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FAMILY SETTLEMENTS

THE BILL INTRODUCED.

ITS PROVISIONS EXPLAINED,

By Telegraph—i'jw Association.

WELLINGTON, Last Night

The Family Settlements Bill was introduced by Governor's Message in the House of Representatives this afternoon, and read a first time. Sir Joseph Ward explained that, the Bill provided for the purchase of land on the deferred /payment system, as between land-owners and settlers, direct. When, the purchasers- under deferred payment had paid the whole of the purchase money, if the total of payment exceeds the the land they acquired, the amount of the excess was to be paid by the Government to the owner, with interest at 4 per oent. for 10 years. If the total payments were less than the prioe that was to : be M paid to the owner the amount of the deficiency was to be paid to the 1 owner with interest. In thi6 case, the country would not lose l the deficiency, because the country paid only from; the proceeds received from the settlers for ten years. The cost ■ of roadingand bridging was to be distributed and settled under the deferred payment system as between the owner and the settler. The land. was to be disposed of by tender or puiblic auction. There was to be no ballot. Provision is made that where a railway is under construction a map is to be prepared showing the. position and area of all Crown land and private land which the railways will connect. "Private land" means native or European land. If the price of the land cannot be arranged between the' Government and owners, the land can be compulsorily taken. Provision is also made for the compulsory acquisition of native freehold land, leaving what \is necessary, in tfte opinion of Maori Land Boards, for the maintenance' of the natives. Provision is majje for family settlements, also individual (settlement and< ordinary settlement of the land. .The family settlements are to be composed of not less than ten and not more than twenty families. The land is to be as near as possible to a road or railway. A family includes a father, mother, and children under Ifi. The settlement area is not to exceed 400 acres. No family is to have more than one area. No preference -is to be given to applicants who have more capital than others. The land will be taken upon the optional system, except national endowment lands, when the tenure will be the renewable lease. Provision is also made for the employment of settlers on railway or road works until the land if. brought into cultivation. Individual settlement lands are to be near railway or road. The settlers are to be single men or women, widows or widowers, or married couples without children. The allotments are not to exceed 300 acres. The area of land acquired under the scheme is not to exceed 570,000 acres in one year, and not more than £1,000,000 as to be spent in any one year. Sir Joseph. Ward intimated that he did mot intend to put the Bill through this session, it being introduced for consideration during the recess. Something additional to the present legislation was needed to promote more rapid land settlement. He. hoped to evolve some definite method under which the Maor ris would be made to settle their lands iwith the help of the State lending departments.

Mr Massey said he approved of the new proposals. He would endeavour to 'assist the Minister in the passage of the Bill.' Sir .James Carroll said the Maori Had to ibe assisted in his agricultural pursuits, monetarily and instructively.

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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10461, 27 October 1911, Page 5

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FAMILY SETTLEMENTS Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10461, 27 October 1911, Page 5

FAMILY SETTLEMENTS Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10461, 27 October 1911, Page 5

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