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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— continued.

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Name of Settlement. Area of each Block of Land aa purchased. Locality of Land. Quality of Land. Name of Person or to Seller to 31st March, 1900 rii Eeport ana Valuation of Board. Heport on Conditions and Settlement of the Land. it was bought or acquired. Valuation of Board. Eeport of Board. Marlborough Land Disfc. — ■ Blind River A. E. P. 5,020 0 0 Blocks XII. and XIV., Clifford Bay Survey District Block XIV., Clifford Bay Survey District Agricultural and pastoral lands Loamy soil, all ploughable Pell, C. Y. £ s. d. 14,806 5 3 In the belief that a demand exists in the district, 3 5 0 the Board recommends the purchase The Board approves of an exchange of certain Crown '300 lands on Stonyhurst for an area of freehold land on Plaxbourne £ a. d. 3 5 0 See Report attached. See Report attached. Flaxbourne (part) 404 0 0 Clifford, Sir G. 1,212 0 0 3 0 0 North Bank 13,000 0 0 Omaka 3,898 0 0 Block VI., Avon Survey District, and Block I., Taylor Pass Survey District Sections 50 and 51, Puhipuhi Survey District Good agricultural land Goulter, Charles .. 10,865 13 6 The land is good, and suitable for settlement. There 2 15 9 is a demand for such land in the district, and the | Board therefore recommends the purchase The land is good, and suitable for settlement. There 10 0 is a demand for such land in the district, and the Board therefore recommends the purchase The land is good, and suitable for settlement, and | 4 5 0 the Board recommends the purchase 4 14 0 i in n 2 15 9 See Report attached. Puhipuhi 320 0 0 Parsons, J. A. 320 0 0 10 0 Richmond Brook Starborough 5,827 0 0 32,385 3 15 Awatere Valley, contiguous to Starborough Alluvial flats and rolling downs Richmond, P. H. Beaumont's Trustees 23,890 7 0 99,350 0 0 4 5 0 4 14 0 1 10 0 1 10 0 to 4 15 6 I See Report I attached. I See Report f attached. In Clifford Bay, Taylor Pass, Cape Campbell, and Blue Mountain Survey Districts Good flats, terraces, and rolling downs; soil of excellent quality ; the whole area in good heart 1 1U O The land is good, and suitable for settlement in farms 1 10 0 of from 200 to 500 acres, and from 2,000 to 5,000 to acres each, and the Board recommends the acquisi- 4 15 6 tion of the whole property Total 60,854 3 15 150,444 5 9 Westland Land District — Poerua 3,230 1 6 Blocks X. and XIV., Te Kinga Survey District Mica-schist silt on shingle Clark, C. .. 3,634 1 6 To meet the strong desire for land on the part of the 12 6 people residing in the district, that Mr. Clark be offered £1 2s. 6d. an acre as a final price, and that I the proposed road and other expenditure on the land be si total expenditure on which rental will be charged does not i acre on an average See Report attached. Total 3,230 1 6 ich that the ixceed £2 an 3,634 1 6 Canterbury Land District — Albury Blocks XI. and XV., Tengawai Survey District, and Blocks II. and III., Opawa Survey District Assets Realisation Board The Board recommends the acquisition of the estate, 3 7 6 and also recommends the purchase of some 30 acres, being R.S. 18020, to avoid keeping open an unnecessary road i 19,340 3 38 Land of various qualities : limestone, rolling downs, and a margin of stony flats 65,294 11 8 See Report attached. Carried forward .. 19,340 3 38 65,294 11 8 i