Forty-Mile Bush.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3201, 10 May 1889, Page 3

Forty-Mile Bush.

Mr J. W. A. Mnrohant, Chief Surveyor and Commissioner of Crown Lands, has been in this district fully a week, the object of his visit being to personally inspect tho whole of tho survey work 3 now in progress, According to his own account of the trip through the Makuri country shortly to he put into the market, the land is unsurpassed in tho whole of the Forty-Mile Bubli, and considering that a great deal of the land already taken up is tho best in the colony, this new country must be very rich indeed. There is no reason to doubt Mr Marohant's word, for ho is undoubtedly an authority on these matters; but besides his testimony we have already had Mr Climie's, Mr Greville's, and several others who have been over the country; indeed tho survey of the hnd is being carried out by the two gentlemen mentioned above, The whole block consists of 40,000 acres of undulating limestone of which 20,000 will be thrown open ilor. soleotion in a few months, Mr ■brchant informs us that in order to afford every facility for the inspection / of the land, ho has given instructions Ipfpr the formation of a track through what is known as tho Makuri Gorge, whioh in itself presents ono of the most attractive features in the block, The beauty of the scenery through the gorge has to be seen to be realised, and Mr Marchaat considers it a sight that will repay anyone the trouble of seeing, Leaving Mk Climie's boundary, Mr Marohanr was accompanied by Mr Greville through his survey to Alfredton, returning to Pahiatua on Saturday night. Yesterday morning Mr Marohant proceeded to inspect tho survey work now being undertaken by Mr Murray in tho Mangabao, which land will be put in the market, he thinks, by the eod of July. Of the land along the main road near Tutaekara, Mr Marohant is not sure when it will be open for selection, it not having been cut up through tho scarcity of surveyors, Another matter of interest to many settlers in the Mangaone is back pegs, and we were informed that instructions had been given to pat «,ho most pressing ones at once, onnection with the Makuri laud, j it is-Mr Marohant's intention to have' a number of sections varying from 100 to 800 acres thrown opon for selection under the old Aot, which necessitates compulsory residence, i Tho object of this stop is to give ji those who require laud for immediate an opportunity of securing it, and as the land is of excellent quality there will be plenty eager to take it pp.—Pahiatua Star.