DUNEDIN.
EVASION OF THE LAND ACT. June 20. From what fell from the Chief Commissioner at the Waste Lands Board to-day, it seems that the Land Act is being evaded daily, and that most of the evils attendant upon the deferred payment system in Victoria are to be met with here. —Mr. Maitland said the practice of those evils in all directions was coining under his notice daily, and people were trying all sorts of dodges to get rid of their responsibilities under the Act. Dummy ism was also practised.—Mr. Butterworth was very sorry to hear what had fallen from the Chief Commissioner, and Mr. Green expressed the opinion that the Board should use its utmost endeavors to prevent any evasion of the Act.—The discussion arose in connection with two applica- [ tions to purchase, made by holders of deferred payment leases in the Teviot district.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 362, 21 June 1877, Page 2
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