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1888. NEW ZEALAND.

THE VILLAGE-HOMESTEAD SYSTEM (RETURN OF NUMBER OF SETTLERS UNDER), ETC.

Meturn to an Order of the House of Representatives, No. 101, of 1888. Ordered, " That a return be laid upon the table, giving the number of settlers under the village-homestead system in the various settlements respectively, the number of sections abandoned, and the number transferred."—(Hon. Mr. Ballanck.)

Village-homestead Special Settlers.

General Crown Lands Office, Wellington, 27th June, 1888. [Approximate Cost of Paper.— Preparation, nil; printing (1,275 copies), 16s.]

Authority: Geoege Didsbuey, Government Printer, Wellington.—lBBB.

Selected since Commencement. Forfeited. 'ransfers. Abandoned. Selectors still Holding. Arrears on March 31,1888. Distriot. No. Area. No. Area. No. Area. No. Area. jHo. Area. No. Amounts. aiekland lawke'a Bay Wellington larlborough ianterbury >tago iouthland A. E. P. 639 27,343 3 25 33 232 2 25 175! 2,389 1 33 21 404 1 5 204 6,495 2 26 124i 1,830 3 23 73 707 2 35 1,269 39,404 2 12 133 10 35 5 18 27 5 I A. B. P. 5,508 2 11 130 0 13 443 1 33 162 1 8 736 1 37 402 1 20 37 2 14 32 1 9 A. B. P. 1,438 0 21 4 0 0 141 2 3 10 A. B. P. 404 3 26 496 23 140 16 160 84 56 A. B. P. 21,430 1 28 102 2 12 1,946 0 0 241 3 37 4,664 2 8 1,162 0 31 560 0 25 168 15 44 4 8 17 21 £ s. a. 160 0 0 15 3 10 47 18 6 19 6 19 18 7 9 16 0 24 4 2 28 4 2 675 2 2 54 0 3 14 3 12 2G 18 12 1,094 2 21 266 1 12 109 3 36 Total 233 7,420 3 16 278 10 7 71 2,328 0 1 61 1,875 3 15 975 30,107 3 21 277