Land for soldiers
COST PER SETTLER,
Up to the present £65 per acre is the highest price paid by the Government for land to be occupied by returned soldiers. That was the figure for the Kopane settlement, 470 acres (dairying), bought from' Mrs. W. Johnston, at £30,650. This works out at £2182 per settler (14 holdings), which seems to be about tho average. In a number of cases the cost of land per head is above £3000. The record is apparently £4075, paid to Mr. D. Histen, of Canterbury, for one holding of 326 acres. The price, £81,624, paid to Messrs. Holmes for the Tiraumea Settlement, 21 holdings, is equal to £3887 per settler.
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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 41, 16 August 1918, Page 3
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114Land for soldiers Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 41, 16 August 1918, Page 3
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