INSPECTION OF LAND BY MEMBERS OF THE LAND BOARD.

Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 516, 26 December 1877, Page 2

INSPECTION OF LAND BY MEMBERS OF THE LAND BOARD.

Tiir t'jii.-f ('iiininissi>,iior "f tin- dtagu Wast,- Lands Hoard, accompanied liy M,,-srs. (,'ivcii and Clark, arrived, in I'ai mrrston un Wednesday, for the |iiir|iiisr <if visiiing Hie iiighlay and Waiheuio di.-Diets. We rkp I hi- )'■ .lh iw ilr_', wliii'll r..;itains the ;.dst >.f the whole report, from tim i\ii.;i.,-,i «»./ ic.;/.•.,»,/,■/; '/"('.ii's:—-

" And now \vi; I'lVoeiid lo vie.v (lie land whirh manvare so .■uixious tn !;,l, liwanse rnnsidrrrir admiral.ly ,'ida|.t..-,l f,,r setllrnii lit. After liiivim: ridden a |,\v miles. «v disinnunti d. with a vi.".v of eoiisnll iir/ tlir slo-telns with whieli Ihe (.',,minissinners had |ir,,vid.d th,ms, Ives, and also to rliao],. US to tesl Ijioi'c lililllltelv ill,' rharaeli rof the land. !■'..]' llie inf.'.rma lion of tlios:- wlio !i.i \i- not yii vi«iled the m i-hliourliooil. I may slat,' that a -mil deal of p is similar to the land liaithe r.nidi-.i Hoiel. Waikoiiaiti, uhi.h was sold not \ii'y loiiu'au«. I'i.r aliiniL L'J.'i |)er ,'iere : tiir site .."'d, m laet. is roiisidoi'ed I'Vi'ii ..uji.'iior to tiia! at Waikoiiaiti. I may add aiso thai vhili; diivin- W'aid ami in rap,'. .Juil.iin- from the j ; .'mi',d ai.pe.'iraiH'.'. I si;.mid siy :he land i'. will adopti'd for ;:i'o'.vi.uu turnips, and all l'ool i-nips, e.i'.d is|.eeiallv wheal, <<(it.il lo Iha!

u'l'nwn on tin. l 31aeivwhenna Tallies ami in the I lainarn dislriel. uhieh is allowc,l ; to he llio lust in .New Xt-.iJ.iii.l. A lai-ei i)union ~f (he . ; iv\ii:..l would lake tlici pluu:,:. easily. >.i.1.-«..1. ! .should say (lial i i.cinU, ii' no! i,iiiic iv,-..- thirds ..I' I lie ! rnii'.'li. .it sections, ihal have lii'i-n marked oil' for sal.'. eould he ph,ll .;!.«■.! •.!,.■ ~.il. ; l''m'tlicriii"rc, uiitcli or the land is well •.Viiti-ii ii i>> : plendid .-.)• I■i 11 >, -i. As an instance "I the '..-nod pialiiy <.f (lie ".round. I mav incniioji ill it, en more than one occasion, wheal urown liy .Mr. Luke look first prize, at the show.-, of the. Waikoiiaifi ;ilid S!i;|._; Valley AuTlei'.ll nral anil I'aslo 1-.-11 Association, tlie jinl;,' s c.in.siilei'inu' tln samples very superior. The laud, in fact, is considered i|ilite eapaUlc of from ."><> fn ',"•> iiiislnls nf oats 1 >.',• aere. i In some places we mhv cloy, r ■_; f«.\\ im; mi J (he hills, in a hiv.di'n afafi.',' and fhej ili.-iti-i'M appears well calculated In j ivejlsli ..'rasses slleeessi'i|]!\ , ami loj dov. lop and fnrtl,"r the safe .v< in every I Way 'it' \'",r. ,le:'e;ie(| payiihlil sydrin.l "No lif.iier ]>lai ' in the world emMi lie fi.'.liiii." :-a:il "II" of our niuiilier.

j " for ranu sil<s;" wnii rial remark we ! ;il! (..adiaily jii.- i .-i-il , anii i!i<l ii<>l hj• -.-.i----i tale. I" express mir Mirpris■>, as I do how. i that Mich' splendid land should ha\. ' In ell so 1. .Ji_r 1. ft nut.-1111111 -.1 I iy I he :iurii-nlJiiral class. L -f us 1 s-I; .i> t|i;i,i. j aided liy the Coniinh-.siouel'.':' i,,|.ort, ;m.| the il-siY" 'vliieli is shown l.y so many ic dliiiiin ilio l.'iii'l fit- aliiidsi any price. < i] >] >■ >rt unii v \\i\\ .'-ooii li" In settle a jn•]iiilat ion, prosperous aihl li >ppy. where, .i' present, only she p do yate. Tin' Ki efioiis, in fad. have aireadv ln-eii selected liy experienced fame ts over and over atjain, eaeli of whom are deteimiiiL'd to secure, if possible, snllieieiil land for a farm in this district. Tin'roughly sat'slied, inde„it, Mj i.'u. .isiiura evidently appeared i.; lie as to the adaptability .if the land to iiie purpose for which if is required, no impediment should lie placed in. the. way, hut every facility to acquire! it niveii ; for, tin- ,-i.oi.eV we have from .sixty to ;i hundred farmers, or mere, sutLK.il upon this land, the booie-i- will it he profitably occupied, Having ridden iiO miles or more, we stopped, on returnill":, to shako hands with Mr. .Morrison, of the Coal Creek Hotel : and afterwards accompanied the Commissioners to inspeel moreland in that parti' ular district. Here, also, there is a capital metal quarry, as wJi as coal. The Kluestone is considered well adapted fovculvert and bridge construction, and kcrbing purposes. In Green Valley also there is a fine limestone quarry. The stone is of excellent qua-

lily, :iinl can ln> abundantly i.l.liiim'.l. A uroat deal ~f jt. was „„,.,]_ j,', | , ~, ,1,,, oivelion of the now lYosbyleri m i ii-i,,:,, Palmerslon. li in ~,,{!,; ~,,, ,! : I !,, Homo considered even supcrii r ■■■ < ! > Oainaru stone. 11, will llium In ■ ■ i besides l.'lllll (if C\Cc|]o||l .pi,-' * I. are many oilier things in <!,, |. , t .. rliooil which, uitl, i willing hands, will make lie- ' < e most prosperous ilJHlrii'iK in i)i.-,. ; 0.