STATE LAND PURCHASE.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3348, 28 November 1919, Page 5

STATE LAND PURCHASE.

._?..._r)j..._. - Q THE‘URE\VERA COUNTRY.‘ A ! NEARtY 300,000 ACRES BOUGHT. I TAURANGA, lfov. 27. A, I During his visit to Tauranga the Hon. W. H. Harries. Minister for ’Native Affairs, was i: "rviewed in reigard to the positiozt of Crown pur-4 lchases of native blocks in. -the Uretwera country, j Up to September 13, 1919, he said, § a. total area. of 297,772 aeresihad been ‘acquired by the Crown. and negotiations were in progress for the acquisi.-4' tion of a further 211,947 acres. Mr Herries states that as soon as the native land purchase 4officel-‘reports that he can purchase no further interests in the blocks, application will be immediately made to the Native Land Court to have The interests purcehased by the Crown cut off from thosg ofi non-sellers. The Crown interests will then be declared Crown land, and will thereupon come under the administration of the Lands Department for cutting up and settlement purposes.