CULVERDEN LAND BALLOT.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9126, 27 June 1908, Page 5

CULVERDEN LAND BALLOT.

BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION, CHRISTCURCH, June 26.

The long anticipated ballot for sections in the Culverden Estate took place 10-day. The proceedings were formally opened at the land office, and were immediately transferred to the Art Gallery. The ballot was conducted by the Land Board. The following are the results of the ballot: —First-class land —Section 4, 26 applicants, Block 11., 399 acre?, halfyearly rental, £B3, Ed'th Ellen Gallagher, Ladbrooks; lot 12, 31d, block X, 322 acre r , £94, Margaret Reid, Seddon; lot 13, 85, block X., 22* acres, £sl, Eric Andrew Black, Waikare; lot 14, 20, block VI., 378 acres, £75, Danid McGillicuddy, Orari; Lot 15, 38, block VI., 551 acres, £9B; William Henry Dimstin, Chertiey; lot 17, 4, block V. 516 acres, £4, Ellen Taylor, Sefton; lot 19, 35, block V., 357 acres, £7l, Isabella Davison, Killinchy; lot 20, 6, block V I., 62 acres, £7O, John Swanev, Temuka; lot 22, 496, block VI., 607 acrej, £lO3, Thos. Govan Thomson, Christchurch; lot 23, 17, block VI., 558 acres, £9l, Win. Austin, Timaru; lot 21, 8, block VI., 561 acres, £BO, William Frederick Gruel.er, Timaru; lot 25, 35, tilock 11., 464 acres, Sarah Letitia Hunter, Timaru. Secondclass land—Lot 1, 13, block 111., 712 acres, £73, Chas, Davies, Christrhurch; lot 2, 30, block 111., 709 acres, £Bl, E l ward Roberts, Blind River; lot 5, 16, blocks 11. and VI., 897 acres, £77, David M. Byrne, Addington; lot 6, 29, block 111., 736 acres, £67, Ann Jane Hampton, Chertsey; lot 7, 3, blocks 111. and VII., 1,852 acres, £ll3, John Dunbar, Ponsonby; lot 8, 3, blocks VL, VII., and X., 1,422 acres, £74, Thos. Flour, Blenheim; lot 9, 12, block X., 1,324 acres, £9O, Geo. Henry Sharps, Waiau; lot 10, 15, block VI., 756 acres, £SB, Sarah Butler, Upper Waiau; lot 16, 76, block V., 660 acres, £92, Peter McCallum, Hamilton; The Peaks, lot 18, 43, block V., 654 acres, £36, Patrick Kennedy, jtn\, Fernside. Third-class land—Lot 27, 94, block I. and V., 2,892 acres, £357, David Hampton, Christchuic'i; lot 28, 29, blocks I. and V., 2,532 acr:s, £203, Geo. Henshavv, Culverden. Mandamus Survey District—Lot 29, 72, blocks I. and 11., 2,103 acres, £172, Alfred Fisher, Springfield. Lots 3, 11, 2 an! 16 went to preference applicants. Lot 27 is the one on which the homestead stands. Applicants for more than one lot who were successful in a ballot were disqualified from any subsequent ballot. (The figures following the sefclicns indicate the number of applicants in the ballot.)