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RETURN of LANDS Disposed of without Sale in the several PROVINCIAL DISTRICTS of NEW ZEALAND, from the 1st January to the 31st December, 1878. Southland.

(') Does not include lands taken up by Immigrants under sec. 2 of "The Waste Lands Administration Act, 1876," upon any deferred-payment system. (a) Includes reserves of all kinds for Governing Bodies, Corporations, &c, but does not include Native reserves, nor reserves provisionally made and not denned.

RECAPITULATION. SUMMARY of LAND absolutely disposed of without Sale in the several PROVINCIAL DISTRICTS from the 1st January to 31st December, 1878.

By Authority: GeoeGB Ditsbtjby, Government Printer, Wellington.—1879.

To Immigrants under Immigrants Land Acts.(') Period. Amount. Cash paid by Minister. Under PreviousTransactions. In Occupation. | "-»*• Reserves set apart or granted for Public Purposes of any kind. (2) To Europeans or Natives under Native Reserves Acts, &c, or in fulfilment of Engagements. To Natives or Europeans by Grants under Native Lands Acts. In Satisfaction of Land Scrip, or otherwise not specified. Total Land disposed of without Sale. t 1878. Quarter ending 31st March » » 30th June ,, „ 30th September ... „ „ 31st December ... A. R. I'. 8| 2 O 84 10 o A. 11. l\ a. r. p. A. R. P. A. R. P. A. R. P. A. R. P. A. R. P. 84 2 O 43 o 19 179 2 o Totals ... 84 2 O 84 2 O 84 10 O 43 ° '9 179 2 o

To Immigrants under Immigrants Land Acts. Reserves set apart or granted for Public Purposes of any kind. To Europeans or Natives under Native Reserves Acts, &c, or in fulfilment of Engagements. To Natives or Europeans by Grants under Native Land Acts. In Satisfaction of Land Scrip, or otherwise not specified. Total Land disposed of without Sale. Provincial District. Amount Cash for same Va , ue of C , rt i ficates ""^Minlst^r. exercised as Cash. A. R. P. 80 o o £ »• d. 40 o o £ •• d. A. R. P. A. H. P. A. R. P. A. R. P. A. R. P. 80 o o 4,310 I 24 30.63' 3 38 o 2 24 1,006 2 O 17,007 1 o 164 1 8 252 o 24 84 2 O Auckland Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington Nelson ... Marlborough Canterbury Westland Otago (exclusive of Southland) Southland 4,049 o 24 1.302 3 >4 1,962 3 23 o 2 24 261 1 o 20 3 II 137 3 5 80 o o 395 ° o 28,471 1 10 60 o o 691 1 o 1,132 o o 15.735 ° ° 13 2 28 246 1 3 190 o o 1,006 2 o 39' ° ° 150 2 20 5 3 21 84 2 o 59 6 6 84 10 o Totals 1,790 16 6 23,310 I 36 261 I o 28,661 I 10 1,608 o 20 54.86i 1 *3 1,020 o 37