LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS
REPORT OF (PURCHASE CONTROLLER.
“The operations of the Department have been very much aurin" th© year,” states tho annual report made by the Land troller, under the Land for \ Settlements Act. “The number of estates offered was 148, with an area of 137,611 acres There were, however, others offered direct to the local Innd Purchase Boards. The area purchased and mostly settled bv ballot was 5165 acres, of a value of £9/,88/. re this amount is included the of live and dead stock on McDonald s and Mount Pisa (Otago) considerable sum on the latter tor fencing, water-rights etc. Hie ar .< purchased under section 3 of the Bis charged Settlement Amendment Act, WIL for 47 soldiers was 3099 acres, valued at £122,009-
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Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 2, 27 September 1922, Page 4
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125LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 2, 27 September 1922, Page 4
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