CLOSER SETTLEMENT.
FIGURES TO ANSWER CRITICS.,' (By Telegraph.—Presa . Cisborne, May 14. Regarding the operations of the Land for Settlements Department tho following comparative return was road by the Prime Minister in his speech -last evening, showing the area of privatelyowned land purchased by tho Government during tho last-four years, and the amounts expended in tho acquisition of these lands :— >• Years. Acres. ■ £ 1910-1011 : 1-1,390 158,796 1911-1912 '14,447 331,483 1912-1913 52,098 428,044 1913-19 L 4 141,062 560,708 Tho Prime Minister stated that these figures were a conclusive answer to those who said the present Government wcro not pursuing a vigorous closer settlement policy. In addition an area of 75,000 acres of Nativo land had been acquired during 1913-14, and tho expenditure) was £176,149. The area purchased for tho past year was n class of land suitable for settlement in small holdings comprising such blocks as Porangahaii, Mangamaire, Tahoraiti, and Tiritu.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2149, 15 May 1914, Page 7
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148CLOSER SETTLEMENT. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2149, 15 May 1914, Page 7
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