VILLAGE HOMESTEAD SPECIAL SETTLEMENTS (RETURN SHOWING EXPENDITURE IN CONNECTION WITH).

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1888 Session I, B-19

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1888. NEW ZEALAND.

VILLAGE HOMESTEAD SPECIAL SETTLEMENTS (RETURN SHOWING EXPENDITURE IN CONNECTION WITH).

Return to an Order of the House of licpresentatives, dated 31st July, 188 S. Ordered, " That there bo laid on the table a detailed statement showing the total amount expended in eonneetioa with the village settlements north of Auckland."—(Mr. R. Thompson.)

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VILLAGE SETTLEMENTS. Statement of their Cost, &c., up to the 31st March, 1888. NORTH ISLAND.

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Settlements. : No. of Selections. Area occupied. ■p..j i Passages, I p iS: Advances i Freight, ■ Sato t0' I Lectures, &j 31st March 31st March,; Misoel- ! is^ 1888. ilaneousHx- : penditure. Totals. Selfiupporting, with advances as per tegulations i Ask for Work,- in Addition to Advances as per Regulations. Quality of Land. Abandoned ] Applications Forfeited Applications. Auckland. Herekino .. Hukerunui Wairnamaku Kohukohu .. . ■ I Parua Bay .. • • j Te Karaka .. • • j Waitakerei and Swanson .. I Motukaraka Motatau Takahue Punakitere Pataua Whananaki Fern Plat Omaha Drury Aroha and Te Aoha, Suburban Firewood Creek Akatea 125 52 6 9 31 54 9 38 73 18 22 16 37 30 14 14 Acres. 4,334 3,185 1,156 158 638 107 827 1,519 138 1,030 1,491 780 909 550 1,410 25 677 2,723 210 246 190 100 273 600 355 935 £ 964 298 15 41 274 867 57 93 525 58 199 220 711 18 220 20 79 . 1,560 427 110 5 'l6 167 335 22 140 270 140 73 103 259 5 83 40 5,247 935 371 46 190 116 714 1,802 79 588 1,730 198 614 538 2,524 23 803 22 139 a o 'II XIX O O 4 o O Good, all bush .. ..IS Inferior, partly open and bush JJj Good, bush and open .. Open, fair quality .. .. .2 Fairly good .. .. g Poor land .. .. .. °_;g Good land.. .. .. p 3 Very good land .. .. [-^ J Fair land .. .. .. § Fairly good land .. .. "g Good land, bush .. .. »■£ Not very good land.. .. I _o Fairly good land .. • • "8 Good swampy land.. .. Sj Good land .. .. .. J S 133 applications of 5,508 acres; 118 applicants never occupied ; 25 applicants went on to the ground at a cost to Government of £57 5s. 6d. i 342 215 1,555 500 i 1 955 | '20 I Li Hawke's Bay. 5 31 23 112 80 20 718 '20 20 818 Bush clearings .. .. |) Open, good land .. .. j f i 10 applications of 130 acres; I none of the applicants resided. Pohui Woodville es es o.. o.. Wellington. Mangahao Pahiatua Mangatainoko Hastwell's Hunterville 9 76 29 19 13 245 700 489 280 45 iio 140 1,966 454 330 59 4 27 2 2 144) 2,013 I 456) 332 61 Yes o.. Good bush land .. Good bush land .. Good bush land .. .. J 1 j 35 applications of 443 acres; ■I j none of the applicants went on the ground. Yes Yes o.. 'o.. Totals 735 20,783 8,454 8,346 3,814 20,523

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VILLAGE SETTLEMENTS— continued. MIDDLE ISLAND.

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Settlements. go- of Area Road Expenditure to 31st March, 1888. Advances to 31st March, 1888. Rangers' Pay and Miscellaneous Expenditure. Totals. Selfsupporting, with Advances as per Regulations Ask for Work, in Addition to Advances as per Regulations. Quality of Land. Abandoned Applications. Forfeited Applications. I Mahlbobouoh. Wakaniarina Kaikoura, Suburban 9 12 ; Acres. 21 44 £ £ 12 60 £ £ 12 60 Yes Yes No.. No.. Good bush Open, good land 5 applications of 162 acres; nom of the applicants resided. Castebbuby. Eeserve 1466 2332 240 642, 1644 .. 1815, 1816 .. 1496, Chertsey 1497, 158, 2016 1769, Ohertsey 1771, 1467, Dromore 198, Waitohi 1237, Arundel Orari South Eangitata .. Winslow Geraldine Arowhenua Hinds Eeserve 866, Waitaki 8 is ; 10 14 9 12 | 10 14 10 10 10 13 10 9 2 | 3 12 14 65 200 216 32 250 80 84 140 67 21 70 300 73 20 41 10 11 3 59 269 80 180 20 100 80 80 60 140 20 60 120 60 60 20 20 40 63 240 120 8 30 54 7 29 28 30 9 48 19 39 19 19 9 9 15 17 95 46 8 110 234 27 129 108 110 69 188 27 79 159 79 79 29 29 55 80 335 166 Yes No.. Open, fair, light land as O t-T o " en o 8 18 applications of 736 acres; 1( applicants never went to th< land; 2 applicants resided : short time." Otago. Lower Hawea Hawkesbury Molyneux Tapanui Clarendon Clutha Glenomaru 5 5 6 14 8 14 10 ! 42 ■ ! 14 222 12 107 40 60 100 67 150 193 1 2 40 61 102 67 202 2 196 CO .2 g 27 applications of 402 acres; 2; applicants never went on to th( land. 'ho 2 3 Southland. 105 20 510 49 20 20 52 2 107 20 515 49 20 20 52 Yes No.. Generally very fair land Hokonui Holrnsdale Seaward Bush Makarewa Millwood Flint's Bush Longwood 8 5 40 4 5 2 4 85 10 102 56 5 10 50 "5 cq o 5 applications of 37 acres. Totals 331 2,803 3,625 2,803 50 3,023 552