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In witness whereof the parties hereto have respectively executed these presents this fifteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two. The seal of the Company was hereunto affixed this W. H. Levin, fifteenth day of April, one thousand eight G. V. Shannon, hundred and eighty-two, at a meeting of Direc- Directors, tors, and by order of the Directors. JAS WALLACE (I/.5.) Seal of the Wellington and Mauawatu „ , . , „ ' Bailway Company (Limited). Secretary of the Company.

D.—Extracts from Census Returns, 1881.

Memoeandum in reply to Hon. Minister for Public Woeks. Public Works Office, Wellington, 6th September, 1882. In accordance with your instructions, I have examined the detailed estimate of the cost of constructing the Wellington-Manawatu Railway, prepared by the Engineer to the Company, Mr. H. P. Higginson, amounting to the sum of £551,532 —that is, over and above the value of the work executed by the New Zealand Government and handed over to the Company. This corresponds very closely with an estimate prepared for your information by the Public Works Department, after survey of the line by the Government, which amounted to £560,000. The cost of any land required for the railway (excepting £1,000) is not included in this amount. Estimate returned herewith. John Blackett, Engineer-in-Charge, North Island, New Zealand. [Approximate Cost of Paper.— Preparation, nil; printing (1,375 copies), £29145.]

Authority: Geobge Didsbuby, Government Printer, Wellington.—lBBB.

Provinces. Area Occupied Holdings. Population (exclusive of Maoris). Cattle. Sheep. Wellington-West Coast faranaki Napier Acres. 2,130,000 234,169 2,136,046 54,483 14,858 17,367 132,417 21,475 37,873 729,002 2,048,740 14,368 4,500,815 86,708 191,705 2,792,110