MOKAU NATIVE LANDS.
At Leviu last night, Sir James Carroll, referring to the Mokau laud, in a lengthy summary of the position said the position today was that the Native owners (who used to get per annum for the leases) now had ,£25,000 purchase money, which was equal to ,£I2OO per annum. As the-*^
leaseholds would have run for thirty years more the reversions would have been worth nothing to the present owners. He was sure
they all would see that the company which held the laud to-day was bound to thrown it open for settlement within three years and the Government had escaped a treble set of lawsuits which it would have been liable to had it
dealt directly with the block
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 1066, 7 November 1911, Page 2
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123MOKAU NATIVE LANDS. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 1066, 7 November 1911, Page 2
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