LAND PURCHASES
COST OF IMPROVED ESTATES HEW SETTLERS PLACED [Feou Due I’aruamentakt Reportxk.] r WELLINGTON, September 9, The closer settlement purchase operations of the Government are detailed ju a return presented to the House, which shows that £662.964 has been spent m acquiring 64,650 acres, and as a result 182 new settlers have been placed on _ land. Tlio financial details are given as follows:
Possession is being given of the Golden Valley estate in January, and'the Manakau estate is not yet offered for selection. Tapuwai estate is under development by the Lands Department. Particulars are also given of thirteen purchases under the group system on behalf of fifty-five settlers, the prices per acre ranging from £l7 10s to £BO ISs. the latter being Woodlands (Hastings), where the largest group, nine iu number, was placed, TOTAL COSTS. Another table shows the total costs:— ' Total , District. COE t.. . . £ Foikhng (Wostella) ... ... 40,-Ml Winton (Tamatca) 2] ,100 Te.-Wao .-Wao (Te Wae Wac) 9.907 Dnm'antv Tapantii .... HVS99 Limehills (Fernbili) ... 24.505 Clydbvale .(.Rockford) ... ... 13,558 Totara Plat, Westland (.Uaupo) 5,719 Opotiki -(Apanui) 20,600 Otaio, Canterbury (Moanaroa) 18,469 Methvcn (Clines) ... ... 11,704 Edenvalo, Southland (Brydono) 5,701 Leestpn (Welburn) 20,528 Fairlie (Brinklauds) 17,418 Waiwera, Otago (Murrayficld) 8,519 Kamo (Aponga) ... 26j887j Te Kauwlrata (Mangakura) ... 10,398 Heriot (Wildch) ... ... ... 81,016 Waipahi, Golden Valley (possession January, 1931)*... ... 20,261. Te Awanmtu (Puketarata) ... 8,99 S Wairoa (Awarnate) 21,760 Awanui (Awauui) 10.752 Manakau (not yet offered) ... 11'132 Te Kuiti (Tapnwae), being developed 6,000 , The details of group settlements follow ;—■ Total District. cost, St. Andrews, Canterbury £ (Scotston) ~... ’ ... 8,647 Ohingaiti, Wellington (Gower) 7,029 Ashhurst (Currie) ... ; 7,780 Fordell, Wanganui (Phillips) 12j271 Whangarei (Otaroa) ... ... 13,153 Hamilton (Bushmere) ... ... 7,000 Hastings (AVoodlands) 11,168 Cambrians, Otago (The Downs) 32,199 Matakphe (Wliaknta) 10,000 Cambridge (Nolans) 11,552 Morrinsville (Walters) ... ... 11,166 Gambridgp (Taylors! 6,790 Matamata (Morgans) 6,270
Cost XeuEstate. Setacre. tlers Westella (Feilding) 55 0 0 12 Tamatoa (Wiuton) 23 4 a To Wac AVae 16 3 0 4 Bosebory (Oaruaru) 30 15 0 15 Tapanui 1G 10 0 5 Fernhill ... ... 16 10 0 3 Rockford (Civdevalc) ... ‘ 7 15 0 4 Totara FJa 1; 6 5 0 4 Opotiki ' ... ... 49 18 0 6 Moauaroa (Canterbury) IS 0 0 3 Clunes (Metlivcn) GO 10 0 s Brydone (Southland) 16 10 0 2Melburh (Leeston) 36 10 0 9 Brinklands (Fairlie) 15 G 0 0 Murray Field (Otago) .... ... 7 18 0 4 Oponga (Kamo) ... 7 10 0 3 Mangakura (Tekauwhata) 11 10 0 "■ 7 Wildcn (Otago) ... Golden Valley • 5 G 9 13 vAVaipabi) 4 10 0 0 Puketarata (To Awaimitu) 21 6 0 ft Amamato (.Wairoa) 32 7 0 G Amanui ... ... 23 5 6 f Manakau 46 0 0 0 Tapinvae ... 1 15 0 0
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Evening Star, Issue 20585, 10 September 1930, Page 1
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435LAND PURCHASES Evening Star, Issue 20585, 10 September 1930, Page 1
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