CANTERBURY SETTLEMENT.
' EFFECT OF REPATRIATION. Repatriation activities have greatly increased the work of the Canterbury Land Bc-ird, according to a statement made by Mr. W. H. Skinner, Commissioner of Crown Land 3. He said that up to March 27, 1919, there had been placed on tho land in the province by ballot and application 96 selectors, with" 69,623 acres; by transfer, 36 selectors, with 38,612 acres; and, in addition, five men on active service', with 5428 acres; making a total of 158,918 acres. Under section 2of the Discharged Soldiers' Settlement Act, 1915, a total of 29 farms were granted, aggregating 2240 acres and valued at £32,97 C; there were 30 farms under consideration, with an area of 8924 acres, valued at £56,285. There had been 119 houses granted, valued at £63,858, and thero were 66 houses under consideration, valued at £40,692.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17125, 2 April 1919, Page 10
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