THE NATIVE LAND. SETTLEMENT COMPANY'S BILL.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XVII, Issue 5101, 2 July 1883, Page 3

THE NATIVE LAND. SETTLEMENT COMPANY'S BILL.

. The -following .are. the, jnain points of. the Bill which is to be introduced in the House next week' tor the New* Zealand Native Land Settlement Company, via.:— The refirtval of the: head office of the company from Gisborne to Auckland, and! the extension of ttiebafooftoeconipany's operations geneially thro^gnotxt^tue wnole , bf'tpe North Island, mnder the Company* Act. The head office ir'at present at Giaborne, bnt it has been Ittreed to work from Auckland— hence the Ihaag* desired. The company desire to be - ttoo&uMd in law m agent* for natives enfeasting their land> fe> the company. The eoapauy ia not, fortned for the purchase of fabd** all, attd, under the existing law, it is jfofcbtWwhether'nftiiVe land can be held on «nu* for purposes of management. In prac4iee the company does not deal with mdi Wblajtttatites ; it deals with the owner* as ft%hole. The native owners appoint their committee, and all arrangements are . wdft 1 with, and money paid to, the com&ttee. '. The company seeks to obtain authority for dealing with the committees— to M&ter'&e present mode of assessing native ttnd&nty, which is deemed to be very unaatUfaotory. The above are the main objects 3f ther Bill, and there are a number of minor . will be embodied in the Bill, wtteh, it opposed, the company will probably tewilling to foregOi