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Return of Applications for Year ended 31st March, 1946

Reductions in Consideration directed by Land Sales Committees for Year ended 31st March, 1946

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.Registry. brought forward from. , Previous Year. ■ ■ Received. Granted without Hearing. Granted after Hearing. Granted subject to Conditions Refused* or Withdrawn. 1 Total finalized. • Action ,, incomplete. Farm lands— Auckland 298 1,445 865 152 372 131 1 ,520 223 Hamilton 904 522 77 67 66 732 172 Gisborne 8 . 166 120 12 25 2 159 15 Napier 22 304 255 8 21 4 288 38 New Plymouth 33 370 254 13 33 36 336 67 Wellington 35 436 366 38 24 19 447 24 Blenheim 9 7446 6 13 9 74 9 Nelson 20 259 183 28 12 21 244 35 Hokitika 1 33 28 1 4 33 1 Christchurch 24 662 454 26 102 24 606 80 Dunedin 55 445 224 7 127 39 397 103 Invereargill 27 . 539 346 45 78 37 506 . 60 Totals 532 5,637 3,663 413 878388 5; ,342 827 Other lands— Auckland 1,218 10,224 7,069 790 2 ,288 292 10 ,439 1,003 Hamilton 3,171 2,183 219 220 142 2, ,764 407 Gisborne 13 753 606 27 95 6 734 32 Napier 110 2,200 1,704 93 236 45 2. ,078 232 New Plymouth 73 1,595 1,317 35 177 32 L ,561 107 Wellington 587 7,483 5,913 140 796 252 7, ,101 969 Blenheim 15 522 319 23 156 13 511 26 Nelson 84 1,053 782 144 45 53 1. ,024 113 Hokitika 11 437 317 9 79 7 412 36 Christchurch 419 5,605 3,154 82 2, , 11(> 133 5. ,485 539 Dunedin 232 3,397 2,072 38 998 160 3. ,268 361 Invereargill 90 1,822 1,225 79 434 27 1. ,765 147 Totals Grand totals .. 2,852 38,262 26,661 1,679 7. ,640 1,162 37, ,142 3,972 3,384 43,899 30,324 2,092 8; ,518 1,550 42 : ,484 1 4,799

Registry. Farm Land. Other Land. Totals. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. Auckland 368 £ 153,119 2,416 £ 390,482 2 ,784 - £ 543,601 Hamilton 67 35,136 228 30,527 295 65,663 Gisborne .. 26 7,935 97 8,029 123 15,964 Napier 20 2,712 236 24,137 256 26,849 New Plymouth 33 11,034 177 23,523 210 34,557 Wellington 130 42,563 3,199 358,400 3 ,329 400,963 Blenheim 13 3,651 151 12,152 164 15,803 Nelson 32 5,950 211 22,593 243 28,543 Hokitika 7 1,557 85 5,614 92 7,171 Christchurch 97 35,609 2,082 239,988 2, ,179 275,597 Dunedin .. . . .. 89 19,715 929 82,494 1 ; ,018 102,209 Invercargill 84 29,064 434 47,420 518 76,484 Totals 966 348,045 10,245 1,245,359 11 : ,211 1,593,404