The Daily News TUESDAY, JANUARY 22. CURRENT COMMENT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81917, 22 January 1907, Page 2

The Daily News TUESDAY, JANUARY 22. CURRENT COMMENT.

On Ibis colony's political imnii Cere is nothing in our opinion m-.iv ini j portant twin the .Maori laud-.. «n;e. ' turn, not excepting la.fil tenu-.e j Also, there is no matter so ,i llicud'i ot solution as flic disp„,al <f Maori 'l' "■"' »"' lrcai.no..: of the l Maori themselves in ~.-,. snal land. On aocounf ( f the ••fink"-. I nig" of Hie past, tilings hj, ;jii; i..,, ;1 -| ' are now in just about as dol>htlul i ! tang,-.' as they can well i.e. . li, ,a ; ! been a riilliculi ipiestimi to de.n with I Hi Ihe past, and it is none th- U- ■ dillicult at the pros,,,; ( ;„ ~ ' v ,','.. I .horn-,; aUempt lo pemeiato Vi'J jungle and straiglileui • i:f in;i,. s :.l worthy id prai,e."and for ;[:]■. ■";...- ■ ! we are glad to see ,hal ,v- Piomi.-r 1 appointing \|,'c rovai'e'e.n.,''."'',', 1 ;'.". ( -poke of s mi,., ;,,,., ; , ~,, ;„; ,i Iho wnole ,ji lion ex;;:,. .;., ; ,. Al Diiiiedll the ol'c- re-,, h•,l - ' chi'-ed He- naiiio. of ,wo ,:".. j,-..,.;, He. viz.. the Chief di: . ,-.. :; ',-.: -,|,- Xgala, M.11.i;., a , v; .'! |.m;, vl i Mao;: other member is -„li!l u.,- ~- n :i . ~ ; ,' side-oition id' the <;.,... : -. ,-. .. t _ possilile fan.;, can be f-um I -,..• 11, {■■ I'.ppoiiKiiients. 'J'iiey a:e exc dle;.i, bo found in the cilony. 'i'l, . 'elniiu'i' , sioners will have iio-ii- oanils full. They arc to make their ih,( np >;-, ; v ■ilfly J.llll of tin, year and ,l;e,|- tiiial report by Januarv Ist. Itlllli. and th,.y have been directed to frame their re. ports so as to facilital • prompt act 0:1 being taken, and in particular to fur nish in their reports such detail as to tlie lands available for Hnrojican setCement as will enable Parliament C> give immediate lc : _o-:,:t vo oli'ccf to any of flieir recommendations. The colony wants .Maori lands brought n--10 profitable use, wi'.ii the into rests of flic Maori properly and ia'ra' sal • guarded and conserved end pro\isiou made for tlicin ami their dec ■ndanls. It is to lie hoped the obtaining o! these desirable resu,;,, will lo has,cued as a result of the work cf the coinm-., skin. Details of the returns collected list year relative to the dairy industry are now available lor comparison with the previous census in 1:101. Cleat expansion and progress characterises every department in which ligures were received. Tlie number of lac tories thcreased from 217 in 1!W1 to 2U4 in lUOli, and skimming slafous rose from 2U2 to ■C'iu. Besides this the value of the output totalled £2,581.038 in K»o, as agai-.st .C1,5:)5, l.'il) lor MlUll. 'lie produce of' lac tory-tiuaiip. butler wa < ~-:ot down at oT,STS.uI,I::. aa.l for I'.i'U) at. 2!),705,3101b, whi'o en e mad,' a s'm ilar increase from |;j!i.ii.-<7cwt to bill,Wllcwt in the same period. T,ie in dtistry now employ..-. Its! hands, an increase from lpll! in 11)01, and tlr.-v received £1:11,12:! in irages. Tinlaud and buildings.used for factories approximates to a quarter of a million pounds in value, and the inaehii.eiv and plant is worth .(.'.'11.1,(180. Ily far tire greater number id'factories for making butter are in the North is laud, the number having been lilll oui of a tola! of -"it. which turned oui 411.300,0001b of but:--!- in the vear 1'.10... leaving nearly 1 1.."n l.i;'t"d> as the out put of li-e .Middle Island. Taranaki is the ]irovii,cial district in which the operatioirs ale by far the greatest. 111.400,00011) of butler being (lie result of the factory oocraliens, and over 42.r>00cwt of eireese. Wellington factories show for I!l(i."> a total' of over CUOU'Wilil'. of butler ami ;;(.7lli.'e-vt of choose. tit.igo makes more cheese t-iO.UOOcwt) in its fact-rics than any other district.