Village Settlements.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 107, 26 September 1901, Page 1

Village Settlements.

” The following Brief reports Oh th& Crown settle crrehla in this district ard taken fromihe'Lahda "Report "for l&od--1901: '■ ;; ■ Condition of : sfeed Setfferticn’t?.—The following notes will serve to show briefly” the progress and condition of tbd established settlements, as discussed b/ tho raDgera’ reports at- the close of thd financial year 1 »reora Np. i Settlement (near Ft. Andrews);-—Established January, l 1894' Twefftyiel J;ht‘ ; hcflders,' tweniy-aevefl of whom are complying satisfactorily and prospering faidj well. One hundred And eleven souls reside on the settlement 1 . Value of improvements effected, £222f 16s 61, against £1076 8s 4d required.

Stndholme Junction Settlement. —Esj tab'lished ifdnua-y, 1894. Four holdorl, ail of whom reside on tfie settlement,; and comply satisfactorily, the number of souls b-ing twelve. Value of improyd-' ments effected, £357 18s against' £214 7r Wi required: itapua Settlement. —i- Estabiishetf March, 1894. Ten holders, all of whonf reside, and. with the exception of twd &of deiiciericy in value of improve.' rhents effected, comply satisfactorily;The number jif-spuls on, the settlement is ’forty, and # the Valffefdf improvement! effected £1328 Iff*, against £977 8s 9«i’ required • The recurfing flooding of portions of the settlement continues be a source of trouble And loss;

Ofcaio Settlemeut (near St. Established June, 1895. Nine holders? eight of whom, with ffieir families,totalling thMy-One shuts, reaicte npoti the sections, and appear fq be generally' doing well. Value of improvement# effected,'*£B9s 14s 6d, against £216145 .5d required. Takitu Settlem'ent (between Glenayf and Hafcatecamea),—Established March? 1900. Four small grazing run holders, three of whom are in residence, yfumbe£ of souls on the estate, 7; value of improvements eff-.cted, £1377. I 8« 3<ty against £931 -10* 4d required. The improvomentseffjcted are not yet vgtf extensive, as the runs -were alread/ fenced. A good start," Has,-However? been hiaae, and more 'wouldprobabljf have been done but for the high price of sheep? which prevented the lesseet .from? Backing their lands'fully to'--utilise thd feed, which has been running to Waste. Waikakahi Settlement. - Established March, 1899". Oiie hundred a‘nd fifty-'

There are 125 houses erected hpon tfrtf rural holdings, and five houses and tvto’ large scores in the township of Morveh * One hundred and twenty-four Of th# rural holders reside,- and sixteen a’rS front 1 resident, out of whom nine are exempt from residence by reason of resident:# upon other adjacent holdings. Five- of the town holders reside, while the storO’# keep several w->rkmen enfplbye.l oft th# premises. The total value of imp'to’vb« merits effected is L43,84-l 11s sd, .tflS against LI 9‘.357 4a lOd required, l The? settlement has made a cohsiderabl# advance during the yea : r; a number of new bouses and other improvements hatfe' been erected, and the number of defaulter# is now a very small proportion of th# whole.- The estate is iff a’ satfsfactorjy and’ prosperous condition ; MprVon ijf becoming a busy centre, and the inoreadV of popu'dtion and production Has cob 1 ? sfderably eri’hancid the' trade’ of TimarU*? Oamaru, and Waimate, Pareira No. 2 Settlement (near Sfv Andrews)* Established 1 .March, 190$ Thirty-two holders, Who have, up’ to' tin# present, ereJted twenty-five houses. The 1 total number of serfs is iffi, add 1 (hr? Value of improvements effected Ls32 f 12< 31, aa against LIBII 5s 8d required!? Twenty-nine of the holders are resided? and three non-fesid6at. A few of thba# resident are for the present living* offb/ in tents or other temporary obnveniefiteeß? but a very good proportion of the holder# have built permanent houses' and entered into complete residenbe. Sbme Of Ifotf n‘ew improvements are of subkt&nfia character, and indicate the beginnings $ excellent homesteads, and the ssttlefiihffjP Semis to have a good future before it;