LAND NATIONALIZATION.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 139, 12 May 1884, Page 2

LAND NATIONALIZATION.

A representative of the New Zealand Herald interviewed the, ' doctor on board the- Tsukuba m Auokknd, and obtained a good deal of interesting information from him relative to social and political customs m Japan. It appears that the land is nationalised m Japan, and (writes the Herald) " we are quite sure that Mr Rolleslon j would receive not a few valua-lei hints towards his next Land Bill if he could have an hour's conversation j with the surgeon of the Tsukuba. The Government of Japan simply i gives a certificate to occupy land, [f j that certificate has been given the] land is never taken wifchoutj compensation. In old times different^ districts Wdre held by the Daimois, orj nobles, but now the laud is all under; the Emperor. The holders. of hind! pay rent to tho -Government, ,The' a nount of rent varies m different places, the highest being -m ■ the miildle of the capital, and m those p-irts of the country where the soil is good. The land is inspected l>y Go-; veinment officers, and the rent v to be; paid is s< t !ed. If the holder sells he, merely sells the right to occupyC The right to occupy is perpetual' so long as the rent is paid to the Government. There is not at present any limit to the amount: of land a man may hold, but Dr Aoki thinks it likely that by-and-bye a limit will be put to the quantity any one person may hold." ' '" H ' .