LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS ACT, 1925 (REPORT ON THE)

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1944 Session I, C-05

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1944 NEW ZEALAND

LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS ACT, 1925 (REPORT ON THE)

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly pursuant to Section 109 of the Land for Settlements Act, 1925

The Land Purchase Controller to the Hon. the Minister of Lands. g IR Department of Lands and Survey, Wellington, 4th July, I have the honour to submit my report for the year ended 31st March, 1944, m terms of section 109 of the Land for Settlements Act, 1925. „ The purchase of land for the settlement of discharged servicemen is of paramount importance to-day, and until their requirements are met it seems clear that little can be done in the way of purchasing land for subdivision for ordinary settlement. Purchases for discharged servicemen, ir accordance with Government policy, are being made in terms of the Small Farms Act, 1932-33, and details of purchases made will be found in the annual report on Settlement of Crown Lands (C.-l). No areas were acquired during the year pursuant to the provisions of the Land tor Settlements Act, 1925. I have, &c., R. G. Macmorran, Land Purchase Controller. The Hon. the Minister of Lands.

Summary of Private Estates acquired to 31st March, 1944

Annual Accounts A statement of the moneys received into and paid out of the Land for Settlements Account during the year is included in parliamentary paper 8.-l [Pt. IV].

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Land District. Number. Area. j Purchase-money. Acres. £ North Auckland .. .. 58 Ji'SIil Auckland • •• 84 392,928 1,318,534 Gisborne " .. .. 26 86,380 790,131 Hawke'sB.v " .. .. 59 264,783 1.714,292 Taranaki 27 31,959 Wellington .. •• 159 161,473 2,355,138 ESough :: .. .. 23 234,591 756,482 Nelson 14 48,821 150,473 WeSnd :: .. •• 3 6,032 14,062 Canterbury .. •• 195 463,461 3,592,100 Canterbury .. .. g2 336,803 2,036,023 Southland 35 96,609 534,780 Totals .. •• ~~ 765 2,175,815 14,119,489