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The usual summary for the year is :—

Table A. Number of New Selectors and Area taken up from 1st April, 1900, to 31st March, 1901, and Total Amount of Money received during the Year.

The table again shows an increase in the number of selectors who chose the tenure which gave them a right in the future to acquire the freehold. The following table gives the results for nine years of offering selectors the choice of the tenure which they liked best, or which best suited the state of their capital.

Table B.

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Nature and Tenure of Lands selected. Number of Purchasers o] Selectors. Area. Cash received on Past and Current Transactions. A. B. P. 224 1 20 230 0 0 58,245 3 17 & s. d. Town lands sold for cash Suburban lands sold for cash Eural lands sold for cash Perpetual leaseholds made freehold Deferred payment instalments Perpetual leases Occupation with right of purchase Lease in perpetuity Agricultural lease Village settlement, cash .. .. .. „ deferred payment perpetual lease occupation with right of purchase .. lease in perpetuity Village-homestead special settlement (lease in perpetuity) Special-settloment associations, deferred payments „ perpetual lease lease in perpetuity Improved-farm special settlements (lease in perpetuity) Occupation leases, Mining Act Small grazing-runs Pastoral runs Thermal springs, Eotorua MisoeUaneous leases and licenses Cheviot Estate— Lease in perpetuity Village-homestead special settlement (lease in perpetuity) Grazing farms Pastoral runs Miscellaneous Land for Settlements Acts— Cash Lease in perpetuity 171 26 165 t 33,987 16 I 51,102 17 8 10,414 19 9 11,550 8 2 27,679 7 4 27,003 5 7 57 13 7 226 5 0 85 16 2 572 17 7 7 17 1 1,731 17 11 2,015 15 4 181 5 9 166 19 9 6,848 2 3 2,978 18 1 240 7 5 22,989 13 11 73,648 2 8 1,641 10 7 28,152 7 9 3 673 295 1 35 2.498 3 24 262,728 3 27 97,187 3 38 23 0 30 21 3 36 96 7 1,082 1 31 375 2 31 13 53 30 64 36 408 1,935 2 25 2,122 2 13 82,423 2 6 1,013,109 1 26 342 1 27 87,712 3 23 6,163 16 0 933 16 7 1 "3 280 0 0 167 3 0 6,452 0 5 227 13 8 389 0 8 „ village Special-settlement associations (lease in perpetuity) .. Small grazing-runs Miscellaneous 1 194 1 2 3 8 47,067 0 34 0 10 30 16 0 65,588 18 7 365 14 0 128 1 4 4,954 17 7 2,713 0 8 4 32 3,372 3 13 6,637 2 29 Totals 2,312 1,667,744 1 18 £390,232 1 2

Occupation with Eight of Purchase. Lease in Perpetuity. Cash. Year. Number. Area. Number. Area. Number. Area. .892-93 .893-94 .894-95 .895-96 .896-97 .897-98 .898-99 .899-1900 .900-1901 161 461 398 431 277 380 458 395 673 Acres. 54,271 108,133 75,477 84,967 59,647 81,414 109,949 117,771 262,729 126 447 336 415 278 299 362 348 295 Acres. 55,320 151,324 87,374 89,144 62,229 76,953 99,262 111,108 97,138 325 249 174 169 90 65 114 95 127 Acres. 35,785 33.200 33,323 26,030 9,835 6,680 17,824 16,510 37,862