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Return showing the Endowments in Land or Grants in Money made to the various Harbour Boards in the Colony, compiled from Returns furnished by the Boards.

Endowments in Land by Estimatt id Value Grants in Money by Harbour Board. Provincial Government. General Government. Remarks. When made. At present time. Provincial Government. General Government.. Auckland A. E. P. Foreshore A. E. p. Foreshore £ a. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ b. d. Foreshore of Auckland Harbour, from Acheron Point to Resolution Point, from Kauri Point to Stokes Point, and from Stanley Point to Cook Point —granted by Provincial Government; and from Watchman to Acheron Point, from Resolution Point to Bastion, and from Stokes Point to Stanley Point— granted by General Government. Impossible to estimate value when granted or at present time. Allotments 7, 8, 9, and 10 of Section 19, part of Section 2, and Allotment 16 of Section 8, City of Auckland. Made by Provincial Government. Area not given. Part of this endowment was leased by the Provincial Government in 1860 for 99 years, and the leases sold for a lump sum. Allotments 25 of Section 8 and 25 of Section 25, City of Auckland, 16 of Section 1, Suburbs of Auckland, and 40 and 41 of Section 2, Takapuna. Made by General Government. Area not given. Point Britoinart Reserve. To be handed over to General Government for railway purposes. Part of Allotment 12a of Section 2, Takapuna. Occupied as pilot-station. Allotments 10 0 0 1,489 0 0 per annum per annum Allotments 77 0 0 per annum 207 0 0 per annum Reserve Allotment Bluff ... 35,634 0 0 71,268 0 0 35,634 0 0 Situated in Taringatura District, and made by " The Bluff Harbour Endowment and Borrowing Act, 1877." The reduced value of this endowment is consequent on the reduction of selling price by " The Land Act 1877 Amendment Act, 1879." Foreshore of Bluff Harbour and Awarua Bay. Made by " The Bluff Harbour Foresbore Endowment Act, 1879." Sections 25 and 26, Block I., Campbelltown Hundred. Pilot signal-station with buildings. Made by "The Bluff Harbour Endowment Act, 1878." Office sites, Invercargill and Campbelltown. Made by " The Bluff Harbour Endowment Act, 1878." Pier reserve and wharf. Crown-granted 14th September, 1864. A goods-shed has been erected on the ground. This land was dealt with by the Government, and leased for a low rental of £20 per annum. 8,500 0 0 Castlepoint Foxton 13 3 13 14 0 0 2,000 0 0 1 0 14 300 0 0 300 0 0 6 0 32 32 2 16 417 0 0 600 0 0 32 0 0 417 0 0 10,000 0 0 132 0 0 834 0 0 Hokitika 14,150 0 0 15,700 0 0 12 3 0 14,150 0 0 15,700 0 0 1,200 0 0 3,537 0 0 15,700 0 0 1,200 0 0 28,000 0 0 Kakanui Lyttelton Wharves, &o. 10,000 0 0 11,000 0 0 Reserve No. 145. Reserve No. 146. Gibson's Quay. The Board has no endowment in land. Wharves and jetties in the Harbour of Lyttelton. Formerly vested in the Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury. Vested in the Board by section 32 of " The Lyttelton Harbour Board Act, 1876." The Secretary of the Board states that he is unable to arrive at the value of these wharves and jetties. The cost of rebuilding them, based on engineer's estimate, and the cast of recent works carried out by the Board, exclusive of breakwater contract, would be approximately £55,000.