PROPOSED LAND RESOLUTIONS.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 22, 21 July 1864, Page 3

PROPOSED LAND RESOLUTIONS.

* ■ ' - Q?lie ; fdllowiag " are - tMyrfesolutiops ; gro-, pps^&t'by^Mi^ Pro^ijicialj Cpupp^ ja^tiHelwi ;Land.:^ i »X-*b"' 4 Ist. ..That) iierrLaM; Regulations in force in-this Proyirtbe^liaV^ worked .very ■■(m_atisfacfto^ji ; '''.|)pP "regards the sale of Land* ancl. i^l.YL^asi^g, of Buns '-for* Pastoral' " ' purposes ; ' , .'.That sintje the Southland Waste Lands' Act, 1863, will alter some ■•■clauses only of these ifregitta- ' tions, it 4 will Md ,to their complexity and insuificie:^ .system re-quires to be r.emo,deUed... | 2nd. That raising the ttpset price ofall* Lands in r tKej' P^oyince of Southjand'to" £2 per Acre, as provided by the Southland Waste SLdmsds "Aet, -will -greatly check, jf not. \yholly;*prevent the sale, of Land, arid will retard indefinitely the settlement of the ProvinceY ■'■■ ' Ay ' • „,,.,...,.,, 3rd. That .the Regulations in for£e^iir the Province of Canterbury. s for the' sale of ' Rural Land by Pree Selection over the whole area of the Province, as well as those for the Leasing of Runs, have been productive of the greatest Benefit-to-that Province; and that the introduction^ into the Province of Southland of essentially similar Regulations .would bd highly beneficial. ..-...,... , 4th : That looking: to the less,advantageous position of Southland, in respect of wealth., population, and attTactayenes,^ to settlers, £1 10s per acre is thejlargest . upset price which can be with, prudence demanded for Rural Lands, and tHis only for lands comprised within the > Province of Southland as originally constituted by the Governor -S Proclamation of lst April, 1861. " ' : ■ ii ; ,,; ; .;;' I : '." ; sth. Thatthe moiantailiotis | character and the. less .accessible situaifcipn of ; the. Districts lying outside those boundaries, j and now united, or likely to be united to the Province 1 of Southland' requiije that J the Lands mthin those Districts' (should, be disposed of on ter ms affording (special inducement to settlers. ■ j 6th. That on Stewart's Island j and in such other outlying' Districts- as may be hereafter. ' ]^i^i'''^pi'ypieYi,'Pvoy^ce of .Southland, Townships, with'tracts -oi\Land adjacent there to,to-beJaid.oiFby the Chief Surveyor, and if approved of " py... the. Superintendent, and the' "Waste | Land Board, be reserved to be sold in thie same manner as Town and. Suburban Lands in other parts of the Province: ••■'•'■■■• j * 7th. That Lands. situated without the original boundaries of -the Province .of Southland, and not ; set' apart for Townships as above, or for Special. Settlemkrt^as, hereinafter proposed, ought to be thrown open for free selection in the same man-; ncr as other * Rural. Lands,,, but; at the upset price of £1 per acre. j Bth. That, power ought to be given to the,_ Superintendent and . tlie. , , -Pro^vipLCxal^ Council, from, time to time, to -define and set apart any .district ;or districts lying without the original boundaries of" the. Province of Soutliland, for the formation pf .. special^ settlements, in which j lands "niay'b'e granted without charge, in quantities . not exceeding 40 acres to each statute adult, and in like proportion to children, to such apprpved ; ;; settlQr^a|s may,,' Vt their Vwn cost, immigrate and; settlethereon^, in, .. accordance . with , ; regulations to be hereafter framed. ;y\ \ ._. y .... . 9th... Thai; ins regards past'? purchasers under the Land Regulations of 1856; the provisions contained in Clauses 11 land 12 of -the Southland Waste Lands- Act^, 1863., ought-tp be^ maintained. .. ; ,, .-■;■ \ ii'Hii; lOtli. ' That a memorial be presented tp the Grovernor, embodying thej above., resolutions*,' setting ; forth that ''thej Southland Waste Lands' AAct was .passed iHthout the knowledge pr assent of the Legislature, or the people of this Province; that-itp so ;imperfect that, lt . mustl.be. ..amended wheheYer the, Legislature shall meet, and praying that His Excellency' will therefore be pleased to delay bringing -the- Act into operation, until the -/views* .of the G-eneral .Assembly,', can, -be.; taken, --pn,, ampw bill,, basedonthe above resolutions' '-.•■• j ysAii ■■:> llth.- That a copy" of these 'resolutions Ibe forwarded to both/ the 'Members for' th_ ; County of "^^abej I ;'imd;''that they be requested to.giye all' theJsupppft in their power to tlie!p^