TRANSFER OF CROWN LANDS.
NUMBER OF DEFAULTERS. [EY TELEGRAPH. —SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.! : Wellington, Sunday. An interesting return relating to land has been presented to Parliament, on the": motion of Mr. Stallworthy, the member for Kaipara. It indicates what are the usual methods of selectors who obtain ordinary Crown lands, More than half of those who obtain sections transfer them. There were 2599 selectors in the yea.r ended March 31 last, and the Crown land boards granted 1607 transfers. The 1 position of Crown tenants in the various ; land districts in regard to their obligations to the State is succinctly set out in the following table — Default Not Resid- Besi- Failure . Crown ing on dence con- to Tenants. Section, ditions. Improve Auckland ... 5960 2539 303 232 Hawke's Bay 1556 468 61 42 Taranaki ... 1661 174 23 39 Wellington 3631 508 72 84 Nelson ... 2250 1686 218 175 Marlboro' ... 1106 675 3 35 "VVWtland ... 1696 896 45 0 Canterbury 3286 1128 24 152 Ota«o ... 4068 I 523 41 15 Southland 2232 623 8 14 Totals ... 27.476 9220 798 788 -
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 1449, 3 October 1910, Page 6
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176TRANSFER OF CROWN LANDS. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 1449, 3 October 1910, Page 6
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