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TABLE B.—RETURN OF NATIVE LAND COURT BUSINESS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1945

TABLE C.—RETURN OF ALIENATIONS CONFIRMED FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1945

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° taS " Tokeran Waikato " Waia " Taira " Aotea Tkaroa South 1943-441944-45 Mamapoto nki. whiti. Island. Native Land Court Number of sittings .. .. 110 115 13 13 19 22 16 22 10 Number of cases notified .. 14,14318,919 1,681 1,620 1,384 3,587 2,031 2,939 677 Number of oases for which orders 5,268 4,845 384 60S 479 1,568 624 827 358 made Number of cases dismissed .. 880 1,095 8-1 109 111 463 204 98 26 Number of cases adjourned 8,041 7,960 1,213 906 794 1,537 1,203 2,014 293 sine die Number of partitions made .. 431 576 242 29 97 121 77 6 4 Area affected (acres) .. .. 21,779 61,841 10,889 6,847 27,472 6,035 9,394 144 1,060 Number of investigations of 16 I 1 title (including confirmations) Area affected (acres) . . . . 2 20 20 Number of succession orders 5,154 5,267 1,032 451 730 1,342 902 531 279 made Number of other orders made .. 4,231 3,505 751 125 210 1,692 362 290 75 Native Appellate Court Number of sittings .. .. 9 3 .. .. .. *1 *] 1 .. Number of cases notified . . 27 3 .. . . . . 1 1 1 Native Land Court decisions 2 . . varied Native Land Court decisions 5 2 .. . . . . 1 1 .. affirmed Native Land Court decisions 6 1 .. . . . . .. .. 1 referred back to Native Land Court Native Land Court decisions 1 .. annulled Appeals dismissed or with- 6 drawn Appeals adjourned sine die .. 2 . . Applications under section 3 . . 257/31 ordered Application's under section 2 257/31 dismissed Orders made under section 363 2 . . £ £ £ ££££££ Court and Board fees collected 4,892 5,301 630 695 820 1,078 1,226 585 267 * Sitting held at Wellington.

Leases. Sales. (including renewals, but (including sales to other Mortgages. ~ . . . not transfers of leases). Maoris). Court District. No. Area. No. Area. No. Area. Acres. Acres. Acres. Tokerau .. .. .. .. 2 123 6 89 Waikato-Maniapoto .. .. .. 35 3.,565 16 611 Waiariki 16 555 4 13 Tairawhiti .. .. .. ..60 7,969 15 274 2 237 Aotea .. .. .. .. .. 75 3,358 26 587 Ikaroa 67 9,270 12 78 South Island *18 2,481 9 90 Totals .. .. ..273 27,321 88 1,742 2 237 * Includes two sales of timber affecting 658 acres.