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Waikato Times, Volume VII, Issue 365, 15 September 1874, Page 2

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(To the Editor of UioWaikato Times.) Sib— Some time ago, I wrofe to the Waikato Lands Office, enquiring tho upset pncu of an allotment adjoining my farm. I received an answer to say tlio price would bo £1 per acre. I then askod a fnenr], who know the land, to po and ask a reduction in tho upset pnc« ; a price which both of usiliousiil excessive, on account of two-thirds of the land being swuinp Tho upset price of such, i»ul somolime.», indeed, belter land, used to be 5s an acre. The answer' my friend got was to tho effect that no land in tho Waikato would, in future, bo put up under £1 per «ere. Tina uus fiom Dr Pollen. Sucli being the cu?e, I thought it only rcnson,il)K> that £1 should be paid; but Miice then, I bine stcn lite f( lifdule of flm lands foe sale, and in I lie parish in wh.ch I lie allotnnn*. I euquired about us situated, two allotn.enta of better Land are put up at los an a<re, on no other account, as far a^ I enn see, than Unit i.'icy join the farm of aneli man — a dim-tor of tho Bank ol New Zciiland mid, who, consequently, ha 1 ) inlerrst. Ot cr allotincntti, m the a-ljoiniujj' parish, aie put up at 15s, wi Ist an allotn.oat iv

the pttusii oi Mun^upiku is put up at 10s per ncio. A« another instance of the ra inner in which these sales a-econ-ductel, a neighbour of mint* enquired the upset pi ice of a section of land, and was distinctly told that it would be £1, but it now app^ius in the schedule us £1 b's Sri, a higher price than any other allotment m the parish. Whilst such glaring acts of inconsistency and injustice are allowed to be p rpetmt d, the public can have no confidence in the fairness and impartiality of the Gove-nment land sales. — 1 am, youis, &c, Skttleb September 10th, 187 k