o.—l.

The transactions of all classes for the past financial year have been tabulated in the same form as in previous years, as follows

Summary of Land Transactions for 1899-1900.

The transactions included in the above statement show a general falling-off when compared with those of the preceding year, being less by 220 in number, 24,966 in area, and £10,257 in revenuejreceived. All the principal headings show considerable reductions in the number of dealings and the area dealt with, with the exception of areas selected under the small-grazing-run

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Transactions during the Year. Area under Lease at 31st March, 1900. Revenue System. received during the Year. Number. Area. Number. Area. Cash — A. B. p. A. R. P. £ s. d. Rural 6 1,582 1 2 Suburban 4 3 3 22 Town 83 28 2 25 • 93 1,614 3 9 3,307 4 1 Deferred payment 3,882 29 23 6,374 0 28 1,066 13 |*1,410 8 2 Deferred payment made 6 1 5 freehold Perpetual lease ... 2 624 0 0 141 48,468 2 6 2,800 18 7 Perpetual lease made free66 27,028 0 13 22,188 1 1 hold 8 Occupation with right of purchase Lease in perpetuity 56 17,796 3 31 542 156,424 3 34 7,422 5 54 13,933 2 30 412 116,563 0 20 4,149 12 3 Village settlement — 37 0 0 Cash 4 2 3 7 Deferred payment 0 28 Deferred payment made "7 14 freehold Perpetual lease 2 26 3 38 4 12 5 Perpetual lease made 1 "2 1 29 7 10 0 freehold Lease in perpetuity 32 1,113 3 1 357 7,227 2 16 817 19 10 Lease in perpetuity eon2 50 2 23 versions Village - homestead special 2 5 0 23 120 1,395 0 26 361 3 9 settlement (perpetual lease) Special settlement, deferred 32 3,188 0 9 payment 2,841 564 5 2 Special settlement, deferred 30 2 6 payment made freehold Farm homestead, lease in 1 2 0 3 453 83,087 2 25 4,659 17 4 perpetuity Improved farm t... 27 3,593 1 38 151 14,475 0 30 1,095 8 8 Small grazing-runs 2 601 0 0 76 72,885 3 4 1,883 0 5 Pastoral runs 21 26,791 0 0 193 7 2 Miscellaneous leases and licenses 1 41 12,120 0 34 106 40,127 3 29 ( 992 13 | *6 7 1 6 Land for settlement, lease 33 2,099 0 31 62 -2,373 2 17 944 7 9 in perpetuity Ditto, interest and repay112 11 3 ment of advances Native townships 19 142 3 27 56 277 2 6 238 1 9 Survey-fees which form part 1 0 0 payment for land Survey - fees which do not 69 11 2 form part payment for land State forests 2,458 19 6 Other sources ... 3,042 5 7 Total 478 87,469 1 2 2,554 579,687 1 8 59,835; 5 7 * Endowment. f This does not include thirty-eight balloted-for but unregistered improved-farm selections; area, 6,343 acres 2 roods. Note.—Excluding freeholds under deferred payment and perpetual lease and conversions, the new transactions are reduced to: Number, 366 ; area selected, 53,649 acres 3 roods 34 perches ; the annual rent payable thereon being £3,909 12s. 8d.