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Table No. 2a—(Analysis of Table No. 2.) SHOWING THE OWNERS WITH THEIR UNIMPROVED VALUE AS AT 31st MARCH, 1902, DIVIDED BETWEEN "TOWN LANDS" AND "COUNTRY LANDS."

Note.—Since the above table was compiled the revision for 1903, whioh included the principal boroughs of the colony, has taken place. For the purpose of comparison £4,000,000 should be added to the total unimproved value of town landß as the result of this revision.

Summary of Table No. 2. TABLE OF OWNERSHIP AS AT 31st MARCH, 1902, CLASSIFIED BY UNIMPROVED VALUE, WHEN SUMMARISED GIVES THE FOLLOWING RESULTS.

Numbers. Vali les. Class. Town Lands L fl exclusively. exclusively. Owners holding both Town and Country Lands. Total Owners. Unimproved Value of Town Lands. Unimproved Value of Country Lands. Under £100 £100 and under £200 £200 „ £300 £300 „ £400 £400 „ £500 43,702 12,838 5,620 2,844 1,722 9,527 5,763 3,729 2,802 2,160 402 461 523 450 380 53,631 19,062 9,872 6,096 4,262 £ 1,634,442 1,759,400 1,371,080 1,011,739 813,464 £ 455,787 857,664 979,616 1,051,759 1,065,864 £500 , £600 £600 „ £700 £700 . £800 £800 „ £900 £900 „ £1,000 1,031 749 564 471 315 1,578 1,353 1,101 876 749 336 319 260 234 202 2,945 2,421 1,925 1,581 1,266 617,832 545,352 483,404 464,246 359,789 973,497 1,006,667 947,180 869,101 835,333 £1,000 „ £2,000 £2,000 , £3,000 £3,000 „ £4,000 £4,000 „ £5,000 £5,000 „ £10,000 1,260 359 162 82 184 3,886 1,370 667 402 659 1,209 575 315 219 442 6,355 2,304 1,144 703 1,285 2,275,415 1,277,155 872,090 685,820 2,244,890 6,597,382 4,308,091 3,074,251 2,437,597 6,565,271 £10,000 „ £20,000 £20,000 „ £50,000 £50,000 „ £100,000 2100,000 „ £200,000 2200,000 and over 59 13 3 258 94 25 8 217 137 32 13 2 534 244 60 21 2 1,633,717 1,561,509 769,025 404,310 59,524 5,538,416 5,628,971 3,268,332 2,271,975 947,647 71,978 37,007 6,728 115,713 20,844,203 49,680,401

Class. Number of Owners. Unimproved Value. Under £500 £500 and under £1,000 £1,000 . £10,000 £10,000 and over 92,925 10,136 11,791 861 £ 11,000,815 7,102,401 30,337,962 22,083,426 70,524,604 Totals 115,713