LAND FOR SETTLEMENT.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 672, 24 November 1909, Page 5

LAND FOR SETTLEMENT.

: ;''-.^';-.;- : TERMS;OF/NEW. B!LL.'; ; '- : s.: ;-v vC; : 3 y: : SOME IMPORTANT: PROVISIONS^ ':)% :';■,'!'";': ,The :Land • for.',- Settlement ' Administration'.> :,.. Bill brought,down by Governor's; Message last, .night 'proposes, that all settlement land'' and\ ; : : moneys now.vested in the Crown, or in'fnture ■ •:; acquired, shall become vested in the Superin- T ''-•-' tendent under the Advances Act.,:,' The vosting:,- ' provisions, shall not affect the'administration; of settlement- land or the■ operation .-of-.any.''--: Act relating to settlement land'or Crown land. : " AH settlement land , shall bo deemed: to. be, r,; Crown land under the principal; and•• tha ■.- :■': .' legal title thereto' shall he and remain iu tli« '; y.-■ Crown.not.in the Superintendent;'. '■■:■ ;''>.''.,'; „

,:,..',■'": ; Raising of Funds,'' : ; ' v>' I With-respect. to- the'> inoneys: i that ■:-, havo '','■' 'i ; . '■':!'■ heretofore been raised by the:: Government for t '■ 'si the. purposes of the principal Act of: any .prior. ;:'.'■; \ : Act passed for like purposes, the following pro- :':''•■' visions shall apply :-r{a) The Audit Offioe: shall; ;■ y'.'i/ certify tho total amounts so raised; (b):tho'-rc- : ■;' speotive ! amounts shall be ."credited' in reduc-■' ''■ tion of the public debt'.": Mv iK' -;':' -X:: ■ For tho purpose of repaying the moneys re... .;..: ferred to in the preceding section, or of re- "'i .deeming or exchanging tho debentures orother."..':»'' securities' issued by , thp. Government in > re- :: .. •':':' spect thereof ■ and .outstandingVoh■ the' coming' into operation- of this Act; .tho' 'Minister, Finance,: on behalf ,Ji£ tho may.' : ' raise such.sikns and issue such debentures and '■ .-■ : ? other securities. as' may bo required.'; The ■ Min-:' ■'■;/ ister shall lay a return before Parliament at': . i ; the hetinning of each session.: ;.''-'.■■ . ,:.,->',. Funds may be raised on behalf of.;, the' - : ' ! buperintendent,.;' which, ■■ with' all;. interest.':.;. - 'i thereon, ap'd-'the-'debentures and other securi-:... I''" ties issued.in respect thereof, are guaranteed '-■ •';.•;' ■ by the Government," but ore chatged upon the'• '.. assets of- the' Superintendent under the' : Lahd'.v? for Settlements' Acts. .'The' Superintendent's"•':"'■', -' assess and liabilities: under tho former 'Acts ; :s?-v;. ;; and/the" 'Advances. Act,'.'shall- be. kept- distinct.'-; ■;'"'.<■'i: Tho" Jfinistcr:■ for Finance, may .raise,/''.suchX ; ':-:-' sums not exceeding 'a- milljon. in one; fmancial : i.-. year, as.. tho..Govoxnbf-in-Conncil authorises.*;- ; :-:'•'/'•. II s : t^iau '■■ "I >niillion'- is' raised in any. year, -,: ''':'. ■'■!'■ the balance may be'added next year. -In 1 odm- '■■'? puting the amount, that. may. be. raised ,this M•■'': : .. already raised under the'prih. : '. cipal Act shall be "deducted..: "All' suins raised '•' ; : i-will;.be.',guarantend'-by and ; 'J thc,Jguarautecs-■ , sha.l^■^.bo':^,'enforceable;:agli^l!irt'.'.V^' : the Crown the "same; as- if a contract:existed; 1 '- " ,: '.'-. the; money shall brar interest at snch raio,' '<■■'(£ not.' _excee<luig Q\ per: cent'., ns .th°o."- Hiiiisteri ' for I'mancq,prescribes,: and shall be subject'to ''•'.' the provisions.of the : Act' ■"-"'■' -'":',:

Limitations of Area. In order that the limitations of area fixed by the principal Act may accord with the limitations iixoil by tho Land Act, 1908, th» Jollowmg provisions sliall ipply —(a) 'She d> imition of "prescribed lnaunrhm" in Section 2 of the principal Act is amended by omittiDg tlio areas mentioned in tlio case of land situate more than fi\o miles from any of the cities of Auckland, Wellington. 1 *- Chnstchurch, or - Diinodra, and substituting therefor tho areas following — lour bundled acres of first-class land; or oao thousand acres 1 of s,ccond-class ' mud, or two thousand five, hundred acres of tlmcl-class land, or two thousand the hundred acres of two or more such classes, but without exceeding the limit of area faxed foi each cla<s (b) ror the purposes of such definition the land shall be classed and the limit of ; area iif the case of each class shall bo computed m the same manner as is provided by hechon 97 of the Land Act, 1908. (c) The dchnitions of "second-class land" and "thirdclass laud in Section 2 of the principal Act are consequentially repealed, (d) All references >'i to homestead-sites in the aforesaid Section 1 are repealed. i The .right-which'"'by' Section; principal; Act ,is .conferred:; the :-owner'./i':/' 7 '' of 'an.-;. estate/,; acquired /to /'/retain; : , any \ ''-'V;/'.' area not exceeding the prescribed' maximum i'' ; " ' " snail ,not \- ;be,; exercisable-.-"• unless•■>'•■' tho ;; - ; ■ retained,.. area.'contains- a ■ homestead./':'Tha'-maximum'-area •,whichUihder- Section- 60 of - tho ■':''''/" principal Act may be. 1 cased ■to the owner,of •'-.■" v land acquired;is reduced to lour hundred/acres \'UV-.-pt krst-class land or onethousand.: acres of ,:!•'■ . nl "ip« classes (first;ysbcoiidi and third);' but' ■'■■■* %' without exceeding .the limit .of /ar'cV- fixed for -' ' :■•* each class. The- classes-shall' bo - ascertained ■ ' ■■'.: and the areas computed in the manner'providod ■' ■'.-*: by ..Section- 19 Tho'/ maximum' -'i area '"■ ■'' r .Which: undor Section. 61, of; : the-'principal Act- : ' -■','■ .mas-bB-leased to : a.tenant of 'land acquired 'is - . ■'' 'hereby reduced to four -hundred acrcs^-'-' >■■' ■■• The.provisions of Section 530f tho'principal'--''.-'■' '-' ■ ■ Act. (inving: power. to ; grant:ilc'a.ses''to;employees :■'' "■■'■■ in certain cases without'competition) shall only' ''■- apply where: the .person employed by the' late '■■'.'•■■'■ owner. of ,ithc, ,lam} - was ■ employed : . oh .'the''land ; ■.-- : ;■"■■ when, it- had.-.been;'.con- . Itmuonsly.'so Jmrdbyod.'for at/least(five'years' :.- ;■:•* then,last past. Provided, that continuous .em-' \ ployment- oh,tho land shall not be; deemed to '■■']■;•?:* be,'.brokenby'.reason';,merely 'of"absencei-frbm'"'-/-a/ tho laud!for hot, more than twtfShibhths'at any ..-.:' ; ,0i .onb' ; .timb, nor more'than, threo: months ,in any :\.-.ri-i 1 one of tho ; said, five/years.;. "■-.'-, /■'; -.y ''-.;•"-'-.;■'. ; ~:;-.;■';-. ■'-><l| ,•'•'••.;'-'' '•..','•'.-• Homes -for: Workers; /A;/■/;'.;'■'.'• '■ (1) 'In' 'order' .to'.givo. greater, facilities'- fori'-?.- "-K establishing ."homes '.'"and,:': home-farms.--for ■•.':::>;;,. workers,,, land may ;bo . cbmpulsorily.-.taken ;; j : Yi>vl within any borough having a'population of: not'.-''j; "5 less than five- thousand,' ;or; any ) town district :.''..:':? haying'-, a population of : not/less;.:than-:/jono'p/-:-:/ -thousand,' or,.within-' twenty, miles, from:.such '■■■X?i ">/v borough' or town district, subject to the. fol-'.-'--'-''..-..!?'l : Si lowing, special provisions :-r<,a)' The.owner; shall '■•"/ 'M'■&. ' have tho /right Atop select.': and': retain ■; but ■ ,'of ■'-, '/.-$ the.'whole estate/any area not exceeding.'four '- : ' : ;--{\' : x acres ; if such area.is,within : a borough' orVtown/\■'<&'--' district; or-ten acres in any. other 'case; ;:.(b),..';: i : :' ■Such' right;shall be deemed' to'be waived un-: :, ■■■'■':*-: , assorts the l right and specifies with reasonable v ; ■ '■■ ■';. i ;.; particularly,the.area, situation;/ and ...bouh-"a'-WO;; darics of the/land/be proposes/to select'and "h v--Ni\ .'retain'. .(c)' The/right to: tako.laad;;cc-mpnliii t:;■;(.& 'sprily:underfthis:sectibn ; :shall hot bo affected'■■ ■■ -, i by.'the fact.v.that tho. whole 'or'.any : part- of any;; other' b'prbugh '.or.'towni'district'isi'Mra-. ;;i.."v!.;5; prised within the: aforesaid radius.' ;:(d),!,Tha ■\X'--i : . : !; provisions of/section . fifteen-of, ; tho principal; .'■; I.'i' 1 ;; :Act;' (imposing certain:-limitations!on '.the.,right: [&■■■;''s? ttj :take land c'ompulsbrily)' shall not apply, in -''-:::( tho'case;of land; taken' under this:scction.';;:(oV : ; r ;:':;2si For all the' /purposes" of the' principal-Act - land ;.'.= :Q : .\ taken' : under this; section , shall: be /deemed : .to :.::..:.,?' be taken under that Act.; /: / ;;//-./':/. / "^' r .; ; :./4. '• :Any land .acquired under the last'-"section"i'-'-:;-' may be disposed of; follpws:-<a) It may^bo:;;^';; 1 ;'? sot. apart for, the /purpose/ of /; the. .^oriiers'-.;-'v'v:vvj Dwellings Act, ; l9oß'; (b) It may be leased "on .'tho ?'s'H renewable-lease system to:■ woi'kers, 1 as dbfincd/by.. ■ •*£& tho last-mentioned Act;':■;' , /-; 'A/'. //'•-" ;").<.V.'''v' , .'': 1 ?- , :. ! i '■For all ings Act, ■ 1008,'-:tho following, provisions 'shall- 1 " -s'-? apply:—(a) : -Land;s6t;/apart, thercuh'dcr:-hiay r ;;; : be disposed of ''either: iri/'mahilor/prescribed :i -;/,';: by that Actor by -way. of renewable.tose.'/(b) ; :;,?hS; Subject .to the. Ministers 'approval; the', ' ; :;,S',:; shbiyclassify ..tlio lahd ; ,ihtb',urban;' suburbani"fc/S ; ; J and.rural, allotmonte.'in- not/exceeding :';■'■:/ half' an' acre for, an; urban,~,;fivo acrcs^for: suburban,' and '.ten acres;' for/'a'.'rural 'allot; ';^.^f.

ment.'- '■'■'/,' ": "/''■;;.'■■/: ■:''.-*-::.-A; ;'!'■ vV- .'•'■■ / : Every porson who is.successful in;any land ballot under tho'main-,Act, l and'who.makes any dispositioh'ofhis'allotmont oriany part thereof, -whether by. 'way of assignment,: or. sublease, shall bo disqualified for '.five; years from tak:ing part, in any, land; ballot.under, tho' samo Act., Every applicant .who obtains,'an allotment.of rural land shall resido- continuously thereon for tenyoars after.ho enters,into pos* session./ • : ;- '-.'. : . .'. /'.:.,,::/;//'/:: ':>''■■ .; In section: fifty-nine of the principal Act (pro. viding for leases of lands suitable; for home- ' stead sites for; neighbouring': pastoral lands) the words "and on-the same-tenure" shall bo deemed,to moan on the.renewable lease system in cases whero the: lease of tnemghbour-ri ing pastoral land is on tho.: leaso-in-porpotuity system., In such case .the term referred to in;. that section; shall, bo deemed to mean tho term .'current at tho time, of the /expiry •or ' sooner determination of the lease or license of the neighbouring land.