NATIVE LAND COMMISSION.
♦— } SETTLEMENT AT ROTORUA. (Post Correspondent.). ROTORUA, Jlik 10. Of 800,000 acres in the King Country, about one-third has been dealt with by,the Native Land Commission. The taking of evidence was finished at Te Kuiti. on "Thursday, and the Chief Justice and Mr Ngata have both been at Rotorua. They think that a suitable area of land may be opened up for settlement in the. Rotorua district for sheep farming, and also for gardening in small holdings. At present Rotorua has to depend for vegetables mainly on Auckland. Reports on the King Country have been prepared by the commission, and a general report. No difficulty was found in dealing with the majority of the Ngatimaniapoto natives. Some of them, however, have joined the Waikatos and are petitioning Parliament for various thingsMr Ngata will leave Auckland on Tuesday for Gisborne, and deal with some matters there. The Chief Justice is expected to leave Auckland the following Tuesday for Wellington.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8461, 11 June 1907, Page 5
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169NATIVE LAND COMMISSION. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8461, 11 June 1907, Page 5
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