Kapiti Island.
Mr Duthie, in his speech on the Imprest Supply Bill, asked for particulars in regard to the purchase of Kapiti Island, comprising some 5000 acres. He said it was purchased as a sanctuary for native flora and fauna. At the time the Government secured it there were three tenants on the island, owning three separate flocks of sheep. To determine the interests of the settlers, eight different valuators were brought from various parts of the colony, at an expense of £35 or more each. The cost of chartering the Duco for the trip was £435, and legal expenses £B6o, while the compensation awarded to the tenants was £4353. Since then the island had been placed in charge of a caretaker. The member for Wellington declared that nothing had been done for the purpose for which the island had been t acquired. An enormous waste of money had, he alleged, taken place. Two deer, cer tainly, had been liberated on the is-land-one,' a buck, had been shot, and tho other had got tangled up in a fisherman’s net, and killed.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MH19050704.2.8
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3542, 4 July 1905, Page 2
Word count
Tapeke kupu
181Kapiti Island. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3542, 4 July 1905, Page 2
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Manawatu Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in