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1894. NEW ZEALAND.

LAND ADMINISTRATION. COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF THE EXTENT OF SETTLEMENT DURING THE FIRST THREE YEARS OF THE PRESENT GOVERNMENT AND THE LAST THREE YEARS OF THE LATE GOVERNMENT.

Laid on the Table by the Hon. Minister of Lands, ivith the Leave of the House.

The total number of selectors under all systems of settlement for the three years ending 31st March, 1891, was ... • • b,JI^ The total number under all systems for the three years ending 31st March, 1894, was < > Alb Difference in excess ... ... ••• ••■ 364 If, however, the pastoral runs are excluded the number for the firstnamed period is... ... ••■- •". "" '" r' qak And for the three years ending 31st March, 1894, is ... ... o.^oo Difference in excess ... ... ••• ••• "'° Acres. The area of land taken up under all systems for the three years ending 31st March, 1891, was a'^aH And fo? the three years ending 31st March, 1894, was 4^244^439 Difference (decrease)... ... ■•• ••• 4,276,343 If the pastoral runs are excluded the area is as follows :— Acre a. For the three years ending 31st March, 1891 ... •■• j'!*: , '"™ For the next period of three years ending 31st March, 1894 ... »d< Difference (increase) ... ... ••■ ••• 319,839 It follows therefore, that the number of selectors under all systems, exclusive of pastoral runs for the three v'ears ending 31st March, 1894, was 678 more than for the previous three years, and the area taken up is larger by 319,839 acres. S. Pekcy Smith, Surveyor-General. Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 17th October, 1894.