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Table 2.—Lands selected during the Year ended 31st March, 1926.

Table 3.—Lands held on Lease at 31st March, 1926.

Pastoral Licenses Mining D , stricts rash Deferred n PnB wahle Tpmp Occupation with Small Pastrvraliinns Minimr Tiiatricts LaIKl Miscellaneous Education Totals. Payment. Kenewable Le se. Right of Purchase. Grazing-runs. ' Huns. 1 lining Districts Occupation Leases, Ac. Endowments. Land District. Regulations. Leases - No. Area. No. j Area. No. Area. ! No. ; Area. No. I Area. i No. [ Area. I No. ! Area. No. ' Area, i No. i Area. j No. ! Area. No. j Area. I ' . , p Acres. I Acres, i Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. | Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. North Auckland .. | 10 206 ! 37 34 I 38 5,160 37 2,718 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ! .. 43 3,475 60 1,182 225 12,775 Auckland .. ..J 22 358 j 39 49 j 46 6,276 5 1,042 .. .. .. .. 5 2,086 2 25 101 17,780 | 4 17,151 224 44,767 Gisborne .. .. j 8 44 ! 12 3,500 4 3,036 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 25 4,636 j 5 21 54 11,237 Hawke's Bay .. 3 7 ! 1 .. 4 1,954 1 568 1 3,069 ; 1 5,532 ... j .. .. .. 8 1,043 1 1 20 12,174 Taranaki .. .. 26 2,896 11 198 19 5,526 4 1,408 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 36 5,803 13 898 109 16,729 Wellington .. .. 34 1,297 ! 70 26 41 10,077 2 490 1 2,185 .. .. .. .. .. .. 47 4.645 9 291 204 19,011 Nelson .. .. 53 265 1 .. 22 20,072 .. .. 4 3,305 .. .. 4 1,264 .. .. 39 7,875 3 1 126 32,782 Marlborough .. .. .. 5 4 13 4,537 .. .. 1 873 1 22,380 .. .. .. .. 13 348 3 1 36 28,143 Westland .. .. 17 29j .. I .... 15 4,003 .. .. .. .. 1 9,500 6 1,044 4 70 44 52,631 3 232 90 67,509 Canterbury .. .. I 5 9 11 i 50 23 2,371 .. .. 1 1,272 .. .. .. .. .. .. 37 4,506 2 77 79 8,285 Otago .. .. 33 70 | .. j .. 30 12,030 5 610 .. 11 63,992 .. .. 10 300 47 2,694 9 94 145 79,790 Southland .. .. 6 358 j 13 j 526 6 1,542 8 1,007 .. .. 3 9,471 .. .. .. .. 34 1,091 8 519 78 14,514 Totals .. 217 5,539 I 188 1 887 1 269 77,048 66 10.879 8 10,704 17 110,875 15 4,394 16 395 474 106,527 120 20,468 1,390 347,716 | I I i I

I Pastoral Deferred Payment. Lease in Perpetuity. Renewable Lease. with Small Grazing- p astora ] Runs. Licenses in 5 Perpetual Miscellaneous Leases Education Totala 1 J Right of Purchase- runs. u ° I Mining Leases. and Licenses. Endowments. Land District. I Districts. Leases No. Area. No. 1 Area. j No. : Area. No. Area. No. Area. No. Area. I No. Area. No. Area. ; No. J Area. No. Area. No. Area. No. ! Area. j I ! ! \ I I I J Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. ; Acres. 1 Acres. Acres. Acres. Acres. North Auckland.. | 200 i 6,195 439 70,468 677 122,413 950 158,759 .. .. 1 553 .... | 2 71 8 334 457 97,514 705 42,886 3,439 499,193 Auckland .. 1,290 111,948 416 121,266 1,174 235,611 1,065 317,614 16 70,559 2 38,061 174 52,061 168 4,419 .. .. 1,051* 55,883* 237 56,037 5,593 1,063,465 Gisborne .. 34 22,754 97 42,810 248 j 108,314 166 111,381 72 207,511 1 j 186 .. .. 137 23,675 69 39,979 824 556,610 Hawke's Bay .. 93 40,032 415 112,164 497 188,055 184 53,265 23 53,344 13 1 75,333 .. .. .. .. .. .. 120 65,251 179 51,593 1,524 639,037 Taranaki .. 52 4,095 660 177,986 345 100,682 530 237,965 4 3,582 .. .. 1 328 j 294 20,991 577 49,841 2,463 595,470 Wellington .. 385 43,542 1,032 155,767 1,152 183,108 554 214,046 25 23,703 20 131,554 2 476 613 30,573 510 105,531 4,293 888,300 Nelson .. 59 17,170 386 128,421 579 247,166 115 42,651 18 23,225 5 231,479 230 46,433 20 701 1 104 443 120,653 117 7,537 1,973 865,540 Marlborough .. 42 14,294 557 180,743 288 149,134 85 25,696 113 285,653 47 848,115 .. .. 2 200 7 52 246 16,783 42 1,413 1,429 1,522,083 Westland .. 32 3,994 353 42,020 510 69,769 38 7,055 .. .. 60 981,402 296 58,047 126 845 1 50 918 248,241 102 13,780 2,436 1,425,203 Canterbury .. 105 21,770 1,468 252,085 874 360,984 16 2,640 149 474,609 125 2,762,227 .. .. .. .. 63 1,885 879 231,527 230 70,829 3,909 4,178,556 Otago .. .. 60 34,514 1,314 279,995 888 245,527 188 29,028 417 1,529,421 300 3,301,473 .. .. 344 11,942 76 ,4,991 l,369t 193,534+ 440 45,065 5,396 5,675,490 Southland .. 108 11,069 547 93,838 366 73,153 234 40,050 20 64,989 69 1,279,743 .. .. 47 1,312 20 1,793 464 65,392' 792 339,367 2,667 1,970,706 Totals .. 2,460 331,377 7,684 1,657,563 7,598 |2,083, 916 4,125 1,240,150 857 2,736,596 643 9,650,132 700 156,541 709 19,490 179 10,013 6,991 1,170,017 4,000 823,858 35,946 19,879,653 * Includes Thermal Springs District leases. t Includes agricultural leases. Note. —This table includes national endowments and education endowments, but excludes other endowments administered by Land Boards.