The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O' CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1880.
On the first of tbe present month the provisions of the Land Act 1877 Amendment Act 1879 came into operation. Many of the amendments are improvemerits upon the did act, and bear testimony to the desire,of the Government aud*nie Parliament to offer facilities to persons, desirous of permanently occupying the waste lands. The clauses referring to the sale of land on deferred payments give power to the Governor to fix the price of rural land at one ponnd per acre, and suburban lands at not less than ninety shillings. By another section any selector may, after the expiration of three years, receive a title to his lapd* instead of six years, as provided for 44 tne former. Act, proTided he carries out the conditions set out in his license. This, of course, limits tbe time of compulsory occupation. Considerable interest appears to be taken on the Thames in the matter of acquiring -land under deferred payments, and for the benefit of persons interested we quote the sections of the Act referring to the same. Every selector shall, at the time of making application for the land, deposit to the Receiver of Land .Revenue, in the case of suburban land, an amount equal to onetenth of the price of the land.; in the case of rural land an amount equal to onetwentieth of the price of the land. In the event of the land being, put up to auction the purchaser-shall forthwith pay, in addition to tbe sum he has deposited, an equal to the one-tenth or one-twentieth, according to. the class of land of the increased price obtained for the land at auction. Persons shall not be allowed to obtain more than one allotment of land on deferred payments, nor be entitled to select land in more than one class. The price to be paid for the land when it is open for selection and sale, for cash, shall be such cash price and one-half thereof added, and when the land is purchased at auction then the highest price bid for the land at such auction; and the land in.such cases ii to be put up to auction at ihe upset price, and ouehalf thereof added. Any person of the age ot 18 years may be a selector, but if such person has forfeited the right to hold land selected by him by reason of the fraudulent breach of any of the conditions of his license, or has secured a freehold under the deferred payment system, he shall not be allowed to make a new selection.
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Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3461, 28 January 1880, Page 2
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441The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O' CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1880. Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3461, 28 January 1880, Page 2
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