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APPROXIMATE RETURN of AREAS of NATIVE LANDS PURCHASED since 1870, and handed over to the Administration of the Crown Lands Department.

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Provincial District. Year. Areas handed over. Areas Sold. Value. Cash received. Remarks. Auckland 1870-1873 1874 1875 1876-77 1878-79 Acres. Nil. 122,102 Nil. 427,307 601,239 Acres. Nil. Nil. Nil. 302 3S9 £ s. * d. £ s. d. Taranaki } 566 0 0 303 0 0 Also scrip, £263 1870-1873 1874 1875 1870 1877 1878 1879 1,153,618 691 Nil. 48,770 384-9 Nil. 91,950 Nil. Nil. Nil. Nil. 9,583 6,911 8,159 22,121 5,557 15,812 10,149 11,318 42,718 9,809 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8,868 6,011 5,006 29,490 7,874 0 0"| 0 0 0 0 » 0 0 0 0_, The difference between "Value" and "Cash received" is accounted for by "Scrip," and land sold on deferred payments. Hawke's Bay 1870 to 1874 1875 1870 1877 1878 1879 Nil. 182,219 52,331 89,806 0 0 57,249 0 0 _ J f 133,258<| Nil. 2,554 8,113 9,222 4,437 2,328 7,332 10,915 9,568 4,990 2,407 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7,332 8,727 4,602 3,578 2,149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Includes 2,490 acres on deferred payment, cash £302 „ 7,272 „ „ „ 2,291 „ 3,257 „ ,, „ 1,845 ° 975 2 017 JJ fl. ,W JJ ,1 JJ __.,VJJLI AVellington 1870 to 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 133,258 Nil. 180,834 Nil. 100 160,582 41,831 Nil. 26,654 Nil. 42,423 Nil. Nil. Nil. Nil. Nil. 35,212 0 0 20,388 0 0 Cash aud scrip, sales in 1875, 1876, and 1877. 41,116 18 0 11,110 18 0 Totals 383,247 42,423 1,852,372 122,099 166,700 18 0 125,056 18 0