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

Note.— 69,273 acres, £349,452, paid for at 31at March. 82,696 acres, £208,708, not paia for at 31st Maroh. - Not paid for 1902-3.

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Name of Settlement and Land District. Area of each Estate. Mode of Acquisition. Name of Person or Company from whom acquired. Locality of Land. Quality of Land. Price. i Brought forward Canterbury Land District — Eccleston 94,495 3 17 £ s. (i. 336,443 12 0 Mead 1,246 1 5 Blocks XIV. and XV., Otaio Survey District.. Good farming land, mostly ploughable; clay bottom Light, level land, on gravel By agreement.. E. P. Chapman 10,593 2 6 5,914 3 17 Blocks IX., X., XIII., and XIX., Selwyn, and Blocks VII. and IX., Hall Survey Distriots Part Section 36226, Block XII., Nimrod Survey District Block XIII., Tengawai, and Blocks I., II., V., and VI., Opawa Survey Districts Blocks I.-VL, XL, XII., Terako, Waiau, and Hawkeswood Survey Districts S. Bealey 18,319 2 5 Squire's Homestead 46 1 26 Homestead site G. W. Squire 92 16 0 Chamberlain 10,500 1 9 Part good farming land, part pastoral Rutherford and Haylock Wharton and Co. .. 41,863 15 6 Annan 32,651 3 1 About one-fifth agricultural, the rest good pastoral; mainly lying on limestone *94,444 1 10 Otago Land District — Windsor Park 3,821 2 16 Blocks VI., VII., and VIII., Awamoko Survey District Blocks VIII. and IX., Awamoko Survey District Block I., Otakio, and Blook VIII., Dunedin and East Taieri Survey Districts Blocks XIV. and XV., Oamaru Survey District Good farming land, strong soil on clay bottom E. Menlove 31,528 4 1 Windsor Park, No. 2 2,179 2 37 633 2 3 542 1 18 Good farming land, mostly ploughable; clay bottom Ground broken by gullies; soil medium, mostly clay bottom Good agricultural land E. Menlove 16,445 15 9 Duncan -J. Graham 4,091 11 9 St. Helens Reid and Gray *4,338 13 0 Totals 152,032 2 24 558,160 15 4