C.—s.

Table A.—Number of Properties considered during Year ended 31st March, 1941.

Table B.— Summary of Private Estates acquired to 31st March, 1941.

Table C.—Return of Private Land purchased and paid for during Period from 1st April, 1940, to 31st March, 1941.

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Number Number of Total area , , n - t . , of Total area Land District. Properties offered. Laud District. Properties offered. offered. offered. Nearest Acre. Nearest Acre. North Auckland .. 23 63,888 Nelson .. .. 1 237 Auckland .. .. 22 33,820 Marl-borough .. .. 2 6,560 Gisborne .. .. 1 8,128 Westland Hawke's Bay .. .. 7 41,620 Canterbury .., .. 29 45,471 Taranaki .. .. 1 401 Otago .. .. 4 29,412 Wellington .. .. 7 13,488 Southland .. . ■ 6 6,543 Totals .. 103 249,568

Land District. Number. Area. Purchase-money. Acres. £ North Auckland .. .. 56 51,845 480,682 Auckland .. •• 82 391,083 1,310,982 Gisborne .. •• •• 26 86,380 790.131 Hawke's Bay 59 264,783 1,714,292 Taranaki 27 31,959 378,031 Wellington .. 157 160,846 2,350,638 Marlborough . • ■ • ■ ■ 23 234,591 756,482 Nelson 14 48,821 150,473 Westland •• •• 3 6,032 14,062 Canterbury .. .. •• 192 462,544 3,588,353 Otao-o .. •• 82 336,803 2,036,018 Southland .. ■ • ■ • 35 96,609 534,780 Totals 756 2,172,296 14,102,924 ' i -

(For Native Land, see next Table.) ... Mode of Amount Name of Owner. Locality. Acquisition. Area. paid. A. K. P. £ S. d. W. H. Bradley .. .. Te Kopuru .. By agreement 1,248 2 22 • 5 9,500 0 0 South Head, Ltd. .. .. Helensville .. „ 1,610 0 28 16,108 15 0 R. Billing .. .. Pongakawa .. ■ ,, 894 0 0 1,700 0 0 The Finance Corporation of Reporoa .. ,, 9,836 2 4 28,000 0 0 New Zealand, Ltd. T. M. Chambers .. .. Tokoroa .. „ 1,709 3 38-7 17,350 0 0 C.N. II. Worker .. •• „ » 495 3 0 5,949 0 0 E. W.R.Leslie .. .. „ ».• 739 1 25 8 > 850 0 0 K. S. Cox Lichfield .. „ 1,301 1 2 5,250 0 0 Bvreh Trustees .. • • Motunau .. ,, 2,925 0 0 26,32o 0 0 R. A. and R. H. A. Yates .. Valetta-Tinwald „ 500 0 0 1,640 0 0 L.Thomas .... „ ■; 446 2 32 0 0 Carlisle Studholme Trust .. >> > >> 1,298 0 4 4,700 0 0 Est. V. W. Wright .... „ „ 620 3 37 3 > 250 0 0 J. Farrell .. .. „ „ 1.514 2 11 4,400 0 0 P. "Drummond .... ,, >> 837 1 39 2,063 15 0 J. A. McCormick .... ,, >> 2 1 I 2 3 ®0 ® ® H.T.Thompson .... „ „ 616 1 23 1,250 0 0 H. L. Barker .. .. ,> >> ® 79 3 500 0 0 K.M.Campbell .. .. „ .. 640 0 0 2,070 0 0 Chetnole Ltd. .. .. Glenavy .. „ 766 2 4 15,530 0 0 W.H.Cochrane .. .. Edendale .. ,, 2,212 2 36 12,500 0 0 Total .. •• 31,008 132-2 168,66410 0