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1899. NEW ZEALAND.

LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS ACT: RETURN SHOWING THE TERMS OF PURCHASE OF THE WAIKAKAHI AND STARBOROUGH ESTATES.

Laid on the Table of the House of Representatives by Leave.

Purchase of the Waikakahi and Staeborough Estates. Waikakahi — p ( i Purchased at (per acre) ... ... ... 6150 Land-tax value ... ... ... 611 8 Terms of purchase :— Cash ... ... ... ... 73,090 9 7 Debentures at 3f per cent, per annum ... ... ... 250,000 0 0 Starborough — Terms of purchase :— °_ a 8 h ••• • 350 0 0 Debentures at 3f per cent, per annum ... ... ... 99,000 0 0 The debentures have ten years' currency from Ist April, 1899. m . Jas. B. Heywood. The Treasury, Wellington, 3rd August, 1899. Secretary. Approximate Cost of Paper.— Preparation (not given); printing (1,325 copies), 18s. 6d.

B 7 Authority: John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.—lB99. JrTICC oCli tj