The Daily News TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1903. LAND FOR SETTLEMENT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 10, 13 January 1903, Page 2

The Daily News TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1903. LAND FOR SETTLEMENT.

JAST week's i'bsuo of the Gazette is, ays the Well'ngton Post, the most raportant publication issued by the 3-vernment for sorne time, in that it ictifies that areas of Grown lands iggregating 1,152,344 acres are !o be >p ned for settlement in varigus parts )f ths colony. In tho Kawhia County [Auckland) 15,600 ceres of second class and a r e offered for selection on lease in perpetuity in eevt-nteen pactions. There u also one section each of second :lass land in the Counties of Hokianga fauranga, Kawhia, Bay of Inlands, Wriakatanp, and Rotorua, aggregating 2315 acres open fov ssls or Belcion. A similar offer covers fifteon sections in Hokianga, and nine sections in Mongonui, the total area bfing 6832 &n\s. Yet other notices caver are.s of 29,500 and 16,970 acres i,f unsurveyed seot;d class land in Hokianga County, atd this is followed by declarations pertaining to an unaurveyed ai'd* of 29,583 acrei of frst class land in thi Kawhia County, 6300 acres of s omi c!a*s lir.d in the same Countv, two sect-ous of 24,800 and 3423 acres cf sicond unsurviiyed lmd in Wtst Taupj County, and 84,415 acr.« in Opatiki County, Five grazing ru is, containing a total of 30,000 second civs pastoral country in Wesl Taupo County, aie open for heme Thtre are also notific itions gr zetted regarding lirge areas of land available oi to be made avail <ble in Canterbury, A reqn:'s tion is published rs-f-ningtotht compulsory acquisition of the L vela K* ■a e(Sou h Canterbury). Theinaof th< 0.-tat* is 44.309 acres, and the M nisei class'fiis the land as having 18,64! aces of first class, 18,846 and 6821 third-c'ass. Datails ate givet of an area of 640,640 acres of thirty one pastoral runs in Canterbury, wh cl are to be offered at public aucti >i ; un'ng next month for le»se. Th«> run are situated in the Counties of A'hle' (four runs), Stdwyn (six), Ashburtoi (five), Qeraldine (tihr<e), Hackenzi (ihne), and Waimale (ten). Vhi M< ai tii-.ttlemi n% containiug twenty fou ord n-vry farms aggregating 5885 acre is open for selejtioa «r lease in per pituity. In the Otago Land Dist ict eighteen pastoral runs, with a total ar« of 120,456 acres, are to be (ffered fo lea'e by puUic auction next montb There are ten small grazing runs ope: for lease on application in the Maniotot County, having a total area of som 13,000 in Msrlborou-I there ate four pastoral runs, of 79.20 C 35,224, 27,000, ard 16,020 acres re spectiv.ly, io be offered for lease a puolic auction towards the end of r ex month. It has been claimed tha' non of this land is in Taranaki, but it in;is biremembered tha*,owing to the i n»rg of the efficers of the Crown Lands D« pariment in this district, very iVg of Taranaki land were got im the market before the lands rnen*ioiie< above were ready. During the ps twelve months about 100,000 acres o hnd in the Taranaki Lani District ha been off-red for settlement, and na.i.J a'l of it taken up. Our chief trou 1 a 1; prefent is not getting land for set le ruei t, but gettingacce=s to lands ahead dispos d of. We understand that'h Righn Hon. the Premier is dotermin ) th<.t the cry of land for the people sh 1 be satisfied, and the Survey Depart meut all over the colony is working a high pressure ; but t l at is not enough if tbe Pr mier wants really prosper u settlemant he mus 1 . infuse a little m«■ litj into the Roids Department aui couipul it to fjllow up the disposal o tho laud with some form of roads, a chat se tiers can get access to th i holdings. When the Lnd in the !owy Ohura ValUy was being pLced on th maikvt, we pointed out the necessit <f, at hast, a bridle track from th Tangar..kau. We understand an ex peaditure of little more than .£SO woul [open a brid ! e track, so ttut sutler ] could ride through, but sj far no'hi 0 | jhai ben done, and settles from thi side have to go all the way round tv Te Kuit'. We hope some fffjri *ij bs made to urge up»n the Gjvernmei the nice sity if doing mere in tu direction of roadingas well assurveyirj land and offering it for settlement,