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1907. NEW ZEALAND.

LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS ACTS (LANDS PURCHASED UNDER THE) IN THE SEVERAL ELECTORATES, AND EXPENDITURE ON SAME TO 31st MARCH, 1907.

Return to an Order of the House of Representatives dated the 23rd July, 1907. Ordered, " That there be laid before this House a return of the amount of land purchased and the exDenditnre on same within the present electorates in the colony under the Land for Settlements Acts."—(Mr. Hogg )

Return of the Amount of Land purchased and the Expenditure on same as at 31st March, 1907, within the present Electorates in the Dominion, under the Land for Settlements Acts.

Electorate. Area. Expenditure. I Bay of Islands Marsden Kaipara Auckland East „ Central West Waitemata ... Parnell Manukau Eden Franklin Thames Ohinemuri ... Waikato Bay of Plenty Waiapu Hawke's Bay Waipawa Napier Pahiatua Taranaki Egmont Patea Hawera Rangitikei Wanganui Oroua Manawatu ... Palmerston ... Otaki Hutt Masterton Wairarapa ... Wellington North „ Central East Newtown '.'.'. i | Aores. 12', 480 162 57 1,090 4,004 67,174 166,977 11,616 45,788 51,011 23,356 311 2,792 1,506 2,336 2,986 736 504 1,517 9,405 37,155 £ 49,860 25,*554 7,744 18,144 14,686 209,257 104,938 94,639 270,670 330,732 125,903 15,917 34,239 33,127 38,553 41,305 14,814 13,207 140,064 32,609 211,523