LOOKING FOR LAND.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 77, 24 December 1907, Page 4

LOOKING FOR LAND.

i A USEFUL LIST. IMPROVED SETTLEMENT \RE\S I READY Farmers and others ,)Uio aro looking land will find soroo use for the follow ing list of lands fox settlomenfc which the &o\ern moiit -w ill shortly offer for ltaso — AUCKLAND , Tautal Settlement, 10,180 acrq^ The propertj consists of two ostites pur chased from Mi Grico (of Melbourne) and Mr Gorne (of Auckhnd) It is now bomq surveyed for settlement It- Ins ill been occupied, and tho whole of Mr domes is good agricultural and pastoral land Vbbut two-thirds of Mr &ncos is f,ood agnrultuial ind pastoni land, and tho rest lather in fenor i Date of ballot not yet fixed. Rewi Estata, Taupirl, 17Q0 acrss. A Waikato propertj, purchased from Mr ' Marony, six of seven miles from Taup'iruand 17 miles from Hamilton Very good lgricul tural land, 3uitcd, for daimnfi k Every inch of tho land is good and able *" l ' l i I Roady for selection almost iramediatelj S ~ H VWKK'S <■ Raumata Estate, Danrvjvlrke, L 4200 acres. Of this estate, 3700 'icres wero first pur chased, and beUcen 40(1 and 000 acres of the Piripin blpck are idded to it It is situited uitlmi three miles of Dmnewrl o (a region oFven nclTland), ind the railway from Napier to cllmgton intersects it Tho Matamau Station is on one e\tremitv, and Piripin Station is not far aur , It was , all forest land.at one time, but has Aeon ( mostly burnt and grassed, and k hots in very good pasture It js excellent pastoral oountry. Ready for selection m January- ' PO\ERTY BAY Tβ Aral Estate Clsborncj 11,000 acres. Tho property, which is in tho rich Gisbornr district, was Uought from the'Hon 'Rind-ill Johnson About 3000 acres aro rlcli'illu vial flat, and tho balanco fair pastoral hills Will bo about February ~ >• Kanahanal E'tale, Cisborne, 5300 acr»S. ' Th's propartj,-- also m Gisborno district, is all pastoral, aud has been cleared and ' giasscd for a good I mi(ily yeirs It is i piece of excellent sheep country, and lies mthin a fen nilos of the To Kariki Railway Station, which is 18 miles from Gisborne It will bo cut !nto sections of from. 300 to 600 acres each, Ready about February OTAGO ' Otekalke Settlement, Waltakl, 17,500 acrss This estato, on tho Waitaki, is now bung prepared "for settlement It will be offered 1 m conjunction with 32,000 acres of pastora , country adjoining, and will then become'the largest propel tj on tho market next making a total of piacticallj jO,OOO Although thp pastoral runs are it i hi"h lovol, ind will consequently bo cold, the soil is of excellent fortility_ Tho pastoial land has been diwded into small runs of from -"3000~to 5000 acres,~-swWoT"sonn; uf them a number of homestead' site's. for cultivation will be offered from the Otokaiko settlement proper, which is good agricultural and pas I toral land The propeity was purchased from Alossrs Ilobt Campbell and Sons Ready m February , S Taumata Estate, Balclutha, 3700 acrss. Good igricultural land, two or threo miles from the Clinton Railway Station, m Southern OUgo It was purchased foi Mi Gibson Possession is to bo obtained in March. Ready m February or later, Meadowbanlt estate, Palmerston, 3500 acres - A small pr&peity on tho Shag Rnci Mainly agricultural land *" Ready in May

•'.■'■'. I All fair). a&ricWthfal!^aViilj- r :tnir(iKaßed' , 'ffpfn . Messrs. Wilkip' and Pa'ge^4it''is- ? now being' . Purveyed.- It nins.aifalQng- : : -jiAhe_ Mangles River,' and has been, divided., into farms in conjunction with adja'cerit'Ci'dwii'-land. Tho ,Braeburn land'isall'in grass, and''the Crown 'land 'is still mostly in 'forest , .- ; ■■•■ ' ■■' ' 'Will•Bpt;''bet'Oftere.d-^i'^omff;;tjnier--'--': •■:'■"- r • : ; (GINTERBiniY; ■ " ■ •■;(Culyer^oni;Esfate, ; ! -ivi.MThe survoybr>:-;arpl;ndw;j.;at3'ork pnr*this i;'<pr6perty"i ,but-a : €otfiponsatioti , 'C6urt'ihas' to ■'■ : sit:':to ; 'i fix :,tbe : price 1 iii'TVlafch; next,, at" the ' "end/zorvwhioh.mgnth °jioM'e^fsn-wiU*beVob-■J tain'ed...y,The..es : tate';bejpn'ge'd'to-the trustees : '''o£:the, : late.Sir"J;',;Cracroft ..W,ilson'.X&>small \ -area,is., suitable.fpi> agr.icultpre," c the .rest ::\is^pastoral;?.; '<•■<*.:? :■..:•!»!:",-<' ■ -r.:. ~tq:-.'\ ■ ■'' '■■ Ready after March. - . - .'■'. •■■ ■ :;•;■ '■..';■ . :■ : Carrlngtori \,%i\it^G^ti&^^^'"'i&w. : :••; ■:• ■ A;. Compensation■) Court\ihas';t<sr'decJde: in ; : :;-February: oh ; the price n "to :i . beTpaid. ;«; ,j rho . v'propertywassail 1 occupied fpV; some time by ' Mr.. Howard, 1 ; Booth?" .;■ i\b6utVpne-third ; of it is good a^icnljiu"fdfjan^;; > anci'''tlie ! remainder ■ is Billy and .partly',hf'forest. ••'■■■■', : :,,....!;. Ready afterfebrila/$;, : y"..'.■•.. !■ :'■•-.;■.'..•. .-.- ; -'.. i ..'..'-'. .'.'■-■t „.'.....- ... .- ':;• ,■ .^v.:^^THE<G,OND^ip?sS.";..,^ ■;■ . '. . . With the exception of the pastoral runs, all the■■-'.land!, .will ,be .for 33-year ■•\jeasi?s/'with2-';feheVdl3l|i«Sqs^. , 'Thß :'•''yarf,. .';bnt'; \vill avcrago,.abbu"{'-.65.,. : an • acre. I/.!^ihb-j6nts';. : pf ithe ~ ' pastpra,|r . '.leaSes .will' bo ' ; / abdut',9d,>'per ( jacre«i9r; f lcssr' .. "fiZ. '.