SOLDIERS' SETTLEMENT.
NINETEEN MILLIONS SPENT
The Minister of Lands has made available some particulars as to where all the nineteen millions expended by the Government on the repatriation of soldiers has gone. A little more than eighteen millions has been spent on the settlement of soldiers on land, although some of this expenditure, upwards of a million and a half, is not effective yet, as the land purchased has not been offered for selection- A little more than a million has been expended on other branches of repatriation activity. The gross total is £19,065,891. Following are details as supplied by the Minister?— Settled on Settlement Land. —(a) On subdivided purchased estates, 1014 men on 280,576 acres; (b) on estates purchased by the Crown on behalf of soldiers or groups of soldiers under section 3 of the Act, 195 on 30,095 acres. Settled on Crown Land and National Endowment Land.—B99 on 897,908 acres.
Assisted to Purchase Private Land under Section 2 of the Act.—47so on 911,524 acres. Total on Rural Land.—6BsB on 2,120,103 acres. Assisted to Purchase Town Dwellings.—6B26. Total number assisted, 13,684.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume X, Issue 142, 31 May 1920, Page 5
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182SOLDIERS' SETTLEMENT. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume X, Issue 142, 31 May 1920, Page 5
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