Government Land Purchases
[PKH PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, March 8. The Government have completed the purchase of a block of native land having an area of upwards of 40,000 acres, and known as the Herui, No 4. It borders on the TJriwera Country, in the Bay of Plenty District, and extends into the proyince cf Hawke's Bay. The price paid averages 2s 3d per acre. The land will be utilised for settlement as soon as possible. Another large block situated on the Waikato Biver, in the West Taupo District, and known as Pouakanui is now under negotiation, and its acquisition will probably be completed at the end of the present month. It has an area of 42,000 acres, and is about 20 miles distant from the Main Trunk line of Bailway. The price to be paid will average 2s 6d per acre.
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Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 108, 10 March 1892, Page 3
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