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Session 11. 1912. NEW ZEALAND

RUNANGA No. 1a BLOCK (RETURN OF DETAILS IN CONNECTION WITH THE PURCHASE AND FENCING OF PART OF).

Laid on the Table of the House of Representatives by Leave. Details in connection with the Purchase and Fencing of Part Runanga No. la. Area acquired : 1,404 a. 2r. 22p. Price, £3,510 10s. Report by Assistant Surveyor, H. E. Walshe, who surveyed same and subdivided Crown land adjoining: — £ s. A. Unimproved value of land acquired as it stands .. ... 693 9 0 Additional value to Crown on account of road frontage and access provided to Crown land, also by giving better homestead and yarding sites, 2s. per acre on 19,000 acres ... ... 1,900 0 0 Extra fencing and road-formation saved ... ... ... 948 12 0 Fencing on boundary between land purchased and Crown lands, 416 chains at 10s. ... ... ... ... ... 208 0 0 Total .. ... ... ... ... £3,750 1 0 Against this is cost to the Department of fencing one side of road £ s. d. between road and private land, ten miles ... ... 597 0 0 (This was a condition of purchase, and contract for same was let at £59 14s. per mile). Had the roadway been taken and the 1,404 a. 2r. 22p. not been purchased, the cost to the Crown would have been— £ s . d. Fencing road both sides, ten miles ... ... ... 1,194 0 0 Value of 80 acres in road ... ... ... ... 40 0 0 chains access roads from Waipunga road to Crown sections, forming and fencing ... ... ... 215 0 0 £1,449 0 0 In addition to this sum there would have been a claim for severance of property. Department of Lands, Wellington, 29th August, 1912. Approximate Cost o/ Paper.— Preparation, not given ; printing (1,400 copies), £1.

Authority : John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.—l9l2.

Price 3d.]