d.—s.

"THE LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS CONSOLIDATION ACT, 1900." TABLE B.—Return of Lands recommended for Purchase by the Board of Land Purchase Commissioners under the above Act from 1st April, 1903, to 31st March, 1904.

Narue of Seller and Locality. Area offered by Vendor. Price Price offered Cost of Roading, asked. for Land. Total Price Administra- Total Cost to paid to Seller. tion, Date. Per Acre. [ Per Acre. &c, to Date. lotaiuost to Remarks. Date. . I Auckland Land District. McGuire and McGoverns A. R. P. 1,000 0 0 £ s. d. 15 0 0 £ s. d. 13 10 0 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Vendors would not accept Government offer. Ditto. t s. d. Assets Realisation Board, " Part Hiuuera " 250 0 0 4 0 0 2 19 3 Total 1,250 0 0 •• •• ■' Hawke's Bay Land District. Hawke's Bay Timber Company, " Tamaki " A. and J. W. Harding, " Mount Vernon " Assets Realisation Board, " Manga-a-toro 1a No. 1 " 3,536 0 0 15,656 0 0 5,141 0 0 3 5 7 11 18 0 3 16 0 1 14 0 I Under section 70, " Native Land Act, 1895." i Purchase not complete, i Purchase not complete. Under section 70, " Native Land Act, 1895." Government did not approve. 2 14 6 •■ J. Roberts, " Clive Grange " .. 4,479 0 0 11 8 3 .. Totals 1 28,812 0 0 Taranaki Land District. 873 3 1 7 1 12 3,765 0 0 242 0 0 1.29G 0 0 P. Bayley J 12 10 0 20 0 0 7 0 0 38 0 0 12 10 0 20 0 0 4 12 6 24 0 0 22 10 0 11,371 19 0 146 10 0 i 122 9 2 11,640 18 2 Purohase complete. Vendors would not accept Government offer. P. J. Steuart A. 0. Brett W. J. Hirst Totals 6,184 0 13 11,640 18 2 ■• 11,518 9 0 122 9 2 Wellington Land District. E. J. Riddiford Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company .. 1,676 0 0 195 0 0 21 0 0 0 10 0 " Vendor would not accept Government offer. Price agreed on. Purchase to be completed. Under Soenery PreservationAot. 0 10 0 ■ • Totals 1,871 0 0 ! •• -• •• •• ■• Marlborough Land District. 245 3 11 50 0 0 296 0 0 26 8 0 24 10 0 6,022 11 2 6,155 13 5 Purchase completed. Exchange not approved. Vendor would not aooept Government offer. ■ 6,155 13 5 G. E. Parsons Squire's Exchange G. F. Bullen, " Tullooh Mains " .... 133 2 3 3o"o 0 25 0 0 ! Total 6,022 11 2 133 2 3 6,155 13 5 591 3 11 ..