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Table A. —Return of Native Land Court Business for the Year ended 31st March, 1942.

Table B. —Return of Alienations confirmed for the Year ended 31st March, 1942.

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Totals - _ , jWaikato- Waia- Taira- . . T , mo South Tokerau. 1 !,. . .1 • .-4. Aotea. Ikaroa. T r , 1940-41. 1941-42. jMaiuapoto rlM. wMti. Island. Native Land Court. Number of sittings .. 104 107 7 9 24 19 18 19 11 Number of oases notified .. 15,467 10,723 602 1,262 1,081 2,936 1,629 2,478 735 Number of orders made .. 9,964 5,023 168 536 713 1,939 867 516 284 Number of eases dismissed. .. 1,554 825 75 82 248 168 116 105 31 Number of cases adjourned 7,601 5,191 359 644 426 839 646 1,867 410 sine die Number of partitions made . . 229 240 21 26 36 79 55 6 17 Area affected (acres) .. 26,858 23,330 7,527 5,453 2,531 5,052 696 118 1,953 Number of investigations of 10 5 4 . . .. . . .. ■ • 1 title Area affected (acres) .. 386 1,448 1,418 .. 30 Number of succession orders 4,433 5,068 531 447 587 1,982 916 353 252 made Number of other orders made 5,292 5,016 789 188 328 3,202 325 161 23 Native Appellate Court. K v ' Number of sittings .. 3 6 1 •• 2 1 2.. Number of cases notified . . 6 28 4 ■ ■ 17 3 4 Native Land Court decisions .. 2 1 •• 1.. varied Native Land Court decisions .. 2 .. •• 1.. 1.. affirmed Native Land Court decisions 1 2 1 ...... 1.. referred back to Native Land Court Native Land Court decisions .. 1 .. • • 1 .. annulled Appeals dismissed or with- 2 7 1 • • 5 . . 1 .. drawn Appeals adjourned sine die .... 4 1 .. 1 1 .. Decisions reserved .. .. 10 .. • • 8 2 .. Applications under section 1 257/31 ordered Applications under section I 257/31 dismissed Applications under section 1 257/31 adjourned sine die , A £££££££££ Court and Board fees collected 4,742 4,612 559 519 683 1,185 1,000 4.00 266

Leases.* Sales. Mortgages. Court District. No. Area. No. Area. No. Area. Acres. Acres. Acres. Tokerau T, 1.740 10 205 2 128 Waikato-Maniapoto .. .. •• •■ ..55 5,582 37 1,550 1 57 Walariki ■■ ■• .. 26 1,402 5 11 2 14 Tairawhiti " 86 6,(579 22 840 1 296 Aotea 6 1,472 30 1,658 2 293 Ikaroa ■• •• 58 4 > 248 18 933 2 128 South Island '.'. _19 852 •■ Totals .. .. .. .. ■• ..258 25,137 129 6,049 10 916 * Includes grants of timber-cutting rights and quarrying rights, but not renewals or transfers of leases.