LAND SETTLEMENT.
STEADY PROGRESS MAINTAINED. (By Telegraph.—'Press Association.) PALMERSTON N., Thursday. Steady progress is being maintained witli land settlement and development, according to a statement by the Hon. E. A. Ramson, Minister of Lands, at the Palmereton North Chamber of Commerce annual dinner this evening. The Minister said that in the past three years, 2080 Crown sections had been selected, including 247 holdings from purchased estates. A total of 953 holdings had been selected for the first time, comprising 200,000 acres. The expenditure to date was £194,000. It was estimated that when the work was completed 275 new dairy farms would have been provided. That there was a demand for land was clearly established by all recent ballots. Unfortunately, the area of Crown land available was- now very Jimited. 1
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 208, 2 September 1932, Page 11
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130LAND SETTLEMENT. Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 208, 2 September 1932, Page 11
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