THE WAY THE MONEY GOES.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4225, 22 September 1892, Page 2

THE WAY THE MONEY GOES.

Ad apt illustration of the manner in which the present "Liberal" Ministry squander the money of the taxpayers is supplied by a return laid on the table of the House, giving the cost of removing the various Crown Lands Commissioners and their families from one district to another, The removal of Mr Humphries from Auckland to Napier cost £160; of Mr G, Williama from Napier to Southland, £l5O 10s 9d.; of Mr J> H, Baker from Cbristchurch to Wellington, £203 8s 9d.; of Mr J. W, A.Marcbant from Wellington to Cbristchurch, £l7B 9s 2d.; of Mr J, Straoban from Mataura to Hokitika, £193 13s 4d,; of Mr G. Mueller from Hokitika to Auckland £lO2 13s 4d.

Now, all the money was worse than wasted, for it was expended in doing serious injury to the land ad- , ministration of the colony. The various Commissioners too transferred from districts with which they were intimately acquainted, to dig-; triois of wbioh they knew nothing, Take the case of Mr Marchant, lor example. That gentleman had laboriously acquired a wide fund of information about every part of the Wellington Provincial District-informa-tion that was invaluable to the Land Board of whioh he was the Chairman. He was shifted to Canterbury, where

tliß character of tbe coantrj is essfintully different from that of this district! and.was replaced by a gentlomW who had no experience ill bush finds, Mr Marcliant had to Bet. to \work to make himself with the Canterbury district, and Mr Baker had to undertake ft similir task in regard to this district, It will take years of hard work before'either of them can become .as fanliliar with his new district as with that which he left. There was no in the worldjfer the changes. Mr Uurcbant had gmii complete satisfaction here, and there had been no fault found with Mr Baker in Canterbury, The some remarks apply with equal force to the various\ other transfers. The whole system of land adminisnation was turned lopay turkey, and the country put to heavy expense, merely to onable tho Hon. John MeKenzie to show tlie-.world what a high and mighty person ago. lie was 1 —Evening Priss,