SETTLEMENT IN HAWKE'S BAY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 514, 22 May 1909, Page 10

SETTLEMENT IN HAWKE'S BAY.

A RECORD OF STEADY PROGRESS. (1)Y TEtECUAI'U—SI'ECIJL COUUESI'ONDEST.) :V -Napier, May 21.' Interesting _ reports wero laid before the Hawke's Bay Land Board to-day by the Crown Lands Ranger;on the Mahora, Tomoana, arid Raureka settlements, which were formerly a part of the Frimlcy Estate, near Hastings. • The Mahora settlement was opened for. solection on March 22, 1899,-and tho area purchased was 1133 acres' 3 roods. Tho number of selectors is 32j and the. total population 170. Ji'hero aro 32 dwelling-houses, val-uc-d; at £7,360. Tho ' improvements eliected by are valued at £12,726 55., as against £3478 18s. lOd. required, by law. Dairying and fruit-growiug are the. principal industries, and poultry and bee-farming are being taken up to some extent, and hayo given satisfactory results. One- of the sottlers, with 50 colonies of bees, netted about 16s. a hivo for the season. Tho Tomoana settlement was placed on the market on March 2, 1898. The area purchased was 111 acres 3 roods 38 perches. Tho number of selectors is 13, and total population 54. Thero aro .12 dwelling-houses m'the settlement of a total value of £2510 and 11 selectors aro residing on their lioldoTlle required amount to , 7 , ■' nnd tho value of improvements, effected is.placed at £3873. The season, says the ranger, has been very favourable for fruit and root crops generally. Tho settlers are contented and'happy. • . .Tho Raureka settlement was placed on the market m May, 1896, the area purchased be-, ing 427 acres 2 roods. Tho numbor of selectors is 18, and the total population 96. Thero £3015 Th«s' nS F OS - ° f " total yalue of idUi&. Iho valuo of improvements effected "mounts to £0.162 55., asapS £23,4 10s. required by. law. Dairyinf "nd fruit-growinc: continue to he tho princfnal SSS£ "•