ABANDONED FARMS
AND CROWN TENANTS. A return h:is been prepared by insfruciion of the Minister of Lands (the Ifon. A. D. .MeLeod) giving information with, regard to abandoned farms. The . return shows that in 1904 the Crown tenants under various tenures were under 20,000, while for the year 102 M-2-1 the total was 28,604. The forfeitures exceeded H per cent of the selectors only in one year during' that period; that .was in. the year succeeding the slum]) period of 1008. In 1009-10, there were ,*!4(> forfeitures out of a total of 2300 settlers. Since 1015 Ihe forfeitures exceeded 1 \tcr cent in only one instance, and that was in the slump year 1921-22., when 307 settlers forfeited out of n total of 27,000. "1 am informed." stated the .Minister, "that practically .SO per cent of the forfeited areas are re-selected within one year of forfeit ure."
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Waikato Independent, Volume XXIV, Issue 2390, 30 October 1924, Page 6
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