LAND ACT 1886 AMENDMENT

Pahiatua Star and Eketahuna Advertiser, Volume 1, Issue 17, 6 August 1886, Page 2

LAND ACT 1886 AMENDMENT

The following is the bill br uglii ) by Mr MrContle at the last iik.-I • of the Parliatnentorv I'nicsi : That all land shall be dispiard rf under the f (flowing condition* : IVfcrred |«yuient to axtend over a pcrnsl of i'. Years. Perpetual Wa*«-. with right to purr* ( y after 11 year* and within '2l year- T .t the rental shall br 2| | s r first 11 year*. * per cent f»-r tl » anil 7) tier Cent. (r>r the tlitrd 'err. 'll year* ; but in the event of port ’ . tere*t for the w hole (ieni*l will be el r ■ i at the rate of 5 per rent. |«r am in Such pitrrlioae money may t* pv i in instalments of not )«-•* than il' 1 p. r annum, together with inters*:. Perpetual lease, without p flit of p- r chase—land suitable for *ma!l fv-ui | settleiuent, in section* from 10 to 4*l acres. Government wtll be preps'- I to ' advance sums of money not r\ , A*2 10* |»r acre for hn*hfe!l:nr 1- i. i and grassing iliuutel to ft., i 10 to *i acres for an v one person); t-ygeth r v a furth,T aiivanre of Iran t.n t - • 1 •• toward* house building Small runs, from 2SX) to .'Ski shall be set a|>art on |>er]s -. ,11 , r term of M years : up*, t rnitil b! j - All llupri -y ernenl* to be p»i It r 1 incoming tenant at the expiration of I lease. In order to make settlement • the Waste land Hoard* of tin■hall be etu|<owered to borrow - in. f nionry front tune lo time, as etlln t may require, eipial t-> .VI j* r cent capital value at wduch the land sold, or on the value that the n i- il been based on. That all road Inn— *l* | rhsini wide, burned andgrac d. i. 1 . the cost be oddi-d lo the is. • >f - , The above w.irk *’iyl* i , j previous to the land being I 111 order that settler* wl • l i\. til i lup land prior to the passing •! ib V ! may be eimbh-d to take wl .i- ■ .y„ , < complete system of pal ro- -tr -* Government will be prcpui ’. : gr-t t i ! *auie concession a* |icoMdcd f.-r i c- :>. pm iM that tw i in any locahty *!u»ll agree to t* . t selve* to the amount of per .• i unpai 1 balance after tile u. In- I leawhoM shall expire; pr > 1- i r that the said 5 |*-r cent. *in 1 ■ i I on the same terms a* •* pi . I tlie Lcsl Bodies Is*an Act. A, That there shall he two -all, the year—in the mouth* of >iai September. That one third of all land* Oi i le ( oftcred to |*-r*on* with capital in Home country, on the some , it : settlement a* are contained in tin- A now in force, and subject also to cU *- * 2.3, and 4of this Art That the requirements of tb- v*r.i * land Board* shall be cotuput* I‘i-n or I forr the Ist day of January m . >ch v i». such computation to be baaed on t'. • capital value of lands srtthd •i*v.|, r tl .• | various heads of scttleiiuni. li.a: II amount shall la at tli. rat. < the gross value of all land •> set L.-i. on the additional ralnr of *«-tt)*-l lands a* provided for in clause 6of this Act. Ih.’ tho re- payment, together wuh iuteres-., shall br a first charge on the revenue of the various Waste lands li ants That the Agent General shall be ri powered to raise all such l-an -ast *- required (o carry out the clause* fi and 7 of thi* Art. That elauae 10 slioJl be • rov l«d f r the Agent-General imtiu.l i*- )v -■" r - sales of land held in the c-> nv. 1 St the prices realised shall br- c* .« 1 at : dose rf each sole. Mr Mct'ardl,. in tm--. ir-g tS 1 reading of the bill, said **’ vt i rthe settlement of the land »a • t -u-t im|(ortanre. In irder to - .. r success a different system r- >• wisild lutve to be adopt- I. j p j r one worked very bwdly. and t! Men! on fonmng tracks V I y .rt thrown away. To toko s>ttl> -is t bush districts without fir»t pr. . . with substantial roads was a gr, lake, and hr hod uilrodu . 1 •!. prr amendment to provide, am • ,-a . : r thing*, for aconipirte *y*t. ..f rvl Structi..n before the lar f ■ Waste land* Boards s . tile local bodies in seem.- t* i' t! . i was rxiwndesl to Uw- grist* - vtBegarding IxicTow mg. be d- 1 • would la- difficult t- ra don. as the land would le I. 1 |„ I they applied, and one half of r- •Iv, - i ' goto the lender a* sreurtt ~ Mr Md * said he would not like in • 1., a 'f to onppurt a pqwtiuu I is seeing that it had horn tr sndeavivrrd to hidd out great, r i *s to selector* than were now offered. In bis opinion wader ,i..i men that held land on jer; mal 1- *»•• Without right "f | .r ; . . into lower |*wttion* ; wrher. a* t 1 - right of purchase wrre gr*.i Mr Heaney rsgf. tie 1 t' t t' , ( such a thin altersiai. eto l- ; . , , , f the moat interesting *|* er.r s .if t •ton. He quite awirnVsel of tl ,i.y of t . suggestions in t) -bill not go far enough tn ti.. ee**fiil settlei.l, nt On# t. -.g i - belie** in. and Ilia: system of State aid intr-.1-:. . were offered Sub aid to and l*iild ho-i*. s, and tl.*o .Id hear of would I* ;• asking for aid. The tr y> UK nt w a* to p’lt gis«| •. j He disagreed olt'-grtbrr of hold mg the bind hoc! , railWSY* were imusfiwnted. and c I L - Ofsiwi: .p the count- by , Ut more uu|--rtance. 1a... .

no um> wlhout road*. The land (in the colony, and more especially in bu*h di» was far Umi liigli in price. He considered bind; hunt should be offered for As or l'N an acre. The nativen wen- |>aid as lunch for land in the first place an Furo- | ,-aiia should be asked for it. A Maori wan no deoht an good an a white man. but by the treatment of the two Government no doubt considered the former the bent. Mr Yeata congratulated the Premier on bringing down auch a necenaary measure. However, when the Houae went into oom-rmtu-e on t)ie bill, he would suggest several addition*—one of which would be alt* ring the conatitution of Waste I*anda Hoards. Hr thought the nominee system waa not a good one, and would like to see it made elective. Mr Miller supported the bill, and said if Uie roads were oiiened up people would C' me to sec the land, which at present they were unable to do. He considered the scheme a grand one. Mr King was in favor or the bill, but di<l not consider 5 chains sufficient to bo cut along road*. He would like to ac 10 • chains. Mr Whitcombe said if they borrowed ai all they might as well borrow for the | purpose of felling all the timber and putting up houses. No mention had been made in the bill aa to whether the land was to be sold by auction or tender. Mr McCardle briefly replied, and the House adjourned.