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Table A.—Number of Properties considered during Year ended 31st March, 1943.

Table B.—Summary of Private Estates acquired to 31st March, 1943.

Table C.—Return of Private Land purchased and paid for during Period from 1st April, 1942, to 31st March, 1943.

Annual Accounts. A statement of the moneys received into and paid out of the Land for Settlements Account during the year is included in parliamentary paper 8.-l [Pt. IV].

Approximate Cost of Paper— Preparation, not given ; printing (490 copies), £4.

By Authority: E. V. Paul, Government Printer, Wellington. —1943.

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Number Number , , of Total area , , T - . of Total area Land District. Properties offered. -and Properties offered. offered. offered. Acres. Acres. North. Auckland .. 1 3,946 Nelson Auckland .. .. 5 4,528 Marlborough .. .. I 2,069 Gisborne .. • ■ • 43 Westland Hawke's Bay .. .. 3 5,572 Canterbury .. .. 4 7,389 Taranaki .. .. • • ■ • Otago Wellington .. • ■ 5 18,033 Southland .. .. 1 330 Totals .. 21 41,910

Land District. Numbor. I Area. Purchase-money. Acrea. £ North Auckland .. .. 58 51,975 481,443 Auckland .. 84 392,928 1,318,534 Gisborne 26 86,380 790,131 Hawke's Bay •• •• 59 264,783 1,714,292 Taranaki .. .. •• 27 31,959 376,031 Wellington .. .. •• 159 161,473 2,355,138 Marlborough .. .. • • 23 234,591 756,482 Nelson .. .. •• 14 48,821 150,473 Westland .. .. • • 3 6,032 14,062 Canterbury .. .. •• 195 463,461 3,592,100 Otago 82 336,803 2,036,023 Southland .. .. •• 35 96,609 534,780 Totals .. •• 765 2,175,815 14,119,489

t «i. Mode of * mo Amount Name of Owner. Locality. Acquisition. paid. A. R. P. £ s. d. Mrs J B. Boyd .. .. Waipu .. By agreement 60 0 0 60 0 0 Berridge Estate .. .. Ruawai . . „ 70 0 14 700 17 6 R. Black .. .. .. Waimana .. ,, 199 2 37 4,552 0 0 National Mutual Life Association Waitanguru .. ,, 1,645 0 00 3,000 0 0 Mrs. M. E. Hansen .. .. Raetihi .. ,, 502 0 33 3,900 0 0 Totals .. .. •• •• 2,477 0 04 12,212 17 6