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Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 310, 1 October 1915, Page 3

A suggestion of hard times due to the war is contained in the annual re- J port of the Lands Department on the ' public domains of this country: "It j has been the custom in the past,;," says the report, "to give small grants to assist boards in making the areas Under their control suitable for tihe j purpose for which they wore provided. ' but it is evident that such assistance must now cease or be restricted !•■ works cf the most pressing nature, such as river encroachment. Boards with stender finances will therefore have to depend on such help as can be obtained from local bodies, sports j clubs, and private persons, and from ; working-bees. The latter, if Well organisad and enthusiastically taken up, will quickly convert a rough area into a suitable place of recreation.'' The I Dominion has 501 public domains, com- ; prising a total area of 85,054 acres. Fifty-one of the domains are control) by Commissioners cf Crown Lands ancT j the others are administered by locat domain boards.

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