Poverty Bay Crown Lands.
The Gisborne representative of tbe Hawke’s Bay Land Board, Mr 0, E. Barham, at yesterday's meeting of the Land Board asked the Commissioner for Crown Lands when more Crown land would bo surveyed for settlement. Ho understood 48,000 aores were available in the Ngatapa district, whioh bad been partly surveyed, Sons of settlers now growing up wero leaving tbo district for other parte on acoouot of there being no land available. This was regrettable, and the Drpartment should bo asked by the Board to goi it opened up. The Commissioner (Mr Trent) said it was difficult to get surveyors, Mr Bahrain pointed out surveyors had already bren out. Tho Commissioner : But they had boen takon od
Mr Barbrem thought that they should be put on again. This was tho only district in New Zealand in which there was no land available for eoloction Tbo block of 48,000 aores to referred to was the one Mr Roddick was surveying. Mr Broderick, the district surveyor, stated that Mr itoddick would oomp'o:e tho survey as early as possible, and was going out again in a few days. Tho Commissioner said tho Board would certainly do all they could to get this land opened up, and ho agieed with Mr Bariram that it was quite time more laud was made available in Poverty Bay. As he had remarked before, the difficulty was surveyors. Mr Bartrem : Poverty Bay havo first claim.
The Commissioner did not gainsay that, bub tho Government bad three blooks rouud Wocdville and Hastings to open up, and they were concentrating ihc-ir energies there.
Mr Bartram said that in tbo pieces named lands were available for selection already. Hero thero were nonp, The Distriot Surveyor informed the Board that Mr Reddick would complete the survey at Ngatapa, which would be oat up into one selection el 2000 acres and three nf 4000 acres. Tbe remainder of the 48.0C0 aores were included in the Tu-thu S.D., and other lands further back, The Commissioner pointed out that this 14,000 acres would soon bo in the market, and no time would bo lost in getting it joto tho market,
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1906, 16 October 1906, Page 1
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