SMALL SETTLEMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2116, 6 April 1914, Page 7

SMALL SETTLEMENTS.

' 11EPORT ON HAAYICE'S BAY :>■' .Wy:. ■ BLOCKS, (By Tetejrapk.-Sjiccio.l CorjcsponfleßU ■" 4 'Nilpier. April!.s. Tho Crown Liinds Hangers have' reported as.' follows, on , the l'angoio, Shcrouden, asid Waiiiau Settlements Tho l'angoio Block . was spoiled for settlement on February 19, 1U1& At the present time ; :'eleven <out of the twelve holdings ..arc occupied; a'iul liavo. settlers residing thereon. «• An area of 62 acros is in crop, 'flic population is 36, and tho stock unmbcr 10,84", show-; ing a slight "incrcaso .in - the mmibcr of slieep durui'st the past '.year-' as compared with the last report."... The'roads are in good order'. : TSic-. improvements effected by the settlers .were valued-at £10,151 ISn, Gdi-,- as against'£l.o,ssß required by in.'. ■■ ... Tlu: Slioreuden Settlement was opened for selection' oiv' February'.. 26,. ; . ..1913. There- are 21 holdings'occupied, by. 21 selectors, 20 of .whom aro.now.residing on the'gronnd.. An. area of '127 acres is in crop"arid li'orc 'a;.-: 1.9 dwellings in this settlement. . The total population, is 61. and the stock number 14,678, comprising "I'M72 sheep ■ -Tlu> improvements effected arc valued ai-£87(52 17s. 6d., 'as against £8300 rcquircd t bj,.l»w\ The sscttiemcut.j-'apiiears4;tos,JjiV; prospering. ■>?•.? _ fc; V" ' ' The Wailiiuf Settlement" Svas"opened on March '14.--M3? and-'the improvements effected by the selectors (im>Uul-> in;; original.. improvements) are valued at'£.j94o 05..0 d., nsSagainst.' £8063 lfis. required by law. .The:-piipulation'is-43, and the total nui!iher s .of,.stock -17.5T0; comprising 17,490, '.country is lightly" stocked-at,present ovim; to ihe .prices., (ilitiiining in the local market-,, In fiftrc--,i..casoh .the ■ selectors arc-actually residing oil'..their hnitlinw, some in lionses and others in touts.'--- The settlers have sheen.v-in occupation for twelve iiKinths,-50 s :,that; the results of their laboiii-s'snay ; be regarded,as fairlv satisfnefcary, andhie-xtrVycai-'s report ivill pro'ia'iilyti:-a! tl'.rv have <ii'oet>i.l i ]mprovenients'..«iusiderably|;iri;«excessV , of requirements.'-.'..--.