CROWN LANDS.
PROGRESS OF SETTLEMENT. "RENT ARREARS DECREASING. (By Telegraph.—Parliamentary Reporter.) WELLINGTON, this day. There are 35,842 Crown tenants occupying 20,000,000 acres, of which nearly half comprises pastoral runs. The Crown Lands Report states that the demand for land continues to be restricted, except for exceptionally good dairying country and open. sheep grazing : land. Area* selected last year totalled 463,046 acres, and the area opened during the year comprised 1009 holdings totalling 182,780 acres. Crown tenants to the number of 463 had their holdings for-, feited f6r non-compliance with conditions. The area was 139,150 acres, and the annual rental £11,020. In addition, 267 tenants surrendered their leases over a total area of 222,778 acres, with an annual rental of £49201 The grand total; of forfeitures and surrenders was thus. 730 tenants, holding 361,928 acres, at an annual rental of £15,940. These totals are not, in .practical effect, says the report, nfewly so formidable as they appear at first glance, as by far the larger proportion is represented by miscellaneous leases and licenses, while -the surrender of certain pastoral runs iv Otago and Southland accounts for over 164,000 acres.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 191, 14 August 1925, Page 10
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188CROWN LANDS. Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 191, 14 August 1925, Page 10
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