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"THE LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS ACT, 1894." TABLE C.—Statement of Lands acquired to 31st March, 1898, prepared in Terms of Subsection (2) of Section 39 of the said Act— continued.

Report and Valuation of Board. Report on Conditions and Settlement of the Land. Name of Settlement. Area of each Block of Land as purchased. Locality of Land. Quality of Land. Name of Person or Company from whom it was bought or acquired. to Seller to 31st March, 1898. rii Valuation of Board. Report of Board. Brought forward.. Canterbury Land District — continued. Braco A. b. p. 25,158 0 34 £ s. d. 99,066 0 11 £ a. d. 27 2 0 Block X., Christchurch Survey District Level land, good soil, suitable for marketgardens Boag, W... 1,375 0 0 The land is good, and suitable for division into small lots of from 1 acre upwards. The Board believes there will be a demand for such lands. The Board therefore recommends Government to purchase. The land is suitable for subdivision into smaller areas. There is a demand for land in this district. The Board recommends the Government to acquire the land The land is good, and suitable for settlement. The Board believes there will be a demand for this land in the district, and therefore recommends its acquisition 50 0 0 See Report attached. Epworth 21 0 3 Block II., Arowhenua Survey District Loamy soil on banks of stream Meyer, J. 252 4 6 12 0 0 See Report attached. Hekeao 2,209 0 8 Blocks III. and VII., Shepherd's Bush Survey District Good, level, and undulating agricultural and pastoral land; good black soil, with a subsoil of deep loamy clay All flat land, soil good Peter's trustees 10,545 5 0 5 0 0 See Report attached. Highbank 9,119 3 2 Blocks I. and II., Corwar Survey District, Blocks IV. and VIII., Spaxton Survey District Blocks II., III., and IV., Waipara Survey District, and Block V., Waitohi Survey District Blocks I. and II., Waitaki Survey District Brown, M. I. 59,209 12 7 The land is good, and suitable for settlement in various-sized farms. There is a demand for this land in the district. The Board recommends the acquisition The land is good, and suitable for farms of various sizes. There is a demand in the district; therefore the Board recommends the purchase. 6 10 0 See Report attached. Horsley Down 4,004 1 33 Good arable land .. Heath Stock Trust 20,022 5 8 5 0 0 See Report attached. Kapua 574 1 5 All first-class land; partly reclaimed swamp The New Zealand and Australian Land Company (Limited) Hoare, R. 4,594 5 0 The quality and position of the land are excellent, and, from inquiries made, the Board believes there is a demand for small farms in the district, and therefore recommends the purchase of the block The land is good, and suitable for subdivision into sections from 20 acres upwards. The Board believes there is a demand for a few sections in the neighbourhood. The Board recommends the Government to purchase the land The land is good, and suitable for settlement. The Board believes there will be a demand for the land, and therefore recommends its acquisition 7 16 9 See Report attached. Kereta 105 2 16 Block IX., Arowhenua Survey District Alluvial swamp land 1,584 0 0 15 0 0 See Report attached. Marawiti 2,028 2 33 Blocks II., III., IV., V., Corwar Survey District Land of fair quality, soil good, and in most places of fair depth Arable land Wason, J. C. 14,200 18 10 7 0 0 See Report attached. Omihi Stock Reserve I 20 0 0 43,268 2 14 Block XVIII., Waikari Survey District Moore, G. H. 240 0 0 The Board recommends Government to acquire 20 acres out of Mr. Moore's " Glenmark" Estate, situated on Waipara-Cheviot Road 12 0 0 See Report attached. Carried forward .. 211,089 12 6 i