The Land Commission

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7747, 24 February 1905, Page 2

The Land Commission

(rer I'rcM Association, l INVRHCAItO.i-L, *■/>. 3«. Th» Land Commission tow wf" deuce for two hour* ihia nionring. jAM the witncsaiM condemned the loase-In-nernvtulty (system and qpofcc 'strongly in favour d' the light to purchase. The members of the Commission, left this afternoon for Orepuki. ArranßpnHit'it are being niadc for a hurried trip to Stewart Inland on Saturday evening. ! Later. lleioi-e the Lund Commission today, 0. IMguton Orp, settler, said the fact thaf- the lcaso-in-iwrnetgity selectors paid one |kt cent. }c.« interest was at first alluring, but they afterwards discovered their mistake. He would rather pay five i*r cent*! and have tire option to jmii < hm.- the freehold. ■ J. Mcl-can, a iiieuibe;- of th] Lend Bound, advocated surface sowing on runs with first-class seed supped by the Government in full. Land Hoards should have more diici-etiott. , ary power. I a. O'Connor, a lease-in-jierpciulty holder, complained that he could not get £7O from the Advancei to .Scttlois office on his improveuienta, I which were valued for, £265. He favoured option of Hie freehold, and ! would rather have the right to purchose al 6 per cent, than a loase-ln-perpottiity at 4 per cent. | J. M. Thompson, of Stewart Island, spoke agninjß locking up tint MPand for scenic purpose*. The<Hj» satjsfaction with the IcaaWniwrp*. I tulty system, ho thought, was duota | the fact that the optional system enabled persons to benefit from uul««asoa. Tfie dos*w for a freehold landiC t n owwere nU,UUOr ~ «*