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Wharetoa, at Clydevale, 1,440 acres. Acquired, 1948. Objective : One sheep-farm for allotment, 1949, and one for allotment, 1950. Development programme : Regrass 300 acres, erect 220 chains fencing, erect one dwelling and one barn-implement shed, and repair existing buildings. Progress : Barn-implement shed almost completed ; one house shifted and re-erected, but still requires drainage and water supply ; 181 acres regrassed; and 20 chains fences erected. One section will be ready for allotment on fixed charges in 1949. Two ex-servicemen have promises of sections. Willowburn, at Clinton, 4,694 acres. Acquired, April, 1946. Objective : Three sheep-farms for allotment, 1949. Development programme : Regrass 200 acres, erect 240 chains and repair 100 chains fences, erect one dwelling and one combined woolimplement shed, install septic tank, and provide farm tracks, replace bridges, and provide culverts. Progress : 220 acres regrassed ; one farm track formed, four culverts built, and two bridges replaced; septic tank installed; and 30 chains fences repaired. It has not been possible as yet to let a contract for the erection of new buildings. Other development, however, has reached the stage where charges can be fixed, and it is .proposed to allot the three sections by ballot with possession in June, 1949. One of the settlers will be required to accept temporary accommodation in the existing homestead pending the erection of the new house. Southland Land District Balfour, at Balfour, 1,363 acres. Acquired, January, 1946. Development: Completed and allotted as three sheep units during 1948-49. Dacre, at Dacre, 634 acres. Acquired, June, 1946. Development: Completed and allotted as two sheep units, July, 1948. Drumfern, at Dipton, 7,320 acres. Acquired, October, 1947. Objective : Three sheep farms for allotment, 1952. Development programme : 670 acres regrassing, 440 chains new fencing, 850 chains repairs to fences, 600 chains draining, three new dwellings, one wool-implement shed, two implement shed/barns, one sheep-dip, three sheep-yards, one cattle-yard, repairs and renovations to existing dwelling and outbuildings, and twenty-five stock crossings. Progress : 50 acres regrassed, 130 chains fences repaired, 400 chains drains excavated, one cattle-yard built, one cottage repaired, and seven stock crossings constructed. Eastern Bush, at Orawia, 938 acres. Acquired, December, 1945. Objective : One sheep unit of 444 acres allotted, July, 1948, and one sheep unit of 494 acres for allotment, July, 1949. Development programme (for remaining unit) : 87 acres regrassed, 88 chains fencing, and provision of water-supply. Progress : 87 acres under cultivation will be grassed in spring, 1949. Fencing programme has been held up by lack of wire and labour, but can now proceed. Ex-serviceman manager, with promise of allotment. Granvue, at Otautau, 578 acres. Acquired, May, 1947. Objective : Two sheepfarms for allotment in July, 1949. Development programme : 107 acres regrassing, 110 chains new fencing, one new dwelling, and one new implement shed/barn, repairs to existing dwelling and outbuildings. Progress : Regrassing completed and one sheepyard constructed. The fencing programme has been held up by shortage of wire, but can now proceed. Ex-serviceman manager and one ex-serviceman on wages, with promise of sections. Hedgehojpe, at Hedgehope, 514 acres. Acquired, October, 1948. Objective : Two sheep-farms for allotment, 1951. Development programme : 200 acres regrassing ; 90 chains deepening and widening of channel drain; 16 chains new channel drain ; 100 chains tile drain ; 180 chains new fencing ; 305 chains repairs to fences ; cottage resited, enlarged, and renovated ; implement-shed resited ; repairs to existing dwellings ; two new sheep-yards ; water-supply ; and 5 chains of farm track. Progress : 30 acres regrassed, 8 chains tile drain, and 66 chains fences repaired. Ex-serviceman manager and one ex-serviceman on wages, with promises of sections.

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