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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5272, 16 July 1888, Page 2

?im details respecting the land settlements n the north effected about eighteen months igo under tho cburge of Mr John Lurnlon. vivo beeu forwarded to Wellington by Mr ; Vrcy Smith, Assistant Surveyor-General, i L'he returns have been compiled by Mr ; vavunagh, village steward, and may bo i lepended upon as boing strictly accurate. ! Che returns will be embodied in the report , ,1 the MlnNter of Lands, and laid before 1 he House.' ' T,l ° "tawing are the principal , joints :—Thero are at present on the laud ] n tho different settlements 101 men, j '41 woiuon, ami 701 children; they occupy j 8 730 ucrcH. Tho livo stock in their < josKessiou is as follows:—Horses, 14(J; * mllucks, IS ; cows, 175; calves, 107 ; pigs, ' )h • poultry, - i'i3B. Value of uvo stock, :\h\'J: fruit trees planted, 12,913 ; acres of j m«li filled, 1721 ; acres in grass, 253 ; , ■haine fencing, 1392; whares, 128; houses ompleted, 188 : in erection, 40. The ad- ( •ancee made amount to jL'oSOI ; the improve- j iients aro valued *t £7-551. 113 sections i-hieh wore taken up l>y applicants in town £ i.aye never been occupied. Ten sections t liiye Jjecn abandoned, nnrt on these, advances j lavo'.beeumado to the (.-stent, »fXI2(!. These t ections will be awarded to others who arc rilling to pny for the improvements. Tho bove° figures represent the state of the £ pttlewentson the J7th May last. It way I

be remembered (sayß the Auckland Herald) that'the'Government have not doneaiiything like.the amount of road work in the districts which was intended to be done. This stoppage of road works has, of course, retnidcd tho vogperity of the settlements, and perhapb i..»y account for some of the abandonments, although these havo been veiy few considering everything. The scheme of settlement was oommenced about eighteen months ago, but somo of tho settlors have gone on so recently that their first rent-payment at the end of six months is not yot due. It must be kept in mind that tho first year's crop is not likely to bo so good as succeeding crops, as the land is somewhat sour on first being broken up. But as it is, some excellent return* have boon obtained by these settlers.