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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2043, 16 July 1885, Page 2

If Silt George Grey were by any clianou to proposo anything useful and practical lie would probably surprise himself. His latest scheme is said to ko to suizc a nurabyr of largo estates, pay fov litem at a low rate of /.interest, and thm to lot tlio land in small farms under tliu perpetual lease system, at a rouial that would be only sufficient to meet expenses and interest on the debentures, Ah the scheme would involve the ruin of all large 'holders who bavo borrowed to any extent, this proposal would, of course, Sinn the radical element, At present thtfre is, hownve,r, no chance,of' it bfing In the meantime, there is a wny in which Sir Geouqh Grey could employ his superabundant enorgtes, Aceording (o the last report 'of the Crown Lands Department, there are about twelve million acres of land open lor selection in the Colony, Let him set to work .and settle these, ami by the time lie has finished with them, ft portion of the other twenty million that are mentioned will be leady. When lie has got through these, lie might turn his attention to seizing private property.