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"THE LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS CONSOLIDATION ACT, 1900," AND ITS AMENDMENT, 1901. TABLE C (Part I.).—Statement of Lands acquired for Settlements from 1st April, 1902, to 31st March, 1903.

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Name of Settlement and Land District. Area of each Estate. Locality of Land. Quality of Land. ! Mode of Acquisition. Name of Person or Company from whom acquired. Price. I Auokland Land District — A. B. p. Karapiro Extension .. 63 1 0 £ s. d. Block X., Cambridge Survey District Soil light, slopes easy By agreement.. Assets Realisation Board Colbeck Bros. Bickerstaffe .. ..j 12,480 0 19 Part Okahurewa, Pukehuia, and Tokatapu Blocks, Otamatea County Two-thirds good pastoral land, one-third agricultural land +40,560 0 0 Hawke's Bay Land District — Argyll— TeReinga .. .. 4,856 0 7 Part Block XXIV., Maraekakaho Survey District Second-class pastoral downs, mostly ploughable .. Maurice Mason 15,762 10 0 Milbourne .. .. 28,857 0 0 Maraekakaho and Waipukurau Survey Districts Flats and pastoral downs, ploughable; soil ranges from poor shingly to good limestone country Excellent pastoral country, with some good alluvial flats Fair pastoral country, fenced and ready for occupation ; exchanged for small detached blocks of rough bush Crown lands Compulsorily taken By agreement.. Stokes' Trustees .. 142,262 0 0 Wigan .. .. 10,475 0 12 I Part Tokatapu and Mangaheia No. 1e Blocks James Macfarlane.. +53,946 12 8 Ruangarehu .. .. 2,380 0 0 Part Ruangarehu No. 1 Block J. N. Williams + + i Taranaki Land District — Spotswood .. .. 306 2 25 Omata and Grey Survey Districts Bayley, Mills, and Kelsey 15,201 6 2 Suburban residential area, suitable for workmen's homes and small farms Wellington Land District — Linton .. .. 551 1 36 Longbush .. .. 3,021 3 26 Part Section 1 and Section 12, Rangitoto Survey District Block VIII., Huangarua, and Block V., Wainui-o-ru Survey Districts Land good quality, mostly flat; on clay subsoil .. Fair soil; subsoil mostly papa, part limestone R. Linton H. T. Mahupuku and Rihara te Pa6,846 1 10 16,388 0 0 Tablelands .. .. 5,520 3 19 Blocks XL, XII., XV., and XVI., Huangarua Survey District Blocks VIII. and IX., Belmont Survey District Clay soil on papa ; part ploughable, good pastoral rera H. T. Mahupuku .. 25,349 0 0 Normandale .. .. 1,623 0 9 Steep hill-land, with a position- value; part suitable for workmen's homes, rest small farms William A. Fitzherbert 15,419 0 8 Westland Land District — Kokatahi .. .. 1,879 2 20 Block I., Toaroha, and Block XVI., Kanieri Survey Districts Light sandy soil on gravel; land level and ploughable H. Diedrich 4,709 0 8 Marlborough Land District — Birchhill .. .. 8,179 0 0 Blocks IX., X., XIII., XV., and XVI., Patriarch, and Blocks IV., V., and IX., Leatham Survey Districts Tapuanuka, Hodder, Blue Mountain, and Whernside Survey Districts Fair pastoral land; exchanged for one block Crown land to consolidate Crown land and freehold land and obtain homestead sites Ditto New Zealand Land Association + Awatere .. .. 14,301 3 4 Assets Realisation Board + + Carried forward .. 94,495 3 17 336,443 12 0 * Paid for in 1901, £253. t Not paid for 1902-3. t Acquired by way of exchange.