LAND FOR SETTLEMENT.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 555, 9 July 1909, Page 4

LAND FOR SETTLEMENT.

... .... ■■'.', :;.! Jli_l -t, ■■■ ■■:~ / . ~- ■■ ;. ■■■ ■.. ■■.. ■ ;■•!■ '■• .■■■■;.'/.■.'■■. ■".-'.■■ ■■'■■.'' ','• •■'■ ■^.■:: v 'p, :i ;NATIYe'bIPCKS. : - ']r \\\ '_ : . .■'■.'■• (By Telegraph^-Special.Correspondent.) >•••;■■;■;.• .'■■'•^■'v■■"!■■ ■■:■•■ .Auckland, July 7. ■ Special information has- been received by tho Hon. A. T. , . Ngata'from the Native>Min- . ister (Hon..J.Carroll)i stating that an officer was M'prgseiit on the'.Te'Akpii block ■malcing valuations ofihe interests-iri-V tho.' further areffein this block which .the government. is ■ proposing tp ; acquire-from theljfative owners' . for...the; v p.urposo of :sbttlemen|,v The; valuation's .would be. in Wellington "in." about. '-"ten days'time, and in officer of : fhe Lands'De'partinent will- then be. detailed; to_ carry. ,out tho v iwrangenicnts for tho * completion' of the purchase'of the block, whi.cli consists of about 10,000 acres! Tile Government has already acquired: some 13,000 acres in thoTe Akau block, and this is now being roaded-prepara-tory to being thrown open rori settlement, in puvsuaince;of ithe recommendations of ;;tlio Native L&nd Commission as to tho settlement of Native lands.' .Mr.;.Oarroir.'has informed Mr!'-Ng'aW-tli'ni an area' north of Auckland, totalling 51,619 acres, ■ and. a.block : iu^ : : tho King Country, aggregating 134,053 <• acres, have beon passed for general settlement uh-, dor the Act of 1907. - These lands will bo disposed of in equal parts- by• -sale and by lease. 1 - ;■ ; -..•■''. ■'■■'•'■ : ''. -■ •■■ '•■■ , . '•■•■ ■• ■;