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"THE LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS ACT, 1894." TABLE C.—Statement of Lands acquired to 31st March, 1897, prepared in Terms of Subsection (2) of Section 39 of the said Act— continued.

Price to be paid where Transaction not complete at 31st March, 1897. Report and Valuation of Board. Report on Conditions and Settlement of the Land. Name of Settlement. Area of each Block of Land as purchased. Locality of Land. Quality oj Land. Name of Person or Company from whom it was bought or acquired. Price paid to Seller to 31st March, 1897. Report of Board. Valuation of Board. Marlborough Land Dist. — Blind River A. E. P. 5,020 0 0 Blocks XII. and XIV., Clifford Bay Survey District, Marlborough Land District Block VI., Avon Survey District, and Block I., Taylor Pass Survey District, Marlborough Land District Sections 50 and 51, Puhipuhi Survey District, Marlborough Land District Agricultural and pastoral lands Fell, C. Y. £ s. d. 14,678 10 5 £ s. d. In the belief that a demand exists in the district, the Board recommends the purchase £ s. d. ! 3 5 0 [ See Report attached. Omaka 3,898 0 0 Good agricultural land Goulter, Charles .. 10,865 13 6 The land is good, and suitable for settlement. There is a demand for such land in the district, and the Board therefore recommends the purchase 2 15 9 See Report attached. Puhi Puhi 320 0 0 Parsons, J. A. 320 0 0 The land is good, and suitable for settlement. There is a demand for such land in the district, and the ! Board therefore recommends the purchase 1 0 0 | Total 9,238 0 0 25,544 3 11 320 0 0 1 To meet the strong desire for land on the part of the people residing in the district, that Mr. Clark be offered £1 2s. 6d. an acre as a final price, and that the proposed road and other expenditure on the total expenditure on which rental will be charged acre on an average Westland Land District — Poerua 3,230 1 6 Blocks X. and XIV., Te Kinga Survey District, Westland Land District Mica-schist silt on shingle Clark, C. .. 3,634 1 6 12 6 See Report attached. Total 3,230 1 6 land be such that the I does not exceed £2 an I I 3,634 1 6 Canterbury Land District — Albury 19,340 3 38 | I Blocks XI. and XV., Tengawai Survey District, and Blocks II. and III., Opawa Survey District Land of various qualities : limestone, rolling downs, and a margin of stony flats Land of various qualities Assets Realisation Board 65,294 11 8 The Board recommends the acquisition of the estate, and also recommends the purchase of some 30 acres, being R.S. 18020, to avoid keeping open an unnecessary road 3 7 6 See Report attached. Arowhenua 4,651 0 12 Blocks I. and II., Arowhenua Survey District, Blocks XI., XII., XV., andXVI.,Opihi Survey District, and Block IX., Geraldine Survey District Blocks III., IV., and XVI., Ashley Survey District, and Block IV., Oxford Survey District, Canterbury Land District Assets Realisation Board 28,915 9 9 The " Downs" Block (now known as " Waiapi " Settlement) is good and suitable for settlement. The "Upper" Block (now known as " Rakitairi" Settlement) is fair ridgy land, which would do well in areas of from 250 to 500 acres each. The Board recommends the acquisition of both blocks That the land known as the " Homestead Block " is good and suitable for settlement. There is a demand for land in the district. The Government is recommended to purchase this block and 185 acres in addition at a price of £5 10s. an acre. With regard to the 440-acre block near the Ashley Bridge, as subsection (3) of section 4 of the Act it is consider this land, as low-lying country necessary for tfc pastoral country behind belonging to the Crown, at 8 10 0 See Report attached. 5 10 0 Ashley Gorge 1,166 0 24 Deep marshy soil on flats; the hill land fair pasture Gould, Beaumont, and Co. (Ellis's Trustees) 4,855 19 6 5 10 0 : See Report attached. Carried forward .. 2 0 0 I this case comes under red advisable to acquire le working of the high a price of £2 an acre I I 25,158 0 34 99,066 0 11