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No. 1.—Summary of Lands disposed of from the Foundation of the Colony, with Total Cash received, &c., for the Year ending 31st March, 1885.

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Land Districts. Total Area sold. Total Area granted or reserved under Acts. Total Area sold or otherwise disposed of from the Foundation of the Colony. Total Cash received. Total Area open for Selection. Total Area remaining for Future Disposal, exclusive of Area in preceding Column and of Native Lands. Auckland Hawke's Bay Taranaki West Coast (North Island) .. Wellington Nelson Marlborough Canterbury Westland Otago Southland A. B. p. 1,636,665 0 10 1,005,865 2 11 89,521 3 29 57,341 2 20 1,654,196 1 31 1,044,792 3 2 779,372 3 17 2,987,148 0 26 52,151 2 32 2,216,330 1 22 1,035,121 1 8 A. P.. P. 2,195,871 0 30 154,826 1 5 236,158 3 0 154,437 1 13 481,678 1 30 36,724 0 0 155,439 1 23 568,716 1 15 72,644 1 12 806,547 1 4 288,476 2 24 A. K. P. 3,832,536 1 0 1,160,691 3 &l 325,680 2 29 211,778 3 33 2,135,874 3 21 1,081,516 3 2 934,812 1 0 3,555,864 2 1 124,796 0 4 3,022,877 2 26 1,323,597 3 32 & s. d. 553,141 17 7 482,280 7 0 214,627 6 1 208,136 17 0 841,331 7 2 372,918 1 0 274,459 9 8 5,980,313 19 3 61,227 2 5 2,357,542 2 4 1,165,242 2 0 A. B. P. 142,777 3 10 7,180 3 20 9,435 1 0 30,805 0 28 29,752 3 9 5,818,483 0 38 540,783 0 0 3,622,296 2 11 252,830 0 34 144,000 0 0 1,456,994 1 8 A. B. P. 2,924,828 3 0 234,544 0 0 529,060 0 0 192,585 0 23 1,336,823 0 24 1,080,000 0 0 1,468,967 2 3 2,667,813 1 2 9,918,268 0 0 Totals 12,558,507 2 38J 5,151,519 3 36 17,710,027 2 34 J12,511,220 11 6 12,055,339 0 38 20,352,889 3 12 No. 2.—Summary of iXTENT of Cbown Lands absolutely disposed of for Cash, Scrip, or in any other Manner, during the Year ending 31st March, 1885. Lasds sold. Land Districts. Number of Acres. Bate per Acre. Consideration. Lands disposed of without Sale by Grants or in any othe Manner. Town. Number of Purchases. Suburban. Number of Purchases. Country. Number of Purchases. Town. Suburban. Country. Cash. Scrip. Auckland Hawke's Bay Taranaki West Coast (North Island) .. Wellington Nelson Marlborough Canterbury Westland .. Otago Southland A. E. P. 15 0 21 10 0 2 2 0 22 3 7 A. P.. P. 57 1 32 135 0 13 7 2 0 20 2 30 14 77 3 A. E. p. 25,769 2 29 2,692 3 38 288 3 10 1,118 1 20 11,464 2 13 3,765 1 9 408 1 12 6,147 3 30 308 0 14 11,265 2 36 1,945 1 17 151 29 18 6 24 27 5 168 5 163 18 & s. d. 35 8 9 31 0 0 32 0 0 £ s. d. 3 15 2§ 6 4 4 5 16 8 5 9 0 £ s. d. 0 13 6i 2 8 8" 3 19: 17 8 0 14 5 i 0 12 3 0 13 10 2 5 2 2 19 0 1 14 0 113 & s. d. 18,201 10 0 7,423 12 6 1,075 16 11 1,660 2 1 7,804 11 10 3,113 4 0 670 6 9 14,385 3 6 964 0 4 21,434 6 3 5,377 14 0 £ s. d. A. E. p. 29,270 3 11 439 0 9 10,570 0 0 1,876 1 26 1,869 1 13 1,754 0 9 385 3 2 2,033 2 17 82 1 23 1,025 1 15 3 0 9 37 0 37 0 0 39 7 2 32 1 1 29 101 3*2 36 16 4 48 0 0 45o"o 0 629 15 0 126 1 2 41 1 13 11 0 29 116 1 10 387 2 11 3 3 2 23 3 0 0 4 10 0 5 0 0 8 14 5 4 13 5 35 '6 7 21 2 16 56 259 29 9 2 42 3 7 392' 19 8 Totals 120 1 32 438 903 1 20 190 64,975 0 34 614 82,110 8 2 1,472 14 8 49,309 3 14