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No. 16. RETURN of the Number of Mining Leases in force on 31st March, 1879, the Extent op Ground Leased, and Rental per Annum.

No. 17. RETURN of tho Number of Agricultural Leases iv force on the 31st March, 1879, the Extent of Ground Leased, and Rental per Annum.

•Exchange leases: Number, 135; area, 6,574 acres 3 roods 35 perches; rental per annum, £861 14s. Deferred payment leases, and licenses : Number, 142; area, 23,116 acres 3 roods 3 porches ; rental per annum, £4,435 19s. 6d. No. 18.

RETURN of the Number of Licenses under " The Gold Mining Districts Act, 1873," for the Tear ending 31st March, 1879.

Mining District. jNumber Gros3 Acreage. Eental per Annum. Mining District. Number! Gross Acreage. nental per Annum. .nCEXAND — Hauraki North Grahamstown 2 1 3 , A. E. p. 17 0 11 2 1 32 19 2 3 £ s. d. 34 2 9 4 18 0 39 0 9 Westland — Waimea Totara Kanieri Kumara Greymouth and Clifton Okarito Jackson's Bay 5 4 6 3 A. E, P. 76 0 0 35 2 0 99 0 0 10 0 0 £ s. d. 76 0 0 36 0 0 102 0 0 10 "o 0 lAELBOEOTJGn— Ravenscliffe, Queen Charlotte Sound ... Wairau 7 1 ' 74 2 33 16 2 4 77 0 0 17 0 0 18 220 2 0 224 0 0 Jelson— Coliingwood West Wanganui Inangahua Charleston Grey Valley Westport ... Lyell Cobdcn No Town ... 8 8 1 51 31 33 12 6 17 3 91 0 37 71 0 10 15 3 28 569 1 14 182 2 4 256 2 14 160 1 24 94 1 35 267 0 0 36 2 10 94 0 0 67 10 0 16 0 0 590 0 0 183 0 0 262 0 0 88 0 0 97 0 0 272 0 0 29 5 0 Otago— Waikaia Orepuki and Longwood Hindon Tuapeka Cromwell ... Black's Arrow (Wakatipu Gold Field) Naseby Kyeburn and Clarke's Macrae's,Strath Taieri, and Shag Valley ... St. Balha:i3 and Ida Valley ... Other localities 1 17 ia B9 7 1 65 3 7 6 0 0 174 1 24 164 0 0 341 2 15 101 0 0 6 0 0 372 0 7 17 0 0 54 0 0 6 0 0 185 0 0 164 0 0 364 0 (J 101 0 0 6 0 C 394 0 C 17 0 C 54 0 C it 1 85 0 0 10 0 0 85 0 C 10 0 C 162 1,653 3 25 1,604 15 0 187 1,331 0 6 1,386 0

Mining District. Number Gross Acreage. Kental per Annum. Mining District. iNumberl Gross Acreage. Rental per Annum. .UCKLAND — Hauraki Ohinemuri a. e. r. 4,220 2 37 £ s. d. 211 1 0 I Otago— Hindon Tuapeka* Cromwell Clydo j Alexandra [ Black's ) j Teviot Waikaia I Orepuki and Longwood Arrow (Wakatipu Gold Field ... Mount Ida District (various localities A. E. P. £ s. a. Ielson — Nelson Coliingwood Inangahua Charleston Westport Lyell Grey Valley Cobden No Town 88 237 65 25,778" 2 16 8,457 0 0 8,240 10 0 1,053 2 6 85 4,220 2 37 211 1 0 3 IB Bl 30 89 42 78 17 _._! 20 15 0 80 7 0 422 1 0 60 10 0 260 7 6 280 10 3 495 3 6 115 16 6 104 10 C 20 3,838 0 0 479 15 0 792 0 21 3,514 2 23 501 2 4 2,338 0 0 2,447 3 16 4,486 1 15 1,116 8 84 900 2 39 62 23 9,024 0 0 5,882 0 0 1,128 0 0 736 2 6 228 13,073 1 5 1,534 4 6 Vestland — Waimea Greymouth Arnold Okarito 130 25,351 0 30 3,052 5 6 297 16,101 0 32 1,840 0 9 1 2 12 0 6 11 0 8 0 1 12 0 • 1 5 0 0 5 0 0 12 3 1 7 0 0 770 91,404 0 11 11,229 0 0

Mining District. Number. Gross Acreage. Rental per Annum. .UCKLAND — North Hauraki Grahamstown Ohinemuri 47 73 13 A. E. P. 306 2 30 460 3 16 58 3 37 £ s. d. 808 0 0 1,364 0 0 177 0 0 Total 143 826 2 3 2,349 0 0