Price of Land.

Town and suburban lands are sold by auction. Town sections are usually one quarter-acre each, having a frontage of 66ft. to a street, and running back 165ft. The minimum upset price is £7 10s. per quarter-acre section.

Suburban lands are sections of two to twenty acres, and the minimum upset price is £3 per acre.

Village lands, in sections under one acre, are offered on application at not less than £5 per section. If two or more persons apply on the same day for the same section, an auction is held confined to the applicants.

Village lands, in sections between one and fifty acres, are designated "small-farm allotments," and in the case of more than one applicant for the same section its occupancy is determined by lot. The price of small-farm allotments is not less than £1 per acre. Small-farm allotments may also be had on perpetual lease, without a purchasing clause.

Rural lands comprise all other crown lands, whether agricultural, pastoral, or forest. The price varies from the mere cost of survey, under the homestead system, up to £2 per acre in Canterbury. The system of dealing with rural lands varies considerably in the different land districts.