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LAND DEVELOPMENT AND SETTLEMENT OF EX-SERVICEMEN Tables A, B, and C appearing later in this report show details of properties purchased .and acquired during the year for development and for the settlement of ex-servicemen. Summarized, the figures for the twelve months ending 31st March, 1949, and from the inception of the ex-servicemen settlement scheme up to 31st March, 1949, are :

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— Year Ended 31st March, 1949. Erom Inception to 31st March, 1949. Area (Acres). Estimated Number of Units. Area (Acres). Estimated Number of Units. Purchased by voluntary negotiation Acquired compulsorily under Part II, Servicemen's Settlement and Land Sales Act, 1943 Acquired compulsorily under section 51, Servicemen's Settlement and- Land Sales Act, 1943 Totals Total for previous twelve months ended 31st March, 1948 ."Some of these properties or portions thereof have been utili purposes : — (a) To Maori Affairs Department for the settlement of Ma (b) To Department of Agriculture for experimental purpo (c) To State Forest Service for afforestation purpose farming.) (d) To adjoining owners to square up boundaries. (e) Requiring long-term development. "The total of these utilizations is 208,454 32,904 8,364 296 127 38 662,696 108,301 122,441 1,216 338 405 249,722 461 893,438 54,775 1,959 40 205,069* 362 zed for the following tori ex-servicemen, ses. ss. (Unsuitable for Balance .. .. .. .. .. .. Prior to the war the Department had various areas of Crown land under development for civilian settlemsnt, and those areas suitable for early settlement have been set aside for the settlement of ex-servicemen. The total set aside is .. Total area available for ex-servicemen settlement Allotments made to ex-servicemen at 31st March, 1949— (а) On fixed charges : 282,012 acres (944 units) .. .. .. (б) On wages with promise of permanent allotment on completion of )* development : 189,670 acres (333 units) J Balance, area on hand for allotment to ex-servicemen on completion of development 838,663 81,086 1,919 320 919,749 471,682 2,239 1,277 448,067 962 * After adjustments on surveys.