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Silver Peak, at Waikouaiti, 10,584 acres. Acquired 1948. Objective: Three sheepfarms for allotment, 1950. Development programme : Erect three dwellings, one woolshed, and men's quarters ; erect 10 miles of fences ; metal 6 miles road ; provide 20 chains farm tracks; and erect huts for temporary accommodation. Progress : 28 chains fencing erected, two huts erected, and 10 chains farm tracks formed. The settlers on this property are to be given the option of residing on or off their sections. The manager, who has the promise of a section, has indicated his intention of residing in Waikouaiti. It should be possible to allot all three sections in 1950. Spylaw, at Moa Flat, 7,389 acres. Acquired : 5955 acres, September, 1948, and 1,434 acres, March, 1949. Objective : Four sheep-farms for allotment, 1951, and one sheep-farm for allotment, 1953. Development programme : Erect four houses, four barn-implement sheds, one wool-shed, and shearers' quarters ; erect 200 chains and renew 80 chains and repair 8| miles fences ; regrass 700 acres ; renovate existing house,, wool-shed, and stable ; form and metal internal road and widen and reform existing farm track. Progress : 311 acres regrassed and one house erected. Two ex-servicemen are employed, with promises of sections. When further accommodation is provided it will be possible to employ further ex-servicemen with a speeding-up of development work. The section for allotment in 1953 is an area recently acquired, and is badly infested, with rabbits, and little development work can be done on it meantime. Taipo Hill, at Kakanui, 463 acres. Acquired, March, 1944. Development completed and allotted as two sheep units to ex-servicemen in August, 1948. Te Houka, at Waiwera, 1,462 acres. Acquired, 1941. Objective : Two sheep-farms-for allotment in 1949. Development programme : Regrass 253 acres, repair 400 chains fences and erect forty-five gates, and renovate two houses and install concrete tank. Progress : Development completed and two sections can be allotted on fixed charges in June, 1949. One ex-serviceman is employed, with the promise of a section. Thomdale, at Edievale, 1,766 acres. Acquired, April, 1946. Objective : Three sheep-farms for allotment, 1949 Development programme : Regrass 324 acres; repair 300 chains and erect 50 chains fences ; move one house to new site and renovate ; and renovate other two houses ; erect one wool-shed and rebuild dip and yards ; and plant 2,000 trees. Progress : Development completed except for wool-shed, and the three sections can be allotted in June, 1949—tw0 to ex-servicemen with promises and one by ballot. Waipori, at Henley, 440 acres. Acquired, July, 1948. Objective : When further land adjoining is acquired will provide three dairy-farms for allotment —two in 1952, and one in 1953. Development programme : Erect two dwellings, three cow-sheds and three barn-implement sheds; repair and renovate existing dwelling ; regrass 320 acres • erect 270 chains fencing and repair 350 chains; and install water-supply. Progress : 55 acres regrassed, 35 chains fences erected, and minor repairs to existing dwelling carried out. Waiwera, at Waiwera, 1,763 acrgs. Acquired, 1948. Objective : Three sheep-farms for allotment, 1950. Development programme : Regrass 350 acres ; erect 300 chains and repair 725 chains fencing; move and re-erect one house and renovate two houses ; convert stable into two barn-implement sheds ; and erect wool-shed, sheep-yards, and dip. Progress : 156 acres regrassed and minor repairs to one house carried out. Two undefined sections have been offered on wages but there were no applicants. Wakatipu, at Queenstown, 1,002 acres. Acquired, March, 1948. Objective: Two sheep-farms for allotment, 1950. Development programme : Regrass 152 acres, repair 60 chains fencing, erect one dwelling and one barn-implement shed, renovate existing dwelling and install septic tank, and widen creek-bed and clean. Programme is being reviewed. Progress : 65 acres regrassed, existing dwelling renovated and septic tank installed, and 6 chains creek-bed widened and cleaned. The manager is an ex-serviceman, with the promise of a section.

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