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Mokara, at Tutira, 1,723 acres. Acquired, March, 1948. Objective: With development this property is to provide two dairy-farms. One hundred and twenty acres have been giant-disked and sown down in permanent pasture, 6 miles of fencing have been pulled down and re-erected, 400 acres have been heavy grass harrowed and oversown with white clover. A further 80 acres of scrub has also been cut. Provided buildings can be erected in time, one section should be ready for disposal, June, 1950, Mount Cameron, at Puketapu, 2,002 acres. Acquired, August, 1946. Subdivided into three sheep units, two of which were allotted in March, 1949. The remaining section requires a further 2 miles of subdivisional fencing and a further 20 acres to be giant-disked and cropped. Twenty acres have been sown down in permanent pasture. Omarunui, at Fernhill, 1,514 acres. Acquired, February, 1948. One worker'shome was allotted, June, 1948, and balance of area will be subdivided into nine dairy sections and one sheep unit. Section boundaries have been completed on three of the dairy sections, and the fencing-repair programme is well under way. Ten bores have been sunk to provide independent water-supplies for each section. Bulldozed tracks have been formed through the hill country. Ten new houses, nine milking-sheds, and ten implement-sheds will be required. This block may be ready for settlement in June T 1950. Oringi, at Dannevirke, 343 acres. Acquired, February, 1946. Development completed and allotted as three dairy units, June, 1948. Poporangi, at Kereru, 22,538 acres. Acquired, March, 1949. Approximately 15,815 acres unsuitable for farming and will be used for afforestation purposes. The remaining area of 6,723 acres will be developed to obtain five or six sheep units. This is a long-term-development proposition. Pukeatua, at Dannevirke, 4,135 acres. Acquired, July, 1945. Development completed and allotted as five sheep units in March, 1948, plus small areas to adjoining owners. Rakaiatai, at Makotuku, 1,629 acres. Acquired March, 1948. A full pasturedevelopment programme has been undertaken on this block to raise the carrying-capacity sufficient to produce four units. Three hundred and twenty-five chains of new and 85 chain repairs to fencing, 120 chain of tracks, If miles of road-formation, and 2| miles of telephone-line have been completed. Further development entails the building of houses and outbuildings, construction of an overhead bridge, four flood-gates, eight dams, and a set of stockyards. Raupare, at Hastings, 48 acres. Acquired, June, 1948. Three orchard units, comprising 37 acres, have been allotted without development, and the balance of the area of 11 acres is now amalgamated with and included in Twyford Farm Settlement. Rawhiti, at Rissington, 2,113 acres. Acquired, February, 1946. Development completed and two sheep-breeding units allotted, March, 1949. Salisbury, at Maraekakaho, 1,497 acres. Subdivided into three sheep units, which were allotted, February, 1949. Sea View, at Porangahau, 2,461 acres. Acquired, June, 1948. Objective: Five sheep units for settlement in February, 1950. Farm-worker's temporary accommodation has been erected, the fencing programme is well under way, 80 acres of new grass -have been sown down and 500 acres top-dressed. Further development will include five houses, five implement-sheds, wool-shed, yards and dip, fifteen dams, and 85 chain of track. Te Aiva, at Waipukurau, 3,869 acres. Acquired, February, 1948. This is a long-term-development proposition. The development programme is progressing favourably. Eighty chains of new fence and 220 chains of repairs have been completed. A pumpwater supply has been installed. Twelve hundred acres of scrub have been cleared and 250 acres sown down in new grass, whilst 370 acres now in crop will be sown down in permanent pasture this autumn.

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