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only of these lands are productive. The total revenue collected from the portion of the estate in the occupation of tenants since the Ist July, 1865, the date at which the portion alluded to first became occupied, to the 31st December, 1869, amounted to £14,361 19s. 7d.; while the expenditure for the same period was £10,366 9s. 5d., leaving a balance to the credit of the fund of £3995 10s. 2d. 3. Eeserves of the third class are lands that have been excepted from sale by the Natives on the cession of the surrounding territory to the Crown, and set apart for their use and occupation. Of the reserves of this class very few have beon utilized in the way of producing a revenue, the land being chiefly required for the use of the Natives. The Natives in the Provinces of Canterbury and Otago have obtained titles, under the provisions of " The Native Lands Act," to the whole of the reserves of this class situated in these Provinces, during the sitting of the Native Lands Court there in 1868. 4. Eeserves of the fourth class comprise the awards made by the Native Lands Court in 1868, in final extinguishment of all claims under the terms of Kemp's or the Ngaitahu Deed of 1848, in pursuance of which the Court set apart, in the Provinces of Otago and Canterbury, land to the extent of 4,789 acres. Besides the reserves alluded to above, a few parcels of land have been devoted to this purpose by the Superintendents of Provinces, especially in Canterbury. The total acreage sot apart in the South Island for Native purposes amounts to 119,544 acres, 2 roods, 18 perches. The quantity, when averaged over the Native population in the Middle and Stewart's Island, gives 50f acres to each individual. But, besides the quantity stated, the Natives in the Province of Nelson own territory at Wakapuaka, and D'Urville's Island, comprising about 51,170 acres; and at the Island of Euapuke, in Foveaux Straits, an area of 4.093 acres. Alexander Mackay, Commissioner.

RETURN showing the TOTAL ACREAGE set apart for NATIVE PURPOSES in the PROVINCES in the SOUTH ISLAND.

Locality. Total Acreage. Total Acreage ii each Province. Province op Nelson — New Zealand Company's tenths Educational reserves General reserves A. B. p. 5,053 1 30 3,490 0 0 50,022 2 5 A. B. P. 58,565 3 35 Province oe Maelboeoitgh— General reserves 21,414 2 8 County op Westland— General reserves 21,414 2 8 5,937 1 16 Pbovince op Canteebuev —■ Eeserves made in 1848 in terms of Kemp's purchase Eeserves made in 1849 in terms of the Port Cooper purchase Eeserves made in 1849 in terms of the Port Levy purchase Eeserves set apart by the Canterbury Government ... ... ... .., Eeserves set apart by Mr. Hamilton on Bank's Peninsula, in 1856... Eeserves made by General Government to supplement reserves at Kaiapoi, Taumutu, and Waimatemate Eeserves made in pursuance of awards of the Native Land Court in 1868, in final extinguishment of promises made under Kemp's deed of 1848... 5,937 1 16 3,531 1 0 859 0 0 1,361 0 0 44 1 0 1,298 0 0 286 1 0 2,695 0 0 10,074 3 0 Pbovince op Otago— Eeserves made in 1844 in terms of Captain Symond's purchase Eeserves made in 1848 in terms of Kemp's purchase Eeserves made in 1853 in terms of the Murihiku purchase Eeserves made in pursuance of awards of the Native Land Court in 1868, in final extinguishment of promises made under Kemp's deed of 1848 Granted by the Native Land Court in 1868, out of an area of 1 acre 3 roods, 24 perches set apart for the Natives at Port Chalmers in 1852 ... 9,615 1 12 3,(572 0 16 242 0 26 2,098 2 24 0 3 1 15,628 3 39 Pbovince op Southland — Eeserves made in 1853 in terms of Murihiku purchase ... Eeserved by the Provincial Government for Te Oni Topi Patuki ... 4,588 0 0 400 0 0 Stewart's Island — Eeserves made in 1864 in terms of the Stewart's Island purchase ... Eeserves for educational purposes made in terms of the Stewart's Island purchase ... 4,988 0 0 935 0 0 2,000 0 0 2,935 0 0 SITMMAEY. Province of Nelson ... „ Marlborough County of Westland ... Province of Canterbury Otago ... „ Southland Stewart's Island A. B. P. 58,565 3 35 21,414 2 8 5,937 1 16 10,074 3 0 15,628 3 39 4,988 0 0 2,935 0 0 A. B. P. 119,544 2 18