TAWAHA SETTLEMENT.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1774, 7 March 1906, Page 61

TAWAHA SETTLEMENT.

READY FOE SELECTION.

BALLOT, MARCH 30th.

The Tawaha Estate, in Wairarapa, which was recently purchased by the Government from the estate of Mr C E. BidwilL ie now surveyed and ready tor,, ' B 6 which consists of 2329 acres, is on the right bank of the Euamahunga river, about eight miles from Featherston. It ; lies at an elevation' varying from 60 to 450 ft, above the sea. and emprises 503 acres of swampy, flat on the western side of the Te Maire road. acres of easy sloping terrace land with four to eight inches Qf blaclc floil, P Acres of steep terrace face, with black ■oil, and the remainder river flats subject to floods. There ire some patches <rf native scrub and fencing And milling

timber. Tawaha is one of the choicest spots in Wairarapa. The irea to be thrown open, .viz., 2301 acr£&, has been subdivided into sixteen dairy faring, and seven ordinary farms, Varying from 50 to 275 acres. With the exception of the patched of scrub and brush, and 50 acres of willow for river protection, the whole settlement is under grass, and .is well watered by the Ruamalmnga riOer and the Otakura stream. The tenure is lease-in-perpe-tuity. The farms, of which possession will be given on April Ist, are as follows: — DAIRY FARMS. Subdivision 1.

The sections in this subdivision are weighted with improvements and roj-al-ty on timber. ORDINARY FARMS. Subdivision 4. Half-yearly

Applications for leases will be received up to 4 p.m. on Monday, March 26tli, at the District Land Office, ’Wellington. Applicants will have to appear personally at a Land Board meeting, at the Town Hall, Martinborough, on Thursday, 29th prox., at 10 a.m., to be examined, unless they prefer to undergo examination by the Beard of the district in which they live. The first ballot will take place on March 30th, at 10 a.m., at Martinborough.

Section. Area. Half-yearly Rent. Acres. £. s. d. 1 123 46 5 6 2 97 36 10 6 Subdivision 2. 3 70 25 16 0 4 60 21 16 6 6 50 18 10 0 7 50 17 12 0 9 50 17 12 0 Subdivision 3.

8 89 47 10 6 9, 14 122 73 4 6 10, 27 75 47 12 0 11, 21 76 45 18 6 12, 26 75 46 11 0 13. 25 75 45 0 6 14 80 39 4 6 15, 28 59 34 17 0 16, 29 60 34 1 6

Section. Aren. Rent. Acres. £. s. d. 8 275 67 0 6 9 210 48 12 0 10, 11 117 34 7 0 12, 13 118 48 17 0 15 120 *. 50 2 G 16 120 38 7 6 17 121 38 10 6