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ACCORDING to the report of the New Zealand Department of Lands and Survey on Discharged Soldiers Settlement for the year ended March 31, 1936, a further twelve applications for land were received during the year, seven of which were granted, making a total of 4,093 allotments, covering 1,440,818 acres in the twenty-one years the Act has been in force. A grand total of 1,452,829 acres has been proclaimed for this purpose since the inception of the scheme. Loans authorized during the year numbered 719, involving an amount of £66,517. Reports from the District Commissioners of Crown Lands indicated that the soldier settlers, most of whom are engaged in dairy farming or sheep farming, have had a better year, although those engaged in orchards again had a poor season owing to inclement weather.
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Discharged Soldier Settlers in New Zealand. Nature 139, 751 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/139751a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/139751a0