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owned or occupied by Maoris. Tc.overcome any SS&Sto bring such lands titles to the lands proposed to be developed the *at ve ™ ter ownerB we re prevented under the scope of a development : Upo.not within the scheme from interfering with the work of development, and private a / ien ™ ° « f Fjnance througn the was prohibited. The funds for development were proved by thM Native Land Settlement Account. The difficulties as to £"*%£ Minister was armed development and settlement of the with the most comprehensive in 1930 empowered or delegate to any Maori Land Board or to tNf^~ t and imtitnte d a system of development !SSmh »s=s:i^:^ behalf of the beneficial owners. NATIVE-LAND DEVELOPMENT POLICY. The effective occupation of lands owned and held by 2S angles at different periods in the history of the Dominion proportion other lands was much greater than it is now the element of the, sett ement ot m i ancestral lands was a subordinate and barely there appear up to affluence of those owners from the proceeds of the lease or sale 01 s * tQ , the beginning of this century any o acquisitln 5 land from the Native farm their lands. Interest centred rather round the problem ol acq lement of it might owners by the State or private mdividu asn order Ve g u osoillated between the proproceed unhampered by the fcffieulte> £ «a of restrictions against acquisition by ■ 3 tte Native Land CommiSBion (parliamentary paper G.-lc, 1907). Gisborne, where conditions favoured ' P But in some Native districts, notably the East Coas,north oi umdo alternative the development of a Maori farming settlers. The Native policy, which would aim to encourage and tram the Maoris toi Decom _ ill-organized attempts (1907-9) had noted m its ™ZTvuZte wan oforganisation and support by Maori communities in industrial and fa™ «k amative of realizing portions of the niny of these had become half-hearted or had failed. the country gained, but by absorbing * into the SLSrtundeconomfc life of the country the case for a policy of assise J - —*~ * geneial rePOTt (G - 10 ' 19 ° 7 ' tS Native-land question at the present juncture apart from the well-being of the of the i-jAnSßsr £§H »:i should be placed " To our minds, what is now the P™ ount J°~ n ts that enter into the Nativebefore all others when the relative values oithem^y'*™g™ h7Maoris to become land problem are weighed-is the encouragementand trammg ol tn deliberatelv industrious settlers. The statute-book it had outlined a aimed in this direction. The ha f S avSlable in different ways for scheme or method of acquiring Maori lands « «™ng«icj avauao European settlement. The necessity of asking he Maon tc «ettte Ms properly recognized. It was assumed he wa s at once in a hassis sett» ssa* £•*— ~« * «*» „

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