SECOND EDITION PUTTING THE PEOPLE ON THE LAND.
REFORM GOYftRXMENT'S ACHIEVEMENTS. (Pib Pbm* Ashociatton.) WELLINGTON. M arch 6. Interviewed 011 the subject of hind settlement Mr Jlafiscy .said the number of selectors oi lnnd for the year ending December 31st was Lil43 and the area .selected 677,910 acres. During the financial year up to the end of Inst month the purchased 140,692 acres at a cost oi t'oo9.Goß iimlor the Land Settlement Finance Act. During tiu v present financial year it. had fettled 418'2 acres at a cost of £08,729 and placed thereon 28 settlers. Mr Massey added that the land Rill would be brought down next session. Fie could not say the lines on which it would go except that it would he designed to facilitate putting people on the land.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9742, 6 March 1914, Page 6
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132SECOND EDITION PUTTING THE PEOPLE ON THE LAND. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9742, 6 March 1914, Page 6
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