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Disposition of Lands in New Zealand.

Acres. Percentage. 1. Area of Crown lands leased under all tenures (exclusive of reserves leased by Crown) .. 19,322,833 29-20 2. Area sold and held on freehold .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 17,753,024 26-80 3. Area granted under Acts without money-payments, or reserved for public purposes .. 12,092,003 18'50.*j 4. Area of Native land .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..0,585,489 8-42 5. Area of provisional State forests (included in columns 3 and 7) (10 per cent, not yet gazetted) 5,119,474 773 6. Estimated area of barren and worthless land not included under any other heading .. 3,831,520 575 7. Area for future disposal (exclusive of land shown in other columns) .. .. .. 3,700,350 5-08 8. Estimated area occupied by roads, rivers, lakes, &c. .. .. .. .. 2,242,223 B'B9 9: Area of State forests (included in column 3) .. .. .. .. .. 1,054,211 25() ' 10. Area open for selection .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 704,178 1-06 11. Area of forest reserves (included in column 3) .. .. .. .. .. 521,305 0-79

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