A number of young farmers from the Wairarapa district liavo taken up land in the Motu district, Gisborne, and are rapidly improving their holdings. It is tho intention of the majority of I'liem,to go in for dairying on a comprehensive scale when better roading and railway facilities aro provided.
In the counties of Waiapu, Cook, and Waikohu, which practically comprise Poverty Bay, there is a total area of approximately two million acres. Of this a: ... '.t'J7,028 acres is Crown land, 365,025 acres lining occupied, and 59,003 acres unoccupied. According lo the Government rolls, the capital value of rateable property in Gisbornc has made tho following rapid advancement :-ISB2, 1891, .£317,980; 1305, -,£9-11,757: 1908, .61,001,176; 1911, •£1,779,788. During the last financial yeat buildings to thu value of 4i!)2,187 were' erocted in tho town. This constitutes a record for any one year,
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1699, 15 March 1913, Page 13
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140Untitled Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1699, 15 March 1913, Page 13
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