The Waikato Times. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1877.

Waikato Times, Issue 860, 20 December 1877, Page 2

The Waikato Times.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1877.

LBqualtVP l * exact mstico to all men, »tap>; priioisacisiuu, loligims <r , Ml the PresT the Pkoi'Lb'.s right

WHEKisAa it h.td beeii reported »o us. that the Devil wis not so. Mapk , as lie was painted, we telegraphed 1 to Wellington on Tuesday, Hind are; enabled to place the r.eal facts ofth£, case before our readers. .J^ , f s r lll)t true, as ouu cor^p ollt i en t iniortns \\% iVrac the Legislative Gouucil, at tho close ot the Session, sent the Lands Bill buck to the .Assembly with the 112thclause so altered as to extend the leases from ten years to fifteen, and that the Assembly, anxious to jiroi adop'ed the alteration. Our authority afc the time lbi' the statement, was that, of tho Wellington corresp mdent of the 'Hei\dd,'aad that journal, equally with ourselves, has, been led into error in strongly, com men ing upon the case .as it .appeared to exist?. And. while we are writing on the subject, we may correct another error also, which the loose way ol alluding to these Canterbury licenses as leases has giveu rise to, that is, that in giving runholders u tenure ftom 18§0 to 1890, they have given to them the uuiutei nip tea occupation of the runs for thai period. This, we are assured, m nor so —that «,iu fact the runs are held under license open'' to selection bv persons desirous of purchasing the freehold, and held uninterruptedly' siihply as againat would be rival lessees. ;