NATIVE TOWNSHIPS AND THE LAND BOARDS.
TO THE EDITOR. Slß,—The Maori Land Boards, of which a brilliant sample exists in the King Country, are the legal owners of the townships of Otorohanga, Te Kuiti, and Taumarunui, under the provisions of " The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900, and Amendments." This ownership is coupled with a trust that it shall receive the rents of the township sections, and pay the same to the Native owners, deducting", of course, a commission for so doing. Now, take the township of Taumarunui, the sections of which were sold about two and a-half years ago, and for which, presumably, the Land Board has been receiving the rents since that time. lam credibly informed that not one penny has been paid to the Native owners, therefore it is only fair to assume that it is still in the Board's possession. It has been alleged as a reason, that the Native ownership has not been defined by the Native Land Court. If so, then the Native Department is to blame for not doing so, or taking any steps in that direction, and in the meantime the Native owners are being withheld their rents.—l am, etc., OBSERVER.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume I, Issue 42, 9 August 1907, Page 3
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198NATIVE TOWNSHIPS AND THE LAND BOARDS. King Country Chronicle, Volume I, Issue 42, 9 August 1907, Page 3
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