LANDS FOR SETTLEMENT.
AN INTERESTING RETURN. . A, return was laid on the table of the House of' -..Representatives ■ yesterday shewing the number of sections of' •laad,- cither' Grown or lands for settlement; opened up during the twelve-monthly periods ended March 31, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, and 1910, iilso the total number, of applicants who applied for land during each of the - above periods,and the number of successful applicants. The return reads:— . Sections No. of Number . •' .; opened up. applicants, successful, 1 1906 1,791' 8,600 . 1,435 1907 ......... 910 7,548 ■ 1,231 1908..... 1,237 12,901 1,290 1909 2,712 - 7,658 ' - 1,218 1910 ..; 1,500 3,646 1,338 ' In addition to the number of sections given as opened up,- several blocks .of second-class land were offered prior to survey iuto specified allotments. The return is confined to lands dealt with uhder settlement conditions only., Lands offered for sale by public auction as pastoral runs and miscellaneous leases etc., are not included. ■
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 960, 29 October 1910, Page 6
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153LANDS FOR SETTLEMENT. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 960, 29 October 1910, Page 6
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