WESTLAND TENURES

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2169, 6 June 1914, Page 8

WESTLAND TENURES

THIS KOYAIi-COMMISStON

efeymouthj, Juno 3. The Koyai Coißtaisssen. af.hotntod to inquire into the tiwlier and ihiii-ing intertsts ,aat! terms of tenaca <rf. Cwwn ktids «n-t|io West Coast eti-mnioncotl talcing ev)'dcß*ft tinX morning at tljc GwymHiitli iCeMrtliouse. Ml , . T.. .V.. Byrne,.'.'soliciter, brought ttntler- tli-e.-notiqoel' the Csmmissimi the largo ft.roost, ia«d Wd uinier -eoal* m-iiliag. lsafies./. lliere Were- maiiy exesilcet -tracts, ol'< co,il4iesFiafe:.laftd extoutU ing BortJb>va*d .-•■fioth,' .Grtjj>jjioutli: that from .trot kittg.j&flised fpr uoal- ininJuß. He suggested ittat , provision., slibiald {10 made.that.these landj' sisiulcl be leaded:for fattatiljj jnirjiidsds.. Mo; th(itig!ht that stiwo-tcgulaljon-'slibHld'-be niade simplifyiiifj tlie preMxlure gurfftce rights :io-r .sgr%itt).f& •■■'purposes, J-iws, lie sutaittdd, cti;Uld bedono sit'h-ou-t : io' the -coal tn-ming proporticjf, .lltet\vo industries 'could resist side- by aide. lie cited a case, k wWcii an appiteaat had .efesirtd 100'ats«s -for. poultry fdrmißK aud fruit culture neiir liwisnga, but iiflw-iffrstanding tbat the manager &f the St-ite-tjj-lfl-q lisS jntade fig ebjcntbn to granting it/ tho dfffisultjes of getting a'aatisfac'ktf. y tenure h&i proveated ttts :«;«».■ getting tho land, As rega«Jed i)io ■ ad.Eninistratiph 6f ®l),eK!'thir.e was dual uatjwrity, o-ijp wils likely to. Com iato cohiiict. , . with .tho otW. ytb&faret was done as regarded these ciifling sttifacq rights they should bo dealt, With by. one .authority. . If iim original griß-ting-of coal leases was' left with the Warden, then the .granting of tho surface rigats should also bo rn .the hands of the .Warden.

Tho BiHvmiile-rs , . fbpresehtatife said: (I) Ia the' past tho. adtniiii strati on of timber arosj-s under tho pi&rigions ef the Mining Act- had been satisfactory since the esteasjwi of tho teniiro io nvo years, mi the feoreaso of. areas •and reservations to 2000 acres oxcent for aotne- possible Weflappm-g by- tho Mines Department and Lauds Btpaitr toftiit. (2) We are of opiai.oii thai the existing eohtrol hj mtoing wa-rden-s should, under .certain tsmnfitrans,' be abolished,: and that the Co-mtfiissJoae* of the district. aIoTO-slioald deal with appjiefttianrs fer the disposal of timber. To 'safeguard the interests of- millers' rights tie right:should be reserved! ta them to Secure -(beicr* any alteration af control is inade). a maximum of 3000 acres as p-revjied' by the mining rega* latiDhs. -They should also have the i right to scourej- : as-'ea«h oloci of 400 [ aerei; held raider, tho'Warden i» worijod, i m equal area. Under; the Commissioßcr I so as to roamtara tte njaximutt of 2000 acres. -Section 33 of the yc'Eulatioas for wests 011 Crown lands should be amenderi by the maximum area a.U 3.6 wed to SOOD acres to bring it in to line with the pi-dseitt maMiniam allowed by the miwi-n-K reguiatious.- 3H.o3dfer-3 of rights .under the. nithing .-regulations shmSld -bu fjeo. to" csefcmfee Saffie for emiiviileitt tlie Land Board table.. Section. 32 -of the regu-lat-iQBs for- forests on Crown iautlj- sooiild he Aaended, ■ substituting "capacity in cutting power per ttimtth"' for "'herso power of aiijl," and- it is that- a monthly.c%aC% of 200,000 *uperfioial feet .'shoujd 'take-, tie place of 30 horse poweh .'li .may be. mcMtoned %at the "capacity", o-f a ni|H '' dfles »ot ■crnitrely fcpehel On tie horse power n$ facilities for silp&lyii-ig Jogs (such as length Mid condition oi li-auj lines) have s cbiis-tdaf-abfe bqarjiig on the ptodiio* tio-ii <}f a will, aafl also enter lamely ink' 'the matter of first cost whi-eji eteuUT certainly be taken iuto aoeomt in estimating wfrat is a fair area to giv& rl4t mill. - We afe of epiaion that a s<stem-of payment of royalty on timber stftßally produced is tjrcfoirftble to a«y liiediM of sale by aflrtian or appraise , - mefit. Wo suggest tiat irt the case -of i'reslj regula-tion-s nndei. th& Laiide Act being pio.po,sod, ntillots' sl)oiiM have an opportmiity of perusing ssmej a-ad maKiii-g. suggestions, there■ixj before they am hrqught, iiito- force, Ia t-h« osrettt bi it being decided that tho admvnislratio'n of tirtber lands altall. i*main as at present under '!;*} jurisdicti«i -Oi-tie Watden thaa •' ft Comais-si-oti.tT alane should ha-yo the tp.w-er to dot) with fiftja-ll a-rea-s of msfc aajacent in 3. working tram , line, but winch -da-ji-lit!*-- bji fioaviirieiiily iticjudstl in ji saw* mill;license. ' .{SX'fnor'o appears JlO .gpol ■reason;, for continai-jig -tibe-present claseificatioft -of timber: coimtrv. 'nto .wavden's timljer areas and iand Board timber seas." "