A BIG MISTAKE.
LAND SETTLEMENT LITIGATION. OVERPAID X 2974. PIIESS ASSOCIATION. GISBORNE, September 5. In connection with the recent pwrehaw. of the Takapan Estate, at Tolago Bay, by Urn Government, it lias been ascertained that the Crown paid for 400 ncics more than tho property actually, contained, the amount alleged to have been overpaid being J 12074. The Crown is now seeking to recover from Mr ,T. B. Davy, RegistrarGeneral of Lands, tho amount with 6 per cent, added, alleging that the overpaid amount was caused through a mistake of the Laud Transfer Department on the plan of tho land. Tho caso has been fined to be'heard at Wellington.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LXXVII, Issue 5374, 6 September 1904, Page 5
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109A BIG MISTAKE. New Zealand Times, Volume LXXVII, Issue 5374, 6 September 1904, Page 5
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