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APPENDICES.

APPENDIX I.—SETTLEMENT OF 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, 1907.

AUCKLAND. The Settlement of Ceown Lands. In reporting on the operations of the Department in this land district, a repetition of information which is plainly evident on a perusal of the tables has been avoided, except in such cases as appear to require special notice, or where a general statement may enhance the value of the tabulated details. The special feature of the following summary is that it shows how far the district has contributed during the year to the settlement of the Crown lands of the colony. Notwithstanding that 497 persons have been allotted 185,424 acres on the various leasehold and occupation tenures, the official records show that there continues a keen demand for land by people who are anxious to become settled on farms of their own.

Summary showing Number of New Selectors and Area taken up from the 1st April, 1906, to the 31st March, 1907, and Total Amount of Revenue received, during the Year in the Auckland Land District.

Nature and Tenure of Lands selected. Number of Selectors. Area selected. Cash received on Past and Current Transactions. Down 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 [jease in perpetuity... tillage settlementCash ... Perpetual lease (repayment of advances) Lease in perpetuity tillage-homestead special settlements... Special-settlement associations (lease in perpetuity) [mproved-farm special settlements [mproved-farm special settlements made freehold Occupation leases, Mining Districts Land Ofcupation Act 5mall grazing-runs ... Pastoral runs rhermal springs, Botorua Miscellaneous leases and licenses Miscellaneous Workers' Dwellings Act Land for Settlements Acts— Gash Lease in perpetuity Small grazing-runs Miscellaneous ... ... ... ... 59 11 28 236 41 8 4 2 4 21 4 7 67 5 a. B. p. 146 1 9 40 0 10 1,878 2 37 108,812 3 27 13,822 3 22 : £ s. d. I,547 7 4 224 15 2 1,094 3 10 875 15 0 4,794 6 6 249 0 9 834 4 7 13,582 6 5 6,663 7 2 14 1 0 18 1 7 ... ' 358 0 0 170 7 7 102 16 9 119 16 4 325 12 11 72 0 32 312 0 2 91 10 0 408 13 4 8,551 0 0 19,109 0 0 : 110 526 16 10 517 16 3 47 5 0 -20,476 8 1 1-21,639 7 1 89 8 1 8 2 36 15,586 0 9 22,357 0 0 ... 70 2 6 13,525 9 0 271 0 5 3,384 3 4 Totals ... ... • ... 497 185,424 2 29 92,302 0 5 * Includes £17,560 7s., timber licenses and sale of timber. f Ioclud Includes £17,735 11s. 7d. State foreste'revenuc.