THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY.

Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 60, 27 August 1877, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY.

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Tb;e, proposed Land Ta2s Bill, a| digest p,f yfhi9b. reached Uj-i by wire, last nigbt, i? yp.ry lengthy cpn,ta.ifls 169, pjausej?, besideff schedule apd important appendices. The. pripcijp^l features are :. All e^istirjg Acts, ; Oi , di Inance^1 nance^ a.^d Regulations tp, l?P Repealed f^pm tty.e hi when the nejy Act 9.ptne«f into op^ation j the pjdj Brovinee.s are. nj9|d,e la^d dis.triq^s, for eaph of vhicb. there will, b,e a, Cpmi , mission.er. and Board, appointed; by the Governor ;. t' c Board to be. entrusted* \vith, large powers in ijhe administration of' lan,di members tp retail? offipe fqr tbrep years and to, be eligible, for reappointment ;. members to, receive $% per and actual travplling alJpTraijpe ■> allf Crowij, landf? to be divided into, town, suburban an.d ri^al ;. all to^n an,d _(üburban land, to be. ofljered, at public, au^ion, in seo.tipns to be. determined by t,he Board, with, the approval. of the Governor, The mimmpm price of town land tp be £20, pop acije, suburban £ - & per apre and rural land, as pey.appendix ;. provided that j no largpr quantity than 320, acres he o^ared in, og,e lot ;. any person extorting aipney for abj..taii)ing from, bidding tp.be liable two years' infiprisonm, e »t 9ra ; fipe of £5,00. Land, of either of the three classes tyay be, set aside fpu payment, on deferred, payin.ents ;. no person allowed to selec); land, ip more than one class, nor more thaq one section ;. np ■ allotment of roral land, tP exceed 320, or 'of suburban 20 acr^?. The, price fer f deferred, payment, to b<? oije half more th^an for cash ;, deferred payment, to oxtend, over five years for town and subur- - ban, and, t^ij, yea^s foi; rupl 1/ind ; thp j yearly fee to be ono fifth, of tjie pr,ico for town and suburbun, one tenth for rural land. The selector within two years to cultivate one tenth of the land, ifr.ur.al, and one fifth of town or suburban land ; '[The Governor may set apart blocks pf

pastoal land, in allotments not exceeding 500Q acres each, for sale or ljko terms of deferred payments, but such sales should bo made not moyp than tvpplve youths before the p?piry of the existing lease, subject tp, and occupation to commence at thp termifltitipn. Provision is also made for conservation of forests, cutting ' timbef, flax, and fpr other purpose^.