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APPENDICES.

APPENDIX I.—SETTLEMENT OP CROWN LANDS.

EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORTS OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF CROWN LANDS ON SETTLEMENT OPERATIONS DURING THE TWELVE MONTHS WHICH ENDED ON THE 31st MARCH, 1906.

AUCKLAND. The Settlement of Crown Lands. • It will be seen from the following summary that there continues unabated a demand for Crown lands in this land district. As the primary efforts of the Department are directed towards the settlement of the people on the land, it is therefore satisfactory to review a year's transactions, which show that an additional area of 107,405 acres has been taken up by 427 persons, who, with their families, are thus able to establish homea for themselves.

Number of New Selectors and Area taken up, from 1st April, 1905, to 31st March, 1906, and Total Amount of Revenue received during the Year.

Lands offered and disposed of during the Year. Every effort has been made during the year to get as much as possible of our land opened. The area of Crown lands in the district as on the 31st March, 1906, was as follows :— Area of Crown land open for settlement— Acres. North of Auckland City .. .. .. .. 143,747 South of Auckland City .. .. .. .. 682,842 Acres. 826,589 Area of Crown land for settlement — North of .. .. ... .. 271,847 South of Auckland City .. .. .. .. 545,026 816,873 Total .. ~ ~ ~ ~ .. 1,643,462

Nature and Tenure of Lands selected. Number of Selectors. Area selected. Gash received on Past and Current Transactions. Town lands sold for cash Eural lands sold for cash Perpetual leases made freehold Occupation with right of purchase made freehold Deferred-payment instalments Perpetual leases Occupation with right of purchase Lease in perpetuity... Village settlement — Cash Lease in perpetuity Village-homestead special settlements... Village-homestead special settlements—Bepayment of advances... Special-settlement associations—Lease in perpetuity Improved-farm special settlements Occupation leases, Mining Districts Land Occupation Act Small grazing-runs ... Pastoral runs Thermal springs, Eotorua Miscellaneous leases and licenses Miscellaneous Land for Settlement Acts — Cash Lease in perpetuity Small grazing-runs Miscellaneous 2 29 A. E. P. 0 3 17 1,549 3 8 £ s. d, 33 0 0 924 8 9 287 5 0 2,569 9 0 186 5 1 953 9 *3 12,330 3 11 6,764 8 10 188 59 63,395 3 37 19,859 1 24 30 8 19 3 8 24 2 1 182 4 0 120 9 2 142 19 3 122 7 6 314 6 0 "7 262 0 0 286 18 9 404 13 8 1 14 2,012 0 0 3,328 1 19 522 3 10 543 5 5 18 0 0 790 13 6 42,449 6 7 5 1,265 2 28 1 82 1 10 0 11,863 0 31 3,823 0 0 42 0 0 11,711 12 7 42 7 5 2,472 15 10 Totals 427 107,405 2 13 84,214 13 4