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grants are for large areas, and represent land purchased many years ago. At the present date there cannot, including those required to be issued for lands recently sold, be less than three thousand Crown grants still to issue; but as the re-survey of lands sold by the New Zealand Company is well advanced, it is anticipated that during the current year a considerable number of grants will be prepared, and the large arrears in question materially reduced. The land sales of the past year alone necessitate the preparation of 700 Crown grants.
BLOCKS TO BE OFFERED FOR SALE DURING 1875-76.
The Crown lands to be offered for sale during the current year include a block of fine timbered country on the south bank of the Manawatu River, estimated to contain 10,000 acres; about 30,000 acres in the Rangitumau Block, situated between Alfredton and Masterton; the unsold balance of the Rangitikei-Manawatu Block, situated north of the Manchester Block, estimated to contain 20,000 acres; and the land north and south of the road line from Mangaroa to the West Coast. Assuming that these valuable lands will be surveyed, and the road lines determined before they are offered for sale by public auction, a considerable revenue would be obtained by their disposal, which would be materially increased, provided the bush on the proposed road lines were fallen, and the formation of the road lines completed before the land was placed in the market.
In the case of the land at Fitzherbert, on the south side of the Manawatu River, there is reason to believe that more than sufficient totara timber will be found on the road lines for the erection of a bridge across the river.
The execution of this work would connect the district with Palmerston, and, besides, tend to promote the sale of the land.
GENERAL PROGRESS OF WORK.
Although the largely increased sales of Crown lands during the past year has at times taxed to the utmost the energies of the officers of the Department, yet it is satisfactory to report that the work has been kept closely posted up, without any increase being made to the staff. Now that the re-surveys and final adjustment of the very serious difficulties arising from the imperfect and inaccurate surveys of former years are approaching completion, there are good grounds for believing that the Survey Department will be able materially to reduce the areas of Crown Grants still unissued, and thereby in some measure remove a long standing source of annoyance and difficulty in dealing with lands sold by the Crown.
The appended Schedules (as marked) supply full and detailed information as to the transactions of the office during the year, while the Report of the Chief Surveyor, forwarded herewith, will inform you with respect to the work executed by the Survey Department during the same period.
I have, &c.,
Jos. G. Holdsworth,
Commissioner Crown Lands.
His Honor the Superintendent,
Wellington.
RETURN of LANDS SOLD from the 1st April, 1874, to the 31st March, 1875.
| DISTRICT | CONTENTS. | PAYMENT. |
|---|---|---|
| Cash. | ||
| Ac. R. P. | £ s. d. | |
| Wellington ... | 3,883 2 19½ | 2,158 7 6 |
| Manawatu ... | 35,540 0 3 | 33,183 15 7 |
| Rangitikei ... | 1,538 0 0 | 561 11 0 |
| Waitotara ... | 1,805 2 0 | 2,542 6 3 |
| Wanganui ... | 6,239 0 0 | 5,727 15 0 |
| Porewa ... | 13,488 2 0 | 9,821 6 3 |
| Wairarapa and East Coast | 56,099 1 32 | 27,488 0 0 |
| Totals ... | 117,594 0 14½ | 81,483 1 7 |
Crown Lands Office, Wellington,
April 10th, 1875.
Jos. G. Holdsworth,
Commissioner Crown Lands.
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- Jos. G. Holdsworth, Commissioner Crown Lands
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- Jos. G. Holdsworth, Commissioner Crown Lands