CROWN LANDS.
REVALUATION SCHEME. (PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGBAK.) NELSON, July 26. The Minister for Lands, the Hon. Mr MoLeod, paid a visit to Tapawera yesterday, where he met a large gathering of Crown tenants. Referring to the petition from a number of Crown lessees that their rentals were too high the Minister stated his intention to bring down legislation dilring the present session giving every Crown tenant the right of revaluation With this in view he proposed to set up a permanent Revaluation Board, consisting of the Valuer-General, the Under-Secretary of Lands, and the Land Purchase Controller. Under the present Land Act, a lessee had the right of revaluation not earlier than three years, or later than six years after the commencement of the lease. The Minister reiterated the Government's policy, which was to assist the trier to the utmost limit the law allowed. . • , ~ • i.The meeting carried an enthusiastic vote of thanks to the Minister for his visit.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19063, 27 July 1927, Page 5
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