•C—4b.

1905. NEW ZEALAND.

ROYAL COMMISSION ON LAND TENURE AND SETTLEMENT (INDEX AND SYNOPSIS TO REPORT, &c.).

Laid on the Table by leave.

INDEX—REPORT OF LAND COMMISSION. - PASB Land Boards, Constitution of ... ... ... ... ... ... ... vii Cropping by pastoral tenants: Prohibition to be removed ... ... ... is Residence conditions, All tenures to have similar ... ... ... .. ... is Ballot: All applicants to be examined ... ... ... ... .. x Roads, Loading for ... ... ... . . ... ... xi, xii, xiii Advances to Settlers: Rights of mortgagees, &c. ... ... .. . . xv Otago pastoral tenants: Regrassing and irrigation required ... ... ... xv Section boundaries, Power to adjust ... ... ... ... ... xvii Workmen's homes: Size of sections ... ... ... ... ... ... xviii Native lands: Area fit for settlement ... ... '... .. .. ... xviii Preferential treatment in special-settlement holdings .. ... ... ... xx Cheviot grazing-farms: Improvements and renewal of leases ... .. ... xi Rebate of rent should be fixed definitely ... ... ... ... ... ... ix Tenures— Majority Report— Reason for settlers desiring freehold ... ... ... ... ... xxii General objections to lease in perpetuity do not apply to State ... ... xxii -■'- .' On ordinary Crown lands option of freehold should be granted ... ... xxiii Land for settlements should be no variation in contract ... ... ... xxiii Recommendations ... ... ... ... ... ... .. xxiii Minority Report — - Area of Crown land remaining for settlement ... ... ... ... xxvi Recommended— Full value of improvements to all Crown tenants ... ... ... xxvii Lease for fifty years with twenty-one years renewals ... ... ... xxvii Thirty years instead of fifty years in land for settlements ... ... xxviii Pastoral Tenure — Restoring pasturage and obtaining low country ... ... ... xxiv Resting country part of year ... ... ... ... ... xxv Large areas necessary ... ... . . ... ... . . xxv Improved system of grazing required ... ... ... ... xxviii Small Grazing-runs— Unfortunately no power of resumption ... ... xxv Education reserves ... ... ... ... ••• xxx I—C. 4b.