NATIVE LANDS FOR SETTLEMENT.
Per Press Aisociation.
Auckland, May 2. For some time negotiations liave been in progress for the acquisition by the Government of the Otnkanini block of native laud at Heleusville, held by the Xgatiwhatua tribe, and it now appears practically certain that the (ioyernnieiit will acquire the iuea. The block contains acres, and lies north-west pf ilelensville. It is valued at .41 per acre, with the exception of the eastern portion facing Ilelensville channel, and containing 201)0 acres all Hat iand and three-parts swamp, which is valued at tl2 per acre. If these ligurcs are realised, the amount to be paid will not bo far below C-10,000 to be handed over to the natives. Jlr. 1). Paul, as director on behalf of the natives, says tlio money will be c'.ponded on the better utilisation of lands held by the same natives elsewhere.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19070503.2.16.13
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 3 May 1907, Page 2
Word count
Tapeke kupu
145NATIVE LANDS FOR SETTLEMENT. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 3 May 1907, Page 2
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Taranaki Daily News. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in