LAND FOR SETTLEMENT

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1747, 30 August 1905, Page 20

LAND FOR SETTLEMENT

COMPULSORY ACQUISITION. AMOUNT PAID TO DATE. A return presented to Parliament last week gave some interesting particulars of estates acquired by the Government under the compulsory clauses of the Land for Settlements Acts. This showed: —

since March 31st, 1905—Lindsay 75, Flaxbourne 83. The tax values of the estates were:— Ardgowan, <£31,246 ; Hatuma, <£117,920; Kumeroa, <£21,680; Forest Gate, .£29,760; Argyle, .£103,095; Matamata, .£109,635; Lindsay, £87,244; Flaxbourne. £120,509. The amount formerly paid by these estates in the way- of land tax was £4616; the cost of survey, etc., was £4l 907. Value of estates acquired u# fce March ions-

Price paid. Total receipts Tenants, to date. £ No. Jo Ardgowan ... 34,600 65 16,627 Ha.turn a ... 141,393 62 27,731 Ktimeroa ... 29,092 15 4,125 Forest Gate ... 48,521 28 7,199 Argyle ... ... 142,262 59 15,005 Matamata ... 127,515 163 6,195 *Lindsay ... 95,369 — •— •Flaxbourne ... 181,675 — Totals ... .£800,427 392

Pric* Roll paid. value. £ <£ Auckland ... ... 833,87# 299,345 Hawke’s Bay ••• ... 732,90# 613,419 Taranaki ... ••• ... 58,33# 47.437 Wellington ••• ... 222,86# 189,104 Marlborough ••• ... 353,142 277,156 Westland ... ... 8,34# 9^83 Canterbury ••• ...1,255,20# 1,121,^48 Otago ... 471.419 448,813 Southland ... ... 201^6 189,935 Totals '• •• 3,195,440