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"THE LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS ACT, 1894." TABLE C.—Statement of Lands acquired to 31st March, 1900, prepared in Terms of Subsection (2) of Section 39 of the said Act.

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Name of Settlement. Area of each Block of Land as purchased. Locality of Land. Quality of Land. itw a a c s q rii tor «££££&» Report and Valuation of Board. Report on Conditions and Settlement of the Land. Report of Board. Valuation of Board. r Auckland Land District— Pencourt a. R. p. 7,107 0 0 Blocks IV. and VIII., Hamilton Survey District, and Blocks I., V., and VI., Cambridge Survey District Block X., Cambridge Survey District Greater portion alluvial swamp of good quality Assets Realisation Board £ s. d. 31,981 10 0 Land suitable for settlement. The Board recommends Government to purchase £ s. d. 4 10 0 See Report attached. Karapiro 2,270 3 9 Soil a chocolatecoloured light alluvial, overlaying a bed of pumice, sand, and gravel Partly flat and partly undulating fern and bush land Deep alluvial soil of good quality Assets Realisation Board 8,364 4 6 The land is good, and suitable for settlement in farms of from 50 to 500 acres each. The Board recommends Government to purchase 3 10 0 See Report attached. Okauia 5,919 1 30 Part of Matamata Estate, east of Waihou River Assets Realisation Board 4,143 12 1 Land suitable for settlement. The Board recommends Government to purchase 0 14 0 See Report attached. Opouriao 7,604 0 0 Blocks V., IX., XIII., Whakatane, and Block II., Waimana Survey District Gould's Trustees .. 24,261 3 3 The land is excellent in quality, and suitable for subdivision into farms of from 100 to 400 acres. That, from inquiries made, there is a considerable demand in the Bay of Plenty district, and the Government is therefore recommended to purchase the land Land suitable for settlement. The Board recommends Government to purchase 3 4 0 See Report attached. Rangiatea 4,004 0 0 Block XVI., Waitoa Survey District, and Block IV., Maungakawa Survey District Blocks VI., VII., X., and XI., Cambridge Survey District Soil a fluviatile deposit generally, with clayey subsoil in places Hilly, rolling downs, and flat land Assets Realisation Board 14,014 0 0 3 10 0 See Report attached. Whitehall 8,980 1 0 Assets Realisation Board 6,735 3 9 • 0 15 0 See Report attached. Total 35,885 1 39 89,499 13 7 The Board believes the land could be profitably occupied in mixed farms ; that there is a fair demand in the district for such class of holdings ; and the purchase is therefore recommended The land is good, and suitable for settlement in farms of from 40 to 50 acres each. The Board recommends Government to purchase the land Hawke's Bay Land Dist. — Elsthorpe *9,740 0 0 Blocks III., VII., and XII., Oero Survey District Soil and situation good, suitable for mixed farms Buchanan's Trustees 45,878 10 0 4 10 0 See Report attached. Mahora 1,133 3 0 Lot 139 of Lot 2, Subdivision D, Heretaunga Block, in Block XV.. Heretaunga Survey District, and Lot 140 of Lot 2, Subdivision D, Heretaunga Block, in Block XV., Heretaunga Survey District Rich alluvial land, soil not worked out Williams, J. H. .. 31,178 2 6 27 10 0 See Report attached. Carried forward .. • ■ 10,873 3 0 77,056 12 6 * Corrected area— 553 acres having been exchanged for 110 acres 2 roods 16 perches at Tomoann,.