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Table A. —Number of Properties considered during the Year ended 31st March, 1929.

Table B. —Summary of Estates acquired up to the 31st March, 1929.

Table C. —Return of Land purchased and paid for from 1st April, 1928, to 31st March, 1929.

I J . Land District. Number. re^jjg^j ateS ! Land District. Number. Acr6s ' Acrss North Auckland .. 29 80,443 Nelson .. .. 6 8,823 Auckland .. .. 44 81,109 Westland .. .. 4 3,335 Gisborne .. .. ® 10,792 Canterbury .. .. 40 84,657 Hawke's Bay .. .. 15 41,279 Otago .. .. 19 29,551 Taranaki .. .. 14 16,851 Southland .. .. 18 15,970 Wellington .. .. 4-6 50,997 Marlborough .. .. 4 j 13,336 i Totals .. 245 437,143

Land District. Number. \ Area. Purchase-money. L__ Acres £ Auckland (including North Auck- 100 392,392 1,547,501 land) Hawke's Bay (including Gisborne) 63 311,436 2,357,100 Taranaki .. .. .. 25 27,628 369,818 Wellington .. .. .. 147 158,729 2,254,218 Marlborough .. .. .. 22 224,090 755,482 Nelson .. .. *.. 14 48,821 150,473 Westland .. .. .. 2 5,125 8,343 Canterbury .. .. .. 173 447,597 3,444,757 Otago .. .. .. 73 293,188 1,779,317 Southland .. .. .. 26 90,862 459,916 Totals .. .. 645 1,999,868 13,126,925

Name of Owner. | Locality. Ac^^n . Settlement. Area. £ Acres. £' Burnett, A. (estate of late) , , Timaru .. 8 By agreement Rosewill .. .. 1J 10 Langstaff, E. T. .. .. Lower Hutt .. ,, Hutt Valley .. 1 1,200 Finlayson, J. (estate of late) .. Rehia .. 5 „ Finlayson .. .. 253 1,265 Rhodes Estate .. .. Owenga, Chat- 15 „ Owenga .. .. 97 1,455 ham Islands Grace, Dr. M. S. (estate of late) Gracefield .. .. ,, Hutt Valley .. 1 20 Totals .. 353J 3,950