LAND FOR SOLDIERS.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLV, Issue 12090, 26 June 1920, Page 8

LAND FOR SOLDIERS.

DETAILS of available area . , -^.raKSfasEza Per Press Association. Wellington, Jane 25 The Minister of Lands forwarded to tbe general secretary of the New Zealand Returned Soldiers’ Association a letter detaTiug particulars of 700,000 acres, which Mr Massey slated during a recent deputation were available for settlement. The Minister writes advising that the total area of land available for settlement by discharged soldiers as at 31s ultimo, was 091,141 acres, distributed throughout the Dominion as follows:—-(This area varies from day to day; for instance, since 3lst ultimo, an area of 100,000 acres has been ballotted for since this return was mad e up):— Land District, Acres. North Auckland 61,835 Auckland 92,150 Hawke’s Bay 81,992 Taranaki 39,884 Wellington 5,695 Nelson 77,440 Marlborough 5,430 Westland 3,830 Canterbury 31,724 Otago 276,798 Southland 14,913 A considerable proportion of this area is either advertised already or will be put on the market shortly. Land suitable for farm holdings and runs total 673,756 acres, while an area of 17,385 acres is considered suitable for small farms, such as poultry, fruit growing, bee keeping, etc, “I trust,” savs the Minister, ‘‘that this information will !be sufficient for your purposes. Owing to the very great amount of work thrown upon officers of the Department, I regiet that it is not possible to supply the information asked for in more detail. ”