...Nelson. Pioneer pastoralists, often men with experience…
1875 CE
...Nelson.
Pioneer pastoralists, often men with experience as squatters in Australia, lease lands from the New Zealand government at the annual rate of £5 plus £1 for each thousand sheep above the first five thousand.
The leases are renewed automatically, which give the wealthy pastoralists a strong landed interest and make them a powerful political force.
In all, between 1856 and 1876, eight million one hundred thousand acres are sold for £7.6 million, and Two million two hundred thousand acres are given free to soldiers, sailors and settlers.