THE NEW LANES BILL.

Patea Mail, Volume III, Issue 251, 5 September 1877, Page 2

THE NEW LANES BILL.

The following is a precis of the new Lands Bill, as compiled by the Press Agency :—The proposed Land Act is very lengthy; it contains 169 clauses, besides a schedule and 10 important appendices. The following are the principal features-:—All existing Acts, Ordinances, and Regulations -are to be repealed on the Ist December, when, the new Act comes into operation. Old provinces will be made into land districts, for each of which there will bo a commissioner and board, appointed by the Governor. ,;

' Boards will be entrusted . with large powers in the administration of land ; members to retain office for three years, and to be eligible fox reappointment. Members to receive £1 per sitting, and actual travelling allowance. All Crown lands to be divided into town; suburban,' and rural, and aU town aiid suburban lands to be offered at public auction, in sections to be determined by the board and approved of by the GoyeiinoryT £heoninituum prt£e of town land per -acre f sttbinv ban land, £3 ; and rural land, as per appendix,' -provided/’ that" ‘ho larger quantity than 320 .acres be offered in one lot. r ' !

-Any persons extorting,.money for abstaining from bidding will be liable to a years’ imprisonment, or a line /of two hundred pounds ; and anyone accepting money for the same will; be 'liable to two years’ imprisonment, or a fine of £SOO. -n

Land of either of the three classes may lie set aside for deferred paymentNo person will be allowed to select land in more 1 than one :class, nor more than one section. . • Noallotment -'of t rural - ' land is to exceed acres,. or of suburban land, 20 acres. "‘ 1 i J '" ! i The price, for deferred payments is, to ''be blae~ha!f‘mbr9;tfi i an for "cash. - Deferred payments' 1 extend over five years for town and. suburban .land, and ten years for xffi-iti' h ' v y^riy ! fefe to be one-fiith ofr-the - 'price for town and suburban r land, and ,one-tenth for rural. ' rothifr two years, cultivate one-tenth of the land if rural, and one-fifth if town or suburban. ; The Governormiay set Apart blocks of pastoral .land in allotments not exceeding 5,000 kcreir each for eale, ; oh like terms of deferred payments \ but such sales shall be made hot' ? ifiore than twelve months before expiry, of ,the, existing and * A subject A thereto.., occmpatlcih to ; commehce at termination of lease.

. Provision has also been made for the conservation of forests, and for cutting timber,'llax, knd other purposes.

CARLYLE TOWN BOARD. A MEETING of the above Board was held at the County Council Buildings, on Monday evening last, when there were present; Messrs. G. F. Sherwood (in the chair), Milroy, Taplin, Aitchson, Adams, Rhodes, Williams. Correspondence read—Letter from P. Larsen, requesting permission to fence off roadway, Dorset-street not entertained, as objection had been raised ; from S. Taplin, similar application to above ; from S. Taplin, withdrawing application to fence and objecting to road being fenced; from return of cost of valuation for present year ; from G. A. Northcroft; -Masterton, enclosing 4s 2d arrears-of rates.; from G. D. Hamerton, New Plymouth, enclosing lease of Cemetery reserve ; from W. Cowern, enclosing bank'draft for £llO 8s 9d, balance from receipt of sales, after deducting charges; from same in reference to exchange of land with 1 John Collins from John Collins, for /exchange Of part of Recreation Ground for Lot 5, Block 43 } from G. D. Hainerton, notifying legistration of plan of section No. 2, Block 3G. Resolyed—That form of lease of Cricket Reserve he, returned to the solicitor, with ‘instructions' that'it he compiled in terras of resolution passed by .the Board. Tenders Wefe opened for work in Mere-dith-street as follows :—J. E. Keys, £l2 (accepted) }- J; Johnston,- £l3 (rejected). Work to be completed in four The Chairman was requested to r a safe.' y On the motion of Mr Milroy, seconded by Mr Williams, it was resolved—“Thata rate of 9d in the £, as publicly notified in the Paxea Mail, .he. .payable on. all rate-able-property within the Township of Carlyle.” ;; ? ; The Chairman, Mr S. Taplin, and Mr W. Aitchson were empowered to sign the rate hookj in terms of; u The Rating Act, 1876.” It was agreed to correct error in Mr Beamish’s lease, aqd that the Secretary write; to. Mr Harriertoiv respecting: same, also toiapk him to forward Mr Erskine’s lease: as soon:as possible. Accounts were passed, and. the,meeting adjourned. : "