The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. TUESDAY, MAY 11, 1886. VILIAGE SPEBIAL SETTLEMENTS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1705, 11 May 1886, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. TUESDAY, MAY 11, 1886. VILIAGE SPEBIAL SETTLEMENTS.

The regulatibnVfor jjlrt^ formation of Villiage SpßciisU Settle.nients appear m the Gazette, and are of considerable imporfcan«e|lo tho community. ' The Gotortfmctai. offer every; jnducemeut for settlement, and the quklVty.of the land Bftt apar|^tt|>.th|^vsry best description. That m the P«luatua : Vrlliaga Special Settlement "adjoins land ttrat has fetched between £70 to £100 ■■■ per acre. To show the advantages offered we print the following from the regulations :— Subject to such conditiens as the Steward of Villiage Settlements may prescribe, and within the first five years of the date of the selection, an advance of a aura not exceeding £20 will be made to assist a selector m the erection of a house on his selection ; and m bush land a further sum not exceeding £2 10a an acre will be advanced for bush-felling and for grassing from such sums as may be appropriated by Parliament for these purposes." It will be seen (writes the Evening Press) that the Government not ouly give the land, but contribute £20 towards erecting a house on if, and also contribute towards the expenses of clearing and laying the ground down m grass.