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Mount Biggs, at Halcombe, 340 acres. Acquired : March, 1950. Objective : One sheep (fatlamb) farm and one dairy-farm for allotment 1951. If additional land acquired, will provide two fat-lamb farms. Development Programme : 100 chains fencing, two houses, two implement-sheds. Progress : Nil. Ex-serviceman manager with promise of a section. Mount Lee, at Sanson, 232 acres. Acquired: July, 1949. Objective : One sheep (fat-lamb) farm for allotment March, 1950, and 10 acres to be alloted to an adjoining owner. Development Programme : 7 chains fencing, one house, one implement-shed, 3 chains farm track, power reticulation. Progress : Buildings under construction. 7 chains fencing, 3 chains farm track. One ex-serviceman on fixed charges from March, 1950. Mount Stewart, at Rongotea, 958 acres. Acquired : 767 acres May, 1947, and 191 acres January 1950. Objective : Four sheep (fat-lambs) farms—three for allotment May, 1949, and one in February, 1950—two dairy-farms for allotment July, 1949. Development Programme : 44 acres grass, 500 chains fencing, three houses, two cow-sheds, five implement-sheds, two dwellings renovated, two sets yards, water and power reticulation, 60 chains tracks. Progress : Development completed with •exception of one set of buildings. Six ex-servicemen on fixed charges—three from May, 1949, two from July, 1949, and one from February, 1949. Moutoa, at Shannon, 62 acres. Acquired: October, 1948. Objective: One dairy-farm for allotment July, 1949. Development Programme : 27 acres grass, 17 chains fencing, one house, one cow-shed, one implement-shed, one piggery, water reticulation, two troughs. Progress : Development completed. One ex-serviceman on fixed charges from July, 1949. Newton Lees, at Wanganui, 3,170 acres. Acquired: June, 1947. Objective: Two dairy-farms for allotment June, 1950, four sheep (fat-lamb) farms—three for allotment April, 1950, and one for allotment 1952—and 21 acres for allotment to civilian tenant. Development Programme : 140 acres drained, 480 chains fencing, three houses, four implement-sheds, two cow-sheds, three sets yards, one wool-shed, one dip, four pump-houses, two piggeries, reticulation of water, 61 chains road, 97 chains tracks. Progress : Development on farms to be allotted this year now completed. Five ex-servicemen on wages with promises of sections. Civilian in possession of 21 acres from June, 1949. Ngai, at Shannon, 805 acres. Acquired : 234 acres July, 1947, 406 acres June, 1948, and 65 acres July, 1949. Objective : Eleven dairy-farms— two for allotment July, 1949, two for allotment July* 1950, and seven for allotment 1951-52. Development Programme : 400 chains drains, 230 acres stump, log, and sow in grass, 500 chains fencing, eight houses, eight cow-sheds, eight implementsheds, eight piggeries, three houses renovate, four artesian bores and reticulation, 120 chains legal roading. Progress : 363 chains drains, 230 acres sown in grass, 330 chains fencing, one house, cowshed, and implement-shed. Two ex-servicemen on fixed charges from July, 1949. Two ex-servicemen share-milkers with promises of sections. Nirvana, at Eketahuna, 3,088 acres. Acquired : August, 1948. Objective : Three sheep-farms for allotment April, 1949. Development Programme : 170 chains fencing and move and rebuild one cottage, two sets sheep-yards, one set sheep-yards repaired. Progress : Development completed. Three ex-servicemen on fixed charges from April, 1949. Nukumaru, at Waitotara, 94 acres. Acquired : March, 1948. Objective: To be given as part retention area to owners of adjoining land, who are selling approximately 257 acres to the Crown for subdivision into four dairy units. Ohingaiti, at Ohingaiti, 1,146 acres. Acquired: February, 1949. Objective: Two sheepfarms for allotment July, 1949. Development Programme : 190 chains fencing and renovations, two houses, two implement-sheds, two sets yards, 5 chains roading. Progress: Development completed. Two ex-servicemen on fixed charges from July, 1949. Okapea, at Hihitahi, 3,347 acres. Acquired : 3,185 acres February, 1947, balance March, 1949. Objective : Six sheep-farms for allotment June, 1949. Development Programme : 30 acres clear, stump, and sow, 320 acres clear gorse and scrub, 600 chains fencing, four houses, five implementsheds, one wool-shed, one dip renovate, one house and one wool-shed, rebuild shearers' quarters, five sets sheep-yards, eight stock-dams, eleven culverts. Progress : All work completed except renovations .of buildings. Six ex-servicemen on fixed charges—five in June, 1949, one in February, 1950. Otahoua, at Masterton, 579 acres. Acquired: February, 1949. Objective: One sheep-farm for allotment April, 1949. Development Programme : 75 chains new fences and 40 chains repair, one house, and one implement-shed. Progress : All work completed. One ex-serviceman on fixed charges April, 1949. Overton's, at Taihape, 426 acres. Acquired : March, 1950. Objective : One sheep (fat-lamb) farm for allotment March, 1950, only development work done being 55 chains of fencing. One ex-serviceman on fixed charges March, 1950. Paruwai, at Martinborough, 7,547 acres. Acquired : March, 1946. Objective : Six sheep-farms —one for allotment April, 1949, balance May, 1950. Development Programme : 425 chains fencing five houses, four implement-sheds, two wool-sheds, four sets sheep-yards, 10 chains tracks, 335 chains roading. Progress : Development completed except for buildings, which are now under construction. One ex-serviceman on fixed charges April, 1949.

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