GO ON THE LAND!

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 92, 11 January 1908, Page 4

GO ON THE LAND!

THE NEW .REGULATIONS. , LAKGE ESTATES', FOB SETTLEMENT. The young man who wants to go on. the' ' • land will have unusual opportunities j of: so 1 doing during tho-next, few ■'weeks'. Sections/ in no less than fourrestates which have'been acquired < by/ the Government, having a. total, area of . 37,445 acros; will ..be, open for: seleo-■■ ■■■ tion during the nest "month, and others aio under:: survey , for oL like disposal. fßiit if tiio young man Vill have chances, tho' uiarried man,,with a family;, and tho despondent' man who has failed <to draw a prize invhalf- r a-dozen ballots, are invited to" throw Jiiaded" • difce. ; Under' new regulations;' 'vhich id-ne ' into force for the.'first'time,; special lttveas are-set apart' in each, of these estates, viuch can only be competed for by members of theso favoured classes. ~ 1 . ■ >- ; ( - SETTLEMENTS THROW OPEN, The Pourerere settlement, of 2210 acres.7 perches, situated from, 16 to 20 miles :from ' ■Waipawa, on the mam road •to Blackhead, will be disposed of iirst. on* January 21.1t consists of flat and undulating mixed -agricultural and pastoral: land; in Englishiisiid ;Wativq; grasses, practically all iploufinnule, . the . altitude varying; from-480ft. ito ''i?'ft.-above.sea-level. The good, and hvct- r lies a formation of ijclay|. and papa. Jiach ' section is watered by several- streams, i An ; area of 851- acres-li! rood. 10; poles will be. open. for. general, applications in ? the. case of * 632 acres 3 romls 6.poles,'preference will: be given to marriod applicants with > families, : and -as regards >725 acres 3'roods 30 poles preference •. will; >be;;. shown, -to v landless.:-', applicants who havo;. been unsuccessful, at former ballots. Applicants will.< have, to ■ aj>- V pear personally beforo the 1 Land Boarcl at the Oddfellows' Hall,!.Waipaiwa,; at, 11, u.ro. on 23,.toanswer -any questions the j Land Board'miay 'ask, but if any applicant'so desiri3fe ; he'may be OAamLnedby the Li'lld 1: Boahd, of 'the -'Distriet in winch he resides. -The ballet for the sections ,for which thero is imore thpu, one applicant ; will be held, on January 514, at 11 a.m., at , the Oddfellows' VHall/'Waippwa. . Sections in the Iteyi settlement, -of -1713 acres 3- roods;-14; poleiijVsituatod eight.' miles Taupiri and 20'jiUii!®? from Hamilton, in the' Auckland district;'will, be' open, for selection on January, 2S, and • aSballot. will ' be taken on January'; 31; iThis ;settlement : was formorly part of ithe Woodlands Estate, and .consists more or less of drained swt.mp of very fair quality, with tea-tree scrub ma . rushes. ■ The-roads afcj all'forme<% the.f<!no- ■ ing is good, and most'of the; area' is in grass; An /area of 690; acres 2 roods, 24. poles x is offered for: general selection; >. in, regard to 505' acres ,thore .will be preference given to, applicants : with families, and in ' respect of 518 acres <10 poles to previously unsuccessful applicants. , ; The.Raumati settlement, of 3596 acres, 20 ' perches, Hawke's Bay,'; will also open for " selection on January 28. Applicants tfill . have to appear personally before, the Land Board at the Drill Hall, Dannevirke, at 10 a.m. on January 29, to answer any ques--1 tions tho Land Board may ask, but any tipplicant who desires may be examined by tne Land Board of tho district' in which he re- " sides. The ballot for th'o sections for which i thore is more than opc i applicant: will ;be held on January 31 at'lo a.m. at the Drill Hall, Damicvirke. Tho; settlement is situated I 2J miles fronv Dannevirke, aud is; intersected ■ by the railway. T'io'.whole area was for- . mcrly under heavy forest, from which.the valuable timber has boon removed, and the remainder partly\ cleared. A large portion of each secnon' is lii English grass., The soil • is of even. quality: thMughottt ; tho subsoil ' is clay, on papa formation. Although: inter? ' sectecl by many gullies, Ithe rajigo of altitude onlv varies from 750 ft.-to, 1200 ft. above scalevel. When cleared ofi stumps a largo area ' will be ploughable. The, country is well, shnltored andwarm, and grass comes ou early in i the spring. All the sections are watered, • most of them by several streams. '• Two- - school sites and a creamery site havo been , reserved. . I' t This block is subdivided, like the others, , into fairly eqiiiil\portio;iis, open, for general ' application, or involving' preferenco as in ' . 3 the other .cases.' ; .

The Otokaikc settlement, 28 mile? from Duntroon, in North Cltago, is much tho largest of the four, oontmning 29,925 acres' 3 roods 22 polos. It will bo open for sele;tion on February 3. Applicants mil have to appear before tho Land Board on February i, and the ballot will take place £,t Uumaru on February 7. The railway runs through the property, of which a great many sections aro ' watered, while on tho ■ otheia water could probably, bis obtained by ing. A fair part of the land is suitable for agriculture aud dairying, tho. remainder being good grazing country. Tho soil lia many parts consists of black loani on a clay subsoil, in other parts the land, is volcanic, the remainder being moro or less light and gravolly. For 'purposes of selection it la divided into the usual classes.

NEW TERMS OF LEASE. The term of lease in the oase of -all thesis lands is 33 years; with a porpetual right of renewal for "further successive terms of 3,' i voars. Tho old condition was a lenso for '999 years. The rental is 4J per cent, .pw annum on tho capital value, as against 5 per cent, under the old regulations. It is understood that- applicants will not bo able to ballot for hind' under more than one classification. Tho other conditions of tenuro aro unchanged.