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Report on the Condition and Settlement of Estates acquired and dealt with under the Provisions of the Land for Settlements Acts, up to the 31st March, 1908.

Land District and Name of Settlement. Selec- ' Resitors. j dences. Principal Purpose for which Holdings are utilised. during Year. \ Present Position. Prospects. Auckland— Opouriao Okauia Rangiatea Karapiro Fencourt Whitehall Bickerstaffe Matamata Selwyn Mangapouri Mangawhero Waimanaf Teasdalef Rewif .. Cradock Hetana Kitchener Methuen Plumer Waari Elleislie Otahuhu 93 77 8 7 20 18 18 11 37 33 11 10 33 24 181 138 82 37 10 6 17' 15 24 33 Dairying General farming Dairying .. Cattle raising Dairying Mixed farming Dairying .. . Excellent Very satisfactory Very best. . Nil .. Not satisfactory Gloomy. . Moderate Satisfactory .. Fair. « . ■ i, . Good .. Very satisfactory Very best. . Moderate Satisfactory .. Fair. . Fair .. . . . Good .. Very satisfactory Bright. Moderate Satisfactory .. Fair. . Good .. . .. Bright. . m • • " » • » 9 9 30 22 11 10 28 22 16 16 8 7 19 19 5 5 1 I Hamlets for Workmen's | homes / Workers' dwellings 9 Moderate Satisfactory .. Hopeful to good Occupied 693 486 Lawry, Eccleston, i for settlement. Carroll, Cadma: l, and Prescot, purchased for r workers' dwellings, have not yet been opened Hawke's Bay— Raureka 19 | is Agricultural, dairying, and fruit-culture Pastoral Agricultural i 3 Very fair Prosperous .. Good. Elsthorpe Waimarie Pouparae Tomoana 47 27 18 16 9 9 13 12 Mahora Willows Hatuma Manga-a-toro Kumeroa Argyle Wigan Lindsay Mangatahi Forest Gate Te MataJ PourerereJ Raumati; KanakanaeJ Te Arai{ 34 32 22 14 62 69 26 25 15 14 62 60 17 14 66 ! 61 23 I 20 29 25 8 5 20 7 51 Agricultural, dairying, and fruit-culture Ditto Agricultural Agricultural and pastoral .. Pastoral .. Pastoral and dairying Agricultural and pastoral .. Pastoral Agricultural and pastoral .. Pastoral Agricultural and pastoral .. I ". '. '.'.". . Very good „ ... . Very fair „ . Very good ,. ... . Very fair „ ... Very good ; ... Very fair „ Taranaki — Tokaora Spotswood Clandon Huinga.. 553 406 13 8 6 9 14 8 5 8 Dairying Workmen's homes Dairying . Good .. Satisfactory .. Good. . Not good Not satisfactory Not promising Good ., Satisfactory .. Good. 36 35 Wellington— Paparangi 37 36 Residential sites, dairying, &c. Dairying , Good ,. Prosperous .. Very good. Ohakea Te Matua Aorangi 15 13 37 15 12 40 Very good . Langdale Mangawhata Epuni Hamlet .. 31 7 42 23 8 42 Dairying and residential purposes Grazing and cropping Dairying Residential sites, market gardening, &c. Ditto Dairying Grazing 1 Very prosperous Excellent. ... Good .. Very satisfactory Good. - Fair .. Satisfactory .. Fair. Maungaraki Linton Longbush Tablelands Normandale 20 5 8 10 31 18 5 6 9 27 . Good .. Very satisfactory Very good. .. Very prosperous Excellent. Tawaha Hikawera Mahupuku Dyer Heretaunga 24 5 10 35 •15 20 3 5 33 36 Residential, paultry farming, <fec. Grazing and cropping Grazing * * • , Fair .. Satisfactory .. Fair. Indifferent Uncertain .. Uncertain. . Good .. Prosperous .. Very go^d. Grazing and cropping Workers' dwellings Occupied 355 327 Hawtrey, Waddingl dwellings, have son, Hal not beei I worthy, l opened Holl-Jones, Melling, Wilford [ for selection. d, Pitt, and Loughnan, purchased for workers' t New settlements not reported on. : No inspection • Includes 5 selectors who alsi these settlements. selected laud in Selwyn Settlement.