LAND SETTLEMENT.
BIG AREA TO BE CUT UP. By Telegraph—Press Association. WELLINGTON, February 2. The Lands Department has just secured its absolute title to a big area of Native land in the North Island, which is to be cut up for settlement on the optional system without delay. It is a considerable time since the Crown actually arranged the purchase, which comprises quite 250,000 acres, in the Counties of Ohura, Waitomo and West Taupo, but the process of obtaining' Maori land is slow. The area is scattered in 260 blocka. The Commissioners of Crown Lands in Auckland and Taranaki have now been instructed to put on all their surveyors to cut up the 250,000 acres for close settlement. The blocks I have to be carefully explored to I ascertain the best road routes, and arrangements will also have to be made to provide various means of access through Native lands, Then the sections have to be planned out to the most advantage. The work has been tackled with energy, and in six months there should be a large number of openings for settlers this promising area, much of which is served by the North Island Main Trunk Railway.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3107, 3 February 1909, Page 5
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198LAND SETTLEMENT. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3107, 3 February 1909, Page 5
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