MR MATHESON’S SPEECH.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 6177, 8 April 1907, Page 3

MR MATHESON’S SPEECH.

(To the Editor “N.Z. Times.’’) Sir, —I wish to thank you for the very fair report (in yesterday’s issue) of my New Plymouth speech, ami at iha same lime to record u mistake or two that havd crept in between shorthand notes and printed matter • Vcur report —Convinced when ho went on the Commission. SpeechThought when ho wont on the Commission. Your report—At the end . convinced freehold was the best for tho farmers of the colony. Speech—At the end . . . convinced freehold Was tho best for fanners and colony alike. Your report—Had recently decreased 60 per cent, in rent value. SpeechHad during last sixty six ' years decreased 50 per cent, in rent value. Your report—Did not think it likely lands of this colony would .decrease in rent value, but . . . .Speech—Did not say it would happen here, but there was no possible insurance against it, and . . . Your report—lt wns impossible to get agreement among valuers. Speech— Tho man who made improvements on his farm and the official who camo to value in order to fix future rents would never agree. Your report-—No valuer could assess tho value created by tho felling of bush. . . . Speech—What valuer at tho end of sixty-six years could estimate fairly, etc.? Other differences are, I guess, tho result of abbreviation. —I am, otc., WILLIAM B. AIATHESON. Rongomui, April oth, 1907.