Land for Settlement.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 43115, 9 July 1907, Page 2

Land for Settlement.

Next month there will be thrown open for selection upwards of 30,000 acres of land in Auckland province, including 4354 acres of the well-known Waimana Block, in the Bay of Plenty, and some 27,000 acres of second-class unsurveyed, heavy bush land in Opotiki County. The Waimana lands will he open for selection at Auckland and Whakatane on Monday, August 5, and the ballot will be taken on August 10 at the latter place. In the case of Opotiki lands, applications will he received on August 12, at Auckland and Opotiki, the ballot being on August 14, at Opotiki. The Waimana Block is divided into three groups—dairy farms, ordinary farms, and village allotments, on the L.I.P. tennre. The dairy farms vary from 7 8 acres to 210 acres in extent, at half-yearly rentals ranging from £lB 18s to £52, there being seven sections in all. Thej-’e are ten ordinary farms of from 104 acres to 751 acres, the half-yearly rentals ranging from £l9 to £4B.