Lands open for Sale
:The lands, open for selection in the ■ district comprise -(accord-lug | ;to tbfe Land G-uida jusj issue!) 173,000 i ~ acres, either' surveyed' or un^urveyed, • scattered in various parts of the district, and are, of various qualities, but nearly ] --'always good; The land is mostly covered •with forest, "4 good deal of it broken but . well suited for grazing purposes, the soil being good, and oflen formed by papa, a I 'kind of marl, or by decomposed slate. ; The limestone lands of- the eastern dis- ' tnct are very rich, and take grass remarkably well. Prices vary_ from . 10s to £2 an . : acre, according to position and quality. Xn. addition: to the lands mentioned, ( about 1 57.000 acres, some, of which is of j 'excellent -quality, will be "open for selec- • ' ' ;tion7b"efore theend of . March. A list of Mocks or" land in the Wellington district, , ::; which : afe' being prepared for pale or -selection; is ! as follows :^Waitotara 'block, -000 aci'es : Maungakaretu block, 50,91© acres; .Otamakapua-Tapuae block, '20.000" a".res; Oroua (Toal Creek block, 3 10.000. acre-* ; Mangataipoko, bloik, 8000 , Mangahoe block, 6000 acres* "Makuri", "North Puketoi Mock, 10.000 -acres ; South Puketoi block. 15,000 : *scresv~ Mount Baker block, 5000 acres; . . -tgjiwhata block, 11,000 acres.
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Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 107, 4 March 1890, Page 4
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203Lands open for Sale Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 107, 4 March 1890, Page 4
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