LAND BALLOT.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8899, 20 August 1907, Page 4

LAND BALLOT.

, A land ballot -was held in the Drill Hall, War ganni, on Friday by j tlie Wellintgon Laud Board tor oi : sections, comprising 65,109 acres of • laud iu the Hunna, Kaitieke, aud j Retarnke blocks. The laud was offered under three tenures—cash, lease-in-perpetuity, aud occupation with right to purchase. The cash price ranged from £1 5s aud £1 L>- , per acre. There were many hun- . dreds of applicants, aud as many as 264 for a single section. About to per cent of the transactions were casii; 1610 persons took part in tne ballot. HUNUA BLOCK. Section 1, Block TV., 644% acres, G. H. O. E. Jurgens. Thirteen apPl Section 2, Block IV.. 531 J* acres, E. Grant. Twenty-four applicants. Sections 7,8, and 9, Block. TV., 615% acres,O. Scauberg. Eighteen aP Sectioifio, Block IV., 610 acres, iO. Osborne, Twenty-eight application 11, Block IV., 514 acres, ! A Millvn. Fifteen applicants. Section 1, Block V., 804 acres, G. L Anderson. Fourteen applicants. Section 2, Block VII.. 3JK) acres. 11. Robson. Forty-one applicants. Section 3, Block \II., (.00 acres, T. H. G. Rocs. Twenty-three applicants. Section 4. Block VII., 708 acres, B. Bishop. Twenty-three applicants. Section 6. Block VII., 302 acres, E. Ford. Twenty-live applicants. Section 8, Block V 11.,, 800 acres, N Grigg. Eight applicants. Section I, Block VIII., 499 acres, J. Woolford. Seven applicants. Section 5, Block V 111.,, 999 acres, E. Borthelescu. Eleven applicants. Section 6, Block VIII., 1019 acres, J McKenzie. Nineteen applicants. Section 7, Block VIII., 978 acies, C B McKoau. Eighteen applicants. Section 1. Block IX., 693 acres W. A. Franklin. One hundred and eighty-one applicants. Section 2, Block IX., SSI acres, or. H. Noshausen. Eighty-six applicants. „„„ . Section 3, Block IX., 801 acres, A. T. King. One hundred aud fifty-one applicants. . -o Section 4, Block IX., 13(6 acres, R. Borland. Sixty-isx applicants. Section:!, Block VIII., 857 acres. No applicants. Section 3, Block VIII., 840 acres. No applicants. Section 1, Block VII., 1443 acres. No applicants. KAITIEKE BLOCK. Section 3, Block 11., 700 acre,., O. H. Voss. Eight applicants. Section 4, Block 11., 576 acres, O. Floyd. Twouty-ono applicants. Section 5, Block 11., 417 acres 3 roods 24 perches, J. P. Carr. Two hundred and seventeen applicants. Section G, Block 11., 466 acres, G. Laing. One hundred and nineteen applicants. Section 7, Block 11., 1129 acres, Beatrice Foster. Eiglit applicants. Section 9, Block 111., 416 acres, A. A. C. Ronbo. Two hundred and sixtv-fonr applicants. Section 50, Block 111,, 512 acres, W. McLennan. Two hundred and nineteen applicants. Section 11, Block 111., 508 acres 3 roods 28 perches, A. K. Johnston. Two hundred and ton appPcauts. Section 12, Block HI., 1068 acres, S. Rohsou. Four applicants. Section 13, Block HI., 1083 acres, E. Somerville. Nine applicants. Section 14, Block 111., SfcO acres., W. Armstrong. OWATUA. Section 1, Block 11., 1154 acres. No applicants, RETARUKE. Section 1, Block IV., 1235 acres, P. J. Murphv. Five applicants. Section 2,' Block IV., 1221 acres. No applicants. Section 4, Block I\., 955 acres, McLean. Three applicants. Section 5, Block IV., 1815 acres R. Craig. Twenty-two applicants. Section 6. Block IV., 900 acres, T. Dwyer. Twenty-eight applicants. Section 1, Block VII., 219 acres, A. Ohappoi. Six applicants. Section 2, Block VII., 1091% acres, H. Erni. Five applicants. Section 3, Block VII., 889 acres. No applicants. Section 4, Block VII,. 1185 acres, O. P. Johnson. Seven applicants. Section 1, Block VIII., 999% acres, E. L. Baylv. One applicant. Section 2, RlockVHl., 1320 acres. No applicants. Section 3, Block VHI., 1188 acres. No applicants. Section 4, Block VIII., 953% acres, H. Parsons. One applicant. Section 1, Block XI., 1346 acres, J. P. Punch. Five applicants. Section 2, Block XL, 1547% acres, W. E. Wade. Seven applicants. Section 1, Block XII., 1154 acres, F. M. Wade. Three applicants. i Section 3, Block XII., 1949 acres, i No applicants. Section 4, Block XII., 1138 acres. No applicants. KAITIEKE. Section 1, Block 1., 1296 acres. No applicants. Section 5, Block 1., 1045 acres. No applicants. j Section 6, Block 1., 1715 acres. No applicants. Section 1, Block V., 1158 acres. No applicants. Section 2 Block V., 693 acres, E. Lund. Five applicants. Section 3, Blok V., 917 acres. No applicants. Section 4, Block V., 930 acres. No applicants. Section 1, , Block IX., 963% acres, J. Handley. Two applicants.