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HaJcowai, at Puketapu, 1,637 acres. Acquired, March, 1945. Development completed and allotted as two sheep units, July, 1948. Hampden, at Tikokino, 929 acres. Acquired, February, 1947. Objective: Two fat-lamb units. Development programme : Erection of one house, one implement-shed, installation of pumped-water supplies, and the establishment of 50 acres new pasture, 10 acres lucerne. Progress : Development is complete except for buildings, although contracts for these have been let. This property will be balloted with temporary accommodation in 1949. Hautope, at Waipawa, 4,063 acres. Acquired, May, 1948. Objective : Seven sheep units. Four servicemen are on wages with promises of sections. Development programme : Large roading and fencing programme, the building of seven houses, seven implement-sheds, and two two-stand wool-sheds. Anticipated that charges will be fixed in 1950. Huirangi, at Patoka, 2,913 acres. Acquired, December, 1948. Long-term-development proposition, comprising mainly scrub-cutting, destruction of rabbits, establishment and renewal of pasture, erection and renovation of buildings. Scheme of subdivision not finalized, but should provide four sheep units. Kaheka, at Tutira, 10,505 acres. Acquired, February, 1938. Development this year has been mainly pasture development, scrub-cutting, and the bulldozing of access tracks. Three hundred acres of scrub have been cut, and a contract is in progress to cut a further 500 acres. A track has been formed to give access to some 500 to 700 acres of country capable of easy development by super giant-disking or heavy rolling. Rabbit-poisoning with phosphorized pollard has resulted in a marked decrease in the pest. Kakariki, at Kotemaori, 19,277 acres. Acquired : 19,213 acres in 1931 and 64 acres in 1946. Approximately 11 miles of bulldozed tracks have been formed, and pasture development is steadily progressing. One hundred and fifty acres of scrub have been giant-disked, and 250 acres of rolling country have been giant-disked and sown down in swedes, a good crop resulting. A further 130 acres have been sown down in permanent pasture. Kikowhero, at Matapiro, 886 acres. Acquired, March, 1949. Objective : Three fat-lamb units for allotment in 1950. Mainly sub-clover flats. Development programme : Fencing, buildings, water-supplies, and power-installations. Kokomoko, at Waipukurau, 966 acres. Acquired, 951 acres, February, 1947, and 15 acres, September, 1948. Objective : Two fat-lamb units. Development programme, which included fencing, water-supplies, cattle-stops, and the erection of a new dwelling, is almost complete except for buildings, and sections will be allotted with temporary accommodation in 1949. Longlands, at Hastings, 25 acres. Acquired, August, 1948. Allotted without development as two orchard units in August, 1948. Makarini, at Hastings, 1,673 acres. Acquired, March, 1947. Objective : Five fat-lamb farms. Development programme : Building three dwellings, three implementsheds, installation of a pressure-water supply from a bore, approximately 3 miles of new fencing, and establishment of 120 acres of new pasture. Progress : Almost completed, and the sections will be allotted in 1949. Mason Ridge, at Hastings, 694 acres. Acquired, July, 1948. Objective : Two fat-lamb units for allotment, June, 1949. Development programme : Erecting one house and implement-shed, fencing, installation of electric power on one section, and establishing water-supplies. Progress : Building contracts have been let, and dwelling has been started. Meeanee, at Meeanee, 164 acres. Acquired, March, 1949. To be balloted as two mixed farms without development.

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