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Hokonui, at Balfour, 12,821 acres. Acquired : 300 acres, July, 1948, and 12,521 acres, March, 1949. Scheme of subdivision and development programme not yet finalized. Karara, at Tuatapere, 709 acres. Acquired, September, 1947. Objective : Two sheep-farms for allotment, July, 1949. Development programme : 300 acres regrassing, 250 chains new fencing, 30 chains farm track, two new dwellings, one wool/implement shed, one implement shed/barn, two sheep-yards, and water-supply. Progress : 151 acres regrassed, 70 chains new fencing erected, and buildings in course of erection. Exserviceman manager and one ex-serviceman employed on wages, with promises of sections. Kenilworth, at Waimahaka, 3,055 acres. Acquired : 1,736. acres in September, 1945, and 1,319 acres in February, 1947. Objective : Seven sheep-farms for allotment —six in July, 1949, and one in July, 1950. Development programme : 1,344 acres regrassing, 700 chains new fencing, 190 chains drainage, 128 chains roading, five new dwellings, five implement shed/barns, six new sheep-yards, two sheep-dips, and repairs to existing dwellings. Development progress : 1,289 acres regrassed, 320 chains new fencing, drainage and roading programme completed, one sheep yard and dip, and existing dwelling renovated. Ex-serviceman manager and three ex-servicemen employed, with promises of sections. Kinacraig, at Balfour, 1,187 acres. Acquired, August, 1947. Objective : Three sheep units for allotment, July, 1950. Development programme : 600 acres regrassing 400 chains drainage, 215 chains new fencing and repairs to existing fences, two new dwellings and repairs to existing dwellings, two implement shed/barns, one wool/implement shed, three sheep-yards, and provision of water-supply. Progress : 167 acres regrassed, drainage completed, 33 chains new fencing and 218 chains fences repaired, four bores sunk, three pump-houses erected, and one pump installed. Ex-serviceman manager and two ex-servicemen employed, with promises of sections. Mararua, at Edendale, 359 acres. Acquired, July, 1947. Objective : Three dairy-farms for allotment, August, 1949. ' programme : 420 chains new fencing, three new dwellings, three implement shed/barns, three cow-byres, and watersupply. Progress : 117 chains new fencing, water supply completed'except for piping to troughs, one implement shed/barn erected. Contract for three houses let. Exserviceman manager and one ex-serviceman employed on wages, with promises of sections. Oreti, at Winton, 439 acres. Acquired, December, 1948. Objective : One sheep unit for allotment in July, 1954. Development programme : 432 acres regrassing, 184 chains new fences, demolition of 119 chains of internal fence, clearing 150 chains road-line gorse, 34 chains of channel drain, 55 chains of tile drain, repairs to dwelling, one new implement shed/barn, and sheep-yards and dip. Progress: 140 acres under cultivation to be sown in 1950, 110 chains old fencing demolished, 29 chains road-line gorse cleared, draining programme awaits completion of a channel to be excavated by the Southland Catchment Board. Ex-serviceman manager employed on wages, with promise of section. Pukewao, at Waimahaka, 4,301 acres. Acquired, July, 1948. Development programme and scheme of subdivision not yet been finalized, but will probably provide five sheep units. Progress : 140 acres limed and regrassed, 12 chains drain, 12 culverts, "and 30 chains of farm track. Robinhood, at Mataura Island, 1,715 acres. Acquired, April, 1945. Objective: one sheep unit allotted in *1945, one sheep unit allotted in 1948, and one sheep unit of 664 acres for allotment in 1950. Development programme (for the remaining unit) : Enlarging and renovating cottage, erecting implement shed/barn, conversion stable to wool-shed, sheep yards and dip, 34 chains new drain, 155 chains new fencing and repairs to existing fencing, and 335 acres regrassing. Progress : Enlarging and renovating cottage nearing completion, implement shed/barn completed, sheep yards and dip, 20 chains of fences repaired, and 255 acres regrassed.

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