31,592 19 10 18,437 3 11 250,229 15 7 901 8 10 Balance 2,145,560 18 1C Total 2,480,259 14 7 Total 2,480,259 14 7

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SELECTORS AND LAND SELECTED. Table 35. —Comparative Statement of Selectors and Lands selected under Settlement Conditions for the Ten Years ended 31st March, 1902.

142

Cash. Deferred Payment. Perpetual Lease. Lease in Perpetuity. Occupation with Right of Purchase. Agricultural Lease. Occupation Leases.* Year ending 31st March, No. Area. No. Area. No. Area. No. Area. No. Area. I No. Area. No. Area. Acres. 36,326 Acres. 21,084 Acres. 122,557 Acres. 55,320 Acres. 54,271 Acres. 193 Acres. 1893 552 169 385 126 161 4 1894f 497 34,998 96 12,669 17 3,854 612 |179,993 I 461 108,133 5 365 1895f 392 38,694 47 5,453 3 1,263 372 91,799 398 75,477 2 44 1896f 476 26,574 6 456 7 1,427 696|122,350 431 84,968 3 36 69 2,931 1897t 388 28,485 19 9,106 659 J 104,927 277 59,648 2 13 48 2,817 1898f 272 22,525 2 651 599 117,938 380 81,414 5 258 23 1,285 1899t 534 37,400 1 13 1 640 675 159,415 458 109,950 2 114 31 1,449 1900f 491 23,936 2 624 656 1153,531 395 117,771 1 3 70 64 2,295 1901 f 362 58,703 3 2,499 489 '144,205 673 262,729 19 1 23 53 2,123 1902f 489 27,290 1 52 1 10 501 116,125 447 128,893 18 1 28 71 2,507 Year ending 31st March', Village Settlement: Cash. Vil Settli Occu with ] Pur. llage 3ment: pation Sight of chase. Vill Settle: Le in Perj [age ment: ase jetuity. Vill home Spe Settle ageistead icial merit. Speci settlen Associal ialDent tions. -mpp Far: ived ns. Smi rrazinj tall g-runs id [-farms. To ials. an razingNo. Area. No. Area, No. Area. i No. Area. No. Area. No. Area. o. Area. No. Area. Acres. Acres. {390 J Acres. §2,636) Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. 1893 75 528 {29 §164 2 33 493 838 157,381 111 ||38 39 92,926 2,578 544,153 1894f 3 2 5 1 208 3,953 118 2,549 290 68,852 142 252,693 2,454 668,064 1895f 23 23 30 23 232 4,050 60 2,742 262 51,345 107 9,731 60 117,845 1,988 396,497 1896t 16 9 3 2 193 3,364 19 794 238 44,237 315 28,348 32 46,407 2,504 361,904 1897t 4 4 4 4 102 1,317 18 360 142 28,084 45 4,882 27 68,934 1,735 308,581 1898t 2 1 2 2 92 1,426 9 42 5 442 77 9,007 71 149,458 1,539 384,449 1899t 21 30 3 2 106 2,115 12 134 5 607 64 4,823 40 77,632 1,953 394,324 1900f 6 4 3 2 80 1,762 6 31 1 2 41 7,393 64 155,109 1,812 462,530 1901f 35 22 96 1,082 7 376 13 1,936 35 86,076 1,767 559,774 1902f 21 10 1 1 33 456 30 469 1,618 36 112,947 390,406 * " Mini] ig Dist: ■icts Lam t Villi I Ocoi uge se! lpation At itlement, ( it, 1891 Leferi'i t In. d paymeni jlusive of Chevic i, § Village si )t Esti sttlen ite, and lai lent, perpe nds dis stual lei iposed of ase. mder th || Hom< e Land for Settle] estead. ients Acts.

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Table 36.— RETURN of Field-wook executed by the Staff and Contract Surveyors, from 1st April, 1901, to 31st March, 1902.

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Minor Triangulation and Topographical Survey. Rural and Suburban. Town Section Survey. Native Land Court Survey. Eoads, Rail-Gold-naining Surveys. ways, and Water-races. Other Work. Total Cost of Surveyor and Party from 1st April, 1901, to 31st March, 190-2. Surveyor and District. Acres. M ft<D of Acres, xs 02 Acres, "o § °5) Remarks. . CC.S ag Acres. w q -» g I o ° o 6 1 j Cost I per Mile. Cost. LAND DIS' 'RIOT d. OF AUi IKLAND. Staff Surveyors. L. Gussen. King-country, Mangonui J. Baber. Rotorua, Maketu a. s. I I S - £ , £ s. d. 927 1 7 £ s. a. 957 12 1 Inspections, King-country, Waikato, Mangonui. Triangulation, &c, Mangonui, &c. Chiefly open country. " Other work " is forest inspection, redefining old boundaries, &o. Heavy bush country ; broken, and difficult of access. Chiefly open, -s " Other work " is inspections, timber and Warden's reports, &c. Cadet assisting. Open. " Other work " is reports on leases. " Suburban " includes hamlets for workmen's homes. Nearly all open. "Other work" is roadgrading, &c. Cadet assisting. Chiefly open. " Other work " is sixteen miles boundary (lake traverse) for Native Land Court guidance. Heavy forest; broken country. Chiefly open. 6,300 0-50 200 1 36-00 329 7 0 745 19 6 G.A.Martin. Mang>ikabia 11,654 20 1-58 3-82 20-00 92 0 0 792 4 0 " H. D.M. Haszard. Ohinemuri .. 6,983 7 034 30 42; 13-33 .. 39-56 12-12 348 10 8 734 10 2 T. K. Thompson. Titirangi 720 82 6-83 7-00 5-00 35 0 0 341 16 6 R, S. Galbraith. Oratiiri, &c. 12,278 115 1-28 2600 1310 80 0 8 861 5 10 •• D. I. Barron. Rotorua .. 15,000 2-40 214 19 0 407 7 6 H.F.Bdgecumbe. Kawhia H. T. Mitchell. Rotorua, &c. .. 12,659 574 19 9 1-25 1-72 270 196 8-91 42 1 43-92 I 870 0 6 689 11 3 42 Temporary Staff. W. C. Spencer. Drury, Kawbia .. If. A. Warner. Hokianga 3,750! 6,468! 23 5 0-99 100 6 23 43-48 .. 13-00 31-25 13-12 1092 96 13 11 34 2 0 514 0 3 463 0 6 Chiefly open. Forest and open. "Other work" is reports on leases. Transferred to office staff, 1st October, 1901. Broken forest country. "Other work" is kauri and valuation reports; survey of Ruakura Experimental Farm for Agricultural Department, &o. Open and foresc. "Other work" is valuation and reports, workmen's hamlets ; 16J miles boundary, &c. " Suburban " includes HetanaHamlet, 450acres; cost,£195 8s.5d., at 9'58s. per acre. Heavy forest; broken country. Heavy forest; broken oountry ; difficult of access. Heavy forest; broken country. • • J.B.Thompson. Opuawhanga .. 5,977 42 1-21 1 ioo-oo! .. 2-50 14-00 176 5 6 668 18 9 E. P. Turner. Rotorua, &c. 24,300 0-50 1,052: 139 5-18 160,457 17 2-49 1 26-97 7-94 140 19 6 446 17 10 A.Wilson. Maungamangaro A. A. Seaton. Marakopa 4-00J 28 0 0! 96 18 9! 670 8 10 752 19 6 18,370 15,047 29 18 1-53 1-17 7-00 A. J. Mountfort. Kawhia South.. 18.000J 34 1-38 10-OOj 23-00 5 0 0 848 3 4

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Surveyor ana District. Minor Triangulation and Topographical Survey. Bural and Suburban. Town Section Survey. Native Land Court Survey. Gold-mining Surveys. Roads, Kailways, and Water-races. Other Work. Total Cost of Surveyor and Party from st April, 1901, to 31st March, 1902. Remarks. Acres. is . Acres, x'43 CO © . o Acres. "S 2 2; ° +3 Acres. ?Q SI No. of *S Acres - Section. 1 1 s Cost per ! Mile. Cost. l_ LAND ] distr: i i ICT OF Al gklan: i 1 — continued. Temporary Staff— continued. A. G. Allom. Waiawa, &e. d. 0-46 s. d. s. £ 14-39 £ s. d. 179 1 2 s s. a., 824 18 81 176,000: 81 6j 8-89 1500 Forest and open. "Other work" is timber reports, road-pegging, Kawhia, &c. Ditto. Heavy forest; broken country. Forest and open. 4,000 acres in progress. Very broken forest country. Surveys for Urewera Commissioners now complete, and plans lodged with them. Ditto. W. C. O'Neill. Mangonui A. D. Newton. Awakino Bast H. M. Kensington. Punakitere .. 0. M. Creagh. Urewera 670, ■■ 0-53 2,482 6,472 23 •• I 5-48 1-23 ■• .. 43 0 0 301 "l 0 723 8 5 425 11 11 22 6 9 712 13 6 •• .. L. Simpson. Urewera 218,000; 0-57 1 i "" 635 5 6 •■ •• Total 562,970 0-57 128,857 577 i. 1-37 307 13-00 60,699 19 2-64 179-10 11-42 3,128 0 9 14,158 1 1 262 ■• .. Contract Surveyors. E. F. Adams. Thames, &o. Pi Eedlington. Opuawhanga W. S. Charlsworth. Waiotahi, &o. P. B. Cheal. Hapuakohe, &o. Wm. Oussen. Kawhia North, &c. R. Oampbell. Maungataniwha .. E. de 0. Drury. Pirongia, &o. Harrison and Foster. Otanake, &c. A. B. Harding. Ohinemuri J. Hannah. Waipu N. F. J. Haszard. Ohinemuri F. J. Hosking. Kaihu, &o. L. Jackson. Ohinemuri.. R. C. Jordan. Katikati.. A. M. and F. V. Kelly. Whitianga N. Kenny and Son. Aroha, &o. H. M. Kensington. Piako D. W. MoArthur. Ohinemuri, &o. H. Mitchell. Rotorua, &c. A. B. Morrow. Maramarua, &o. .. T. J. Mountain. Tairua, &c. R. Neumann. Kerikeri, &c. J. Reilly. Coromandel .. F. J. Sewell. Waiawa, &c. L. Simpson. Maketu I. Stephens. Takahue, &o. A. B. Stubbing. Rotorua, &c. D. Stubbing. Tuhua, &c. 3-25 2-16 2-22 278 186 Chiefly open. 199 286 950 5 3 2-78 1 6-26 •• "■ Chiefly forest. 17 1000 0-70 5,'300 14,188 "5 21 2-76 9-54 "30 "l 6-80 2 2-80 "8 : 4-25 Chiefly forest; broken country. Forest and open. 280 2,070 413 A 8 2-00 ! 2-04 207 278 66,377 1 5 21-58 3-18 55 4 1 107 9 7 "94 Open. Forest and open. Open. Forest and open. Open. 1,425 285 239 120 176 7 4 1 1-97 3-36 1-39 4-83 1-53 '458 i 14-05 '641 "l43 "2 6-06! 44 10 7 16 13 4 • • 380 276 151 1,031 765 43 1,078 198 3,645 263 290 517 7 1 4j 1 5 3 13 1 3 3 3-42 2-01 3-14 201 1-70 3-66 1-76 3-28 2-28 2-42 2-62 2-51 .. 1 "62 47 ' 'l 11*16 2 : 5-53 Forest. Open. •• I .. ..; .. Forest and open. Open. .. l<5 - 6 3 4 4 0 "99 "l 6-42 25,'600 0-44 I i •■ 1 "• •• "97 1 "l 0-82 I Forest and open. Open. Forest and open. Open. Forest and open. Forest. Forest and open. 1 .. 2J635I 17 4-11 '288 3 6-70 .. I .. I I .. I ..

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P. Ward. Tairua H. M. Wilson. Opuawhanga, &o. •• 578 8 2-50 •• •• I I •■ 7,272 2 651 I 64 [ 1 I •• 9-271 •• 53 17 el Forest. Foret-t and open. Means and totals .. 42,600 605,570 064 15,658 94 2-23 96,508 52 4-47 2,029 26 J 5-02 298 5 6 I Grand means and totals ,0-57 i i 144,525 I 671 1-46 307 262 13-00 157207 71 3-76 2,029 26 5-02 1 179-10 11-42 3,128 0 9 14,456 6 7 i I ■ 3 1 1 Open. Cost paid for privately. 5 P. Bedlington. Purua .. W. S. Charlsworth. Haparapara.. i R. Campbell. Maungataniwha .. E. H. Hardy. Aroha R. 0. Jordan. Katikati .. N. Kenny and Sons. Ohinemuri.. T. J. Mountain. Thames C C. Otway. Awaroa, &o. F. B. Sewell. Te Kaha I. Stephens. Hokianga .. G. J. Webster. Orahiri •• 189 4 234 •• I I I 126 1 2-00 Forest. „ Open and fores!. Open. „ .. •• 20 20 90,832 17 147 1,172 92,635 1 1 4 3 1 29 •• ! - * * •• I - ■■ Ghiefly open. „ Open. „ - •• i - I • • •• -• •• Chiefly open. „ •• •• Total .. .. .. ' 44 126 1 I 2-00 1 I .. I I .. I I .. I I .- I i .. i I- .. ! .. Staff Surveyors. L..Smith. Poverty Bay.. L. d d: ST. !CT iF HAW! :E'S BA' District Surveyor and Laud Officer, Gisborne. General Lands and Survey Departmental work, field inspections, engineering surveys, &c. Transferred Wellington District, January, 1902. Appointed District Surveyor and Land Officer, Gisborue, March, 1902. £218 4s. 10d. carried forward for work. Plans not completed, £41 16a. 7d. being brought forward from last year. Surveys in open country. "Other work" includes field inspections, &o. £21 14s. 10d. carried forward. Plans not complete. Surveys in open country. Transferred to Nelson, October, 1901. Surveys in open country. £373 7s. 3d. brought from last year. " Other work" was defining section-lines for Grown tenants, Motu District. £183 19s. Id. is carried forward for work. Plans not completed, £253 8s. lid. being brought forward from last year. £423 12s. 6d. from last year. " Other work" includes £621 3s. 2a., engineering surveys, and supervision, Hatuma road-works ; inspections, reports on blocks, &c. £298 18s. Id. carried forward for work. Plans not completed. Surveys scattered, in open and rough bush country. Forest-clad broken country. Surveys for Urewera District Reserves Commissioners, and plans lodged with them. £636 2s. 5d. brought forward from previous years. Periphery survey (land for settlements) ; 29,620 acres and. 58,000 acres triangulation also completed in field, cost of which will be carried on to next year. " Other work ": Cost of plan of Forest Gate Estate. Survey of Waipiro Native Township. • • I I ■• 522 5 1 587 18 9 P. S. Smith. Poverty Bay .. • I .. i •• James Hay. Hawke's Bay 7,000 0-99 9,658 25 101 29 11 4 i Thomas Brook. Hawke's Bay .. 1-84 i i 425 18 2 ■• 5,523j I 25 •■ I •■ i W. MoAlister. Hawke's Bay 2,000 0-2 5,638 8 114 341 4 2 P. A. Dalziell. Poverty Bay 4,884 1-64 4,487 5 12-32 21-75 10-87 225 7 7 713 1 0 Temporary Staff. J. Roddick. Poverty Bay 7,889 io! 7-97 26-25 18-11 124 14 2 663 12 11 J. Stevenson. Hawke's Bay 12,000 093 11,244 iS 0-58 62-5 699 6 8 468 2 2 E. H. Farnie. Hawke's Bay 7,000 1-16 7,239 10J 1-01 12 14 9 639 14 7 R. G. L. Reay. Urewera 646 1 0 Contract Surveyors J. A. Robertson. Hawke's Bay .. 8,980 0-5 8,783 0-45 22 10 0 100 0 0 W. O'Ryan, Poverty Bay 126 50-63 497 •• •• •• Means and totals .. 15 48-00 1209 1,636 9 7 4,585 12 9 36,980 094 52,969 121 0'98 467 !l27 50-731 ;]12,376| 9-55 •■ • • ••

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Table 36. — RETURN of Field-work executed by the Staff and Contract Surveyors, from 1st April, 1901, to 31st March, 1902— continued.

146

Minor Triangulation and Topographical Survey. Eural and Suburban. Town Section Survey. Native Land Court Survey. Gold-mining Surveys. Roads, Railways, and Water-racee. Other Work. Total Cost of Surveyor and Party from Surveyor and District, Bern arks. Pis Acres. -g g o§ p.<d Acres. 6 -g -g g CD ° Acres. og -gS Is L Acres, - g o o O Aores - i Section. s Cost per Mile. Cost. sb April, 1'JiJl to 31st March, 1902. lan: DI! iTRIC OP T. .ranak: i Staff Surveyors. H. M. Skeet (District Surveyor). Egmont, Paritutu, Kaupokonui, Gape, Hawera, Ohura a. l,022J 11 s. 2-26 s. d. s. 0-562 £ 7-92 £ s. d.l 109 4 6 £ B. d. 793 3 8 Sectional work is survey of part of the Tokaora Settlement, in open rolling country. "Other work" is mainly inspections and miscellaneous duties ; the standard survey of Hawera Town, and the plans of same, are well in hand. Sectional work is mostly in rough and densely bushed country; roads are mainly taken under warrant, and through Native lands. Cadet assisting. This officer has in hand a large area of revision survey of small gt-azing-runs in the Opaku Survey District. Sectional survey and triangulation in the Ohura Survey District. An additional £30 has been added to this officer's cost for completion of plans in office, in consequenoe of Mr. Frith having six months' leave of absence from 1st April. Sectional and trigonometrical survey in the Ohura Survey District; the road and railway work is definition of a road through a Native block, and of railway through Crown portion. Survey over rough and rather broken country, densely bushed ; soil mainly papa and sandstone ; whole well watered. This officer has well in hand a block of 4,000 acres of section survey in the Ohura Survey District. Miscellaneous work; surveys of three small sections; standard survey of S58 chains of road ; redefining 160 chains of back line; lowering standard blocks, Town of New Plymouth ; Land Transfer and other surveys in various parts of the district. G. H. Bullara (District Surveyor). Opaku, Hawera, Taurakawa, Omona 6,500 1-5 11,205 15 IS 900 18-00 30 0 0 804 0 5 J. P. Frith (Assistant Surveyor). Ohura, Aria 813 14 0 10,900 2-0 8,550 10 2-16 W T. Morpeth (Assistant Surveyor). Ohura 33,000 1-5 6,576) 11 1-916 3-562 16-86 799 10 4 B. W. Watson (Assistant Surveyor). Waro, Ohura 10,000 l-oi 7,000 10 1-5 707 16 4 W. H. Skinner. Paritutu, Waitara, Hawera 78 5 6 339 16 2 61-3 4-67 Additional Surveyors. W.H.Murcott (temporary Surveyor). Upper Waitara, Ohura 10,892 13 1-66 Rough and densely bushed block on head waters of Waitara River. " Other work " is the survey of a small gravel reserve of some 9f acres, distinct from section block. 15-67 5 0 0 709 13 10

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L. 0. Sladden (temporary Surveyor). Pouatu and Wato. Wm. Laing (temporary Surveyor). Waro. T. Oldfield (temporary Surveyor). Hawera, Opaku ,* - 742 14 0 Rough country, difficult of access. " Other work " : Inspecting road deviations; topographical plan of Mr. Bayly's estate for lands for settlement purposes; measurement of bush-felling areas, Whangamomona Improved - farm Settlement. Mr. Sladden also has field-work done of seven sections of an area of about 3,000 acres. 785 4 0 Section survey in rough, densely-bushed country, at present rather difficult of access. 810 0 0 A portion of this work is redefinition into larger areas for the taking up of grazing,. the former holdings being too small ♦7305 12 9 11,180 17 1-75 2-5 17-00 13,953 13 1-75 Means and totals .. 60,400 1-5 76,705-3 119 1-73 29-124 13-48 •• ■■ ■• •• •• • • .. • • .. 249 16 0 Staff. LA lND d: si: ilGT i if wel: jngto: Inspecting Surveyor and miscellaneous duties. "Other work" includes trig, repairing and miscellaneous surveys. £287 13s. 3d. was expended on Retaruke and Kirikau Blocks, "other work" comprising repairs to trigs, and miscellaneous duties. Sectional work comprised subdivision of KaiIwi Block; has in hand subdivision of Rangitatau No. 10 Block. Rough bush country. Cadet assisting. Hilly bush country. Mataroa and Taihape Townships. J6558 5s. Id. is carried forward to next year. Cadet assisting five months. Rough bush country. Kaitieke and Retaruke Blocks. Climie, J. D. Thompson, F. A. Belmont, Waio- \ pehu Lowe, H. J. Retaruke, Apiti, Oroua, Ongo, &o. •• 1,716,000 ■069 3^313 39 1141 5-375 10-98 488 15 9 221 18 9 89 10 0 622 3 10 765 3 6 888 7 7 Wheeler, W. J. Nukumaru, Karioi 6,517 1-15 434 32 2-97 22 119 U-58 45,903 1-3 544 0 5 McKay, J. Ohinewairua 933 19 146 165 154 22-5 7-75 24-42 18 10 0 625 4 0 Straohan, J.R. Refcaruke, Kaitieke 12,961 16 1-33 816 3 4 Temporary. Carkeek, M. Moawhango, Waiopehu Moriee, J. M. Apiti, Ruahine Biggs, H. J. Mount Cerberus, Makura Mountfort, 0. A. Belmont 45,000 1-57 170,270 004 23 •• 11 65-33 18,720 0-8 •• 42-25 14-67 •• 15-47 12-26 " 55 18 2 376 7 7 623 4 8 527 16 3 447 16 8 Open, undulating, and rough country. Rangipo Waiu Block. Rough bush country. Awarua Block. Mainly boundaries and repegging. £104 8s. Id. is carried forward to next year. Hutt standard survey and miscellaneous duties. Rough, hilly bush country. North Waimarino Block. Road taken through Tauakira No. 2 Block, Ngamatea District. • • ■" I 113 44 60 J 18-5 36-53 162 0 5 636 15 5 •• Lewis, H. J. Ngamatea, Piopiotea 5,386 10 •75 56 108 13-83 1-4 18-1 293 18 0 616 6 5 Staff means and totals 1,767,517 Oil 128,411 160 0-37 267 392 18-66 64,623 11 j 11 89-94 19-82 •• I 1,706 18 8 7,113 2 1 •• i — I Authorised Surveyors. Reardon, C. W. Ngamatea and Tauakira 83,212 I 16 2-49 865 19 11 Undulating bush country. Richardson, G. F. Waitohu 113 24 71-0 •• 32 10 0 Native township, Hokio, Horowhenua. ■• •• •• •• •• Means and totals 1,767,517 0-11 128,411 160 037 380! i 416 19-2 147835 1-9 89-94 19-82 1,706 18 8 [8,011 12 0 27 • • • • ' * Against this sum there are credits of £1,398 163. 4d.

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Minor Triangulation and Topographical Survey. Euralana Suburban. Town Section Survey. Native Land Court Survey. Gold-mining Surveys. Boads, Bailways, and Water-races. Other Work. Total Cost of Surveyor and Party from Surveyor and District. Renmrks. Acres. Is i to ° I O g ft® Acres, |j *i ii Acres, o 8 *> J Acres. w p -go do □ Acres &2L f| a g> 1 Cost per Mile. Cost. to 31st March, 1902. Staff Surveyors. F. S. Smith. Mt. Fyfie, &o. d. s. 13-6 27 la: s. 950 d d: st: :ct o: d. marl: OROUi H. s. £ £ s. d. 241 11 8 £ s. d. ; 511 1 0 Part Town of Kaikoura. Mostly engaged or roads and bridges. " Other work " consists of inspections, reports, land sales, and cutting back lines of scenic reserves along sea coast. Transferred to Gisborne in March. Chiefly rough, birch country, heavy bush, adjoining old surveys. Much cut up by roads. Trig, and topographical survey of Seaward of Kaikouras, including topographical survey of Clarence Run 123,700 acres. Section surveys are the Waipapa Small-grazing Runs; very rough high country, moatly heavy bush. Revision surveys, Queen Charlotte Sound; much cut up by roads. A large area of the Birch Hill Block almost complete in the field. Extending triangulation and topography, Heringa district. Transferred to Wellington in May. Settlement surveys, Waikakaho, Kaituna, and Waitohi Valleys. Small-grazing runs, Pelorus Sound ; broken country, heavy bush. Some 5,000 acres of land for landless Natives at Tennyson Inlet more than half completed in the field. "Other work" consists of most of the fieldwork and plans of the Waipapa Block, transferred to Mr. Buckeridge, and returned by him. A large area of the Birch Hill Block almost complete in the field. Survey of Omaka Domain. D. W. Gillies. Arapawa.. i 1 924 19 6 5,482 17 2-58 6-6 16 B. W. Buckeridge. Aoheron, Barefell, Tone, &c. 511,400 1-21! 54,542 0-48 21 15 0 I I 533 14 4 H. Maitland. Linkwater, Orieri .. 1,706 2-25 5 18 0 892 4 7 22-5 M. Carkeek. Heringa 36,400 3-7 212 8 0 C. W. MoParland. Cloudy Bay, Onamalutu A. Simpson. Tennyeon, Arapawa 9,158 2,492 27 5 1-41 2-0 6-4 10 8 10 10 0 0 42 9 6 674 12 0 743 8 3 T. W. Hughes. Whernside, Puhipuhi 11-7 278 14 0 706 18 8 7 9 6 P. E. Greenfield. Taylor Pass .. •• •• 242 1 061 •• •• •• 547,800 1-421 73,622 [ 0'84 136 950 I I 32 13-861 600 8 2 5,206 15 10 Means and totals 66 27 •• —- I Settlement surveys, Pelorus Sound, and mining surveys, Top Valley. All paid (or by deposits. Mining survey, Top Valley. Paid for by deposit. Contract Surveyors. A. P. Seymour. Gore, Pine Valley 2,251 4 17-5 • • i •• 813 10 5-7 A. J. 0. Ward. Pine Valley Means and totals 31 7-6 •• •• •• ■• 547,800 1'42 75,873 70 0-86 13-6 27 95-0 — 1 844 I i ii 579 , 32 ! 13-36 600 8 2 5,206 15 10 .. •• ■ ■

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Stojf Surveyors. J. A. Moncgoinerie. Reefton, Ma-whera-iti, &o. I 46 7-54 2 1-88 Sectional work consisted chiefly in opening up lines and repegging old surveys. Bush country. Town surveys: Sections for sale, Town of Reefton. Chiefly rough, timbered oountry. Rural and village allotments near Westport. 3,155 34 2-64 157 445 12 11 758 14 0 . R. T. Sadd. Tadmor, Gordon, &c. J. Snodgrass. Kawatiri, Ngakawau, &c. J. D. Thomson. French Pass, Wangamoa, &o. ! •• 24,765 565 46 87 0-43 6-83 4 1.-41 295 9 10: 489 i 9 804 18 3 648 11 10 10,686 35 112 13 31 36-77 7-5 1426 24 9 8 83 2 0 769 16 0 607 16 1 712 9 10 Sectional surveys chiefly in the Sounds ; rough bush hills, only accessible by boat. Town allotments : Bulwer, Pelorus Sound. Rough bush lands. Scattered surveys. E. C. Robinson. Tadmor, Kawatiri, Cobden, &o. A. G. Muir. Tadmor, Inangahua, &e. 4,879 46; 2-00 1 4-5 12 10,500 2-1 3,478 63 2-33 Triangulation up Mofcupiko Villey. Sectional work consisted in opening up boundary-lines and repegging old surveys. Bush lands, Inangahua Valley. Sectional surveys, Motupiko. Partly open land. Trig, connections and sectional work, Ontral Buller. Town and suburban sections, Murchison. W. C. MoAlister. Gordon, Mokihinui, &o. D. M. Wilson. Wangapeka, Tutaki, &o. 1-42 328 19 7 299 2 lj •• 597 3 •• 1 •• 11,912 05 3,184 43 2-16 89 51 32-60 __ 3-75 r 262 10 ll 758 6 7 22,412 I 1-25 357 119 110 24-61 I 157 ! 2 1-88 19-75 11-09 ' 1,929 8 10 5,359 14 8 Means and totals 51,309 128 '" 1 157 Authorised Surveyors. F. J. Ledger. Wangapeka, Waimea, &c. J. B. Saxon W. F. Robinson , H. W. Young ... J. W. Spence G. H. Morison .. A. D. Newton .. G. G. Sandison a. 1 I 1 I 1 j ; 1 J j I I i Mr. Ledger's rural surveys in rough bush country. •• ! 1,176 4 1-75 I ! •• •• .. I .. ! • • I •■ I I 1 160 620 317 513 71 98 65 2,001 2 8 4 7 1 1 2 7-50 5-70 5-91 6-09 5-66 6-29 7-23 r , ■ Twenty-five sections paid for out of deposits, total coft of survey amounting to £560 18s. 2d. " I i ■r- •• I 4i3 , tfcJ_Z 1-25! ■52,485 J j 361 1-20 110 128 24-61 5-75 J 19-75 Office fees, £18 12s. Means and totals 27 11-09 1,929 8 10 5,359 14 8

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150

Minor Triangulation and Topographical Survey. Eural and Suburban. Town Section Survey. Native Land Court Survey. Gold-mining Surveys. Eoafls, Railways, and Water-races. Other Work. Total Cost of Surveyor and Party from Surveyor ana District. Remarks. Acres. -t. g Acres. -tj i; Acres. "3 2 *> B d-S °° So og is a . Acres. «a §]S ° o*3 do o ,„„, No. of ag Acres - Sections. S3 o s Cost per Mile. Cost. to 31st March, 1902. LAND DISTRICT OP WESTLAND. Staff. W. Wilson, Assistant-Surveyor. Cobden, Waimea, Kanieri, Toaroha, Wataroa, Waitangi, Waiho, and Bruce Bay Survey Districts T. Brook, Assistant- Surveyor. Wanganui and Waiho Survey Districts 17,000 d. 1-0 4,351 18 s. 1-75 s. d. 2-50 36-28 £ s. d. 73 0 6 £ s. d. 740 6 0 Scattered surveys extending over 150 miles of coast-line. Heavily-timbered country. No cadet. Much time and expense shifting camps. Road surveys scattered, and costly owing to wet weather. Equals three months' work. Surveys executed in dense forest and scrub. Cost enhanced by wet weather and heavy travelling-ex-penses to and from Hokitika. Timbered country. Spotting selections. 20,000 0-6 1,425 2-80 226 19 0 A. G. Muir, Assistant-Surveyor. Haupiri and Kopara Survey Districts 2,566 1-42 I 14 Temporary, F. I. Ledger. Wataroa Survey District J. N. Smyth. Hohonu, Turinhahe, and Waitaha Survey Districts 229 4 9 Light bush and ecrubby surface. Represents three months' work. All timbered country. Much retarded by bad weather. No cadet. Represents nine months' work. •• 1,327 17 1-58 12,800 0-5 440 7 4-14 6-75 40-21 129 0 0 544 17 0 C. B. Douglas. Poerua and Wataroa Survey Districts 30,000 1-8 I 229 14 0 Authorised. J. C. Macfarlane H. W. Young A. D. Newton W. G. T. Houston - •• ■■ ■■ •• 3,995 74 42 81 50 1 1 1 4-6 3-3 10-5 8-0| •• ■• Surveys made for fees deposited by applicants. .. •• 1 .. Means and totals 65 1-91 4,192 53 4-7 9-25 1,971 0 9 79,800 1-18 10,109 ■■ .- • • .. 39-15 202 0 6

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Staff Surveyors. T. N. Broderiek. Arowhenua, Geraldine, Hakataramea, Nimrod, Opitie, Otaio, Waimate, Waitaki 5,211 65 1-55 1-82 18-09 266 0 0 597 11 4 Generally flat and undulating country, part rough and hilly. 4,668 acres comprised in the Eccleston, Maytown, Puhuka, Rainclifi, and Rapuwai Settlements; the balance of area scattered surveys of sections and reserves. " Other work ": Supervision of road drainage and protective works, &c, in South Canterbury, and miscellaneous surveys and inspections, including offioework. Open hilly country, between 500 ft. and 3,000 ft. above sea-level, being the major portion of the Lvndon No. 2 Settlement. "Other work": Small surveys,various inspections and reports, and office-work. Cadet assisting one month. Town survey, Tarawahi Hamlet. About 746 acres rough, hilly, and bush lands, the balance flat and undulating, comprising the Kapuatohe Hamlet and Kohika Settlement. "Other work": Inspection survey, reporting on roads, settlement drainage, and lands proposed to be acquired, and office-work. G. H. M. McClure. Cheviot, Christchureh, Lyndon, Lowry Peaks, Pigeon Bay, Stonyhurst, Waiau, Waikari 10,000 16 0-82 27-5 36; 35-9 3-18 8-20 138 6 4 637 4 9 L. 0. Mathias. Alford, Christohureh, Grey, Leeston, Lyndon, Mount Thomas, Upper Ashley, Otaio, Waimate 4,660 50 1-7 075 22-4 98 18 10 529 5 0 Means anrl totals .. 1,746 1 1 I .. I — I 19,8711 Il3il 1-22 36l 35-91 ~ 5-751 I 13-181 503 5 2 .. I 27-51 I .. I I .- I I .. .. I .. I la: ISTK tCT OF ( OTAGO. Mining Surveys made by Private Surveyors for Fees paid by the Applicants. John Cumine John Spence N. M. Kirkcaldy John Bdie L. O. Beal L. D. Macgeorge N. Paterson •• •• •• •• •• •■ •• •• •• •• 618 428 403 110 111 73 66 14 13 17 8 3 6 1 3-57 3-65 4-48 10-54 5-79 3-29 4-74 •• •• •• ... •• .. .. Totals .. .. .. i '■ 1,809 62 4-39 •• Total Mining Surveys made during year by both Staff and Private Surveyors. Private surveyors Staff .. I ! 1,809 26. 62 2 4-39 11-85 I •■ •■ - •• •• •• ■• •• .. .. Totals .. ■ - 1,835 64 4-49 - •• •• Mining Inspections and Reports made by Staff and Private Surveyors for Wardens. John Spence John Bdie John Cumine John Cunningham E. H. Wilmot .. George Mackenzie (No. of Inspections.) ■• •■ ■• •• •• •• •■ •• •• •• •• •• 16 8 4 1 6 1 •• - ■• Private Surveyor. Staff Surveyor. Total I I 36 ■• .. •• •• • • • ■ • • ■ ■ •• -- •• ••

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Table 36.—RETURN of Field-work executed by the Staff and Contract Surveyors, from 1st April, 1901, to 31st March, 1902— continued.

152

Minor Triangulation and Topographical Survey. Sural and Suburban. Town Section Survey. Native Land Court Survey. Gold-mining Surveys. Koads, Bailways, and Water-races. Other Work. Total Cost ! of Surveyor and Party from 3t April, 1900, to 31st March, 1902. Remarks. Surveyor and District. Acres. 3 o<! Acres, -g g -» £ H it Acres, o 2 «g £1 °3 Acres. «p 11 do o ■ g . Cost a ; per 9 ; Mile. Cost. LAI D Dli ,tr: :ct 0: OTAGl 1— contim lea. d. 3-43 s. 125-66 s. s. £ £ s. d.| 283 14 10 & ' b. d. 738 6 2 J. Langmuir. Oamaru, Palmerston, and Otago Heads 2,195 38 .. Of the amount charged to " Other work " £171 represents the cost of work done in connection with the resurvey of Papanui Native Reserve; the balance is made up with inspections, engineering surveys, &o. The rural work was the resurvey and roading of Otakou Native Reserve. The old work was bad, and relocation of boundarylines required much consideration and care. On leave for six months. Work very scattered, and in small areas. " Other work" includes making inspections and reports for the Warden, revision surveys, and office- work. Employed part of year in Southland District, and was absent on sick-leave for three months. " Other work " includes reports and inspection for the Land Board and for the Warden, office-work, and attendance on the public. All the road-work and one-half the sectionwork in dense bush, in a wet climate. The rest of the work scattered, and made expensive by travelling. Was transferred to Road Department on 1st August, 1902. Returns for six months and a quarter only; balance of year returned to Southland District. Topographical survey : Balance of work for Defence Department. " Other work" includes cost of unfinished surveys and offioe-work. E. H. Wilmot. Cromwell, Blackstone, Tiger Hill,Kawarau,Benger, Teviot, Waipori, Waitahuna, Tuapeka, Cairnhill, Leaning Rook, Bannockburn, and Nevis D. M. Oalder. Central Otago 604 49; 4-95 33 SI 19-75 14-00 247 4 6 536 4 3 41 713 12-2 22-79 185 11 0| 473 6 4 ! W. D. R. MeCurdie. Leaning Rock, Teviot, Tuapeka West, Rimu, and Warepa 769 24 3 62 1-37 13-86 29 9 0 236 2 10 218 3 11 308 13 7 W. T. Neill. Dunedin and surrounding districts 48,000 0 28! 1-13 145-25 George Mackenzie 18 1 26 2 16 16 0 964 3 3 2,309 9 2 22 2 6-36 10-89 •• •• •• " ! •• I Means and totals .. 48,000 I 0-281 3,631 Id i 111-85 13-57 3-781 40 86! 26-361 I .. ' I .. I 21-89! LAND 1ST ,ICT F SOU , HLAND. Staff. A. Hodgkinson, Assistant Surveyor. Alton, Aparima, Campbelltown, Jacob's River, Longwood, Waitio, and Waiau 3,539 37! 2-16 (130 0 0 1 406 3 7 I 838 10 11 Employed on Ringway Settlement survey. •'Other work" represents timber valuations and redefining old boundaries. Sum of £406 3s. 7d. represents cose of survey in hand to appear in return for next year. Cadet assisting.

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V. T. Neill, Distriot Surveyor. Wyndham and Toetoes Distriots : 0-97 I Eoads.j 7-92 4,598 25. 6 38 15 10 lj 228 13 5 Surveyor employed five and three-quarter months (Glenham Settlement survey). For balance of year see Otago District. " Other work " represents cost of reports for sale pamphlet. Subdivision of part of Glenham Settlement, four months' work. See Otago District for balance of year. ). M. Calder, District Surveyor. Wyndham and Toetoes Districts 6,932: 0-89 219 13 4 Temporary. .. G. Lilliecrona. Rowallan District j 8,620 \ 1,210 35 1 2-75 2-0 I 300 1 4 745 15 0 Subdivision of Landless Natives Blook and Grown lands, area of 3,500 acres,£300 Is. 4d. "Other work" represents survey in hand not yet mapped. Mr. Otway has an area of 45,000 acres in hand, the field-work of which is nearly completed. All dense forest. Cost to date, £1,818 7s. Id. J. Otway. Waitutu Distriot 754 12 2 Authorised. \ S. Miller. Invercargill, Longwood, Jaoob's River, &c. 111 15 0 Surveys under "fee system." Sections under " Rural and Suburban " are sawmill applications. Eleven sections under " Rural and Suburban " are sawmill applications under " fee system." Areas under " Gold-mining " are coal lease areas. Surveys under " fee system." I 4,400 1-80 100 1 3-96| I.R.Dundas. Longwood.Aparima, Preservation, &o. i f 2,006! i 26 11 3 2-06 10-76 I - 37 3 14-67 ohn Spence. Jaoob's River, Aparima, Forest Hill, &c. ames Blaikie. Wakaia and Wendon Districts 912 2-01 120 2 3-30 6 6 i 6 1 30-5 ; 124 2 4-48 •• Means and totals .. 32,249 i 156 381 4-96 6 875 0 9 2,898 19 10 2-88 i •• 8 7-92

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Table 36.— SUMMARY OF RETURNS of Field-work executed by the Staff and Contract Surveyors, from 1st April, 1901, to 31st March, 1902.

154

Topographical Survey. Minor Triangulation and Topographical Survey. Rural and Suburban. Town Si tction Survey. Native Land Court Survey. Gold-mining Survey. Koads, Eailways. and Water-races. Other Work. To'a.l Cost of Surveyor and Party from 1st April, 1901. to 31st March. 1902.+ District. if o Acres. 8 . O o Acres. ' ,553 ■Jl ■Jl > Acres. 6-5 o ° Acres. 6 o 03 - fi o Acres. ■si Is 4 P Miles. Cost per Mile. Cost. i AcreE. Auckland •• d. 605,570 d. 0-57 1144,525 671 s. 1-46 307 262 s. 130 157,207* 71 d. 3-76 2,029 26 8. I 5 02 179-10 11-42 £ s. d. 3,128 0 9 1,636 9 7 £ s. d. 14,456 6 7 4,585 12 9 Hawke's Bay 198,858 1-35 36,980 0-94 52,969 121 0-98 497-45 127 50-73 12,376 15 9-55 48 12 09 j Taranaki 60,400 1-50 76,705-3 119 1-73 29-124 13-48 249 16 0 7,305 12 9 Wellington 1,767,517 011 128,411-5 160 0-37 380-1 416 19-2 147,835 27 1-9 89-94 19-82 1,706 18 8 8,011 12 0 Marlborough 547,800 1-42 75,873 j 70 I 0-86 13-6 27 950 844 11 5-79J 32 13-36 600 8 2 5,206 15 10 Nelson 22,412 1-25 52,485 361 I 1-20 110 128 24-61 2,001 27 i 5-75 19-75 1109 1,929 8 10 5,359 14 8 Westland 79,800 113 " 10,109 65 1-91 , . 4,192 53 4-72J 9-25 39-15 202 0 6 1,971 0 9 Canterbury 19,871 ! 131 1-22 27-5 36 35-9 5 75 13-18 503 5 2 j 1,746 1 1 • • I Otago 48,000 0-28 3,631 115 3-78 40 86 26-36 26 2 11-85 13-57 21-89 964 3 3 2,309 9 2 Southland 32,249 156 2-88 -. 381 8 4-96 6 7-92 875 0 9 2,898 19 10 ; 3,040,679 i j I j Means and totals 326,658 0-48 596,828-8 11,969 1-21 jl.375-65 1,082 25-5 317,418 113 I 3-12 9,473 1127 5-13! 432-4841 14-41 1 111, 795 11 8 53,851 5 5 1-14 * Also forty-four divisions, containing 92,635 acres, paid (or privately. t Does not include mining surveys, or contract surveys by Hcei ised surveyors, paid for out of deposits.

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Table 37. —Crown Grants, Certificates of Title, Leases, and other Instruments of Title from the Crown prepared, from 1st April, 1901, to 31st March, 1902.

Table 38. —Plans placed on Crown Grants and other Instruments of Title from the Crown, from 1st April, 1901, to 31st March, 1902.

Table 39.—Work done under the Land Transfer Act, &c., from 1st April, 1901, to 31st March, 1902.

155

a ile 37. — Crown Grants, Certificates of Title, Leases, and other Instruments of Title from the Crown prepared, from 1st April, 1901, to 31st March, 1902. District. Singly. Number. In Duplicate. In Triplicate. In Quadruplicate Total Copies. Number. Cost. Auckland Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington .. Nelson Marlborough Westland Canterbury .. Otago Southland 33 27 13 8 1 113 2 22 13 70 4 20 61 111 131 291 56 111 192 178 13 42 8 477 141 114 6 11 115 18 8 143 1,588 223 434 1,070 675 119 198 766 1,653 1,045 £ s. d. 150 0 0 10 0 0 7 8 1 132 10 0 97 4 0 10 0 0 12 12 0 57 9 0 82 13 0 75 0 0 48 90 Totals .. 130 547 1,509 505 7,771 624 16 7 Table 38. — Plans placed on Grown Grants and other Instruments of Tit: Grown, from 1st April, 1901, to 31st March, 1902. ,E from the Number. District. j , Singly. I In Duplicate, j In Triplicate. In Quadruplicate Total Copies. Cost. Auckland Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington .. Nelson Marlborough Westland Canterbury .. Otago Southland- .. 15 231 1 9 295 25 29 140 24 116 64 222 139 683 110 105 86 534 31 23 16 1,143 187 157 27 56 120 144 25 3,282 488 539 1,027 819 250 301 626 1,365 1,067 £ s. d. 191 9 0 38 17 0 64 2 5 51 7 0 158 3 0 44 8 0 119 8 2 95 3 8 175 0 0 92 13 0 90 90 56 4 Totals .. 350 1,054 2,918 675 9,764 1,030 11 3 able 39. —Work done under the Land 1 Marc" 'ransfer Act, &c, from 1st April, 1901, to 31st i, 1902. District. No. ol Plans passed. Deeds and other Instruments passed. Number of Plans placed on Certificates of Title. Singly. In Duplicate. In Triplicate. Miscellaneous Plans, &c. Cost. i £ s. d. 691 13 4 354 0 3 410 15 5 912 3 0 142 16 9 19 9 9 84 11 6 835 6 2 268 5 6 256 0 0 [.uckland .. lawke's Bay 'aranaki Wellington . . Jelson larlborough Vestland lanterbury .. )tago louthland 205 102 135 342 36 9 11 263 58 81 1,677 1,792 110 2 1.4 71 484 523 1,659 308 34 72 1,509 522 454 70 209 20 146 1,098 3,198 19 43 23 100 174 12 6 Totals .. 1,242 7,894 130 5,505 588 172 3,975 1 8

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Table 40.— Lithographs and Photographs printed and sold from 1st April, 1901, to 31st March, 1902.

Table 41.— Summary showing Payments to Local Bodies during the Twelve Months ended the 31st March, 1902, from "Thirds" of Deferred-payment, Perpetual-lease, Occupation-with-right-of-purchase, and Lease-in-perpetuity Lands, and "Fourths" of Small Grazing-runs.

156

Distriot. Number of Lithographs printed. Number of Photographs printed. Amount of Fees receivei from Sale of Maps and Lithographs. Auckland Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington Nelson Marlborough Westland Canterbury Otago Southland 4,350 £ s. a. 79 16 7 5 16 6 92 13 11 31 18 3 6 16 0 9 11 3 7 3 6 14 14 2 10 3 6 23 8 2 1,190 36 Totals 36 £282 1 10 5,540

District. si to "Thirds," Deferredpayment Perpetuallease, with-right-of-purchase, and Lease-in-perpetuity Lands. " Fourths," Small Grazingruns. Total Payments. Length, Locality, Description, and Particulars of Work ai by Land Board. a o O Bridges. Culverts. ithorised Maintenance. Auckland .. Hawke'sBay Taranaki .. Wellington Nelson Maryborough Westland .. Canterbury Otago Southland 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 £ a. d. 5,002 16 10 ! 2,067 4 0 i 3,980 11 5 5,990 3 5 1,598 9 7 371 18 4 131 10 6 2,339 4 3 2,339 7 2 1,363 12 11 25,184 18 5 £ s. d. 56 14 5 355 16 8 71 5 ] 380 1 8 £ s. d. 5,059 11 3 2,423 0 8 4,051 16 6 6,370 5 1 1,598 9 7 657 11 2 131 10 6 3,340 19 4 5,025 6 10 1,573 13 1 Ch. 1079 191 39 40 34 20 Ch. 1479 280 Ch. 2,265 709 401£ 788 61 £ s. d. 190 1 6 35 3 9 38 5 4 90 0 0 7 6 8 £ s. a. 234 0 5 38 11 4 58 9 9 27 18 3 £ s. d. 1,171 17 3 412 7 0 1,507 19 2! 1,987 10 1 1,072 11 11 566 18 8 131 10 6 1,505 17 4 4,614 13 0 571 9 1 £ s. d. 80 285'l2 10 120 1,001 15 1 2,685 19 8 210 0 2 11 32 IOO4 48 1,193J 2,002 584 152 17 10 13 17 7 363 2 8 35 2 11 354 0 9 62 3 1 17 0 0 Totals .. 5,047 5 7 30,232 4 0 1446 2107J 8,404^ 890 15 4 810 6 6 13,552 14 0 17 0 0 Notk.—Water-supply, £83 11s. 8d. (Canterbury).

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Table 41. —Statement showing Payments to Local Bodies during the Twelve Months ended 31st March, 1902, from "Thirds" of Deferred-payment, Perpetual-lease, Occupation-with-right-of-purchase and Lease-in-perpetuity Lands, and "Fourths" of Small Grazingruns.

157

Local Bodies. "Thirds," Deferredpayment, Perpetual-lease, Occupation-with-right-of purchase, and Lease-in-per-petuity Lands. " Fourths," Small Grazingruns. Total Payments. it.S 3 8 Lei igth, Localit; an ■5-9 i° y, Description, and Particulars of Work ithorised by Land Board. Bridges. averts. te^0 - e . STA , 'EMENT No, .UOI ;lan. l t 1 £ s. d. 21 18 9 7 4 2 7 3 1 13 18 11 2 16 3 76 5 0 0 14 3 7 2 8 2 16 9 2 17 6 242 5 0 424 18 5 65 11 1 12 0 3 13 1 8 2 12 9 24 4 1 261 6 8 110 15 8 69 0 4 6 7 7 0 13 4 48 19 0 14 19 1 29 6 11 88 3 7 5 19 8 5 18 0 44 1 4 6 15 0 59 9 2 83 5 0 82 14 4 323 14 11 7 11 1 3 2 4 19 17 9 21 14 9 9 i 11 57 7 5 1,216 16 1 10 18 3 40 11 0 201 8 9 9 13 0 1 11 8 25 4 7 100 19 11 54 16 4 16 10 8 115 8 7 £ s. d. £ s. d. 21 18 9 7 4 2 7 3 1 13 18 11 2 16 3 76 5 0 0 14 3 7 2 8* 2 16 9 2 17 6 242 5 0 424 18 5 65 11 1 12 0 8 13 1 8 2 12 9 24 4 1 272 5 8f 110 15 8 69 0 4 6 7 7 0 13 4 48 19 0 14 19 1 29 6 11 88 3 7 5 19 8 5 18 0 44 1 4 6 15 0 59 9 2 83 5 0 82 14 4 323 14 11 7 11 1 3 2 4 19 17 9 21 14 9 9 4 11 57 7 5 1,216 16 1 10 18 3 40 11 0 201 8 9* 9 13 0 1 11 8 25 4 7 137 7 11 54 16 4 16 10 8 115 8 7 Ch. Ch. 5 35 4 Ch. 9 16 7 8 & s. d. 1 17 8 £ s. d. £ s. a. Ahuroa R.B. AlbertlandNorthR.B. AlbertlandSouthR.B. Awitu R.B. Cambridge R.B. Coromanael 0.0. .. Drury R.B. Bast Taupo CO. .. Great Barrier Island Hikurangi R.B. Hobson CO. Hokianga 0.0. Huntly R.B. Hunua R.B. Katikati R.B. Komokoriki R.B. .. Kirikiriroa R.B. .. Kawhia CO. Mangonui 0.0. Manukau CO. Mangawai R.B. Maraetai R.B. Malakohe R.B. Matakana West R.B. Mauku R.B. Marua R.B. MaungakarameaR.B. Mangatawhiri R,B. Maunu R.B. Newcastle R.B. Omaha R.B. Onewhero R.B. Opotiki C.C.j Otamatea O.C Otonga R.B. Opaheke R.B. Parua R.B. Puhoi R.B. Pukeatua R.B. Piako CO. Raglan CO. Rangiaohia R.B. .. Rodney CO. Rotorua County Ruarangi R.B. Tamaki Bast R.B... Tauhoa R.B. Tauranga CO. Te Puke R.B. Te Puna R.B. Upper Mahurangi R.B. Waitoa R.B. Waitemata CO. Waipipi R.B. Wairoa R.B. Waiuku R.B. Waikiekie R.B. .. West Taupo County Whakatane CO. .. Whangaroa CO. .. Wharehine R.B. .. Whangamarino R.B. Whangarei CO. 6 14 6 1 2 10 0 19 5 4 13 11 2 16 3 35 3 9 0 14 3 27 21 3 5 0 7 14 9 90 329 2 429' 1 2 106 I 157 I 38 2 2 11 19 9 22 0 10 7 12 8 37 5 0 25 2 3 35 13 8 38 3 6 2 5 8 10 4 8 2 19 9 5 '3 10 1 15 2 3 12 7 17 4 16*'6 9 10 19 0 57 7 0 5 96 19 4 23 1 3 3 17 0 13 4 42 3 6 0 90 i 20 2 26 59 1 15 4 3 10 0 8 2 10 1 7 7 2 15 47 20 ll"4 7 3 18 4 48 4 20 6 22 469 8 17 29 7 27 405 21 19 11 11 3 8 7 17 1 10 0 4 17 3 6 15 0 7 11 8 10 7 0 9 14 8 15 6 1 15 3 3 2 4 5 8 9 4 16 13 3 0 40 10 10 23 13 1 10 0 7 5 15 10 6 12 10 0 21 14 9 4 20 23 626 17 51 2 '6 0 445 64 10 10 5 16 1 10 21 9 1 1 10 9 0 14 10 118 9 8 11 11 19 11 914 7 11 0 12 6 1 11 8 6 11 7 87 15 11 31 0 10 16 10 8 92 8 5 2 30 18 51 32 5 10 36 8 0 25 12 30 10 5 24 0 3 47 6 6 17 5 1 30 9 2 25 9 10 9 13 10 140 10 8 16 10 8 0 6 2 103 4 2 475 12 10 30 10 5 24 0 3 47 6 6 17 5 1 30 9 2 25 9 10 9 13 101 149 18 1 16 10 8 0 6 2 103 4 2 475 12 10 5 69 5 33 26 6 101 15 29 4 9 7 6 6 24 8 0 9 14 1 5 15 1 9 7 5 36 80 23 115 13 0 12 18 1 0 6 2 13 8 2 143 3 9 2 30 21 45 67 113 30 18 6 23 18 1 30 17 5 Totals 5,002 16 10 56 14 5 5,059 11 3 1079 1479 2265 190 1 6 234 0 5 1,171 17 3 * Expended by Ci + Expended by Mr. Burd ; no particulars furnished. Lptain Turner; no particulars furnished.

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Table 41. —Showing Payments to Local Bodies, &c.— continued.

158

Local Bodies. " Thirds," Deferredpayment, „ Wo , ]rthn .. Perpetual-lease, s" 1 *,, ' Occupation- G r?ttn B wilh-right-of ! Gl r^? g - purchase, and ru s, Lease-in-per-petuity Lands. I Total Payments. Length, Locality, Description, authorised by La £ a .oh j g S'S P'S ow Bridges. ms ms h | o u n and Particuli mds Board. ,rs of Work Culverts. Maintenance. Vaipawa G.C. Vairoa C.C. look C.C lawke's Bay C.C. .. Vaiapu C.C. Veber E.B. Torsewood R.B. "atutahi R.B. Voodville R.B. Lumeroa R.B. Vaikohu R.B. Vaimata R.B. .rai R.B. [gatapa R.B. 778 11 2 194 1 0 498 4 6 137 2 2 135 0 4 95 4 8 15 15 8 2 17 8 16 5 3 61 13 0 statem: 84 18 8 134 2 3 10 5 0 52 10 11 19 4 0 INT No. 2.—I 778 11 2 278 19 8 632 6 9 147 7 2 187 11 3 114 8 8 15 15 8 2 17 8 16 5 3 61 13 0 14 17 0 39 18 10 42 8 7 90 0 0 3AWE 31 160 ce's : BAY. *72£ tll8j +40 111 197 30 30 12 0 4 11 9 20 19 4 14 16 2 8 12 7 4 5 1 254 3 3 30 17 1 280 55 1 10 12 19 10 0 13 8 2 15 10 '« 14 17 0 39 18 10 20 3010 8 14 17 0 42 8 7 90 0 0 120 || Totals 2,423 0 8 191 280 709 35 3 9 38 11 4 412 7 0 2,067 4 0 355 16 8 * Also 39 chains metalling. t All io 12 chains i ]| Also STATE £ s. a. 18 9 4 letalling. ;936 13s. 9d., int. : Also ', !rest O] ' chaini a loans meta: [ling. § § Jso 1J chains metalling. & i. a. 31iftonC.C. .. 13 2 3gmont R.B. .. 3 3 9 3 atea East R.B. .. 6 0 9 ffaimateR.B. .. 91 12 10 HaweraC.C. .. 295 5 1 tfanganui R.B. .. 123 4 7 3 arihaka R.B. .. 216 13 0 Waiwakaiho R.B. .. 16 18 1 ffairoa R.B. .. 148 2 11 tfoa R.B. .. 210 17 10 3 atea West R.B. .. 1 12 8 Jtratforcl C.C. .. 1,511 14 11 tfotoroa R.B. .. 23 4 4 3 atea 0.0. .. 26 14 8 Dakura R.B. .. 25 13 3 CENT No. 3.- £ s. a. 1,298 2 6 3 3 9 21 19 1 91 12 10 295 5 1 123 4 7 216 13 0 16 18 1 148 2 11 210 17 10 38 10 1 1,511 14 11 • 23 4 4 26 14 3 25 18 3 -TAE Ch. ;anai Oh. Oh. 176J £ s. a. £ s. a. 2 10 0 s s. a. 164 3 0 3 3 9 21 19 1 7 10 10 19 14 5 '15 18 4 7 1 4 874 1 13 2 14 3 9 43 30 15 0 2 60 14 4 4 148 2 11 19 10 7 36 17 5 27 35 10J 10 19 4 33 5 4 12 3 4 1,008 17 8 23 4 4 26 14 8 4 4 0 15 2 0 0 Totals .. 3,980 11 5 3,980 11 5 401J 38 5 4 58 9 9 1,507 19 2 71 5 1 4,051 16 6 39 Also, i interest on loans I, £l,i' svel: Ch. '1 Bβ. 4d, STATEM £ s. d. ENTNo. 4. -\ £ s. a. 256 6 3 80 16 6 801 6 1 77 18 8 439 10 9 301 19 2 1,804 18 0 44 7 2 1,019 3 10 ■ 653 1 7 LINGT Oh. CON. Oh. £ s. a. £ s. a. 55 15 10 80 16 6 322 5 0 77 18 8 £ s. a. I 256 6 3 ! 80 16 6 790 8 5 77 18 8 430 4 3 284 8 11 1,804 18 0 44 7 2 946 13 10 f 467 t 11 ] 125 4 2 £ s. tf. Eketahuna C.C. .. HuttO.C. Kiwitea C.C. Mangawhei'o R.B... Masterton C.C. Mauriceville C.C. .. Pahiatua C.C. Patea C.C. Pohangina C.C. Rangitikei C.C. Rangitikci C.C. (for Hawke'sBay C.C.) Taratahi - Oarterton R.B. Te Horo R.B. Upper Wangaehu R.B. Waitotara C.C. Waitot'ra-Momobaki R.B. Wirokino R.B. 10 17 8 9 6 6 17 10 3 72 10 0 60 15 6 80 260 34 160 75 126 53 90 0 0 7 4 8 40 18 7 985 10 8 16 5 8 77 4 9 162 11 0 58 11 8 221 2 8 40 5 20 13 7 130 4 0 79 3 9 186 12 8 143 6 7 79 3 9 329 19 3 14 25 61 13 2 42 1 0 176 2 11 7 3 6 7 3 6 176 2 11 36 51 18 0 77 5 0 77 5 0 788 I 44 18 3 Totals 5,990 3 5 ! 380 1 8 6,370 5 1 40 80 j 90 0 0 27 18 3 1,987 10 1 Note. —Amounts pe shown as paid. id under hypotl i iiecation for i :elief from speci ial rate ;es unde i sv loan i is are include sd in the tota' 1 Burns herein 6 13 6 31 16 9 57 5 9 56 2 4 17 10 7 40 8 4 STAT] BMENT No. 5, 6 13 6 31 16 9 57 5 9 56 2 4 17 10 7 40 3 4 .—NE 3LS01S J. 5 14 2 Waimea West R.B. Stoke R.B. Riwaka R.B. Buller C.C. Grey C.C. Upper Moutere R.B. Waimea C.C. Inangahua C.C. Takaka R.B. Sounas County Collingwood R.B. .. •• 2 43 2 9 52 55 18 0 29 13 4 17 10 7 20 18 9 826 13 2 22 15 3 191 9 10 148 4 2 199 14 11 826 13 2 22 15 3 191 9 10 148 4 2* 199 14 11 138J 7 6 8 597 2 0 22 15 3 134 5 0 34 J 139 15 188'u 10 • • i Totals 34 I 400J 7 6 8 1,072 11 11 1,598 9 7 1,598 9 7 __ * Unex] tended.

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Table 41. —Showing Payments to Local Bodies, &c.— continued.

159

Local Bodies. "Thirds," Deferredpaynient, Per- T , ., „ Vual-lease, ' I g£g} ,, ' Total ; Occupation- OilleUi Pnvmpntsi i with-right-ot- grazing- J purchase, and runs. Lease-in-per-petuity Lands. Length, ■si ■§! «! II ■3 « jocality, Description, and Particulars of Work authorised by Land Board. 8 o ft Bridges. Culverts. Maintenance. statem: ENT No. 6.—I MARL ,B0R( )UGH. Wairau R.B. Pelorus R.B. Picton R.B. Kaikoura 0.0. 88 16 9 27 2 0 255 19 7 21 1 10 7 12 4 256 18 8 109 18 7 34 14 4 512 18 3 20 20 ! 100 30 I 31 '.'. 61 I 50 0 0 21 5 5 495 13 3 657 11 2 20 120 566 18 8 Totals 371 18 4 285 12 10 stat: IMENT No. 7. ■WE; STLAND. Westland C.C. Grey C.C. 115 2 7 16 7 11 115 2 7 16 7 11 .... .. .. 115 2 7 .... .. .. 16 7 11 .... .. .. 131 10 6 Totals 131 10 6 131 10 6 STATEMI INT No. 8.—( jant: 1RB RY. £ s. d. 38 7 7 4 9 3 25 17 6 3 6 3 231 1 10 5 18 2 8 4 7 38 4 10 0 19 3 247 11 4 30 0 11 169 5 3 3 17 8 34 6 0 67 15 10 704 0 0 6 7 0 4 15 76 13 0 14 10 2 137 14 8 £ s. d. 12 2 4 £ s. d. 50 9 11 4 9 3 25 17 6 3 6 3 231 1 10 5 18 2 8 4 7 38 4 10 0 19 3 887 11 2 30 0 11 169 5 3 24 1 2 113 9 0* 67 15 10 716 2 4 6 7 0 4 15 76 13 0 14 10 2 137 14 8 Ch. Ch. Ch. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Anama R.B. Cheviot C.C. Coldstream R.B. .. Ellesmere R.B. .. Geraldine R.B. .. Hampstead T.B. .. Kowai R.B. Levels C.C. Longbeach R.B. .. Mackenzie C.C. Mount HuttR.B. .. Mount Peel R.B. .. Mount Somers R.B. Oxford R.B. Rakaia R.B. Rangitata R.B. South Rakaia R.B. Springs R.B. Temuka R.B. Temuka B.C. 'Upper Ashburton R.B. Waimate C.C. Waipara R.B. Wakanui R.B. "i 57 4 3 37J 132 18 6 3 5 0 l" i 8 1 16 0 139 19 10 137 118 5 5 26 16 3 641 15 1 20 12 11 46 4 4 5 9 6 18 1 10 18 8 9 127 10 11 5 4 6 4 14 6 ■• 20 3 8 20' 3 6 79 3 0 174 40 14 6 9 0 12 6 12 2 4 395 0 15 0 24 3 14 2 416 0 71 7 1 322 12 10 65 10 4 98 8 7 385 10 3 352 13 10 708 3 1 418 4 2 98 8 7 67 160 315 162 6 1 180 2 5 Totals 2,339 4 3 1,001 15 1 3,340 19 4 1193J 152 17 10 35 2 11 1,505 17 4 *£48 I , r s. l<3. applied towards repayirr Lent of the Boi ird's Ivances. £ s. d. 223 0 5 1,146 5 1 289 12 6 144 19 5 159 1 3 17 7 8 40 11 5 56 14 10 207 10 11 43 8 8 7 3 11 3 11 1 stat: 'EMENT No. ! 9.—O , FAGO. £ s. d. Taieri C.C. Maniototo C.C. Vincent C.C. Waitaki C.C. Waihemo C.C. Waikouaiti C.C. .. Bruce C.C. Clutha O.C. TuapekaC.C. Lake C.C. Mount Stuart R.B. Balmoral R.B. £ s. d. 382 5 6 595 8 5 216 5 0: 252 9 1 512 8 2 376 7 9 35 15 4 £ s. d. 605 5 11 1,741 13 6 505 17 6 397 8 6 671 9 5 ' 393 15 5 76 6 9 56 14 10 i 522 11 4 43 8 8 7 3 11 3 11 1 Ch. Ch. J ■.. ! Ch. 181 ,1196 293 £ s. d. 31 9 6 304 8 1 £ s. d. 647 4 6 1,403 3 6 511 1 0 340 14 2 671 9 5 280 8 8 76 6 9 55 17 10 584 5 9 36 5 0 4 5 4 3 11 1 ■. I 80 20J 280 25 2 16 9 6 7 6 11 5 0 11 1 17 0 315 0 5 5 13 1 6 18 2 Totals ; 5,025 6 10 11 100! 2,339 7 2 2,685 19 8 2002 13 17 7 354 0 9 4,614 13 0 statem: !NT No. 10.■SOU' 'HL .ND. Southland C.C. .. Wallace C.C. Lake C.C. Stewart Island C.C. Invercargill R.B. .. Knapdale R.B. £ s. d. 595 3 8 606 1 1 36 11 5 18 14 7 67 18 6 39 3 8 £ s. d. 5 2 0 204 18 2 £ s. d. 600 5 8 810 19 3 36 11 5 18 14 7 67 18 6 39 3 8 Ch. 12 20 Ch, 48 Ch. 95 450 8 £ s. d. 105 0 0 224 9 10 13 12 10 £ s. d. 22 10 0 34 18 1 £ E. d. 47 0 0 *469 18 10 16 8 8 18 14 7 10 0 0 9 7 0 20 11 2 0 0 2 15 0 Totals 1,363 12 11 210 0 2 1,573 13 1 32 48 584 363 2 8 62 3 1 571 9 1 • Also £17, cost of taking road under Public Works Act.

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Table 42. —Summary showing Amounts to the Credit of Local Bodies in the Deposit Account on 31st March, 1902, in respect to " Thirds" of Deferred-payment, Perpetuallease, Occupation-with-right-of-purchase, and Lease-in-perpetuity Lands, and "Fourths" of Small Grazing-runs.

Table 43. —Showing Surveyors employed and the Work on Hand on 31st March, 1902.

Table 44.— Summary of Work done for other Departments and for Local Bodies during the Year ended 31st March, 1902.

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Land District. Amount. Auckland Hawke's Bay... Taranaki Wellington Nelson Marlborough ... Westland Canterbury ... Otago Southland £ s. 5,333 4 5,798 9 3,679 19 19,798 15 901 7 299 1 69 1 859 14 2,567 0 1,327 6 a. 5 5 7 6 4 0 0 5 0 2 Total £40,633 18 10

Surveyors employed. Work on Hand. Chief Surveyors. Staff. Temporary. Settle- Native Roads, „,„,„„ ing , ment. Blocks, &c. &c. Towu ' an ? Mmeral District. Trig. Sq. Ml. Acres. 199,757 56,805 129,500 337,863 48,500 153,300 11,472 35,438 815 9,700 Acres. 10,889* 147 Miles. 114 31 16* 172J 40 113 Acres. Acres. G. Mueller ■E. G. Gold Smith Jas. Mackenzie .. John Strauchon .. W. G. Murray .. 0. W. Adams G. J". Roberts Thos. Humphries D. Barron J. Hay .. 8 4 5 6 6 8 2 3 3 1 10 3 i 5 1 3 Auckland Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington .. Nelson Marlborough Westland Canterbury .. Otago Southland .. 32 312* 2,761* 55 120 23,989 51000 800 100 30 240 12* 120 70,000 1,940 43,670 1,500 118 2 Totals 41 28 73,280| 983,150 85,635 487 1,182* 1,738 * And 26 miles lako tri iverse, Nat: ive Land Ci lurt.

District in which Work was executed. Cost. District in which Work was executed. Cost. Auckland .. Hawke's Bay Taranaki.. Wellington Nelson ' £ s. d. 3,694 11 6 1,159 14 11 1,846 19 6 2,411 12 7 490 2 4 Brought forward Marlborough Westland Canterbury Otago Southland £ a. d. 9,603 0 10 322 15 5 864 19 7 1,953 11 6 482 13 2 331 18 5 Carried forward 9,603 0 10 Total .. 13,558 18 11

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Table 45.—Summary of Arrears due to the Crown on 31st March, 1902.

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161

Tenure. i a 81 Area. Amount in Arrear. Tenure. a a> Area. Amount in Arrear. Oedinaby Crown Lands. Deferred payment .. .. .. .. 52 Perpetual lease .. .. .. .. i 137 Occupation with right of purchase .. .. .. 447 Lease in perpetuity .. .. .. .. 369 Agricultural lease Mining Districts Land Oecupation Act .. .. I 17 Village settlements on deferred payment .. .. 3 Village settlements on perpetual lease .. .. | 23 Village settlements on occupation with right of pur- • 2 chase Village settlements on lease in perpetuity .. .. 30 Village-homestead special settlements .. .. 120 Special-settlement associations .. .. .. 107 Improved farms .. .. .. .. .. 94 Small grazing-runs .. .. .. I 74 Pastoral runs .. .. .. .. I gi Miscellaneous (not otherwise specified) .. .. 176 Total ■• •• .. .. .. 1,712 A. E. P. 6,535 3 21 27,568 3 6 120,086 0 1 84,120 0 16 1,093 1 20 70 1 24 354 1 19 2 0 0 £ s. d. 372 15 10 833 3 5 3,102 12 8 2,050 10 0 25 3 1 2 6 9 36 19 6 0 9 0 Cheviot Estate. Lease in perpetuity Village-homestead special settlement Grazing-farms Miscellaneous Total .. Land fob Settlements. Lease in perpetuity Village lease in perpetuity Small grazing-runs Special-settlement associations Miscellaneous .. .. ' .. 10 7 7 9 33 A. B. P. 1,903 2 16 486 1 5 4,564 1 20 152 1 17 7,106 2 18 799 14 5 7,988 10 11 98 10 8 892 3 5 16 5 8 39 14 6 £ s. d. 314 11 0 61 14 7 381 18 10 41 10 0 566 3 34 3,119 1 9 19,041 3 15 10,023 1 8 143,513 3 37 134,284 2 0 14,061 3 22 27 12 5 652 3 5 910 11 3 1,234 1 3 1,514 11 6 455 16 9 2,331 16 5 245 12 6 o 15 47,068 0 12 162 1 37 9,331 1 2* 385 2 29 215 0 22 Total 280 57,162 2 22 9,035 5 2 564,442 2 32 Thermal Springs, Rotorua 36 346 3 8 189 6 5 13,550 13 3 Grand total 2,061 629,058 3 0 23,574 19 3 77 1 8 Native Townships 12 89 3 7 * 2,086 acres of this area, on which £181 18s. Id. is in arrear, is held by three tenants included in the seventy-four ordinary small grazing-run tenants in arrear.

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Table 46.-Statement showing the Blocks of Land which have been proclaimed under "The Governraent Loans to Local Bodies Act Amendment Act, 1891," and "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1901," and the Report of the Surveyor-General on the Value of such Blocks, and on the Necessary Works, and the Estimated Cost of the Works, and on the Moneys expended in respect of such Blocks out of Moneys borrowed under the said Acts.

162

Gazetted. Survi lyor-General's ;eport. Expenditui re. Name of Block. Area of Block. No. Page. Date. Valuation of Block. Works required to open up such Block. Estimated Cost proposed to be borrowed. To Mar. 31, 1901. * From April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902. Total to March 31, 1902. 1891-92. Acres. 4,000 83,500 6,000 5,000 5,000 36,090 13,000 4,000 5,000 33,000 9,200 13,300 6,000 1,900 4,069 20,900 £ 2,500 83,500 9,040 2,500 2,500 49,200 10,000 1,500 1,875 14,025 9,600 16,455 6,440 712 1,675 16,880' 110,000 11,225 £ 500 ]9,375 4,286 500 395 2,000 5,000 500 600 2,475 2,487 3,990 1,050 300 449 7,837 £ 497 19,375 4,286 500 395 2,000 5,000 486 599 2,475 2,487 3,990 1,050 300 380 7,809 £ s. d. £ s. d. 497 2 5 19,375 0 0 4,286 0 0 500 0 0 395 0 0 2,000 0 0 5,000 0 0 488 6 6 598 10 7 2,475 0 0 2,487 0 0 3,990 0 0 1,050 0 0 300 0 0 380 0 0 7,834 7 7 Ahuroa East Puketoi Mangamingi Manganuiowae Mareretu Maruwbenua Maruwhenua (part) Maungatanivvha Motatau Motu Mount Baker .. North-east Pukotoi .. Oroua-Coal Creek Takahue Tauhoa, Sections 184 to 201 .. Waimarino 23 479 18 Mar., 1892 Road-works 15 23 336 479 18 Feb., "„ 18 Mar., „ 15 23 336 479 18 Feb., "„ 18 Mar., „ 2 5 6 15 336 18 Feb., "„ 23 15 479 336 18 Mar., "„ 18 Feb., 25 12 0 Waoku 22,804 ( 74 1 17 15 1298 301 336 22 Sept., 9 Mar., 1893 18 Feb., 1892 2,000 2,000 2,000 0 0 Woodlands, Blocks II., V., VI.. VIII. 13,400 4,950 4,950 4,950 0 0 1892-93. 15 Sept., 1892 8 Dec, 23 Feb., 1893 22 Sept., 1892 15 Sept., „ Drainage .. 916 12 1 Akaaka Swamp Glenomaru, Blocks III., IV., V., VII., IX., X. Hautapu-Rnahine Huiroa Kaimanuka Kakariki Liberal Lillburn, Monowai, and Alton Longwood, Blocks XVI. and I. Maioro Swamp Mangaehu Milsom Mokoreta Momohaki Ngatimaru, Blocks V., IX. .. Nuhaka North Opuawhanga No. 1 .. Otau Oxford Paterson, Block I. ,, 2,935 J 1,495 28,600 6,433 9,987 5,000 2,800 30,745 5,659 722 492 6,686 7,400 526 4,910 9,577 5,000 18,510 4,000 633 72 j 95 I 13 74 72 23 83 83 90 80 72 21 23 72 23 80 23 71 4 23 I 13 I 102 77 78 77 f 13 j 102 'is 23 1273 1606 246 1297 1273 413 1388 1389 1529 1365 1273 374 411 1274 412 1365 412 1255 23 411 246 1744 1345 1361 1346 246 1742 1745 240 412 30 Mar., 1893 20 Oct., 1892 11 Nov., 13 Oct., 15 Sept., „ 23 Mar., 1893 30 Mar., 15 Sept., 1892 30 Mar., 1893 13 Oct., 1892 30 Mar., 1893 8 Sept., 1892 12 Jan., 1893 30 Mar., 23 Feb., 29 Dec, 1892 6 Oct., 10 Oct., 6 Oct., 23 Feb., 1893 29 Dec, 1892 2,093 j 946 21,000 5,318 j 5,350 ] 5,786 I 2,900 23,059 2,829 451 604 6,237 3,700 440 4,745 4,664 1,875 6,941 3,550 316 Road-works Drainage .. Road-works 920 237 6,931 2,093 2,665 1,562 400 8,000 1,400 225 301 1,750 1,850 156 1,940 568 500 2,350 1,200 158 917 237 6,928 2,093 2,665 1,562 400 8,000 1,400 225 301 1,750 493 156 1,940 568 326 2,350 1,200 158 3 8 10 237 0 0 6,931 12 3 2,093 0 0 2,665 0 0 1,562 0 0 400 0 0 8,000 0 0 1,400 0 0 225 0 0 301 0 0 1,750 0 0 492 13 2 156 0 0 1,940 0 0 568 0 0 482 13 10 2,350 0 0 1,200 0 0 158 0 0 157 3 0 Ranklebum, Block VI. 544 I 409 136 136 136 0 0 Ruapekapeka Tanner Tautuku, Block I. .. 11,900 5,200 3,850 4,462 5,950 I 2,800 500 1,780 555 495 1,780 555 494 13 4 1,780 0 0 555 0 0 Tuapeka West, Blocks I., II., III., IV., VII., VIII. J- 2,545 [ 1,681 367 367 367 0 0 Upper Waitara Waiau Waikawa Waikawa-Otara Waimate Reserve No. 1126 .. Waimate Reserve No. 1128 .. Waimate Reserve No. 1178 .. Waiwera Woodlands, Blocks VII., X., XI. 840 8,831 6,000 31,000 634 516 157 3,900 1,693 23 Feb., 1893 30 Mar., 1,914 5,621 3,000 15,500 6,269 7,268 2,193 4,101 1,384 " 126 1,405 1,500 7,750 300 25 25 1,460 307 126 837 1,500 7,750 300 25 25 1,460 307 126 0 0 837 4 6 1,500 0 0 7,749 12 5 300 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 1,460 0 0 307 0 0 72 411 1273 15 Sept., 1892 •i 23 74 413 1297 30 Mar., 1893 22 Sept., 1892 1893-94. 4,725 196 25 6,300 3,182 2,775 7,432 2,325 6,500 777 23 Mar., 1893 23 Feb., 10 Aug., 24 Nov., 1892 21 Sept., 1893 20 Oct., 1892 27 April, 1893 6 July, 22 Sept., 1892 7 Sept., 1893 4,276 196 80' 5,469 1,580 2,998 12,845 1,163 8,204 485 Road-works 1,153 50 25 1,573 318 966 4,144 233 2,031 58 1,052 50 25 1,567 318 966 4,144 232 2,030 58 1,052 4 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 1,567 0 0 318 0 0 966 0 0 4,144 0 0 232 0 0 2,030 0 0 58 0 0 Autawa Catlin's, Block II. ... Glenomaru, Block IV. Hautapu,BlocksXI.,XIV.,XV. Kaimarama Lepperton .. Mangaerc Mangaokahu Mangoira-Coal Creek Nuhaka No. 2 21 13 62 92 71 83 30 54 74 68 393 246 1211 1567 1372 1383 526 1047 1297 1324 Carried forward 452,279 120,687 188 9 4 118,539 12 8 550,120 118,353 31st March, 1901. * The figures give the totals to the nearest pi >und for t: he year ending i

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Statement showing the Blocks of Land which have been proclaimed under "The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act Amendment Act, 1891," and "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1901," &c. — continued.

163

Gazetted. Surv >yor-General's Report. Expenditu: re. Name of Mock. Area of Block. No. Page. Date. Valuation of Block. Works required to open up such Block. Estimated Cost proposed to be borrowed. To Mar. 31, 1901. Prom April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902. Total to March 31, 1902. Brought forward Acres. 550,120 £ 452,279 £ 120,687 £ 118,35 £ s. d 188 9 4 £ s. d. 118,539 12 8 1893-94— continued. 8 4 ■M 71 90 28 40 13 19 35 45 68 49 74 72 152 26 571 1377 1521 539 656 245 340 573 860 1324 939 1419 1274 2 Feb., 1893 12 Jan., 1 May, 21 Sept., „ 11 Nov., 1892 31 Mar., „ 18 May, 1893 23 Feb., 16 Mar., „ 4 May, 8 June, 7 Sept. „ 22 June, „ 5 Oct., 15 Sept., 1892 Road-works Omahine, Block I. .. Opaku-Kapara Opuawhanga-Wbangarei No. 1 Oteramika Pohui Stirling Swinburn Tahaukupu Tararua Tauhoa-Komokoriki Taupiri Tauwharetoi Umutaoroa.. Waipoua Wellington Fruit-growers' Association Woodville 455 18,620 4,600 6,253 4,306 4,770 1,790 2,817 3,993 2,650 9,200 9,404 1,461 58,200 2,625 ; 341 10,455 2,300 2,631 3,655 6,678 1,610 2,256 4,592 1,000 3,910 4,975 956 29,100 8,565 114 2,793 500 625 538 1,193 288 675 998 325 920 1,175 100 5,800 1,313 114 2,793 490 120 538 1,192 200 675 998 325 562 1,169 28 5,799 1,313 114 0 0 2,793 0 0 490 3 6 120 1 0 538 0 0 1,192 0 0 200 0 0 675 0 0 998 0 0 325 0 0 562 8 1 1,169 0 0 28 7 1 5,799 5 5 1,313 0 0 254 49 939 22 June, 1893 286 25 25 25 0 0 1894-95. 26 July, 1894 29 Mar., „ 16 Mar., 1893 24 Aug., 1894 15 Sept., 1892 16 Mar., 1893 1,721 6,152 4,871 8,8C0 1,840 6,600 Road-works 18410 5 421 0 0 884 10 5 794 0 0 1,713 15 10 321 16 9 1,375 0 0 Egmont, Block VI. .. Gimmerburn Hall Hautapu No. 2 Invercargill Hundred Kaitangiwhenua Special Settlement Lauder-Blackstone Lauder-Tiger Hill Lower Wanaka Maniototo .. Mecalickstone Momahaki Village Settlement Okoke Pakiri Palmerston North Knights of Labour Pohonuiatane Ruahine Salisbury and Delaware Sommerville Waiotahi Wanganui 1,683 8,682 3,175 6,856 1,403 11,000 J 3,809 28,723 3,368 277 6,010 824 13,893 2,950 10,995 57 24 19 65 72 19 24 ■a 24 19 7 51 21 28 1163 481 340 1272 1273 340 481 714 481 339 131 1019 387 539 29 Mar., 1894 10 May, 29 Mar., „ 16 Mar., 1893 25 Jan., 1894 5 July, „ 23 Mar., 1893 31 Mar., 1892 3,608 22,112 1,250 245 4,954 6,311 9,577 1,106 12,222 421 1,032 794 1,714 400 1,375 476 1,000 101 104 1,503 1,360 2,369 369 2,749 421 750 794 1,714 322 1,375 400 300 101 100 1,503 1,329 2,353 369 2,749 76 0 0 300 0 0 30 12 4 13 19 0 476 0 0 600 0 0 101 0 0 100 0 0 1,503 0 0 1,360 0 0 2,366 11 1 369 0 0 2,749 0 0 28,000 4,800 13,399 8,566 6,050 6,222 19 61 28 340 1291 539 16 Mar., 1893 16 Aug., 1894 31 Mar., 1892 28,000 2,225 14,272 9,085 2,269 6,046 6,959 840 3,348 2,142 756 1,556 2,817 824 3,348 2,142 751 1,556 3,471 19 4 6,288 16 6 824 1 9 3,348 0 0 2,142 0 0 750 13 9 1,556 0 0 57 19 1162 340 26 July, 1894 16 Mar., 1893 1895-96. 351 3,668 22,535 4,650 11,041 3,200 3,800 702 1,834 24,748 4,081 5,233 3,150 3,860 Road-works 220 458 500 1,163 2,616 800 950 217 458 200 1,163 1,270 800 950 216 16 3 458 0 0 500 0 0 1,163 0 0 1,779 13 3 800 0 0 950 0 0 Ackers Avoca Blackstone-Gimmerburn Clifton No. 1 Dannevirke Centennial Eltham Gatton Glenomaru, Blocks III., IV., y., vii., x. Hikurangi No. 2 68 24 10 28 19 1327 482 233 539 340 7 Sept., 1893 29 Mar., 1894 7 Feb., 1895 31 Mar., 1892 16 Mar., 1893 300 0 0 509 17 6 Hokonui Kaiparoro .. Kaitangata.. .Kaitangiwhenua No. 2 .. i Kaitieke Karioi-Alexandra I 1,040 4,148 3,223 9,392 7,105 46,045 45,500 13,300 13 42 82 18 7 60 89 27 12 10 246 783 1663 459 149 1245 1863 510 283 269) 270 } 1215 1951 397 1637 958 1510 233 284 234 973 23 Feb., „ 25 May, 1895 16 Nov., 1894 7 Mar., 1895 30 Jan., 1896 15 Aug., 1895 5 Dec, „ 5 April, 1894 14 Feb., 1895 13 Feb., 1896 } 619 ' - 3,240 J 1,607 6,414 4,856 27,627 41,700 4,987 179 520 603 1,174 884 5,756 11,375 1,662 131 497 85 1,174 656 5,756 4,253 1,662 1,339 5 5 130 15 4 497 5 5 85 7 10 1,174 0 0 656 0 0 5,756 0 0 5,592 4 11 1,661 14 6 Kaupokonui Kawhatau Llewellyn .. .. Mai ton Farm Homestead Manganui and Ruapehu Manganui-Egmont Maniototo No. 2 Maniototo No. 3 .. Naseby, No. 2 .. .. j Ngunguru 230 5,700 4,594 1,200 7,350 2,833 6,916 6,295 ; 2,444 6,125 62 94 15 80 46 72 10 12 10 46 10 Aug., 1893 21 Dec, 1894 9 Mar., 1896 8 Oct., 1894 21 June, „ 4 Oct., 7 Feb., 1895 14 Feb., , I 7 Feb., 20 June, 230 6,588 3,445 944 6,337 3,597 5,911 6,001 2,038 3,210 it 58 1,425 862 302 1,838 894 907 300 313 772 58 1,378 14 302 936 894 300 6"8 10 298 19 1 784 9 1 58 0 0 1,384 5 2 313 5 1 302 0 0 1,720 14 0 894 0 0 500 0 0 200 0 0 751 750'12 1 Carried forward 1,074,888 861,864 205,968 184,617 7,654 10 4 192,269 17 8

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Statement showing the Blocks of Land which have been proclaimed under "The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act Amendment Act, 1891," and "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1901," &c.— continued.

164

&ai letted. Surveyor-General's ;eport. Expenditu: ■e. Name of Block. Area of Block. No. Page. Date. T7 , Works Y alua " required to Bloc? ope V o P k SUCh Estimated Cost proposed to be borrowed. To Mar. 31, 1901. From April 1, 1901, to March 31, 1902. Total to March 31, 1902. Brought forward Acres. 1,074,888 £ 861,864 £ 205,968 £ 184,617 £ s. d. 7,654 10 4 £ a. d. 192,269 17 8 1895-96 — continued. Pohangina Puketoi-Aohanga Puniwbakau Rangiwhakaoma Ross 4,722 1,277 10.C95 13,650 1,912 28 92 19 72 34 539 1933 340 1501 760 (939) I955f 939 1640 1864 1245 539 94 973 342 31 Mar., 1892 19 Dec, 1895 16 Mar., 1893 4 Oct., 1894 9 May, 1895 4,250 1,027 7,604 5,487 2,564 Road-works 1,181 319 1,926 1,421 478 1,181 319 1,926 1,421 438 1,181 0 0 319 0 0 1,926 0 0 1,421 0 0 437 19 0 Ruakituri 4,855 46 21 June, 1894 4,624 364 353 353 15 2 Marlborough Ruapuna Takahue and Whangape Terrace End Umutoi Waiawa Waimana Whakarara, Section 14, Block XII. 4,670 847 12,200 11,118 2,200 20,000 15,986 508 I 46 80 89 60 28 5 46 16 8 Nov., „ 5 Dec, 1895 15 Aug., 31 Mar., 1892 27 Jan., 1896 20 June, 1895 1 Mar., 1894 2,043 1,270 4,270 8,950 1,675 8,000 5,994 406 467 106 1,800 2,173 550 2,500 2,000 38 75 1,800 2,173 550 660 2,000 75 0 0 1,800 0 0 2,173 0 0 550 0 0 1,952 19 2 2,000 0 0 1,293 0 6 1896-97. Auckland Special Settlement Catlin's, Blocks IV., V., VI., VII. Gladstone Karioi Parish Mangataniwha No. 2 Maropiu Ohinewairua Patua Rawhitiroa.. 24 Oct., 1895 12 Sept., „ Road-works 899 1,057 898 870 104 7 5 898 0 1 974 16 10 8,995 8,580 78 68 1665 1426 3,698 4,228 7,597 550 1,220 5,350 7,462 9,692 32,746 24 33 47 24 11 24 1 482 665 955 667 242 667 5 28 Mar., 1894 3 May, „ 18 June, 1896 11 Mar., 1897 28 Jan., 11 Mar., „ 7 Jan., „ 5,822 206 487 2,675 7,491 6,542 8,186 1,899 55 120 535 1,865 1,636 46 1,400 55 42 245 1,864 1,627 4 371 16 1 31 10 3 122 11 2 1,772 5 7 55 0 0 73 9 9 368 1 2 1,864 1 3 1,627 0 0 3 11 11 Te Mara .. 18,700 56 1092 13 July, 1893 1,376 436 428 427 16 3 Te Ngaue .. Wheimakura 1,470 11,000 54 19 1106 340 16 July, 1896 16 Mar., 1893 1,286 6,600 367 1,690 200 409 139 4 0 324 6 7 339 4 0 733 4 7 ■ 1897-98. 38,329 j 30 { 97 773 2081 1901) 1902 f 773 1361 494 1 April, 1897 18 Nov., „ I 25,704 Road-works 7,500 7,500 0 0 Hundalee 12,852 Huiarua 7,750 90 I 21 Oct., „ 2,695 1,000 Kaiparoro No. 2 Makahu Maungaru Paekotare Taumata Waikawa, Block II... Waikiekie 400 6,551 4,368 890 3,423 307 600 30 66 20 1 April, „ 27 Aug., 1896 24 Mar., 1898 150 6,180 2,184 356 2,188 746 • 788 50 1,468 460 80 428 186 150 50 983 182 76 428 165 17 3 191 0 9 50 0 0 1,149 3 3 372 13 11 75 14 6 428 0 0 90 78 495 1901 1698 21 Oct., 1897 15 Oct., 1896 150 150' 0 0 1898-99. 4,050 17,170 71,953 3,190 4,273 3,556 4,927 7,397 3,548 4,880 7,684 10,223 950 584 1,550 6,467 8,816 5,277 24 Mar., 1898 28 Nov., 1895 5 Jan., 1899 3 Nov., 1898 2,775 11,382 36,000 2,981 2,136 1,770 2,819 2,774 3,019 1,700 3,842 4,548 493 292 1,768 4,040 7,788 3,677 Road-works 400 4,192 10,000 797 582 445 616 739 738 600 700 2,000 120 70 350 1,027 2,204 910 70 1,634 10,000 797 582 49 11 9 189 4 0 119 18 8 1,823 1 10 9,999 12 7 797 0 0 582 0 0 Awaroa No. 2 Hautapu-Ruahine No. 2 Hauturu Hurimoana Kaipikari Kauaeranga Kawhia Kaikokopu .. Kohuratahi Kobumaru .. Mamaku Mangakahia Mareikur&No. 1 Mareikura No. 2 Makotuku, Block III. Marco Marton No.'3 Naseby, Maniototo, and Gimmerburn Ngapaeruru Ngapaeruru No. 2 .. Okohiriki Onslow Otukai 20 87 1 79 91 70 16 79 83 24 20 77 79 28 13 19 79 495 1841 1 1774 1775 2021 1498 435 1774 1846 564 495 1716 1773 539 382 340 1774 20 Dec, 22 Sept., „ 23 Feb., 1899 3 Nov., 1898 17 Nov., „ 7 April, „ 24 Mar., 27 Oct., 3 Nov., „ 31 Mar., 1892 16 Feb., 1899 16 Mar., 1893 3 Nov., 1898 299 14 721 88 481 1,887 26 126 8 11 282 19 3 16 14 4 58 2 9 199 4 7 48 16 3 93 17 0 42 13 5 87 3 0 10 5 7 664 3 6 300 0 0 425 17 0 296 17 7 738 0 0 146 9 1 680 2 0 1,935 17 5 120 0 0 42 13 5 366 15 9 1,027 0 0 2,184 11 -2 300 0 0 280 1,017 1,520 37,599 10,440 15,500 2,405 9,60C 80 20 91 34 83 1914 548 2021 640 1845 1 Dec, 15 Mar., 1900 20 Dec, 1898 28 April, 1892 17 Nov., 1898 18,799 18,000 6,200 1,327 3,360 8,000 3,000 1,550 601 1,000 J 10816 138 16 8 10,954 9 6 454 554 196 114 4 5 22 2 3 568 6 0 576 0 3 196 3 11 Carried forward 246,362 12,842 12 0 259,202 10 3 1,597,547 1,151,106 289,211

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Statement showing the Blocks of Land which have been proclaimed under "The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act Amendment Act, 1891," and "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1901," &c.—continued.

By Authority : John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington. —l9o2.

22—C. 1.

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Gazetted. Surveyor-General's leport. Expenditu: ■e. Name of Block. Area of Block. Page. Date. Valua- Works tin . „« required to Estimated Cost proposod to be borrowed. From April 1, 1901, to Mar. 81, 1902. No. To Mar. 31, 1901.. Total to March 31, 1902. Brought forward Acres. 1,597,547 1,151,106 S, 289,211 & 246,362 £ s. a I 12,842 12 0 £ a. d. 259,202 10 3 1898-99 -continued. Opanake Opuatea No. 1 Opuatea No. 2 Opuatea No. 3 Puhipuhi Puriri 2,508 5,720 8,030 4,337 24,800 1,856 24 9 83 563 254 1847 1846 2022 7 April, 1898 2 Feb., 1899 17 Nov., 1898 1,254 2,288 2,735 1,976 16,675 791 Road-works 100 858 1,000 600 4,169 186 99 300 264 225 2,950 354 6 7 257 15 5 243 14 1 1,218 16 4 99 1 0 654 6 7 521 8 4 468 12 7 4,169 0 0 91 20 Dec, '' Pukeokahu Rimuputa .. Tβ Puroa Tokatoka 11,379 5,609 8,600 12,093 (87 ! 10 ' 77 83 38 1841 283 1715 1846 911 28 Nov., 1895 13 Feb., 1896 27 Oct., 1898 17 Nov., „ 26 May, „ 111,957 3,228 3,440 20,826 2,844 799 1,000 7,189 1,200 799 228 5,569 233 12 0 411 7 1 267 17 7 1,433 12 0 799 0 0 639 13 11 5,837 3 11 Drains and roads Road-works Upper Makohine Umurua Waimatanui Waipu 14,201 4,866 20,000 6,350 24 20 65 564 496 1398 7 April, „ 24 Mar., ■ "„ 1 Sept., „ 15,851 2,433 8,000 2,540 3,693 480 3,000 790 3,087 479 1,781 571 609 18 4 93 18 3 3,087 0 0 478 14 11 2,390 11 3 665 7 2 1899-1900. 9,436 80,000 4, ■!(;"> 1,486 1,893 1,108 24,100 4,456 9,969 10,276 20,449 17,625 3,835 4,229 5,347 3,026 6,595 4,650 30 100 14 42 91 729 2198 360 953 2031 2032 6 April, 1899 1 Dec, 15 Feb., 1900 18 May, 1899 2 Nov., 8,175 32,000 1,855 668 1,135 670 6,200 6,691 3,988 6,928 7,650 11,308 2,419 2,663 2,177 1,486 3,620 2,106 Road-works 2,500 10,000 617 330 284 111 2,800 1,114 1,800 1,784 1,912 2,203 550 789 535 378 1,144 466 1,856 9,552 143 19 1 411 10 0 249 6 5 2,000 0 0 9,963 12 4 249 6 5 Kaitao Kinohaku West Kuraiti Mataro Mauku Mangakahia No. 2 Matigorewa-Kaharoa Oraukura Ptikeho Piko Pine Valley .. Pirongia West Poarangi Putikituna Puketarata .. Puketarata No. 2 Putiki Tangihua 78 91 43 68 14 1803 2032 1009 1477 361 21 Sept., „ 2 Nov., „ 25 May, 10 Aug., 1899 15 Feb., 1900 169 559 550 1,002 1,007 269 750 22 14 0 13 0 0 654 9 2 174 18 4 483 4 4 775 16 3 429 18 6 902 3 4 15 4 0 9 9 0 14 2 8 320 5 11 383 19 10 247 1 11 191 7 0 13 0 0 1,213 0 0 724 18 4 1,485 3 6 1,782 7 9 698 14 5 1,651 19 5 15 4 0 789 0 0 532 11 7 320 5 11 1,185 8 11 247 1 11 1 104 64 104 360 1 2261 1358 2261 4 Jan., „ 14 Dec, 1899 27 July, „ 14 Dec, 780 518 751 1900-1. Kaiwaka, Blocks IV., VIII., XI. Makino Mangapoike.. Mangatoro, Block I. .. Moki Ngamatea-Maungakaretu Ngaurukehu Nuhaka No. 3 Ohinewairua, Block XIII Ohinewairua-Pukeokahu Tauakira Te Ruanui .. Tiriraukawa-Hautapu Waikekeho .. Waingarara.. Wharekopae - Hangaroa - Matawai* Wharepuhunga Whatitirl No. 1 4,789 8,608 14,672 1,700 8,734 8,315 1,092 4,138 876 9,785 20,736 1,545 5,622 590 1,634 4 24 38 99 4 24 4 56 521 857 2178 55 55 522 55-6 56 1522 55 56 1522 1666 10 Jan., 1901 28 Feb., , 3 May, 1900 6 Deo., „ 10 Jan., 1.901 28 Feb., "„ 10 Jan., 1,768 3,444 8,293 1,329 4,570 0,491 1,092 5,351 2,734 9,330 16,551 4,256 5,250 1,178 1,111 Road-works 598 1,151 1,834 425 1,531 2,078 409 1,034 481 2,935 2,592 386 1,686 419 373 95 5 1,034 14 1 953 10 10 50 9 0 318 13 3 183 12 2 1,056 8 4 258 10 4 225 7 10 49 5 4 13 13 0 1,034 14 1 1,048 15 10 50 9 0 323 13 11 183 12 2 1,071 12 8 258 10 4 225 7 10 199 18 4 13 13 0 72 4 16 Aug., 1900 10 Jan., 1901 15 72 78 16 Aug., 1900 6 Sept., „ 151 31,700 5,628 18 51 335 1113 7 Feb., 1901 14 June, 1900 8,907 4,830 2,828 844 452 156 14 9 60S' 6 8 1901-2. Kinohaku West No. 2 Mangatawa ... Mahoenui Owai Pakanae Parahaki Stag and Spey Tahora Tahora No. 2 South .. Tangitu Te Kuiti Tokatoka No. 2 Waipapa Wairau Waitaha Whangaingatakupu .. Wharekopae-Tahora No. 2 Whareorino 25,195 6,804 ! 6,624 3,400 992 1,935 12,246 2,311 43,037 11,805 3,566 1,966 i 49,410 3,933 4,270 975 I 14,401 20,588 72 2 73 34 90 24 90 70 73 2 73 52 73 24 73 1572 1602 1602 1601 821 1977 522 1977 1498 1601 4 1601-2 1160 1602 522 i 1602 1 Aug., 1901 9 Jan., 1902 8 Aug., 1901 4 April, „ 17 Oct., 28 Feb , 17 Oct., 25 July, 8 Aug., „ 9 Jan., 1902 8 Aug., 1901 23 May, 8 Aug., „ 28 Feb., 1901 8 Aug., „ 12,500 3,796 3,960 1,020 291 569 11,148 1,422 16,139 7,463 3,107 3,441 22,988 1,560 5,362 366 11,869 12,349 Road-works 3,750 1,270 990 340 124 193 2,787 471 4,304 2,140 777 1,474 3,433 390 1,341 171 1,440 5,776 1,937 0 2 47 11 0 5 2 0 2,558 6 5 25 5 0 1,937 0 2 47 11 0 5 2 0 2,558 6 5 25 5 0 W 943 19 2 75 0 4 305 6 3 943 19 2 75 0 4 305 6 3 , Totals 2,284,461 1,552,674 398,011 282,395 31,983 9 8 314,375 7 7 • This Block is now subdivide< •eturn for 1901-2, and the last block into the is witbdra" tollowin vn for ti ig: Whs he presi irekopae-Tahora No. 2, Tahora No. 2 Sout] ?nt. and Tahora No. 2 North. The first two appear irt

NORTH ISLAND (TE IKA-A-MAUi) . NEW ZEALAND SHOWING LAND TRANSACTIONS, 1901-02. Scale of English Miles

MIDDLE ISLAND (TE WAI-POUNAMU) NEW ZEALAND SHOWING LAND TRANSACTIONS, 1901-02. Scale of English Miles

NORTH ISLAND (TE-IKA-A MAUI) NEW ZEALAND Scale of English Miles

MIDDLE ISLAND (TE WAI-POUNAMU) NEW ZEALAND SHOWN STATE OF THE PUBLIC SURVEYS, 1902. Scale of English Miles

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