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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1951, 6 December 1906, Page 3

At fho last meeting of sbo Grown Lndsa Board, Mr Bertram brought up the ques* Sion of Crown lands, and urged that mere Crown land should bs thrown open in tbo district. In the Crown Lauds Guide

(Jatod August), under ibo beading, "Lands nc& yet opened for Settlement, Cook County,” is opposrs that 48.0C0 in {ho Koranga and Ngatapa survey dial riots, also 20,135 aeros in tbo MoSu survey die~ {riot, aro available as scon as the surveyors have done their, work. Is Wa3 stated et tbo meeting mentioned that ibis work vveu'd bo get through as quickly as possible. Settlors in the Xinirota district stats I that littla more than the road lino has ' b:on oomp!;t-d in tho Motu Eeoiion. The Icon! lands cfiieo stato that owing to tho soarci-y of surveyors thoso employed cn the block hava boon again removed to Hawke’s Bay. gjottlera aro asking why Hawke's Bay should not be allowed tn-auffer for this “scarcity” instead of Poverty Bay. Tbo cumber of genuins applications at tho root ni ballot for the Motu block shows et ieast tho demand, and -Me BarSram poicted ou‘ at tho mooting referred to that a Ojusidtrablo tima had elapsed since ary Crown laud was opened for settlement in the Poverty Bay district, and also that in ! this ma6ser of surveyors, ibia was tho ' worst treated district in New Zealand.