C—No. I

RETURN OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ACRES SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE VARIOUS PROVINCES OF NEW ZEALAND, FROM 1ST OF APRIL, 1856, TO 31ST OF DECEMBER, 1869.

PROVINCE. Total Akea Op the Province. Land Sold pob Cash. Land otherwise disposed of. Total Numbeb op Acres disposed op. Land remainingtor suture disposal. A. E. P. A. E. P. £ s. d. A. E. P. A. E. P. A. E. P. Auckland 16,650,000 0 0 527,958 2 31 90,670 3 10 1,035,040 1 1 1,562,998 3 32 *749,061 2 2 Tabanaki 2,137, 000 0 0 8,362 0 37 2,088 8 3 15,493 1 31 23, 855 2 28 11,000 0 0 Hawke's BATf Wellington ... 7,200, 000 0 0 789, 128 2 24 291,297 4 10 96,738 2 30 885,867 1 4 1,180, 000 0 0 Nelson 6,928, 000 0 0 725,927 3 20 271, 816 6 8 5,085 1 31 731,013 1 11 6,196, 986 2 29 Maelboeotjgh... 3,000,000 0 0 503,342 0 31 168,378 19 6 9,687 2 7 513,029 2 38 2,486,970 1 2 Cantebbtjey ... 8,693,027 0 0 678,349 0 29| 1,365,256 10 1 72,993 1 9 751,342 1 381 7,817,171 0 4£ WeSTLAST) CotTNTT 3,025,000 0 0 3,324 2 17 17,831 12 2 7,238 3 13 10,563 1 30 3,014, 436 2 10 Otago 13,360, 640 0 0 893,008 0 0 944, 314 0 0 127,511 1 9 1,020,519 1 9 12,317, 847 2 31 SOUTHLAND 2,780,592 1 0 510,127 2 2 497, 530 9 6 48,331 2 27 558,459 0 29 2,222,133 0 11 Total 63,774,259 1 0 4,639,528 3 31| 3,649, 183 14 10 1,418, 120 1 38 6,057,649 1 191 35,995,606 3 9* * This area does not inclut le Surplus Lands (about 66,000 acres) reverting from old land claims to the Crown. t Information not yet furnished. [The Cost of this Keturn is £9 10s.]