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years, and is to a certain extent supplementary to the pre- 

 ceding table. It gives, however, in addition, data for dis- 

 covering the causes which led to the taking of land in dif- 

 ferent ways at different times. Separate columns show the 

 number of those settlers of each year who are still resident 

 owners, and those who have since sold and moved away. 



II. Purchases and entries made each year, with number of 

 such pur chase sand claims since sold or relinquished, and 

 number still retained by original purchaser or claimant. 



Now, remembering the fact that those listed as entering 

 government lands in the later years say from '75 to '85 

 had, to quite an extent, the character of purchasers, it is evi- 

 dent that the taking of government land, as such, was almost 



