PARLIAMENTARY.

Thames Advertiser, Volume X, Issue 2711, 27 August 1877, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY.

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i. . Wellington, Saturday; > MB. BEiDEK WOOD's' MOTION.'-

i The -Ministry, ( with their - supporters,; determined to force tlio "provitius question. : ■ Mr Header Wood attacked Mr liowo. 1, Mr Kees hit' the nail when he said mem:, . bers should not allow themselves' to be' influenced by ~vaguo promises dangled: before them in tho lobbies. All interests were arranged secretly in lobbies. ! After the debate Mr Lusk addressed the Houso for somo time. " He said ho could not oonceivo a more unprincipled courso than that suggested by the.Colonial Treasurer for getting oyer the financial difficulties that beset the: colony. ' After half-an-hour's adjournment) Messrs i?yko> Do Latour, Barff, and Montgomery!' addressed tho . JSouso _ on- themotion of the House going into. Cpmmittee u 'of,' Supply. Tbe question was. put atld lost. ■ Ayes, 46 i noes, 13 \; majority/,, After the' division. Sir Georgo.. ,Qr.6y, attacked the Government.:. Ho said- his ;, vote was not sold iq the lobbies. He' would leave bis name to posterity.; ' He' -i would take an opportunity' of mbving'aresolution ripping up land 'transactions. He had no relative on the Bench,- ' They might bring him up for libel if he repeated the charges outside the House.--: ? The Premior replied. He said ho was; 1 only anxious to finish the business of tlio country. Ho was prepared to meet; Sir George Grey's resolution anywhere, and at any ttmo.—Mr Whitakor stated that the Government would take every tunity of meeting Sir GeorgeV Grey's charges relative to land transactions. ,

HOUSE: OF. REPRESENTATIVES. ,• ; " ,: l■ (PBE PBESS AGENOY.j,. :r ' '.I'' 1 Weliingion, Saturday. ' I Tho proposed Land Act is very lengthy, It contains 169 clauses, besides the schedule, and ten important appendices The principal features are All existing Acts, Ordinances,' and regulations are repealed from the Ist of December, when the new Aot comes into operation. The old provinces aro made, land districts, for each, of whiolrthere,jyill bo ;a: sioner,: and: 1 a Board', 'appointed" byfttio " Governor. The Board is entrusted! with largo powers in the administration l of ;• . land. The members are to retain office M for 3 years, and aro eligible for re-appoint- /& ment. The' members aroUo'ree'eive £1 per sitting, and actual travelling allowance; ; All Crown lands ar® |to be divided into town, suburban,; and rural. All town and suburban lands are to be offered-'at-' •public auction,, in sections jto bo deter. mined by tho Board. |witU the. approval of the-Governor.-1 The" minimum prioe of townj lands is-£2o ! per acre; suburban £3, and rural lands as per appendix, pro?ided; tbat no larger, quantity than 320 ' acres be offered in one lot. .Any persons 0 extorting money for abstaining from •> Bidding are liable to one, yoar's imprison* ; mont, or a fine of £200. ... Anyone'acpept" [ ing money for the : samo is liable to tyro yop'imprisonment, or £500 fino'/- Land « of,either of tho three classes'may be s'otMi aside for sale on doferred payments..'. No' person is allowod to select land in more than one class, nor more than ono section. ' No allotment of rural.land.is to exceed-' 320 acres, or of suburban 20 acre's, The price for deferred payments, ,is one half more than for cash.. Deferred payments, are to extend over five years for town and' suburban, and ten' years for rural. Tho yearly fee is to be one-fifth of the prioe for town and and one-tenth for rural. '1 ho selector within two years must cultivate one-tenth of tho land if rurt*|, and one-filth if town or'stiburbau, ! •The Governor may set apart a'

block''of pastoral land in allotments not exceeding 6,000 acres each, for salo on like terms of deferred payments, but Bucli sales shall be made not more than 12 months before the expiry of tho esisting lease, and subject to occupation to commence at the termination of the lease. Provision is also made for the conservation of forests,. and also for cutting timber, flax, and other purposes.