PARLIAMENTARY.

Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 27, 14 August 1888, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY.

•■'' (PER UNITED T>RESB ASSOCIATION. | • v . Welumotou, AugnstlSl.' ■' - In the Hpiise of represen^atiyjesy - lite _ Native Land Court Bill was. further considered in committee. Mr Hutchison asked whether the Government would accept an amendment of clause 2 (how certain convey ances by Natives of land not held by Grown grant uiay be- registered) confining the operation -of the clause tofuture transactions, and allowing past arrears to be dealt with specially. ~ The Premier acct*pted that. Mr Taiwhanga urged the Government to postpone the Bill until after the Native meetingttt Waitangi. If it was not postponed- he would oppose it the same as he had the Native Land Bill. ■•■-.^ ; . . * A discussion ensued, in the course' of which Mr Taiwhanga said the Bill was ten: times worse than the NativeLand Bill and that was why he would oppose it. •; .uj_. Mr Hutchison's amendment was. eventually agreed to and the clause was passed. ;.f ? In clause 14 a long discussion took place on an amendment moved by Mr Ballance, providing that no person or company should acquirer as freehold more than 5000 acres of Native land. This was carried by 31 to 16. In clause .18, Mr Hutchison moved an amendment to make the clauseapply to past transactions which are* in regular form. Carried by 24 to 21V (The clause legalises transactions under the Native Land Administration Act in connection with land the title to which had not been issued: The Premier then moved to report progress on th» Bill This was carried, and progress was reported. The Native Lands Frauds Prevention Act Amendment Bill, and Maori Real Estate Management Bill were reported, and read a third time and. passed. The House rose at 2.30.