The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1881.

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3876, 1 June 1881, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1881.

\ ***' c *cc" in'reference to our report of. the proceedings at the County Council meeting this afternoon that Cr Porter moved the following resolution—" That Government be requeued to grant a. soon a. po» 4 ,ble the freehold of the sections under- |he Agricultural Leasing Kegulations 16 the, present occupiers, and that •11 sums of money paid in the way of rent from; the date of purchase hy the Government be allowed as part of purchase money, and that the purchase money do not exceed the sum of 10« per acre, that being the upset price of such lands in the -Prorineial District of Auckland at the time the land was taken up by the present holders.;" Many of our readers will remember well thecircumstances under which the Ohinemuri agricultural leases were taken up—That people.were induced to settle on small holdings of fifty acres, with, the promise, that as soon as the Government acquired the freehold of the gold field, the selectors should have the first right of purchase. It was likewise understood that the price- should be the upset price ruling at that-lime for waste lands in colony. The agricultural lessees are doright in reminding the authorities, through! their representative (Cr Porter)

of the promises made to them in the pastThe Native Land Purchase Department have completed, or nearly completed, the acquirement of the whole of the goldfield, and we feel sure the Government will be disposed to .meet iv a fair spirit the ' demands of OJenwho, by their industry and perseverance, have done so much fur the advancement of this portion of the i colony.