The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 71

Summary of Lands Open for Selection

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Summary of Lands Open for Selection.

District.	Acreage avaiable	Purchase prices per acre.		Soil and nature.
		From	To
Auckland	352,667	5s.	40s.	Soil varies from poor clays or light soil to good agricultural land; greater portion covered with heavy or light forest sufficient for fencing and building.
Hawkes Bay	38,257	5s.	40s.	Soil good, surface broken; more suited for pastoral than agricultural purposes. Mostly open or interspersed with bush.
Taranaki	3,664	10s.	40s.	Soil good; much volcanic, some marl, surface broken, excel-lent for grazing. Covered with bush and heavy timber.
Wellington.	87,166	10s.	40s.	Nearly all good; marl or decomposed slates; limestone lands of eastern district are very rich and excellent for grass. Mostly forest.
Marlborough	9,313	10s.	30s.	Soil generally fair; hills principally forest clad.
Nelson	257,481	6s.	40s.	May be selected for cash or under 10 per cent. leasing system peculiar to Nelson; hilly country bush-covered, chiefly birch, mostly suited for glazing.
Canterbury	52,978	—	40s	Quality of soil varies; good deal in the plains; some only purchasable for cash. Some open for selection on three years' system; being open and generally grassed, is good but varying.
Otago	57,490	10s.	30s.	Greater part open land, generally of good quality, some natural grass. At Catlins River good quality forest land now open (within 20 to 25 miles of railway station).
Otago	240,000	—	—	In interior; will shortly be open for selection.
Southland	87,000	10s.	40s.	Soil varies, alluvial flats to hill slopes, partly open and natural grass.
Southland	152,000	—	—	Shortly available for grazing runs and smaller settlement.
Westland	89,070	10s.	20s.	Mostly heavy forest; hilly, broken at river flats. Mining is principal coast industry.

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