MARGINAL LANDS ASSISTANCE
(From Our Parliamentary A „ WELLINGTON. August 2t,‘ Applications for marginal lands-M*. sistance authorised up to March «l totalled £595.246. according to the SBnual report of the Lands and SurWW Department. with the exception of response in the South Island had been very limited, said the report. It seenwlj that in districts where large holding of land predominated, the high priC* ruling for primary products in reeflg years had enabled the owners to caffgf out from revenue any developmm work required. The- Marginal Lands Board anxious to see as ipuch of loan finafldt as possible translated into grass, ths report said. If the development pro* grammes covered by advances were through successfully, 20,000 acres of new grass would b* sown.
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Press, Volume XC, Issue 27441, 30 August 1954, Page 10
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