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Table E.—Return of Lands purchased from 1st April, 1915, to 31st March, 1916.

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Name of Owner. Name of Estate. Locality. Price per Acre. Mode of Acquisition. Area taken Possession of during Area Year and Amount paid. approxi- . . , mately not yet taken Area. Paid for Land, &c. Possession Area. Sinclair, W. F. .. .. .. Gorton Clifford, H. J. .. .. .. Paparamu Reynolds, R. .. .. .. Trecarne Add apportionments, rates, interest, and insurance Auckland. Near Cambridge Tirau Near Cambridge £ s. d. 14 12 0 By agreement.. 10 0 0 20 10 0 Acres. Gorton .. .. 1,029 Clifford .. .. 1,067 Reynolds £ 15,021 10,671 Acres. 1,512 86 Bayley, G. 0. .. .. .. [ Otamauri Less mortgage taken over, interest, j and apportionments, plus cost of j machinery Hawke's Bay. Near Hastings 7 12 0 By agreement.. 2,096 Otamauri .. .. 6,927 2,096 25,778 52,685 33,929 • Marlborough. Wairau Valley.. 18,756 Carter's Trustees .. ■ .. .. Hillersden Bush Sections By agreement.. Hillersden (additional).. 219 183 Gillies. B. .. .. .. .. Kowhatu McGregor, F. L. Canterbury. Waihao Forks .. Burke's Township 5 2 6' By agreement.. 10 0 0 - Kowhatu .. .. 3,714 Burke's Homestead 3,714 19,035 "eo •■ ! 3,714 19,035 Fenwick, C. H. .. .. .. Maraweka Hitchon. T. .. Sutherland, J. .. .. .. Riverside R. Campbell and Sons .. .. Galloway Freeholds .. Otago. Near Maheno .. Hilderthorpe .. Waitahuna Alexandra South 11 7 6 By agreement.. 10 12 6 Maraweka .. .. 1,801 Hilderthorpe .. .. 683 Waitahuna 1 1,801 683 20,488 7,157 8,908* 6 0 0 ',', •• 586 Add cost of fencing Maraweka., £170 ; and apportionment rates, £26 2,484 2,484 36,553 196 36,749 15,440 100,501 2,158 * Payment of mortgage in connection with purchase of Eiverside Estate from Messrs. Scott Bros, and Bullock.