Bush Land.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 104, 28 March 1884, Page 2

Bush Land.

_ >„., £ :• tea-.. + : _ ■ vf^ood villa Correspondent bf Ex- \ \}f* change.] h TJrto move blocks of Crown lands, comprising 4650 acreß of good soil, are -4m|JM low m the market, and from what a*¥an gather, tliore is plenty of demand for it, though, m many instances, in* deed, all through, the upset prices per acre are ridiculously high for raw bnsh land, ami this fact alono will, T f eu r, retard m a great measure the hasty jjlectionjif s ecJj£oQs. which jvp ujjLaJiherwise have been "tbVcaiier People argue )dnd ; tfglitly//tihal, jity jwould become . P.! 1 ca P9l'- aad . better to purchase secondOTcWroeifprTees, for by the time the bush is felled the laud will have cost them from £6 to £7 per acre, and when logged-up, grassed, and fenced, it will have cost fully £10 an acre, and even then they !4»irflS'Qthe*£ttera cmwe^rafattg^can be realised.. Meantime rales.hava .to l>e attached .to buwh-^leaviog* One pound per sßJi'e israrnpl<rfor ! any man to pay 'ifor heav^y^timb^-ed iland;wjcj| -aartbafe n.o\y ; .offered,, ; and ; by fc den)an.din4 fk upmeans drivingjgood settlers from the country Ii js jnipossible they pan pay ••sU fr firfcek'WfiV^ % %WW c Jr fore he can'MSe W& fli<Mb return from hurhebor. Still his payments <Mir instal mehtsiKave-'tlfb«%g«laV(}- |met, : 6v he-forfeits-, both! his' an^cipatetf tome bavdi&biol-. ■•■■■■. ■ ■ : .;j ; :;. c I