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Hill has been taken in hand, and further land adjoining has been acquired, so that a compact block of 800 acres is being developed under the Institute's direction, with a view to subdivision under the smallfarms scheme when the work has been completed. The progress of this scheme will be of great importance to the district, as there is a huge area of idle land of this nature. The results of the scheme to the 31st March, 1936, are tabulated as under : — Operations under Original Scheme (mostly 5-acre to 10-acre Sections.) Holdings established .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 488 Number of such holdings since closed .. .. .. . . .. 109 Share milkers' building loans approved .. .. .. .. .. 265 Loans repaid .. .. .. .. .. .. 13 Operations since Inception of Small Farms Board. Number. Individual full-time holdings established .. .. .. 364 24,974 Sections included in blocks under development .. .. 583 48,688 Share milkers' building loans approved .. .. .. 63 £ s. d. Total expenditure from inception to 31st March, 1935 .. .. 516,364 17 3 Total expenditure from Ist April, 1935, to 31st March, 1936 .. 146,480 1 9 Grand total £662,844 19 0 Number of men employed on development-work at 31st March, 1936 .. 1,246 Of the men established under the original five- or ten-acre scheme, a fairly large percentage has found that there is little hope of permanency, and the men have left, fortunately in some cases, to take up employment in their former trades. Of the balance left, the majority should be successful, and this view is suppoiced by the numbers who no longer require to draw the sustenance allowance. The larger holdings sett'ed by the Small Farms Board should prove satisfactory, except in a few isolated cases ; in fact, there are numbers of settlers who will require no further assistance from the State and whose future is assured as far as can be foreseen, particularly with guaranteed prices for their produce. Since the inception of the scheme 722 men have been in receipt of sustenance allowance, but as at 31st March, 1936, only 144 men were drawing sustenance. Further details in regard to operations under the small-farms scheme are given in Appendices 111 and IV in the reports of the Chief Drairage Engineer and the Superintendent of Land Development, Te Kuiti, respectively. Spec t yl Settlement of Inferior Lands. The following summary of the lands dealt with during the year is furnished in accordance with the provisions of section 223 (14) of the Land Act, 1924 : — (a) Aggregate area of land set apart: 205 acres. (b) Number of allotments and aggregate area disposed of : One allotment, 205 acres. The total number of allotments taken up and the area held as at 31st March, 1936, was thirty allotments, 6,274 acres. Lands for Selection. During the year 210,026 acres were taken up on various tenures, the number of selections being 1,037 under all headings. These figures include some 557 sections, comprising altogether an area of 74,185 acres, taken up under miscellaneous leases and licenses, so that the selections on permanent tenures numbered 480 sections, covering a total area of 135,841 acres. The following table gives the selections of Crown lands for the last five years : — Selections under all Tenures. Year ending Number. (Acres). 31st March, 1932 .. .. .. ..1,448 406,408 31st March, 1933 1,354 280,518 31st March, 1934 .. .. .. ..1,118 285,166 31st March, 1935 .. .. .. .. 1,036 302,915 31st March, 1936 .. .. .. .. 1,037 210,026 The total of 210,026 acres selected during the year includes lands taken up under both permanent and temporary tenures, and also town and suburban lands. The permanent selections of rural lands only were as follows : —

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, , , Number of Rural Total Area ot i,and. Sections selected. selected. Acres. Crown and national-endowment land .. .. 157 83,754 Settlement land .. .. .. .. ■■ 38 15,087 Education reserves, &c. .. .. .. .. 9 1,365 Grand totals .. .. .. .. 204 100,206

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