HOW OUR LANDS WERE PURCHASED.
c In continuation of our remarks on the t nanner in which the Lands in the Wairarapa were bought. We may mention that a deed was produced in the Native Land Court last week, where a piece of land was purchased by 1 Donald M'Lcan ” for £IOO with the proc rise* that in tiic event of the land increasing in value, the native seller was to be reimbursed fie additional amount* It is, of course, undesirable to say where that piece of land is situated, but we certainly never heard a more practical case of tbe wisdom of the saying “ Caveat emptor.” In another instance, relating to the parchase of Te-Ori-Ori the deed of purchase says. —of course after the usual humbug of “ weeping over ” “ regretting ” and the process of “ bidding farewell ” —“ all the i trees, grass, water, houses, fences, and all and everything belonging to Collins,” (under the shining sun of Heaven, we presume.) (
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Wairarapa Standard, Volume IV, Issue 207, 11 May 1870, Page 3
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