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Return of Lands taken up for Six Months ending the 31st March, 1888 (Roods and Perches omitted).

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Cash. Deferred Payment. Perpetual Lease. Small Areas. Agricultural Lease. Village Settlements, Cash. Village Settlements, Deferred Payments. Village Homestead Special Settlements. Special Settlement Associations. Homestead. Pastoral Runs. Small Grazing-runs. District. o 02 Area. o o 02 Area. CO Area. XJl Area. I o Area. m 02 Area. to Area. s 00 o 02 Area. m ■3 a s (0 Area. Area. Area. ! 00 1 Acres. Acres. Acres. |Acres. ucres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Auckland 117 2,672 j 15 1,373 13 1,268 9 2 47 | 2,199 11 1,190 14,392 Taranaki 2 303 28 2,959 15 2,543 9 8 Hawke's Bay .. 1C 3,565 10 1,345 10 2,784 2 2 24 88 1 I 26 2 21,588 9 28,631 Wellington 7 1,557 17 2,258 29 5,605 3 - 3 5 64 18 260 346 35,274 13 14,409 •• Nelson 12 1,073 32 3,217 " I 6 7,468 Marlborough .. 7 798 1 54 15 i 404 2 ! 29 5 i 1,180 Canterbury 19 381 4 194 8 463 2 53 9 5 9 56,904 1 2,758 Otago 68 1,383 ! I 19 4,674 69 18,056 5 181 3 21 25 239,901 3S 90,844 Southland 11 188 14 1,453 15 4,293 3 5 5 87 3 j 21 1 7,375 Westland 2 70 1 60 ■ • 5 57,000 I " Totals I ! I i t ! | H 261 11,990 ; ' 140 2 I I 53 5 20 46 265 86 | 2,939 *346 55 17,527 160 35,072 181 2G 35,274 11 1,190 405,808 61 136,642 * Allotted during the six months.