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PART 111.-SUMMARY OF AREAS. Acres. Area finally acquired to 31st March, 1893 {vide G.-4, 1893) .. .. .. . . 5,487,814 Area finally acquired during 1893-94 . 345,850 Total area finally acquired to 31st March, 1894.. . . . 5,833,664 Portion of 345,850 acres as above, finally acquired during 1893-94, representing the work of that period . 179,453 Progress on uncompleted purchases during 1893-94 .. . 173,128 Total results for year ending 31st March, 1894 . ... 352,581 Uncompleted purchases on 31st March, 1894, — Lands passed through Native Land Court . 1,398,299 Lands not passed through Native Land Court ~ . ... 83,724 Total .. . . . 1,482,023

PART IV.-EXPENDITURE.

Eepobt on the Condition and Settlement of all Lands acquired under " The Native Land Purchases Act, 1892." The lands acquired under the provisions of the above-mentioned Act in the Wangarei District will meet a pressing demand for settlement in that locality. The purchase of the Paeroa Township at Ohinemuri will enable the Government to set at rest the anxiety, of the residents on the question of the tenure of their holdings. The Papamoa and other blocks in the Bay of Plenty District are now in course of settlement. It may be found advisable not to do much—beyond meeting urgent demands—in the way of settling the lands acquired in the King country (Bohepotae) until some further progress has been made in the purchase of the intermediate and adjoining blocks. The Ngaere Swamp, near Stratford, is being prepared for settlement, for which the greater portion of it is well adapted. The Awarua Blocks, between Hunterville and Taupo, and the Waikopiro Block near Danevirke are on the whole first-class lands from a settlement point of view. S. Peecy Smith, Lands and Survey Office, Surveyor-General. Wellington, 15th June, 1894.

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Under " The Out of Purchases Out ol North Island — General Loans. Main Trunk Railway Loan. By Debentures. Native Land i Act 1892." Total Out of Funds Provided under Section 3. Jxpenditure from 1st April, 1893, to 31st March, 1894 :— On lands finally acquired : Parti. ... On lands partially acquired : Part II. On old purchases .:. On working-expenses £ s. d. 1,576 3 2 £ s. d. £ s. a. 2,000 0 0 £ s. d. 49,161 13 0 27,680 0 5 334 4 9 77 11 4 £ s. d. 51,161 13 0 27,680 0 5 334 4 9 1,653 14 6 Iredits to past expenditure 1,576 3 2 2,000 0 0 77,253 9 6 46 16 11 80,829 12 8 46 16 11 transfers to adjust past expenditure* 1,576 3 2 2,743 17 5 2,000 0 0 77 300 6 5 315 11 5 80,876 9 7 2,428 6 0 'otal net expenditure, 1st April, 1893, to 31st March, 1894 expenditure to 31st March, 1893, as per G.-4, 1893* . 4,320 0 7 2,000 0 0 76,984 15 0 83,304 15 7 1,073,197 4 7 219,999 13 8 7,700 0 0 11,875 2 10 1,312,772 1 1 ?otal expenditure to 31st March, 1894 .. 1,077,517 5 2 219,999 13 8 9,700 0 0 88,859 17 10 1,396,076 16 8 Jncomplbted Purchases — Total expenditure on 31st March, 1894, on lands passed Native Land Court Total expenditure to 31st March, 1894, on lands not passed Native Land Court. 23,162 16 3 25,029 11 10 31,995 11 2 f80,187 19 3 1,327 7 1 6,475 5 1 t7,802 12 2 Totals . 24,490 3 4 31,504 16 11 31,995 11 2 87,990 11 5 * Expenditure out of General and North Island Main Trunk J reduced by adjusting transfers of £10,437 15s. 4d. and £2,428 0s. 0d. re f These amounts are included in the foregoing total of £l,396,07( tailway Loans to 31st March, 1893, as shown in G.-4,1893, is now ispeotively. 6 16s. 8d. Native Land Purchase Office, Wellington, 15th June, 1894. P Sheridan, Officer-in-Charge.