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APPENDICES.

APPENDIX I.—ADMINISTEATION.

EXTEACTS FROM THE REPOETS OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF CROWN LANDS ON SETTLEMENT OPERATIONS DUEING THE TWELVE MONTHS WHICH ENDED ON THE 31st MAECH, 1901. AUCKLAND. A glance at the annual summary of transactions below shows that the past year, both from a land settlement and a revenue point of view, is one of the most successful that has as yet been reported upon. Selectors under various tenures have competed for and absorbed 239,843" acres of Crown land, whilst the revenue totals to £59,221, and with endowment revenue added reaches a grand total of £61,416, a most satisfactory result from every point of view. The large areas opened for selection within the County of Kawhia were all eagerly competed for by a capital class of settlers, who have felled large areas of forest ready for burning and grassing, but owing to the very moist summer have not yet been able to obtain satisfactory burns.

Summary of Land Transactions during the Year 1900-1901.

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Transactions during the Year. Leasehold Area held on 31st March, 1901. Class of Selection. Number. Revenue received during the Year. Area. Number. Area. Cash— Town ... Suburban Eural ... 33 5 78 A. 71 61 14,140 B. P. 2 9 0 39 3 26 A. E. P. £ s. d. Total cash Deferred payment ... Perpetual lease Perpetual lease, freehold Occupation, right of purchase Lease in perpetuity Lease in perpetuity, land for settlement " Mining Districts Land Occupation Act, 1894 " Agricultural lease Village - homestead special settlement Special - settlement associations 116 74 329 *158 20 14,273 2 34 23,785 1 10 129,206 1 6 45,875 0 25 9,857 1 24 126 492 15,206 1 31 109,349 2 32 7,443 12 1 713 11 3 3,159 4 6 11,582 2 10 7,527 6 5 3,253 3 0 2,657 4 3 1,518 826 150 352,401 2 13 165,657 0 10 30,838 3 10 39' 1,805 1 27 105 4,816 0 30 45 12 4 1 68 20 2 0 2,688 0 32 190" 3 3 96 16,335 1 0 154 0 1 Improved-farm settlement ... Homestead Small grazing-runs Pastoral runs Lands for settlement, miscellaneous lease, year by year Miscellaneous leases Royalty on coal „ flax 1 1 8 3,039 0 0 16,699 0 0 171 1 28 55 13 8 19 8 5,396 3 3 1,478 0 13 47,677 2 0 116,716 2 27 171 1 28 266 13 8 282 1 8 429 0 8 125 7 9 64 19,699 1 0 12,929-5 tons 1,575 0 0 9 trees, and 41,652 782 sup. ft. 342 1 27 137 36,018 0 25 706 0 9 412 2 3 15 0 0 1 „ timber ... j 16,324 11 1 Thermal Springs ... Tokatoka Tramway Survey liens on Native lands Other sources 36 247 5,754 3 33 1,641 10 7 299 0 7 508 14 9 1,484 17 2 Total 847 266,329 1 21 3,869 910,527 1 7 59,221 0 11 Endowments, occupation with right of purchase Miscellaneous 1 79 1 6 1 10 0 0 2,195 7 10 * Including 35 selections (2,701 a< ires 1 rood 37 perohes) exchan, ;ed from other holdings.