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Table A. —Return of Native Land Court Business for the Year ended 31st March, 1940.

Table B.—Return of Alienations confirmed for the Year ended 31st March, 1940.

Table C.—Native Land Purchases. There has been little activity in the purchase of Native Land by the Crown during the year, and this table will be omitted from the annual report for the duration of the war.

Approximate Cost of Paper.—Preparation, not given ; printing (715 copies), £10 10s.

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Table A. —Return op Native Land Court Business for the Year ended 31st March, 1940. totals. : Yfaikato- 1 Waia- Taira- . , i T1 ! South lokerau. , -i . % • Aotea. lkaroa. T ■. j 1938-39 I 1939-40 ManiapotoJ riki. whiti. Island. Native Land Court. Number of sittings 119 121 9 13 24 25 16 23 11 Number of cases notified 27,006 26,555 3,810 2,678 5,767 4,125 5,877 3,575 723 Number of orders made for 8,604 12,006 1,029 970 1,319 6,299 1,113 1,002 274 cases heard Number of cases dismissed 1,755 1,829 61 477 252 341 387 224 87 Number of cases adjourned 17,521 17,197 2,720 1,048 5,012 1,219 4,377 2,388 433 sine die Number of partitions made 471 378 23 55 123 135 26 10 6 Area affected (acres) 28,754 46,833 3,357 11,015 12,427 7,776 9,076 2,994 188 Number of investigations of 2 2 title Area affected (acres) 89 89 Number of succession orders 4,602 5,956 709 560 723 2,315 690 727 232 made Number of other orders made 6,787 5,672 297 355 473 3,849 397 265 36 Native Appellate Court. Number of sittings 10 7 1 1 5 Number of cases notified 34 13 3 5 5 Native Land Court decisions 2 1 1 varied Native Land Court decisions affirmed Native Land Court decisions 16 referred back to Native Land Court Native Land Court decisions annulled Appeals dismissed or with- 7 5 5 drawn Appeals adjourned sine die 6 4 4 Applications under section 257/31 ordered Applications under section 257/31 dismissed Applications under section 13 3 257/31 adjourned sine die £ £ £ ££££££ Court and Board fees collected 5,748 4,831 136 941 798 1,129 1,000 641 186 Table B.—Return of Alienations confirmed for the Year ended 31st March, 1940. Leases.* Sales.f Mortgages. Court Distriot. — No. Area. No. Area. No. Area. Acres. Acres. Acres. Tokerau .. 1 27 6 98 Waikato-Maniapoto 24 2,385 39 1,128 1 33 Waiariki 56 6,911 42 797 Tairawhiti 48 3,944 20 1,010 Aotea 103 13,292 12 132 lkaroa 117 7,950 18 75 1 1 North Island totals 349 34,509 137 3,240 2 34 South Island 13 593 9 424 Totals 362 35,102 146 3,664 2 34 * Includes thirteen grants of timber-cutting, metal, and limestone-quarrying rights affecting a total area of 3,470 acres. Does not include twenty-one transfers of leases of 9,000 acres and six renewals of leases of a total area of 2,999 acres. t Includes twenty gifts to other Natives of a total area of 249 acres. Table C. —Native Land Purchases. There has been little activity in the purchase of Native Land by the Crown during the year, and this table will be omitted from the annual report for the duration of the war. Approximate Cost of Paper.—Preparation, not given ; printing (715 copies), £16 10s. By Authority: E. Y Paul, Government Printer, Wellington.—1940. Price 6<2.]

Leases.* Sales.f Mortgages. Court District. — No. Area. No. Area. No. Area. Acres. Acres. Acres. Tokerau .. 1 27 6 98 Waikato-Maniapoto 24 2,385 39 1,128 1 33 Waiariki 56 6,911 42 797 Tairawhiti 48 3,944 20 1,010 Aotea 103 13,292 12 132 Ikaroa 117 7,950 18 75 1 1 North Island totals 349 34,509 137 3,240 2 34 South Island 13 593 9 424 Totals 362 35,102 146 3,664 2 34 * Includes thirteen grants of timber-cutting, metal, and limestone-quarrying rights affecting a total area of 3,470 acres. Does not include twenty-one transfers of leases of 9,000 acres and six renewals of leases of a total area of 2,999 acres. t Includes twenty gifts to other Natives of a total area of 249 acres.