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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 62
Part I. — Land Open for Selection
Part I.
Land Open for Selection
| Acres. | |
|---|---|
| Sold or disposed of in Education and other Reserves | 19,500,000 |
| Held under various tenures, other than Freehold | 12,500,000 |
| Mountain tops, barren, lakes, &c. | 7,000,000 |
| Unoccupied Crown Lands | 11,000,000 |
| Native Lands | 10,000,000 |
| Midland Railway Area | 6,000 000 |
| amit | 66,000,000 |
| Crown Lands suitable for Settlement | 3,500,000 |
| Native Lands | 4,000,000 |
| Midland Railway Lands | 1,500,000 |
| 9,000,000 | |
| Crown Pastoral Lands | 7,500,000 |
| Native Pastoral Lands | 6,000,000 |
| Midland Railway Pastoral Lands | 2,500,000 |
| 16,000,000 |
These lands are of various qualities and characters, hut as a rule, those suitable for settlement are covered with timber, which has to be cleared before the land can be brought into profitable occupation. The cost of clearing varies from 25s. to 45s. per acre.
According to our Crown Lands Guide, on the 1st January 1891, Crown lands suitable for settlement amounting to 951,453 acres were open for selection in the ten land districts of the colony, nearly the whole of which may be selected under the three systems: i.e.:—cash, deferred payment, or perpetual lease, at the option of the selector. Detailed information can be obtained at the Land Offices or from the Crown Lands Guide. The following is the general description taken from the guide recently published:—