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to progress more rapidly with their improvements. The arrears on the 31st March amount to £64 14s. lid. On the 4th April this was reduced to £2l 7s. 9d., and we expect to obtain this balance early in May. W. G. Mubbay, Commissioner of Crown Lands.

CANTERBURY. The following table shows concisely the total land transactions during the year, the number of Crown tenants and area held at the 31st March, 1900, and the revenue derived from all sources during the year, amounting to £93,667 14s. Bd. :

Table of Land Transactions, 1899-1900.

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Transactions during the Area held on Lease at 31st Year. March, 1900. Revenue L/iBiSS oi Deieccion. received during Number. Area. Number. Area. the Year. Cash lands, Crown— A. B. P. A. B. P. £ s. d. Rural ... 12 603 3 29 ... 1,529 15 8 Town ... 21 11 1 24 397 5 0 Deferred payments — Rural ... 17 11,780 0 21 2,431 7 5 Village 10 160 1 16 245 2 3 Made freehold ... 12 1,220" 1 38 Perpetual lease— Rural ... 70 11,956 2 16 1,020 3 1 Village 50 1,051 2 3 416 0 7 Made freehold ... 12 1,644* 0 24 2,889 12 10 Occupation with right of purchase— Rural ... 13 1,410 1 5 81 9 0 Village 2 6" 2 0 6 2 10 3 12 0 Lease in perpetuity, Crown— Rural ... 2 2,560 2 0 180 73,744 0 26 4,093 3 4 Village 15 8 0 0 8 3 3 Lake Ellesmere... 57 13,943 3 39 1,348 3 8 Conversions to lease in perpetuity 16 1,558* 1 11 Village-homestead, CrownPerpetual lease ... 136 3,823 2 39 607 10 4 Lease in perpetuity 4 25* 1 38 107 4,327 3 16 414 9 1 Lake Ellesmere... 47 1,417 0 38 294 12 9 Farm homestead, Crown— Perpetual lease ... 22 2,094 1 31 149 2 2 Lease in perpetuity ... 3 211 0 26 11 0 8 Small grazing-runs, Crown ... 2 5,203* 2 0 46 103,657 3 25 5,641 7 1 Pastoral licenses— Crown lands 9 239,717 0 0 118 3,427,070 2 7 31,547 14 10 State forests 1 746 0 0 1 11 0 Miscellaneous occupation licenses — Crown lands ... i.. 69 8,396 0 33 389 77,643 3 1 2,557 12 5 Lake Ellesmere... 1 20 0 0 16 936 3 2 51 2 0 Endowment, University ... 1 1,480 2 8 129 11 0 State forests 'i 1,120 0 0 10 9,200 0 0 132 17 1 Other sources , . . 1,451 14 2 Cheviot Estate — Cash lands, town and suburban 17 13 3 39 374 4 2 Lease in perpetuity 1 6 2 0 106 23,911 0 33 6,613 9 5 Village homestead 77 2,480 1 0 838 14 5 Grazing-farms ... 39 45,691 0 9 6,485 18 11 Pastoral licenses 2 2,102 0 0 263 10 8 Miscellaneous occupation licenses ... 10 23* 1 33 66 1,656 3 37 193 11 3 Other sources ... 53 6 7 Land for settlements — Lease in perpetuity 95 14,898 2 35 642 79,542 1 17 18,541 16 3 Farm homestead 11 2,114 1 9 172 13 2 Small grazing-runs 5 10,893* 0 36 22 33,924 2 34 2,353 1 7 Miscellaneous occupation licenses ... 22 994 0 33 21 886 1 39 323 17 10 Total ... 313 288,911 2 13 2,300 3,938,976 2 17 93,668 6 11