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RETURN of Land held under Depast uring and other Leases (except for Gold-Mining), and of Rents, &c., Paid, for the Year ending 31st December, 1880.

By Authority : George Didsbuey, Government Printer, Wellington.—lBBl.

I For Depasturing Purposes. Agricultural Leases. For Mineral or Other Purposes. Land District. No. of Rate of Assessment „ ___ „_. „* . „„„ i Runs. of Run. Number of Acres. i Rents and Assessments. Number of Acres. Rents Paid. j Number of Acres, j Rents Paid. Remarks. Auckland ... ... j ,, ... .... ,, Taranaki ... ... West Coast District, North j Island West Coast District, North Island Hawke's Bay Wellington I A. E. P. j 26 ... 165,975 0 0 j 15 '.'.'. 91,467 0 0 51 ... 221,287 3 13 65 ... 383,063 3 11 96 7d. per sheep, 3s. 1,060,113 1 23 6d. per head cattle 8 j Id. per acre 17,048 0 0 1 '. lid. per acre 1,000 0 0 ] 1 2d. per acre 564 0 0 371 I ... 2,909,274 0 0 44 ... 520,070 0 0 247 ... 5,904,110 0 0 53 2d. per acre 527,181 0 0 £ s. d. 303 10 0 316 6 2 1,224 7 2 j 3,531 5 6 | 4,289 3 2 | 71 0 8 6 5 0 4 14 0 53,536 10 11* 609 2 8 50,800 4 8 i 4,613 16 11 A. B. P. £ S. d. A. B. P. £ S. d. 89,461 0 0 j 771 0 0 80 0 0 i 10 0 0 55 7 0 46 5 0 21 10 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 9 3 0 20 0 0 60 0 0 15 0 0 287 2 31 69 12 6 60,799 0 24 2,463 15 0 9,21." 3 10 2,01412 6 1,103 1 17 55 0 0 '.'.'. 600 0 0 2 10 0 599 0 0 i 29 0 0 61,241 2 29 6,679 18 5 9,290 0 36 i 1,211 9 6 715 2 25 ! 181 3 9 Lease of kauri-gum lands. Rent of manganese mine. Royalty on manganese. Timber licenses and penalty for illegally cutting timber. Rent of land for grass cutting. For brickfield. Accommodation-house. Leased to Patea Boiling-down Company. Leased to S. A. Breach. Section 322 and the Island of Mana were let b; the late Provincial Government. Nelson ... £499 13s. 6d. royalty ; £47 2s. lid. prospectin) licenses. Under pastoral lease. Marlborough Under pastoral licenses. Canterbury ... ... Westland ... ... Otago Southland ... ... Totals ... 978 11,801,154 0 7 119,306 6 10 122,040 3 13 9,143 13 5 111,527 1 39 4,517 10 3 * Exclusive of £24 19s. 3d. lines for non-i 'merit of rent at due date.