LAND SETTLEMENT.
TO "THE EDITOR OF THE STAR. Sib, — In regard to this land settlement agitation I wish to let tlie public know 1 . my idea of how I think the country could be settled to a great advantage to those Wishing' to take up land to make themselves a home. In the first place I would propose that an- Act should be passed entitled the " Inheritance Act," that is i When a man gets his title deed for his property, he could haye it, under this Act, so that it could neyer be disposed of-by him or any of his posterity hereafter. It could never be mortgaged or it could never be taken for debt. It would be a home for ever '(for the old maids) and the father to leave it to that son who had helped him the most on- the farm, in case the - eldest turned out a scape-grace. It would check~charitable aid. There would not be so many in the Old Men's Eefuge, there would be no need for Life Assurance* A man could die with the happy thoughts of leaving a home for his family behind him. It would suit all classes. It would ■ be a true perpetual holding, not like the i lease that is. wound up every 21 years ta go on for another 21 years. That is not perpetual:.. It is not likely that a inaa can work with- the same heart on a place that is to be valued in 21 years (if he does not like to continue on he will be paid for his improvements, and if he does continue it jneans that he pays for his own improvements of the past 21 years) as he could on a place that he knew was to be' come his own, and his family hereafter. Those who could afford it would be encouraged to build with brick or stone and improve their places better in every way than they do at present. The special set" tlements, that is on deferred payment, could have it under this Act, and learn to creep, before they walk, Build slab or raupo huts to live in.~ The cheapest for comfort, as they could not mortgage to build a flash house that would cripple them for years to redeem. — I am, <fee, 8.D., Makino.
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Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 143, 26 May 1891, Page 2
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389LAND SETTLEMENT. Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 143, 26 May 1891, Page 2
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