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"THE LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS ACT, 1894." TABLE C.—Statement of Lands acquired to 31st March, 1899, prepared in Terms of Subsection (2) of Section 39 of the said Act— continued.

Name of Person or Report and Valuation of Board. Report on Conditions and! Settlement of the Land. Name of Settlement. Area of each Block of Land as purchased. Locality of Land. Quality of Land. to Seller to 31st March, 1899. it was bought or acquired. Report of Board. Valuation of Board. Brought forward.. Hawke's Bay — continued. Willows A. R. P. 12,180 0 19 j £ s. d. 103,694 4 0 775 2 0 Blocks II., V., and VI., Turanganui Survey District All flat and ploughable, soil not exhausted Bank of New Zealand 14,734 10 0 £ s. d. 19 0 0 The land is good, and suitable for settlement in farms 19 0 0 of from 20 to 50 acres each. The Government recommends the acquisition of the property See Report attached. Total 12,955 2 19 118,428 14 0 Wellington Land District — Paparangi 322 3 32 Block XII., Belmont Survey District Soil of fairly good quality, with strong clay subsoil' Mi 0.8 Drake, C. S. 3,875 8 0 The land is good, and suitable for settlement. There 12 0 0 is a demand for this land in the district, and the Board therefore recommends the acquisition of the property > 12 0 0 See Report attached. Total 322 3 32 3,875 8 0 Marlborough Land Dist.— Blind River Flaxbourne (part) Omaka 5,020 0 0 404 0 0' I 3,898 0 0 Blocks XII. and XIV., Clifford Bay Survey District Block XIV., Clifford Bay Survey District Block VI., Avon Survey District, and Block I., Taylor Pass Survey District Sections 50 and 51, Puhipuhi Survey District Agricultural and pastoral lands Loamy soil, all ploughable Good agricultural land Fell, C. Y. Clifford, Sir G. Goulter, Charles .. I 14,678 10 5 1,212 0 0* I 10,865 13 6 In the belief that a demand exists in the district, 3 5 0 the Board recommends the purchase The Board approves of an exchange of certain Crown 3 0 0 lands on Stonyhurst for an area of freehold land on Flaxbourne. The land is good, and suitable for settlement. There 2 15 9 is a demand for such land in the district, and the Board therefore recommends the purchase The land is good, and suitable for settlement. There 10 0 is a demand for such land in the district, and the Board therefore recommends the purchase The land is good, and suitable for settlement; and 4 5 0 the Board recommends the purchase 4 14 0 i in n 3 5 0 3 0 0 2 15 9 See Report attached. See Report attached. See Report attached. Puhipuhi 320 0 0 Parsons, J. A. 320 0 0 10 0 Richmond Brook i 5,827 0 0 32,385 3 15 Awatere Valley, contiguous to Starborough Alluvial flats and rolling downs I Richmond, F. H. Beaumont's Trustees 21,921 10 0 4 5 0 4 14 0 1 10 0 1 10 0 to 4 15 6 | See Report j attached. 1 See Report j attached. Starborough In Clifford Bay, Taylor Pass, Cape Campbell, and Blue Mountain Survey Districts Good flats, terraces, and rolling downs; soil of excellent quality ; the whole area in good heart 99,350 0 0 The land is good and suitable for settlement in farms 1 10 0 of from 200 to to 500 acres, and from 2,000 to 5,000 to acres each, and the Board recommends the acquisi- 4 15 6 tion of the whole property Total — 1 147,135 13 11 47,854 3 15 Westland Land District — Poerua 3,230 1 6 Blocks X. and XIV., Te Kinga Survey District Mica-schist silt on shingle J j Clark, C. .. 3,634 1 6 To meet the strong desire for land on the part of the 12 6 people residing in the district, that Mr. Clark be offered £1 2s. 6d. an acre as a final price, and that the proposed road and other expenditure on the land be si total expenditure on which rental will be charged does not i acre on an average See Report attached. Total ... uch that the exceed £2 an 3,230 1 6 3,634 1 6 * To be paid for after 31st March, 1899.