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No. 7. Report on Rosebrook Settlement to 31st March, 1895; Canterbury Land District.—Total Area: 600 acres 1 rood 8 perches. Purchased from Mr. William Pringle. Price paid for Land: £5,945 13s. 9d. 15th February, 1895.

No. 8. Report on Otaio Settlement to 31st March, 1895; Canterbury Land District.—Total Area: 376 acres 2 roods 30 perches. Purchased from Mr. Alexander Copland. Price paid for Land: £4,143 11s. 3d., 25th February, 1895.

No. 9. Report on Tahawai Settlement to 31st March, 1895; Otago Land District.—Total Area: 69 acres and 19 perches. Purchased from Mr. George Stringer. Price paid for Land: £622 1s. 4d. 25th April, 1895. To be opened for Selection on 21st August, 1895.

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J Block. District. Area. Lease in Perpetuity. Capital Annual Value Rental at per Aero. 5 per Cent. Eemarks. 1 2 3 i 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 XVI. Pareora .. A. B. p. 25 3 6 24 3 14 36 0 28 60 1 22 45 0 28 44 0 0 45 3 14 28 0 39 29 3 26 32 0 34 32 2 33 34 2 33 44 2 18 62 0 31 53 2 2 £ s. d. 10 7 8 10 7 8 10 3 7 10 13 10 10 15 10 10 3 8 11 10 1 10 3 7 10 6 3 10 5 6 10 3 7 9 3 2 9 10 1 9 16 10 10 0 3 £ s. d. 13 7 10 12 18 01 18 8 4; 32 5 8 24 7 8 22 8 0 26 7 6 14 7 6 15 8 4 16 11 4 16 13 0 15 18 0 21 4 2 30 12 4 26 15 10 This settlement is about four miles and a quarter inland from Timaru, and comprises open, flat, and undulating down lands of good quality, the soil being black, resting ou a clay subsoil. The area is intersected by valleys. The watercourses are not permanent, but clams have been constructed in places, and facilities are available for the construction of others. There are rocky and steep faces here and there, but, on the whole, not much waste land. The settlement is approached from Timaru on the north and south sides by the Wai-iti and Claremont district roads. The general elevation of the country is about 400ft. above sea-level. The climate is salubrious and healthy, which, combined with the quality of the land and contiguity to the railway and port at Timaru, render the lots splendidly adapted for occupation by small farmers, gardeners, and other small settlers. This land was not open for selection on 31st March, 1895. It was opened for selection on 26th June instant, and all the sections were allotted. 000 1 8 307 13 6

Lease in Perpetuity. a 5 o to Block. District. Area. Capital I Annual Value Rental at 5 per Acre, per Cent. I Remarks. 1 2 3 4 5 (i 7 8 9 XII. Ofcaio A. B. P. 32 0 30 32 3 20 34 2 30 48 2 5 45 3 38: 37 1 13 43 0 9 43 0 31 49 1 17 £ s. a. 11 14 10 11 5 6 11 4 2 11 9 6 12 2 7 11 0 2 11 17 10 14 15 3 11 0 2 £ s. d. 18 17 10 18 10 8 19 8 10 27 17 6 27 17 4 20 11 0 25 12 0 30 16 2 27 3 4 This settlement is situated on the Bluecliffs Road, about three-quarters of a mile inlana from the St. Andrew's Railway-station, and comprises open flat land about 40ft. above sea-level. The soil is generally good and of faildepth, but there are lighter patches of stony land running through the block. Lots 1, 2, 3, 6, and 7 are nearly all in English grass ; Lots 4, 5, 8, and 9 are in stubble, the two latter being also sown down with grass. There are small patches of gorse on Lots 8 and 9 ; Lots 6, 7, 8, and 9 comprise some rougher and poorer land next the Otaio River, Lot G being liable in part to flood. All the lots can easily bo served by a water-race which runs through the centre of the block. There is a good three-roomed wooden cottage, roofed with iron, on Lot 8, which must be insured for the sum of £80 in the name of the Queen by the lessee. The gorse boundary and wire subdivision fences are in good order. The access is by the before-mentioned main road, and by the occupation roads. The general good quality of the land and situation render these lots splendidly adapted for occupation by small farmers, gardeners, and other small settlers. This land was not open for selection on 31st March, 1895. It was open for selection on 26th June instant, and all the sections were allotted. 367 0 33 216 14 8

Lease in Perpetuity. J I 02 Block. District. irea. Capital Annual Value Rental per Acre, per Acre. Bemarks. Iα 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 18 I. Kurow A. B. p. 8 2 35 8 3 18 8 1 27 8 0 9 8 2 8 9 0 23 8 3 29 (629 I 1 1 16 "3 a -w 13 O <U o f 43 T3 o o °£ O - 8 Section Iα, open level ground, deep rich alluvial silt, broken and shingly in the north-east corner. Section 2a, open level ground, deep rich alluvial silt, broken and shingly in the north corner. Sections 3a, 4a, 5a, 6a, and 7a, open level ground, deep rich alluvial silt. Section 8a, open, mostly level ground, deep rich alluvial silt. The whole of these sections have a frontage to the main road, Oamaru to Kurow, and are within one mile of Kurow Railway-station, or from 10 to 40 chains from Hilles Siding. There is no permanent water on any of these sections, but the Kurow Stream and Waitaki River are close to all. Water has been obtained in the immediate vicinity by sinking to a depth of 18ft. to 25ft. This land was not opened for selection on 31st March, 1895. 1