LAND FOR SETTLEMENT.
1,152,344 ACKES:
By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, last night. A proclamation in to-night’s Gazette shows there will shortly bo a tremendous area of land opened for selection. The following areas are announced :
AGRICULTURAL. Auckland 268,000 acres,
I-ASTORAL. Canterbury ... 640,000 Marlborough ... 157,644 Otago ... 13,500 Southland ... ... 11,500 Westland ... ... 61,700
Total ... ... 1,152,344 In Auckland province blocks are to be thrown open in Kawhia north and south, Maungamangcre, Tutamoe, Hokianga, TauraDga, Puketapu, Kirangahape, Wharepapa, Wbakatane, Eotorua, Mongonui, Taupo, and Opotiki. The Canterbury lands arc pastoral runs in Waiunate, Geraldine, McKenzie, Ashburton, and Ashley counties, varying in si/.o from 5400 to 50,000 acres.
The Otago runs are in Waitaki, Maniototo, Taieri, Vincent, Tuapeka, Waihemo in Marlborough, the Lcatham, Baglan Molesworth, and Patriarch survey districts.
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Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 715, 10 January 1903, Page 3
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121LAND FOR SETTLEMENT. Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 715, 10 January 1903, Page 3
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