LAND FOR SELECTION.
NO DIAIINUTION IN APPLICATIONS.
Press Association. A UCKLAND, Alarch 26. Despite the fact that under tho new Land Laws Amendment Act preference is given to applicants who are landless, the number applying for Crown lands thrown open for selection is in no way lessened. A indications closed at the Auckland Land Office yesterday for an area of 16,993 acres, open for selection, and the total number of applicants received was just 700. The land in question is situated chiefly in the Kawhia and AVaitomo countries. The Land Board sits on Monday morning to consider the applications, and on Tuesday a Ballot will be taken. -Preference will in ail cases be given to those who arc landless.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2150, 27 March 1908, Page 2
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119LAND FOR SELECTION. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2150, 27 March 1908, Page 2
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