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Land District and Name of Settlement. Selec- Resitors. dences. Principal Purpose for which Holdings are utilised. Progress during Year. Present Position. Prospect*. Canterbury— contd. Morice Kinlooh Mills Walker .. 29 30 21 99 24 21 Dairying and grass-seeding .. Grazing Dairying and small farming Workers' dwellings Fair Fairly good Good .. Not opened for selection Fair. Good. Homestead-sites, &o. 47 4 1,236 1,074 Otago— Pomahaka Downs Te Aneraki Tahawai Maerewhenua Puketapu Ardgowan Makareao Momona Tokarahi Janefield 88 22 8 74 11 66 84 II 7'.) 91 14 15 8 58 10 50 23 13 46 19 Grazing and cropping Dairy-farming Mixed farming Dairy-farming Mixed and dairy farming .. Very fair Fair Good .. Good .. Fair Good .. Good. Fair. Good. . . . • Dairying .. ... Mixed farming Chiefly growing roots and vegetables Mixed farming Very good Good V . . . . Sound.. Good .. Sound.. Very good. Good. Elderslie Barnego Earnsoleugh Windsor Park No. 1 Windsor Park No. 2 Duncan.. ill 94 II! 87 1(1 7 24 16 8 23 8 4 Fruit-growing Mixed and dairy farming .. Mixed farming Mixed and dairy farming .. . • • Very fair Good Good .. Sound Doubtful Good .. Fa'ir. Good. Poor Unsatisfactory.. Not at all encouraging. Fair. Good. St. Helen's Greenfield Steward 3 41 17 3 40 41 Mixed farming Mixed farming and woolgrowing Mixed and dairy farming .. Fair Good Fair Satisfactory Good Plunket.. Totara .. Kurow Airedale Otekaike Taumata Windle IS 97 18 12 57 9 IS 14 25 12 11 Dairy-farming Mixed and dairy farming .. Mixed farming Mixed and dairy farming .. Workers' dwellings * 'is Ocoupied Bouthland— Mem vale 727 49 503 40 Dairying and stock-raising .. Very good Very good Very encouraging Encouraging. w Fair. Encouraging. Excellent. Otahu Beaumont Ringway Glenham Edendale 6 12 8 33 139 5 7 8 28 119 Farming and grazing Fair Satisfactory Mixed farming and grazing.. Dairying, farming, and grazing Good Very good Fair Very good 247 207 Grand total 4,284 3,304