THE NATIVE QUESTION.

King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 178, 2 August 1909, Page 2

THE NATIVE QUESTION.

Legislation F oreshadov/ed. The Hon. Jas. Carre/: attea'.i.i a meeting of natives at Paa; the Wairarapa district on V.Vir.c : ; :.y. arranged in honour of his r-rorr.r.:tr to the post of Acting-Pre-mier. a aeeeb ; -s were made by Messrs Parata. : I'orand Buchanan, and an illuminated aadress was presented. Mr Carroll went exhaustively the Native land question. He said that out of 7,445,000 acres all tut 2,073,000 acres were under profitable occupation or vested in trust. The Government was faced with two problems —the settlement by Europeans by lease or sale, and settlement by the Maoris themselves. The former was provided for in part, but the latter was more difficult. If the Maoris were not j encouraged and educated to uti.ise their lands themselves it was inevitable that pressure of settlement mas: demand surrender of their reserve.-. The State could hold a proportion of land in trust for the Natives, tut could make such provision only or. tne assumption that the succeeding generation will be better trained than the present. Provision must be maiie restraining, especially in agriculture, ana for the cost of ascertaining titles ana surveys. Loans und;r the Advances to Settlers Act must be applied to Maoris, and fresh legislation must ae enacted. Purchases by the Crown should as far as possible, be through the Maori Land Boards, and some o: he money should be devote:i to such purposes as education a-.", hygiene. The following egisiation v::.; a: required:—!. A Native J.ana Court iii.;. dealing only w;:h tit.es. ana. everything relating to alienation e.imi.nated; 2. a Native Lena aett.emeat Bill dealing with, alienaticn the centra, and administration ay teat:.-, ana making extent.:-a r revision tar tne s-.-t----the Maoris it was ; . h 1 a; the easi-