GOVERNMENT GRASS SEED.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13664, 30 May 1908, Page 2

GOVERNMENT GRASS SEED.

WELLINGTON, May 30. Returns of the value of grass seed supplied to settlers by the Government, as a result of tne serious bush fires early in the year, show that the amount expended Was over £25,000. Details are: — Auckland, 201 settler supplied with seed to. the value of £788* ; Hawkes Bay, 8 settlers, £133; Taranaki, 102 settlers, £1515; Wellington, 319 settlers; £13,223 ; : Nelson; 44 settlers,. £1023 r Maribdrough, 21 settlers, £168 L; Southland, 1 settler, £17 10s. The value of seed sown on Crown lands was £4349. Of this Auckland absorbed £496, Hawkes Bay ;>£i2s4,; >£i2s4, Taranaki £40, Wellington £578, Nelson, £440, a»d -Marlborough JIU3B. ;