DEMAND FOR LAND.
(by telegraph—ow.v correspondent. ) Aucklnd, Last Night. Thk demand for Cr nvn lands still continues and tta officials of the Department are experiencing a busy time. From the 4th July up till to-day, 32,101 acres have been selected, the whole of which, with the exception of about 150 acres, was saleoted on perpetual leaße. The land selected is principally in the Awakino Survey District, and the Whangarei and Bay of Islands Counties. Selectors in many cases have selected up to the maximum area of 2000 acres. Applications for land are still coming in freely and in about six weeks time 150,000 acres of unsurveyed land at Whakatano is be thrown open for selection at upset prices running from 5a to 10s per acre.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3126, 28 July 1892, Page 2
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125DEMAND FOR LAND. Waikato Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3126, 28 July 1892, Page 2
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