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"THE LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS ACT, 1894." TABLE C.—Statement of Lands acquired to 31st March, 1899, prepared in Terms of Subsection (2). of Section 39 of the said Act.

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Name of Settlement. Area of each Block of Land as purchased. Locality of Land. Quality of Land. Name of Person or Company from whom it was bought or acquired. to Seller to 31st March, 1899. Report and Valuation of Board. Report on Conditions and : Valuation Settlement , of Board. of the Land. Report of Board. Auckland Land District — Karapiro A. R. P. 2,270 3 9 Block X., Cambridge Survey District Soil a choclatecoloured light alluvial, overlaying a bed of pumice, sand, and gravel Partly flat and partly undulating fern and bush land Deep, alluvial soil, of good quality Assets Realisation Board £ s. d. 8,364 4 6 The land is good and suitable for settlement in farms of from 50 to 500 acres each. The Board recommends Government to purchase £ s. d. 3 10 0 See Report attached. I Okauia 5,919 1 30 l Part of Matamata Estate, east of Waihou River Assets Realisation Board 4,143 12 1 Land suitable for settlement. The Board recommends Government to purchase 0 14 0 See Report attached. Opouriao 7,604 0 0 Blocks V., IX., XIII., Whakatane, and Block II., Waimana Survey District Gould's Trustees .. 24,261 3 3 The land is excellent in quality, and suitable for subdivision into farms of from 100 to 400 acres. That, from inquiries made, there is a considerable demand in the Bay of Plenty district, and the Government is therefore recommended to purchase the land Land suitable for settlement. The Board recommends Government to purchase 3 4 0 See Report attached. Bangiatea 4,004 0 0 Blook XVI., Waitoa Survey District, and Block IV., Maungakawa Survey District Soil a fluviatile deposit generally, with clayey subsoil in places Assets Realisation Board 14,014 0 0 3 10 0 See Report attached. Total 19,798 0 39 50,782 19 10 Hawke's Bay Land Dist. — Elsthorpe Mahora | *9,740 0 0 Blocks III., VII., and XII., Oero Survey District Lot 139, of Lot 2, Subdivision D, Heretaunga Block, in Block XV., Heretauaga Survey District, and Lot 140, of Lot 2, Subdivision D, Heretaunga Block, in Block XV., Heretaunga Survey District Block I., Turanganui Survey District, and Block I., Waimata Survey District Block III., Te Mata Survey District Soil and situation good, suitable for mixed farms Buchanan's Trustees Williams, J. H. 45,878 10 0 31,178 2 6 The Board believes the land could be profitably occupied in mixed farms ; that there is a fair demand in the district for such class of holdings ; and the purchase is therefore recommended The land is good, and suitable for settlement in farms of from 40 to 50 acres each. The Board recommends Government to purchase the land 4 10 0 27 10 0 See Report attached. See Report attached. 1,133 3 9 Rich alluvial land, soil not worked out Pouparae 337 3 4 427 2 0 All very deep alluvial flat land E. Donner Williams, J. H. 7,768 16 6 The land is good, and suitable for settlement. There is a demand for this class of land, and the Board recommends its acquisition The land is good, and suitable for settlement in small farms. The Board believes there is a demand for such land in the district ; the Board therefore recommends the purchase 23 0 0 24 0 0 See Report attached. Raureka .. Rich al luvial soil [ 10,260 0 0 See Report attached. Tomoana Waimarie 110 2 16 430 1 30 Near Hastings Blocks I. and VIII., Waimata Survey District Rich ailuvial soil .. Level alluvial land Williams, J. H. Bruce, G. 8,608 15 0 103,694 4 0 The land is good, and suitable for settlement. A demand exists in the district for this class of land, and the Board therefore recommends the purchase thereof 22 0 0 Carried forward .. 12,180 0 19 I * Corrected area— 553 acres having been exchanged for 110 acres 2 roods 16 perches at Tomoana.