CLOSER SETTLEMENT
BIG ESTATES
(Bv Telegraph-r-Press Assocint on)
WELLINGTON, Feb. 4. A total of 24,000 acres will he available for closer settlement as a result of a purchase that the Government has concluded, under the Land for Settlements Act, of the Wilden Estate, formerly owned by Air R. L. Acton Adams, and situated near Heriot, in Otago. The Minister of Lands (Hon G. W. Forbes) said that the property comprised 15,174 acres of freehold and 8,890 acres held under Pastoral License.
The Hand is of excellent quality. The proposed number of subdivisions is from 12 to 14. The land is first-class grazing country, and a large proportion of it is suitable for cropping. The stock carried prior to the purchase by the Government was 18,310 ewes, 4,320 dry sheep, and 340 cattle. The purchase price is not disclosed. The Minister said a. ballot would be held in the second week in April. Air Forbes also said that the 'Government had. now purchased under its closer .settlement policy some 27 properties aggregating 50,000 acres. These would provide 125 additional holdings, a number of which had already been selected . . ~
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Hokitika Guardian, 5 February 1930, Page 3
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187CLOSER SETTLEMENT Hokitika Guardian, 5 February 1930, Page 3
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