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Table 1. —Return showing (approximately) Position of Lands in the Dominion at 31st March, 1921.

Total Area sold and held on Freehold. Total Area granted under Acts without Money Payment, or reserved for Public Purposes from Foundation of Dominion. Total Area of Crown Lands leased under all Tenures (exclusive of Reserves leased by Crown). Total Area open for Selection. Total Area of Native Land. Estimated Area of Barren and Worthless Estimated Area Country occupied not already by Roads, Rivers, included under Lakes, &c any of the other Headings. Total Area remaining for Future Disposal, Total Area exclusive of Land in shown in Land District. Preceding Columns. District. Acres. Acres. Acres.Acres. 11,367 Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. North Auckland * * 485,943 546,157 40,000 348,938 4,478,200 Auckland 2,731,013 4,192,911 1,200,628 128,091 2,837,177 626,971 376,344 9,047,340 Hawke's Bay 2,530,016 430,459 1,043,124 14,581 1,261,882 150,659 78,179 5,508,900 Taranaki 572,087 723,978 587,553 17,416 236,575 68,498 198,393 2,401,500 Wellington 3,360,032. 890,751 767,707 151 1,496,461 36,500 195,282 304,116 7,051,000 Nelson 616,741 2,329,006 894,629 46,054 30,629 565,652 60,229 172,060 4,715,000 Marlborough 776,392 335,026 1,496,517 181 36,364 100,582 22,938 2,768,000 Westland 154,758 308,778 l,830,815t 280,236f 750,000f 154,250f 385,041f 3,863,878 Canterbury 3,569,492 1,390,631 • 3,921,017 614 140,500 445,786 10,005 9,478,045 Otago 1,982,217 614,097 5,537,100 42,234 573,600 263,463 82,289 9,095,000 Southland 1,632,300 3,574,116 1,630,287 13,063 626,479 140,789 265,335 7,882,369 Totals .. 19,395,320 17,925,048 14,789,753 553,988 6,408,881 2,729,095 2,246,509 i 2,243,638 66,292,232 * Included in Auckland figures. t Includes 502,117 acres reserved as provisional State forests, but not shown in column 2. "»