(To the Editor of the DAILY TIMES.)

Otago Daily Times, Issue 239, 25 September 1862, Page 5

(To the Editor of the DAILY TIMES.)

Sib,—Bf-f ;rc buying land in Otago, I should like to know if the dtpodtor oa (erroneously termed purchases on land, uuril he obtiius his Crown Grant, (by a tokou-s and troublesome process, after he has expend*;.] £2 p, r awe fjr improvements, which added U» the £1 dep wit, make 3 £S, the cost ot one acre,) U or is not int-rtly a scpatter upon Crown Land, and for vvcu t.in Jiaviaj to pay £1 per a-^e, the fee simple of goodlanl elsewhere, and are Government Servants ml tithes, entitled to trespass on, and trample, and destroy thow improvements oa whiih he may depend f«r ainainUniace. and to obtain his Crown Grant t!ie liert of liw holding, to be absorbed for useless ro^ls, and so cut up tm, that with broken fields, and expen.se of superfluous feac&* to render it almost worthless, aud for alt this obtain, if any, only nominal r&iress.

If it is the ca^?, it maybe an oversight of the framers of the. Land Ordinance, and if the Improvement Clatise of it is invalid, it is quite natural to snpMKe that other clauses may have a legal bearing watch these laa-makert never contemplated if so the present Government should see to it, it ig their •Juty Ut themselves, as influencing their land revenue itw their duty to those who already liold land, aad it w their duty to persons about to invest in knd, that the*> absurd and cumbroas regulations, aerer destine 1 to hi enforced, fihould be rescinded, and nil doubt as i u> the tenure of knd removed, and holding of land not left at the tnerey and discretion of any Board It m a question of vital imiwrtance to the Province that tuere should be neither delay nor doubt of the validity of title to land. After consideration, if you think there is any cau*e for fsar, I trust you will use your influence to effect a remedy, and if yoa cannot attain that, British capitalists and emigrants should have matters properly rti>re*Mit«l to them, that they may not be misled by false impression*'. W. The Grange, K&st Taieri, 22n I Septcm'. • Vi"*.