NATIVE LANDS COMMISSION.
SITTIXC AT WAXCA.VU. iVr I're-s Association, March 'll. I he Native band Commission sat here to-day. Ihe blocks which were the Mibof discn-M'in were the Alorikau I oi i inn acres. "Morikau \o. Z ot' I bin aeres, \\ b;:kaihuwaka 1-1,000 acres, arrd Taumataiua.hoe acres. IJepreventative Maoris who <rave evidence, said they were in sympathy uilb the suggestions made by tic ComniisHon at other piaees. and av.reed that the land at present was nol only io a lar-.-e e\teni. lyinjj idle, but for waul of cuhivation was deterioratinu'. The "cneral opinion was that the sale of land should cease, and that leasing should be prosecuted. Land nol used by the Maoris for villa#; purposes should be leased to Maori:-. for farms, and the balance ullered to Kuropeans. U was al*o j-vner.illy conceded that money derived from the lease of land should not he handed direct to the Maoris. Jt was .shown 1 hit 1 in th" prcat majority of cases the nionev ( .C 27,00() or £28.000), which the Maoris had recently received J'or the sale of their lands, had been dissipated. The Commission resumes to-morrow.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 23 March 1907, Page 2
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187NATIVE LANDS COMMISSION. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 23 March 1907, Page 2
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