NATIVE HANDS.
, ■ A, report presented -to Parliament on Saturday stated that during the. 'year ended. 31st March, 1923, 51,525' acres-of Native land were purchased; on behalf of the Crown. Sixty-three blocks; "comprising, 14,944- acres; were declared Crown land, and made available for; settement. Active steps were also taken ■ towards freeholding the Taumaruhui and Te Kuiti Native townships.- The total ■ area' of > Nativfc: land- purchased. since Ist April, 1910, is 1,298,723; acres, "at/a cpst of £3;129,370 9s sd. The area now remaining,in the bands,of the Natives of : the North Island is-now estimated at 4,380,916 acres. ■/ .:
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 49, 27 August 1923, Page 7
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94NATIVE HANDS. Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 49, 27 August 1923, Page 7
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