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Report on the Condition and Settlement of Estates acquired and dealt with up to the 31st March, 1908— continued.

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Land District and Name of Settlement. Selectors. Residences. Prinoipal Purpose for which Holdings are utilised. Progress during Year. Present Position. Prospects. felson— Wangapeka 14 1(1 Agricultural and pastoral .. Very good Good .. Very encouraging. II 10 larlborough— Blind River Sheep - farming and graingrowing Ditto Grazing Sheep - farming and graingrowing Ditto Grazing Good Satisfactory .. 1 Improved. 19 12 Omaka Puhipuhi Starborough 13 2 196 10 ioo Fair Good Fair . Good .. Satisfactory Fairly good. Good. Richmond Brook Waipapa North Bank Rainford Flaxbourne 11 4 8 11 131 10 4 6 9 84 Dairying Sheep - farming and graingrowing Good !! Reasonable Fair Good .. Very satisfactory Satisfactory Improving Fairly satisfactory Trying, but hopeful Decidedly good. Good. Moderate. Decidedly good. Moderate. Vestland— Poerua 896 235 14 Grazing for dairy oows for butter-faotory; fattening sheep and cattle for looal market Ditto Good .. Prosperous Good. 20 Kokatahi 8 7 I 28 I 21 lanterbury— Pareora (No. 1) .. 28 24 Small farming and dairying Satisfactory Good. Studholme Junct. Kapua Rosebrook Otaio The Peaks Roimata 4 12 14 9 12 27 2 12 13 8 1 25 Well maintained Ditto .. * * Mixed farming Residential and market gardening Grazing Residential and market gardening Small farm Partly pastoral; partly dairy- ; ing Dairying Small farming Mixed farming and dairying Good".. Fair. Good. „ .. •. Patoa Braco 4 14 2 14 Fair. Good. Epworth Ashley Gorge 2 10 1 12 " Kereta Orakipaoa Highbank Rakitairi Waiapi .. OtaraKaro 4 27 76 22 15 7 20 59 17 14 7 Good Very good Very good. Wharenui Albury Marawiti Horsley Down .. Hekeao Pawaho Waikakahi 26 75 13 26 15 25 184 26 59 12 ! 25 13 24 157, Residential and market gardening Workmen's homes Mixed farming Good" Very good Good". Very good. Workmen's homes Partly pastoral; partly mixed farming Workmen's homes Pastoral Mixed farming and dairying Small farming Mixed farming , Mixed farming and dairying I Principally pastoral Mixed farming and dairying Workmen's homes Principally pastoral Workmen's homes Market gardening Workmen's homes Principally pastoral Very good Good" Exoellent Good". Very good. Tamai Takitu .. Pareora (No. 2) .. Rautawiri Papaka Punaroa Lyndon (No. 1) .. Koliika Tarawahi Kitiuclifi Puhuka Kaimahi Kapuatohe Rapuwai Lyndon (No. 2) .. Maytown Eccleston Mead Chamberlain 40 5 32 6 9 17 8 15 24 1 10 12 12 5 9 11 4 21 20 40 6 32 6 9 17 9 i 15 24 1 10 11 11 5 9 11 4 19 23 Good Very good Good" .. Very good Good .. Very good Good Good .. Very good Excellent Good .. Very good Good .. Very good Good .. Good. Very good. Good. Very good. Good. Very good. Good. Fairly good Improving. Good".. V. Good* Small farming and dairying Mixed farming Partly pastoral, partly mixed i farming Ditto Mixed farming Very good Very good Very good. Annan .. Rosewill 43 154 40 145