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Return of Purchasers, &c., of Otago Runs— continued.

Summary. One hundred and seventy-three runs offered, containing about 2,306,417 acres, at the upset price of £36,488. One hundred and seventy runs sold, containing about 2,195,197 acres, realizing £68,854, being an increase of £33,341 above the upset price, or of £44,450 above the present rental (as represented by an average year's assessment). Three runs passed, at the upset price of £975. Analtsis. The average price per acre of runs sold is 7-|d. The highest price obtained was for Eun 218 a, containing 9,520 acres, which realized £700, being Is. sff d. per acre. The lowest price obtained was for Eun 444, containing 5,500 acres, which was sold at the upset price of £10, being about T \d. per acre. J. P. Mattland, 12th March, 1882. Commissioner of Crown Lands.

No. 15. The TTndee-Secbetaey for Ceown Lauds to the Commissioner of Ceown Lands, Dunedin. (Memorandum.) General Crown Lands Office, "Wellington, 12th April, 1882. Eefeering to your memorandum of the 10th March, No. 4/70 (298-287), reporting the results of the recent sales of pastoral leases at .Dunedin, and pointing out that a considerable number of persons who were disappointed in obtaining a run at the recent sale are anxiously awaiting the further sale of pastoral deferred-payment and other lands in the blocks which were withheld from leasing, I am directed to point out to you as follows : — 1. In the memorandum of the 30th May, 1881 (Parliamentary Papers, C.-2, 1881), it was stated that if the country to be disposed of on pastoral deferred payment was subdivided into areas of from 2,000 to 5,000 acres, and offered partly on cash and partly on deferred payments, settlers would be enabled to obtain properties of sizes suitable to their means and requirements. 2. It was announced in the preliminary advertisement of the sale of the runs, which was issued on the 7th November last, that the sale of the pastoral deferred-payment lands would probably take place about November or December next, possession being given in March, 1883. The subdivisional surveys of the blocks are now, as you are aware, in progress, and the sale will, in all probability, take place as previously announced. It would be desirable for you to inform the public, through the newspapers, of the proposals of the Government for dealing with the blocks which have been withheld from leasing. H. J. H. Eliott, , The Commissioner of Crown Lands, Dunedin. Under-Secretary.

* New buyer.

Authority: Geoegb Didsbttet, Government Printer, Wellington.—lBB2.

Old "Eun. TIT ° » a 's Eun. J;£ Sold at Purchaser. Old Eun. New Run. Sold at Purchaser. 220 221 249a 249b 220 220a 220b 220c 221 221a 221b 221c 221e 223 7 10 5 7 5 7 8 7 7 7 8 5 £ 283 248 510 510 340 190 550 139 111 370 520 700 N.Z. & A. Land C. (Ld.). Ditto. E. Campbell and Sons (Ld.). Ditto. Ditto. Ditto. E. McLaren and E. M. Turnbull. Ditto. Ditto. Ditto. Ditto. Executors of the late J. G-. a. Grlassford. 444 214 215 199 200 262b 262c 262d 444 214 214a 215 199 199a 199b 200 200a 170 170a 170b 212a 212c 212d 179 251 359 432 7 10 10 10 10 9 10 8 10 9 8 8 9 8 7 6 7 6 8 8 10 10 £ 260 650 690 10 150 80 220 390 470 390 530 510 670 500 210 150 175 120 420 300 E. Campbell and Sons (Ld.). Ditto. Ditto. George Eose.* Joseph Eogers. Ditto. Joseph Clarke. Cargill and Anderson. Ditto. Ditto. John McDonald McDonald. Ditto. James Eattray. Thomas Hinde.* D. M. Spedding.* David Proudfoot.* Ditto.* Ditto.* Ditto.* Win. Eobert Thomhill. Passed in. Eobert Stewart.* 223 170 223 233a 223b 223c 223d 223e 256 256a 262 262a 5 9 9 9 5 7 7 10 •10 820 400 250 450 440 490 156 270 290 Ditto. Ditto. Ditto. Ditto. Ditto. E. Campbell and Sons (Ld.). Ditto. Ditto. Ditto. 212a 179 251 359 432 256 262 "30