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Summary of the Settlements established upon Estates acquired and dealt with under the Provisions of the Land for Settlements Act up to the 31st March, 1925—continued.

EXTRACTS FROM REPORTS OF COMMISSIONERS OF CROWN LANDS. North Auckland. (H. »T. Lowe, Commissioner of Crown Lands.) Waimata Settlement (Dargaville). —Good progress has been made on this settlement. The settlers are all in a fair way to becoming prosperous farmers. New subdivisional fences have been erected, a fair amount of bush has been burnt and is now being sown down in English pastures. The settlers who are dairying have made provision for summer feed for their cows, and very good results have been obtained. The paspalum on the flats has thrown an abundance of green feed for all classes of stock during the dry spell, and, as the settlement is very well watered, the returns from the cows have been satisfactory. The settlers are milking on the flats and running sheep on the hills. Their returns both for butterfat and wool, have been very satisfactory. They are running over four thousand sheep on the settlement, and milking three hundred cows. The settlers are a very good lot, well contented and working well. Good progress is being made towards metalling the new road from the settlement to Dargaville. This will bring them within eight miles of a good stock-market. Awakino Settlement. —New subdivisional fences have been erected, drains have been cleaned out,, and a fair amount of ground is being stumped, cleared, and ready for the plough. On one bush section a large area is now being stumped, and is almost ready for ploughing. The settler hopes to sow this down in temporary pastures for winter use, and will have sufficient ground to grow supplementary crops for his cows during the summer months. New cow-sheds with concrete floors are being erected, and the timber is being cut for new dwellings. The settlers on this settlement are not as well or comfortably housed as they are on Waimata, but excellent progress is being made. Over three hundred cows are being milked on this settlement, and are all under official test. On the hilly portion of the settlement they are running store cattle, just sufficient to keep the farm in good order. Altogether things look very prosperous on Awakino. On this class of country any settler will make good if he is a worker. Many of the settlers did not put in for a revaluation and are quite satisfied with their farms.

Name of Estate. holds" I holds Principal Purpose for which Holdings are utilized. Reiiiarka^a^to^Preseut ! '1 . i I Otayo—continued. Tilverstowe .. .. 7 .. Mixed farming .. .. .. .. Fair. Tokarahi .. .. 79 1 Mixed farming .. .. .. .. Good. Tokoiti .. .. 4 .. Mixed farming .. .. .. . . Good. Totara .. .. 27 .. Mixed farming .. .. .. .. Good. Wairuna .. .. 13 .. Mixed farming .. .. .. .. Fair. Waitahuna No. 1 1 1 Mixed farming .. .. .. .. Fair. Waitahuna No. 2 6 1 Mixed farming .. .. .. .. Good. Westeott .. .. 8 .. Mixed farming .. .. .. .. Fair. Windsor Park No. i 37 2 Mixed farming .. .. .. .. Very'good. Windsor Park No. 2 .. 10 .. Mixed farming .. .. .. .. Very,good. Totals .. 1,120 54 Southland. Allenby .. .. 5 .. Dairying .. .. .. .. Good. Ardlussa .. .. 6 .. Pastoral .. .. .. .. Poor. Beaumont .. .. 9 2 Mixed farming .. .. .. . . [ Bad. Campbell .. .. 4 .. Mixed farming .. .. .. .. Doubtful. Crighton Park .. 4 2 Pastoral .. .. .. .. Good. Bdendale .. .. 103 49 Dairying .. .. .. .. Very good. Ermedale .. .. 10 2 Mixed farming .. .. .. .. Poor. Fortification Hill .. 6 .. Pastoral .. .. . . .. Good. Glenham .. .. 37 7 Mixed farming .. . . .. .. Very good. Knowsley Park .. 9 .. Pastoral .. .. .. .. Poor. Lambert .. .. 1 .. Dairying .. .. .. .. Good. Lamont .. .. 6 .. Dairying .. .. .. .. Fair. Maori Hill .. .. 16 .. Mixed farming .. .. .. .. Good. Merrivale .. .. 45 10 Mixed farming .. .. .. .. Good. Merrivale No. 1 .. 8 .. Mixed farming .. .. .. .. Fair. Merrivale No. 2 .. 7 .. Mixed farming .. .. .. .. Fair. Monte Cristo .. .. 4 .. Dairying .. .. .. .. Fair. Otahu . . . . 8 .. Mixed farming .. .. .. .. Fair. Ringway .. . . 3 3 Mixed farming .. .. .. .. Fair. Stalker . . .. 8 1 Dairying .. .. .. .. Very good. Strathvale .. .. 9 .. Dairying .. .. .. .. Good. Teihoka .. .. 4 .. Mixed farming .. .. .. .. Fair. Waiarikiki .. . . 7 .. Pastoral .. .. .. .. Poor. Waikiwi Town .. 31 14 Suburban building-sites .. .. .. Good. Totals .. 350 90 Grand totals .. 7,034 1,633