AGRTCUTURAL LAND RETURN.
The following return has been made to the Colonial : Government of land in the colony suitable for agricultural settlement : — Auckland, in acres, ; i 16,650,000 ; estimated over which native title has : not been extinguished, 10,200,000 : provincial ; available for settlement, about one-tifth of which is • suitable for agricultural settlement, 749,061 acres. ; ' Hawke's Bay, 1,050,000 acres ; agricultural lands '■ < in the hands of the Government, 210,000 acres ; \ ■ agricultural land over which the native title ha 3 j , not been extinguished, 85,000. Taranaki : under j Government control, 700,000 acres ; native title ; ' not extinguished, 700,000 acres. County of West- | ' land. 175~000 acres suitable for agricultural settle- ! \ meni Otago, 134,785 acres. Nelson. 336,000 I j acres. Wellington : purchased from natives. 2,360.000 ; in hands of natives, 4,480,000 ; under j ' the control of Provincial Government, agricultural, < ' 631,000 acres. Canterbury, 922,233 acres suitable ; i for agricultural settlement. j j
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Waikato Times, Volume I, Issue 5, 11 May 1872, Page 2
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142AGRTCUTURAL LAND RETURN. Waikato Times, Volume I, Issue 5, 11 May 1872, Page 2
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