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The lands being prepared for settlement during 1906-7 are set forth in the subjoined table : — Table B. —Lands being pbepaeed for Settlement at Ist February, 1907. Land District. Acres. Auckland .... .. .. .. .. .. .. 815,056 Hawke's Bay 135,239 Taranaki .. ..''. .. .. .. .. .. 32,086 Wellington .. .. .. .. .. ..' .. 50,000 Nelson .. .. .. .. .. 76,650 Westland .. .. 32,160 Total .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,141,191 Lands selected, 1906-7. The demand for Crown land under the various tenures shows no diminution, the number of selectors and the area selected being larger than the previous year. The new selectors total 2,280, the area taken up being 958,652 acres, or an average of 311 acres for each ordinary selector of settlement lands other than pastoral or miscellaneous leases. The subjoined Table C discloses the tenures under which the several tenants or licensees have been granted their holdings :—
Table C.—Number of New Selectors, and Area taken up, from 1st April, 1906, to 31st March, 1907, and Total Amount of Revenue received during the Year.
Nature and Tenure of Lands selected. O w _ o Area selected. Average Holding. Cash received oi Past and Current Transactions. Town lands sold for cash ».. Suburban lands sold for cash Rural 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 Agricultural lease Village settlement, cash deferred payment perpetual lease .. , occupation with right of purchase .. „ occupation with right of purchase made freehold perpetual lease made freehold „ lease in perpetuity Village-homestead special settlement Special-settlement associations— Perpetual lease .. .. .. Lease in perpetuity Improved-farm special settlements made freehold Occupation leases, Mining Districts Land Occupation Act Small grazing-runs Pastoral runs Thermal springs, Rotorua Miscellaneous leases and licenses Miscellaneous Cheviot Estate— Cash Lease in perpetuity Village-homestead special settlement Grazing-farms Pastoral runs .. .. ,-. Miscellaneous leases Land for Settlements Acts— Cash Lease in perpetuity .. ... „ (village) Special-settlement associations (lease in perpetuity) .. Small grazing-runs Pastoral runs Miscellaneous leases .. 245 52 121 A. R. P. 255 3 10 180 3 22 19,896 2 35 A. B. P. 10 7 3 1 36 164 1 29 £ a. d. • 18,488 5 11 412 296 is 215,529 2 14 73,545 3 13 523 0 20 248 1 34 1 1 8 5,135 19 1 25,245 6 6 2,566 13 7 3,355 2 6 40,858 15 10 36,507 6 6 14 13 4 386 10 0 45 6 8 410 10- 8 7 18 9 5 0 0 19 2 5 32 17 1,012 1 38 173 0 17 31 2 22 10 0 29 333 13 9 1,785 6 3,198 19 10 1 46 "i 1 24 5,621 3 18 i 1 24 122 0 34 48 7 2 6,104 10 3 4,769 7 11 519 10 7 946 3 4 27,896 7 8 69,617 5 9 47 5 0 46,345 16 11 32,646 6 6 26 33 113 4 481 1,043 3 4 73,851 1 14 370,388 2 34 110 71,706 1 28 40 0 23 2,237 3 27 3,277 3 4 0 1 10 149 0 12 16 7 0 31 0 1 32 379 19 6 5,836 7 10 836 17 11 6,209 10 7 193 3 8 219 6 5 4 169 2 0 42 1 20 13 301 16 0 15 80,691 2 28 1 0 38 268 0 12 344 9 11 172,883 6 2 314 3 0 147 1 1 22,643 4 5 121 13 0 9,989 15 3 18 41,002 1 6 2,277 3 24 34 3,533 2 39 108 3 29 Totals ., .. ' .. 2,280 958,652 0 30 420 1 33 547,405 9 0