The Land for Settlements Bill.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 45, 18 August 1894, Page 4

The Land for Settlements Bill.

o he i aud for ;3<-trleintMits Bill was ■.aiM before the v asie Lands C .- m ttte recently. .^evrral of th cuu-Cfc were re-catt with a vie»v u> Muipliucution.. ihe luost impor aiit alteration made was the insertion oi ii provision that n portion oi a block of land ohall he taken compulsorily. 1 his will protect the owner of a pr->,'-ei t\ from having" the value of hid estme destroyed by the excision '>r settlement ul rhe bes- portion. Ihe whole of the Bill has now been reviewed by the Ci'inumtee. Unexpectedly, th(; lease in perpetuity clause went through without a m r uiur. Where notice is r ivnn to :u. owner that a portion ot his estate is to be taken, he may, withiu 40 days of such notice, noniy the Government thut he desires the residue be taken also, and the residue will thereupo • be considered as taken, and full compensation mu>t be paid. Mr Duncan bas-nven notice of an amendaii'iit to the Bill in < omrniiee, iO thi- elicit thui it the lessee wi inn six years ot the v iui of Ins lease has complied with the prescribed cotuli tions as to improvements, ne shail he entitled to acquire ihe lee siiiip.e at tin! eu|)i al v.Jue uj.o.i wi.ich hi* rent was fix-ii