IMPROVED FARM SETTLEMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 588, 17 August 1909, Page 7

IMPROVED FARM SETTLEMENTS.

STATEMENT BTTHE HON.. D.BUDDO.

. With.-'regard,to';th'e.viOfl-.sections .whidiitia proposed, to -'open under- 1 the; Improved Farm Settlements', Act, -the"'Eton,, p<' Buddo, ■ Abting'lTinisterfor Lands/toldVa; Dominion reporter yesterday' that thi.detaiis.relating to. selection were'alniost 'oduipleted.;,". 7 went ou to say ;that;■';the; posters;; in.-connection': :wjth' the ■■ sectibhs in the Wflllingtoil distriot would be issued on'. September ,1, whilst those iiiregarcl to tho 6eoti6ns in'Taranaki-'aßd: Alibklarid would be ready- -almost itameiliawiy aitefwarda, :I'here was-no: further land■■ in ..Weiiiiigtou :or ■ 'laiunasi suitable for:the purpose of improved set' tleftient; farms.. '•A 8 con-tained-a gbo.d'. deal of .limber, provision would be. made.-in the■■ regulatioiiS, to conserve the ;Crown's interest' iii it:,^-- , '-' , ■"'"'"■ ■':

■'"It I, may. judge , by-thfe-number of' communications wtiioh Mr. Buddo, "the.sections', will be applied for . tn;p.:deeii;. : * p, At'. kast .60*.per cent.'of those ,who "have written,to meute men who thom!uM to upl cpuntrV:conditions.' jßnf. there, is alsb a conGiderableV proportion 'of' iutondinif' applicants : from/ the City-' of Wellington.-; Of •■course,' the applications are -quite informal; and the writers have ibeen directed; to■:■ apply :to the,' Coinmis-' . Bioner. for. Lands.;. 'Under this system, , there ,:are already ■: 500 .settlers,: all of ..whom are' re- . ceivihg -special .ad va.ncesv during tho, course'. of bringing the, laud. into profit. ■■ The ■advances which . are-- to be. made to. the 'new settlers .: will be. more .liberal, still.". ■ ! ■.-,' ;...* ■ v:>' ' ■■-•.- .-.' During the bourse. , of. futther remarks, Mr. Buudp mentioned that i the chief stipulations would be) thafahe applicants;: must-be -land-..Jess,;-and/must, not .be-possessed of more-than three, tunes'.the. capital-ivalue of the.section , jWhicß';they;. -To prevent * trafficking -in ''the:sectio'ns.strict-;*pToyisipiis .'would.be'inserted; For ■.instance, .;it was ; proposed' iiot, :to: issue' leases .to .the successful- ; applioants until they .'have! complied :tvith-the conditions.-' He added that it -■ had : -riow:;.beenr:decided ' would'be-payable for J8 months, which would r« n -{f v-niean-.2l).inonths) as possession, of,tho v.VWiwsW , sections,wpuld:b.o given on October 1, and-;the.rent would, -neft. start ulitil. 18 months later/'-.'.. ; ,: -.:-\ .'-.";.'« : . ■•,■■'■..■.-':.'.::■■, ~'■■ ■■: •.- .