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Estates offered for Selection during the Year ending 31st March, 1903, under "The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900."

Summary of Selectors, Residences, and the Condition of Estates acquired and dealt with, at 31st March, 1903.

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Land District, and Name of Estate. Area of Estate. Number of Selectors. Area unselected, 31st March, 1903. Annual Rental payable on Lands leased. Date of Opening. Luckland— Cradock Hamlet Hetana Hamlet Kitchener Hamlet Methuen Hamlet Plumer Hamlet lawke's Bay— Kumeroa Forest Gate Vellington— Linton Vestland — Kokatahi 'anterbury— Lyndon No. 2 .. Maytown R.S. 30791 (pt.) Eccleston R.S. 36226 Mead.. Chamberlain .. 'tago— Windsor Park Windsor Park (No. 2) .. Duncan A. K. P. 33 0 9 451 1 34 26 3 35 77 3 14 74 0 0 3,774 2 38 8,822 0 0 551 1 36 1,879 2 20 a 7 1 7 3 14 28 5 3 A. R. P. 22 0 25 377 1 6 20 3 14 45 2 7 54 2 12 726 0 0 81 2 13 1,246 1 30 £ s. d. 17 14 0 14 5 4 8 12 0 33 17 9 10 10 2 1,425 9 10 2,587 17 6 309 13 6 100 17 10 22 April, 1902. 22 April, 1902. 22 April, 1902. 22 April, 1902. 22 April, 1902. 12 May, 1902. 19 May, 1902. 17 Sept., 1902. 4 Nov., 1902. 15,887 0 0 391 3 32 100 0 0 1,246 1 5 46 1 26 5,914 3 17 10,500 1 9 10 12 . 1 4 1 21 21 2,281 10 2 286 16 2 17 0 0 569 11 2 5 3 0 975 18 0 2,169 19 10 21 April, 1902. 28 April, 1902. 23 April, 1902. 12 May, 1902. 16 Oct., 1902. 21 Jan., 1903. 9 March, 1903. 3,821 2 16 2,179 2 17 633 2 3 38 10 5 1,655 8 2 875 16 8 181 16 8 28 May, 1902. 28 Oct., 1902. 29 Dec, 1902. 210 0 22 Totals 56,412 2 31 194 2,784 2 9 13,524 17 9

Land District and Name of Settlement. Selectors. Residencies. Progress during Year. Pursuits of Settlers. Present Position. Prospects. Auckland — Opouriao Okauia Rangiatea Karapiro Fencourt Whitehall Cradock Hamlet 64 9 19 16 36 8 3 64 7 17 11 34 9 Satisfactory .. Unsatisfactory Good Dairying and cropping Dairying Dairying and general farming Farming and dairying Good Not satisfactory.. Prosperous Good Prosperous Fairly good Not satisfactory.. Good. Fair. Good. Fair Only recently selected Ditto Hetana Hamlet.. Kitchener Hamlet Methuen Hamlet Plumer Hamlet.. Hawke's Bay— Raureka 7 1 7 3 6 "a 19 18 Good Dairying, farming, fruit-grow-ing, &c. Pastoral Dairying Good Good. Elsthorpe Waimarie Pouparae Tomoana Mahora Willows Hatuma Manga-a-toro Kumeroa Forest Gate Taranaki — Tokaora Wellington— Paparangi Ohakea Te Matua Aorangi Langdale Mangawhata Epuni Hamlet .. 46 18 9 13 32 22 62 25 14 28 27 16 9 12 25 17 53 18 10 18 Dairying and fruit-growing .. Dairying and farming Fair Good Satisfactory .. Grazing and mixed farming Grazing Dairying and grazing 15 13 Good Dairy-farming Good Good. 36 15 13 37 23 7 41 35 15 12 37 17 7 32 Good Dairying, poultry-farming, &c. Dairying, cropping, &c. Dairying Dairying, market-gardening Mixed farming and pastoral Dairying and sheep-farming Gardening, poultry-farming, &c. Ditto Dairying and grazing Good Good. Satisfactory .. Good Maungaraki Linton.. Marlborough— Blind River Omaka Puhipuhi Starborough Richmond Brook North Bank 20 5 12 4 Satisfactory .. 19 13 2 109 11 10 17 12 1 64 9 1 Fair Good Fair Satisfactory .. Sheep-farming Sheep-farming and cropping Sheep-farming Good Fair Good. Fair. Good. Only selected in Maroh, 1903 Fair Waipapa Westland — Poerua Kokatahi 4 3 Sheep-farming Fair Fair. 18 3 14 3 Good Dairying and mixed farming Very good Good Good. tr Carried forward 862 682