C—No. 2.

RETURN of the Acreage of PROVINCIAL WASTE LANDS yet Unsurveyed; the Acreage Surveyed, and ready for Sale or Settlement; and the Acreage of Lands Sold or otherwise disposed of, but of which Surveys have not been completed, to 31st December, 1870.

EETUEN OF PEOVINCIAL WASTE LANDS.

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PART I. Acijeage op Provincial Waste Lands yet TTnstoveyed. PART II. Acreage Surveyed, and heady tor Sale ok Settlement. PART III. Acreage of Lands Sold oe otheewise disposed of, but of which surveys have not been completed. Province. Town. Suburban. Rural. Town. Suburban. Rural. Town. Suburban. Rural. A. E. P. A. R. r. A. E. P. 625,707 0 0 11,000 0 0 740,000 0 0 A. R. p. 1,577 0 10 A. B. P. 2,695 1 32 A. E. P. 11,465 0 OA 1,500 0 0 47,614 0 0 ( 21,850 Rural ( 48, 548 Pastoral 5,000 0 0 5,290 0 0 1,400,514 0 Od Nile 100,000 0 0 88,684 2 26 A. E. P. A. u. r. A. E. P. 395,171 0 0 i 7,700 0 0 2,196 0 0 Auckland^' Tar&naki 'Eawke'a Bay 410' 0 0 188 1 22 2,215 0 0 Wellington 450 0 0 1,300 0 0 1,062,000 0 0 156 0 0 2,398 0 0 341 0 0 943 0 0 541,505 0 0« Nelson h Matlborough ... Canterbury AVestland County Otagoy Southland/ 164 0 0 815 0 0 6,138 0 8 2,900 0 0 20,000 0 0 9,812 1 15 800 0 0 43,000 0 0 970 0 0 6,015,000 0 0 25,000 0 0 6,411,027 0 0c 73,000 0 0 12,045,000 0 0 2,056,996 0 0 473 0 0 205 0 0 165 3 27 610 0 0 2,765 0 0 854 0 0 2,533 0 0 6,230 0 0 Nile 63 0 0 21 0 0 27,147 0 0 885 0 0 2,000 0 0 54,678 2 32 Total 29,061,730 0 0 6,994 1 19 1,730,465 2 26 1,006 0 0 1,031,303 2 32 40,279 1 23 46,480 0 0 16,101 1 32 341 0 0 a Tliis Return is but approximately correct, pending survey. Out of this rural laud, most probably town and suburban sections will be taken as the surveys progress, and new settlements are formed, and the country opened up by roads. b The acreage in Part I., for the Province of Nelson, is exclusive of the Public Reserves, and the large Buller Coal Reserve. c ReconnuUance surveys of 5,939,000 acres of the above have been executed. d This amount includes all unpurchased land of which the trigonometrical and topographical survey has been completed. e Free selection before survey. /The acreage of Public Reserves is included in the area given in Part III. g Of the unsurveyed town lands, 9,438 acres are within hundreds. Of the unsurveyed rnral land, 280,000 acres are within hundreds. Of the rural surveyed land, about 90,000 acres are within hundreds. h In addition to the above, there are also ready for sale and settlement partially surveyed lands, to the extent of 107,617 acres. i Although not in a position to be returned as " completed," it should be understood that the surveys of a large proportion of the area noted in this column are in a state considerably advanced towards completion. j In the Auckland Province, there are about 56,000 acres of " surplus lands " reverting to the Crown from old land claims, which are not included in this Return. Or. S. COOPEB, Acting for Secretary for Crown Lands.