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No. 70. Statement re Cheviot Estate. Prime Cost of Estate, £260,220. Area of Estate, 84,755 acres, being at the rate of £3 1s. 5d. per acre. Blocks at present leased as under: —

Total Annual Revenue on present basis ... ... £8,886 18s. lOd. The annual rental of £8,886 18s. 10d., as above, represents 3-4 per centum on the purchasemoney. Approximate Cost of Paper.— Preparation, nil; printing (1,400 copies), £17.

By Authority: Samuel Co-stall, Government Printer, Wellington.—lB93.

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Name of Blocks, &a. Lessee. Area. Term of Lease. Rental for Term. Being Rate Per Annum of Wart Tormore Seaward Range West Waiau... East Waiau ... Eobinson, W. T. Acton Adams, W. Grant, W. Todhunter, C. F. Knight, H. A. ... Clarkson, W. B. I Acres. 11,300 12,800 500 12,000 8,000 8,000 9,600 8,200 5,500 7,400 400 11 months 11 6 11 6 6 11 6 6 „ ) 6 „ j Monthly £ r. d. 1,232 0 0 1,173 6 8 25 0 0 662 1 3 451 0 0 504 0 0 955 0 0 500 0 0 £ r. d. 1,344 0 0 1,280 0 0 50 0 0 722 5 0 902 0 0 1,008 0 0 1,041 16 4 1,000 0 0 Benmore Hurunui Homestead ... ) Port Hills ... ) Mansion Grounds Manager's House McQueen's „ Sinclair's „ Paddock Hayes's House Cart-shed and Jed Pad-) dock ... J Musgrove, V. F., and Randall, J. A. Campbell, C. E. Robinson, W. T. McQueen Sinclair, J. Darrock Hayes ... 550 0 0 1,100 0 0 200 0 0 57 0 0 12 0 0 12 0 0 28 10 0 8 0 0 12 0 0 12 5 0 20 0 0 190 Robinson, W. T. 70 (Shed" (May 1st to Oct. 18th Shearers' Quarters Hay field and Homeview Paddocks Paddock Unlet a a 435 a a 76 2 6 McQueen 5 355 10 0 84,755 8,886 18 0