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Area of Crown Lands available for Settlement on the 31st March, 1895, &c. — continued.

Summary of Holdings reported on during the year ended 31st March, 1895.

Note. —"Deferred payment" and "perpetual lease" includes village-settlement and farm-homestead allotments. The greater number of the selectors who are " absent " are exempt from residence, either by having made more than " double improvements " or by not having held the land for three years.

CANTERBURY. Lands opened for Selection. —The lands thrown open for sale or selection were as follows:-

Name of Block or Locality. Q. Firstclass. Quality of Land. luality of Lan Secondclass. id. Thirdclass. Totals. Name of County within which Lands are situated. Brought forward Tennyson Inlet Nydia Bay ... Paradise and Mud Bays Crail and Te Mautau a Maui Bays Kaiuma Pukaki Valley Kaituna Port Underwood North Bank, Wairau Omaka Valley Head, Wairau Valley „ Waihopai Valley „ Spray Valley ... Acheron and Saxton Valleys ... Awatere Valley Slopes of Kaikoura Eange, between Clarence and Awatere Valleys Acres. 1,800 Acres. 5,000 3,800 1,300 2,300 2,500 1,800 4,000 400 Acres. 58,000 Acres. 59,860 5,000 3,800 1,300 2,300 2,500 1,800 4,000 400 12,700 12,200 47,000 12,800 4,200 19,100 4,000 22,800 Sounds. // a Marlborough. a 12,700 12,200 47,000 12,800 4,200 19,100 4,000 22,800 Sounds. Marlborough. c/ u a a 1,860 79,100 134,800 215,760

Value of Improvements required. Value of Tenure. No. of Selectors. Area. Improvements made. Selectors residing. Selectors absent. Partial Default. Total Default. Deferred payment... Perpetual lease Occupation with right of purchase Lease in perpetuity Small grazing-runs 15 21 Acres. 618 2,233 £ s. 309 18 664 7 d. 6 4 £ s. 852 15 2,145 0 d. 0 0 6 14 9 7 3 3 2 4 21 ,30 364 11,109 27,591 36 0 '5,337 17 744 19 0 7 0 354 0 10,830 0 8,650 0 0 0 0 16 29 4 5 21 "3 3 1 2 Totals Ill 41,915 ,7,093 2 5 '22,831 15 0 65 46 12

System. Class. Locality. Area. )ash a * • • • • • jease in perpetuity ... Tillage homestead ... )ptional ... Small grazing-runs ... Small grazing-farms... 'astoral Town Suburban Eural Village Eural Pastoral ... Mackenzie Mackenzie and Port Eobinson Hinds, Alford, &c. Lake Ellesmere Cheviot, Lake Ellesmere, &c. Geraldine, Opawa, &c. Tengawai, Burk's Pass ... Cheviot Lake Ellesmere, Cheviot, &c. Acres. 13 314 110 10,435 3,286 8,443 2,074 14,501 12,537 a Total 51,713