THE LAND POLICY.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 12000, 18 October 1906, Page 5

THE LAND POLICY.

o Two Important Questions. ' (From Our Parliamentary Special.) (By Telegraph.) WELLINGTON, October 17. Two questions having an important bearing on the Government's land policy were asked on last question day. Mr. Fisher inquired whether the Government would, pending the settlement of the land question by Parliament, „4e-' • sist from selling any further Crown lands until the proposal contained in the Land Bill in reference to national endowments has been fully dealt with by the people's representatives? To this the Minister of Lands replied yesterday as follows:— The matter of opening Crown lands for selection is in the hands of the various Land Boards, and the Government will carry out the provisions of the existing law, namely, the Land Act, 1892, until it has been amended or repealed. Mr. Hogg also addressed a question to the Minister for Lands, asking whether he was aware that about 15,000 acreß of land in the Nelson district, at from 6s to 8s per acre, is to be opened this month for sale or lease, and whether, in view of the declared policy and intention of the Government to reserve the remainder of the Crown lands of the colony as a national endowment for education, old ' aje pensions, and charitable aid, it is proofed to continue the disposal of the pub---t'u*. hi tiiis manner? Mr. McNab replied to-day that the lands referred to vere opened for selection in accordance with the recommendations of the Nelson Land Board, and a promise made by his predecessor in office that the miners in the neighbourhood should be given an opportunity of settling upon Crown lands and establishing homes for themselves and families. The land is somewhat rough and broken, and is opened under the provisions of the Land Act, 1892, which is still in force, and cannot be departed from until an amendment thereof has been passed by Parliament. This looks rather blue for the conservation of the remaining lands of the State.

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