MAORI LAND PROBLEMS
COMPLICATED OWNERSHIP TASKS BEFORE COURT (Special to THE SUN.) GISBORNE, To-day. It is generally well-known that many Maori lands are held by large numbers of owners and that methods of administration are remarkably complicated, with the result that sometimes utmost difficulty exists, not only in the determination of ownership of the land itself, but also of the stock. The position in this respect on the East Coast is particularly bad and a striking instance was quoted during a cattle-stealing charge in the Supreme Court yesterday. A witness stated that a block of 2,000 acres was owned by about 1,000 Maoris. The block was controlled by a native corporation, which farmed the property. The individual owners, however, retained the right to graze their own cattle and horses on the block. With a complicated position of this nature it can readily be understood how difficult it is to collect rates on native lands, while the problem of obtaining accurate stock returns can easily, be imagined, - ——.—
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 71, 15 June 1927, Page 9
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166MAORI LAND PROBLEMS Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 71, 15 June 1927, Page 9
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