LAND AGENTS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 97, 24 April 1912, Page 6

LA ND AGENTS.

DEMAND FOR REGISTRATION. (Per Press Association.) Hamilton, Last Night. A deputation of land agents waited on the Prime Minister to-day, urging the necessity for legislation for the registration of land agents. r l hoy asked that Mr Geo. Witty’s Bill should be brought in as a Government measure. Mr Mackenzie asked the views of the deputation of an agent soiling land at £SO or £6O an acre and accepting a deposit of a few pounds only. Did they not think by such transactions that values were being unduly forced up above the nominal value? The deputation replied that this was outside the province of an agent, resting solely with the vendor, who stated his terms. Mr 'Mackenzie asked if this state of affairs ought not to be corrected. ft was considered'by the deputation that reform in this respect was perhaps desirable. The Prime Munster replied that not only did the Government want the status of those dealing in land raised, hut it desired to protect the public from the artificial values raised by these small deposits. Ho would not promise .anything on the Statute Book this year, but ho promised to go into Mr Witty’s Bill and see if anything could he done in the direction indicated. Ho quite approved of the status of those engaged in the sale ol land being fixed and guaranteed. Replying to the question by Mr Mackenzie as to what qualification a man had to carry in order to he registered, the deputation said that this was proposed to be left to the local authority.