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"IMMIGRANTS LAND ACT, 1873." Return of Transactions to 31st March, 1880.

NOMINATED IMMIGRATION.

By Authority: Georoh Didsbtot, Government Printer, Wellington.—lBBo.

From Commencement of Scheme to 30th June, 1879, vide Return D.~- 4., 1879. Between 1st Julv. 1879, and 30th June", 1880. Total from Commencement of Scheme to 30th June, 1880. Provincial Distbict. Nominated. Arrived. Nominated. I Arrived. Nominated. Arrived. Auckland Taranaki Hawke's Bay Wellington Nelson Marlborough .. Westland Canterbury Otago 5,554 1,473 1,016 222 2,092 676 7,731 1,597 1,112 325 532 135 2,068 529 13,931 3,894 18,214 3,760 52,250 12,611 1,142 96 182 793 59 74 106 1,592 1,563 599 105 118 817 118 41 83 1,323 1,365 6,696 1,112 2,274 8,524 1,171 606 2,174 15,523 19,777 2,072 327 794 2,414 443 176 612 5,217 5,125 Totals 5,607 4,569 57,857 17,180

Registrations. Forfeitures. Exercised in taking Total Amount of Immigrants Land Order Lapsed. Districts. Children under 14 years. of Total Sum i _ Amo ,™ *'. represented by! m Registration. * "rcha.se of D Land. Area of Land Purchased. Actual Cost of Land. Nominal Value of Interest. Amount Expended by Department. Amount Recovered by Sale of Land, &c. j up Land upon Deferred Payments. Adults over 14 years. Persons RegisteredNumber. Auckland .. Taranaki Hawke's Bay Wellington .. Nelson Marlborough Westland .. Canterbury.. Otago M. 212 20 11 175 16 3 4 185 417 F. I 85 9 8 97 I 12 M. 65 10 5 61 I 10 F. 61 ! 12 i 54 ! 4 ! £ s. d. I 423 7,200 0 0 51 800 0 0 24 430 0 0 387 6,590 0 0 42 700 0 0 3 60 0 0 4 80 0 0 407 6,880 0 0 696 12,590 0 0 2,037 35,330 0 0 £ s. d. 353 10 0 1,831 18 6 110 0 0 1,979 0 0 110 0 0 20 0 0 4,189 3 0 1,165 3 6 9,758 15 0 A. B. P. 447 0 0 820 0 0 141 2 0 1,317 0 37 97 3 29 17 0 0 £ s. d. 353 10 0 2,139 12 2 120 0 0 2,408 10 0 110 0 0 20 0 0 1 j 8 £ s. d. 60 0 0 ■ 280 0 0 £ a. d. 60 0 0 270 0 0 £ s. d. 75 0 0 | .. •• *2 9 £ s. d. 2,800 0 0 40 0 0 600 0 0 240 0 0 40 0 0 •• ! 96 i 146 79 70 47 63 1,978* 2 35 796 1 30 4,244 5 0 1,557 7 0 i 1 i 50**0 0 50 0 0 I 50 0 0 12 10 0 60 *5 0 1,760 0 0 4,750 0 0 Totala .. 300 241 I ii 440 0 0 135 5 0 1,043 453 5,615 3 11 10,953 4 2 392 10 0 9,510 0 0 H. J. H. Eliott, Under Secretary for Immigraton.