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RETURN of LAND Sold for Cash or otherwise Disposed of in the several PROVINCIAL DISTRICTS of NEW ZEALAND, from the 1st November to the 31st December, 1876.

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LAND SOLD FOR CASH OR MONEY SCRIP. Number of Acres. Consideration. Deferred Payments. Total Area Alienated since the Foundation of the Colony. Total Cash Received. Land in hand open for Sale. Provincial District. Town. Suburban. Country. Cash. Money Scrip of any sort. Total Cash received. Land Crown-granted. Land Forfeited. Auckland ... ... Hawke's Bay Taranaki ... Wellington Nelson Marlborough Canterbury Westland Otago Southland District A. R. P. O 2 23f A. R. P. 20 2 25J A. R. P. 40 O O 4,700 2 37 78 O O 2,329 I 36 424 I 13 £ s. d. 20 O O 3,986 18 8 181 O O 1,964 2 6 424 10 I £ s. d. £ s. d. 20 o o 3,986 18 8 181 o o 1,965 2 6 424 IO I A. R. P. A. R. P. 665 2 O A. R. P. 2,168,625 3 O 944,257 3 18 151,677 O IO 1,679,376 o o 1,013.721 3 o 840,999 2 o 2,291,460 o 8 i34"5 2 19 2,056,064 2 245 939.773 1 23 £ s. d. 314,480 9 6 410,873 8 8 36,305 11 11 644,604 16 6 349.3S2 10 1 264,282 9 3 3,667,766 19 7 52,133 o 4 1,807,658 12 6 892,354 16 8 A. It. 1'. 1,254,181 o o 75,000 o o 13,710 o o 85,397 2 5 5,871,777 o o 2,159,006 2 O 6,401,566 3 32 238,855 2 Mj 197,961 O O 1,700,965 3 17 ... OOIO o 1 35 342 3 36 60 o o 50 o o 9,140 3 O ... IOO o o ... ... 3 o 20 78 0 15 8 3 27 216 34 3 5 31,680 3 33 265 o o 8,738 3 28 1,226 o 23 63,361 18 O 438 15 6 20,341 14 6 1,407 15 o 92,126 14 3 30 o o 63,361 18 o 438 15 6 20,341 14 6 1,407 15 o 425 o o 2,337 o 17 I I Totals 91 1 10J : —- — 400 2 32J 49,483 2 9 1140 o o 92,127 14 3 9.565 3 o 3,102 2 17 12,220,071 2 22j 8,439,812 15 o 17,998,421 1 33 RECAPITULATION. SUMMARY of Lakd absolutely disposed of without Sale in the several Provincial Districts from ist November to 31st December, 1876. Provincial District. To Immigr, A-mount Crown-granted. To Immigrants under Immigrants Land Acts. SANTS UNDER IMMIGRANTS LAND ACTS. Reserves set apart or granted Cash for same ... c r. .... . for Public Purposes originally paid by Value of Certificates 0 f anvkin 3. Minister. exercised as Cash. ' To Europeans or Natives under To Natives or Native Reserves Europeans by Grants Acts, fee., under Native or in fulfilment of Land Acts. Engagements. In satisfaction of Land Scrip, or otherwise not specified. Total Land disposed of without Sale. A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. A. R. P. A. R. P. A. R. P. A. R. P. A. R. r. Auckland Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington NelsonMarlborough Canterbury Westland ... Otago (exclusive of Southland) 60 O O 30 o o 94 o o 6,574 1 24 205 2 8 94 o o 6,634 1 24 205 2 8 170 o o 800 o 1 14 170 O O 340 o o 800 o i 14 40 o o Totals 6,676 I 24 7,112 1 6 230 1 14 410 O O 205 2 8