LAND FOR SOLDIERS
STATEMENT OF PURCHASES. k In Clirislehurcli the Prime Jlinister, dealing .with the settling of soldiers throughout the Dominion, said that up to the end of last year 501 soldiers had been settled under the Discharged Soldiers Act, and under all Acts a tuta) of o9:). • Advances had been made for improvements and stock totalling £161,268. The sections of land available in the South Island were as follow:— Section. Acres. Nelson 33 13,28!) WcsUiind 13 --fi^O Jlarlborougli ... 14 3,522 Canterbury ' 30 3,Gi)2 "Hoincbrook" ... LI ].130 OUgo 30 10,340 Southland 13 .. . 944 Totals MS -3t)~lsfj To this must now be added the "Kttrick" and "Ghidbronk" (..states, with an extra 7115 acres, making a grand total of '16,271 acres. Tlipre"ivere also 173 sections in the South Island open for selection by the general public, totalling 3-1,201 acres. The areas of land formally proclaimed in both the North and South Islands were as follow:— Acres. Auckland 73.050 Ha'.vke's Bay ... 76,066 Taranaki 9.463 . Wellington 72.999 Nelson 16,135 Mnrlborough 8,682 Westland 5.1 M.O Canterbury 63,547 Ofcago 44,169 Southland fi.lol Total 379.407
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 97, 17 January 1918, Page 3
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178LAND FOR SOLDIERS Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 97, 17 January 1918, Page 3
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