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No. 2.—Summary of Extent of Crown Lands absolutely disposed of for Cash, Scrip, or in any other Manner, during the Year ending 31st March, 1888.

No- 1.—Summary of Lands disposed of from Foundation of the Colony, with Total Cash received, &c., for the Year ending 31st March, 1888.

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. I Total Area remaining Total Area open for ! for Pfure Disposal, Selection. ■ . exclusive of Area ; m preceding Column and of Native Lands. Auckland Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington Nelson Marlborough Canterbury Westland Otago* Southland A. B. P. 1,681,669 0 29 1,020,395 0 37 190,942 2 19 1,671,435 2 1 1,055,549 1 39 784,732 3 11 3,003,044 3 34 52,534 3 36 2,255,711 3 29 1,050,685 0 24 A. E. P. 2,687,661 3 10 156,981 0 17 418,206 1 30 693,747 0 35 137,317 0 27 177,953 2 38 650,423 2 2 73,970 0 27 812,569 1 11 288,929 3 3 A. E. P. 4,369,330 3 39 1,177,376 1 14 609,149 0 9 2,365,182 2 36 1,192,866 2 26 962,686 2 9 3,653,468 1 36 126,505 0 23 3,068,281 1 0 1,339,614 3 27 £ s. d. 585,583 4 1 499,979 1 2 539,685 17 9 889,745 10 11 382,503 18 3 277,802 8 8 6,022,408 4 11 61,646 18 11 2,435,235 11 5 1,191,558 9 9 A. p.. p. 124,479 1 27 18,217 1 23 64,694 0 0 95,551 0 3 5,789,394 1 14 517,000 0 0 3,523,932 3 15 82,720 0 0 181,034 2 19 5,680,977 1 13 A. E. P. 2,562,488 2 37 175,310 1 11 602,060 0 0 1,274,143 1 3 1,060,000 0 0 1,468,967 2 3 2,836,534 3 17 7,341,715 0 0 Totals 12,766,701 3 19 6,097,760 1 0 18,864,462 0 19 12,886,149 5 10 16,078,000 3 34 * Transferred to Southland, 4,186,000 acres.

Lands sold. Land Districts. Number of Acres. Rate per Acre. Consideration. Lands disposed of without Sale, by Grants, or in any other Manner. Town. I Number of j Purchases. Suburban. um, ber of Purchases. Country. Number of Purchases. Town. Suburban. Country. Cash. Scrip. Auckland A. B. P. 6 0 8 10 A. E. P. 129 3 36 A. P.. P. 6,778 0 31 £ s. d. I 37 10 0 [ 30 0 0 8 5 3 £ s. d. 4 13 8 f 9 3 91 J15 10 3j 7 10 0 £ s. a. 0 15 4 S s. d. 7,065 18 0 £ s. a. A. H. P. 141,045 3 18 20 158 Hawke's Bay .. 0 10 1 8 11 14 j 3,836 2 0 20 0 13 11 2,786 15 9 723 3 29 Taranaki Wellington Nelson Marlborough Canterbury Westland Otago Southland 22 3 32 7 1 31 9 0 3 24 '24 21 2 2 0 1 407 0 33 1,787 0 31 2,036 3 29 692 0 20 787 2 2 70 0 0 •11,117 1 13 716 2 31 3 11 14 6 11 2 *114 11 45 10 0 | ! 30 0 0 30 9 9'7: 24 16 4f | 30 0 0 6 5 6-6 4 11 8J 1 11 6 0 15 6 0 11 0 10 2 2 0 0 1 0 4| 1 7 6-6 1 4 5-9 685 10 8 1,384 7 7 1,473 2 6 700 4 3 1,903 5 0 147 5 3 *15,979 4 10 1,223 11 9 3,219 1 32 156,677 0 13 3,288 1 21 20 2 0 78,018 2 32 562 0 10 613 0 28 36 3 0 6*'3 2 5 0 5 25 9 0 0 17 85 3 25 48 0 36 2 39 14 43"o 0 Totals 28,229 2 30 57 2 1 114 274 3 35 90 350 33,349 5 7 43 0 0 384,805 3 23 * This includes forty-eight deferred-payment purchases, area 5,054 acres, and £7,665 16s. Id. paid by instalments in former years and £1,894 10s. this year.