No. 46.
Native Land Purchase Department.
Province | Area in Acres. | Sums Paid. | Sums Payable. | Totals. | Grand Total of each Province. | |||||||||||||||||
Cash. | Scrip. | Totals. | Cash. | Scrip. | Total. | Cash. | Scrip. | |||||||||||||||
£ | s. | d. | £ | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | £ | s. | d. | ||
Auckland | 532,814 | 23,389 | 18 | 0 | 23,389 | 18 | 0 | 7,215 | 0 | 0 | 7,215 | 0 | 0 | 30,604 | 18 | 0 | 30,604 | 18 | 0 | |||
New Plymouth | 31,015 | 6,253 | 0 | 0 | 6,253 | 0 | 0 | 6,253 | 0 | 0 | 6,253 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Wellington | 3,391,065 | 47,043 | 17 | 0 | 47,043 | 17 | 0 | 10,365 | 0 | 0 | 10,365 | 0 | 0 | 57,408 | 17 | 0 | 57,408 | 17 | 0 | |||
Nelson | 8,000,000 | 6,787 | 0 | 0 | 750 | 7,587 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 6,987 | 0 | 0 | 750 | 7,737 | 0 | 0 | |
Canterbury | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Otago | 6,000,000 | 2,000 | 0 | 0 | 2,000 | 0 | 0 | 2,000 | 0 | 0 | 2,000 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Total | 17,954,894 | 85,473 | 15 | 0 | 750 | 86,223 | 15 | 0 | 17,780 | 0 | 0 | 17,780 | 0 | 0 | 103,253 | 15 | 0 | 750 | 104,003 | 15 | 0 |
Note.—The estimated area of the various purchases is not to be relied on as accurate, as many of the blocks have not been surveyed. Descriptions of the land have been given as correctly as possible; but from the want of a topographical survey of the country, the proportions of level, hilly, good and bad land, &c., could not be stated. Purchases made in the Auckland Province prior to March, 1854, are not included in the accompanying returns. The contingent expenditure connected with the purchases is not included in these returns.
Donald McLean,
Chief Commissioner for the Purchase of Land from the Natives.