NATIVE LANDS COMMISSION.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 418, 29 January 1909, Page 7

NATIVE LANDS COMMISSION.

j-;;/.iVpOMMISSIONERSilPPOINTED./ .'■£■ ;';! i< This week's' Gazette-announces the 'appoint-;ment:,of..;Sir:;Eobert-Stout (Chief .Justice) and ' Judge' Palmer as Commissioners to inquire into ; and report-upon the'.following ■—,".-■..-:;-.; ! 'I; What areas of Native lends there ate whioh are. tirtdooupied or. not profitably ocoupied, the I owners,thereof,".'and, if necessary, the nature'b-f ] such '.ownors' .titles and the interests aSeeting ■■tM":eaiß».'.> .-.•:.■ ■•'• : . .-v .■r---'--' , .". ■•:.< :. :'■■<■. .■>.■■ : .--■■ ■■- 'p/'HoW'Saoh lands';oatt'best-;be.'utilised.and •settled- in ■ tho interests .<. of ■ the. Native, ownors'•' .and the publio good.' '.■•>'■ -,'■■■, ■■'.'•■■■.;■ ■}■."■■/.■'■ v ■ I. 'S.: What area6-:(if any) of.such lands-' could : i -6^ ; should .be -Sot' apart--(a). : For'jthe,indiyiduari jOCOUpatidri of the Native, owners, and for' piir'poses of oultivation and fariningV (b) as 'coin-' 1 'inuhal lands'- for' tho' purposes of the : Native' :future.':o6outtatio'n hy' the-.descendants 'or'-'Suo- • cesscirs.'iof.. the: Native -'owners,- and- how 6uoh'i 'lnnd-can'.in the beproperly, andprofor/settlement by otWjianyesjithan tho; Native owners, -and -on what : .terms:and conditions,; and'by what'modes of , (ej.tor'settlenient by Europeans,'on [Vhat' terms'..and; (Soadttions;:.by what:mod6s?bf : :di6posnion,.in what areas,' ana with, what 6nfe- ; | ifeuards. to-provenf .tlie-mibsequint■ aggregation , or such areas, in European • handp. •.. r : ■;': ''•.-■' •''. ; -' ; -4. : Hew l the:'esiitiiig:-instHuti6ns established'I .amongst-'-M'tives-aml ; ,thfl-,.exi6ting ; ; syste'ms f ofr| .dealing-w-itn-Nat.ivoilands.can best-bsrntilised ■or adapted'.for-.thej;purfioscs' ; aforesaid,'"-a'rid>to I i what, extent or in what: manner they, should be! :.^-. ; >■>..<■.■,■■<■■■:■ A-' ;• .The' Commission' Is:. empowered to 'make Wch Jsuggostions. and:'reoorohiendatiphs: as :■{(. • !considsr i 'deeirnble::br nedessary' with, respe'ot to' ; the foregoing.■mflttersrand generally, with reepeot to the necessity-of legislation m tie preimises, ..including.-, the ...preparation, of a draft jßill, embodying suggested legislation,: and oon:jMlidatmfj the exietmg ■ enactments relating to ;N&tive lanaf ; and the affairs of Natives.-' ..,-:• ;< Sir.Robert Stout is.chairman.of the Commission); Which is instructed;to furnish its first re--;pdrt/not later: than February 28, 1909, and-its" 1 ■final;, report not later \ than mrch 7, ; i909, or such extended date as' may,' if necessary, be determined,;.'-'■/.■■.'■■■;-. : ,-i- "■..•("-'■■ ' .■ ;.-•.' •■„:-;■-'