tenei kaupapa ko tona hiahia riro ana mai te whenua riro atu ana. Ko te utu o te whenua mo te hoko a Te Kaitiaki Maori ko te utu ano i te hokonga mai apiti atu ki tetahi komihana paku nei. Ko te utu e whakaputaina ana ki te hunga no ratou nga paanga maramara e riro ana ma Te Kooti Whenua Maori e whakatau i runga ano i nga kaupapa e takoto ki tona aroaro me te wariu o te whenua. Ko te kaupapa o te wariu ko ta te Kawanatanga wariu mo te whenua. E kiia ai te paanga whenua Maori he paanga maramara me £25 heke iho te wariu. Ko te moni reti mo te whenua koianei te wariu he rua tekau ma rima hereni i te tau, na reira ko te moni e whakataua ana e Te Kooti ano ko te moni reti mo te 20 tau e whakaputaina toitutia ana. (i) KO TE KAUPAPA WHAKAMONI I RARO O NGA MAHI WHAKATOPU PAANGA He tikanga tino pai tenei te whakamoni i nga paanga maramara i raro i nga mahi whakatopu paanga. Ko ta te whakatopu paanga he whakatikatika haere i nga taitara o nga poraka, engari ki te whakaaetia e Te Kooti me mahi tahi tenei kaupapa me te kaupapa whakamoni i nga paanga maramara, a me whakaae ranei etahi o te hunga hea pakupaku o ratou, kaore i eke rawa ki te paanga maramara, ki te whakawhitiwhiti i o ratou na hea koia nei te tino kaupapa tika. Ki te whakamahia tikatia enei kaupapa tera e whaiti nga hea o te poraka ki te hunga tokoiti i runga OBTAINABLE AT YOUR STATIONER the interests so purchased to a pakeha as this would defeat the whole purpose of conversion. Nor does the Maori Trustee wish to hold interests in his own name for very long. The Conversion Fund is limited in amount and it is better for him and all concerned to make buying and selling one continuous process, so that the money can be used again for further purchases with a view to further rapid sales. The price he charges is the price he pays plus a small commission. In all cases where uneconomic freehold interests are acquired by the Maori Trustee the price to be paid to the owners is fixed by the Court on the evidence before it, as to value. The minimum evidence required in cases where one or a few small interests are to be acquired is the current Government valuation. Where numerous interests are to be acquired such as on a consolidation order the Court usually requires as a minimum a special up-to-date Government valuation of the block. An uneconomic interest is defined as one the value of which in the opinion of the Court does not exceed £25. Land valued at £25 normally produces about 25s a year in rent, so that on conversion in return for the land an owner receives twenty years' rent in a lump sum. (i) Conversion of freehold interests on consolidated orders This is the most effective means for conversion of freehold interests. A consolidated order in itself merely improves the recording of the ownership of the block, but when on the recommendation of the Court it is coupled with the conversion of uneconomic interests, or used in conjunction with an approved arrangement among owners regarding interests whether or not they are uneconomic, it provides a simple and easy means of curing fragmentation of land ownership. By using it an owner, whether or not his own interest is uneconomic, can acquire with the assistance of the Maori Trustee and subject to the approval of the Court, a larger and more useful share in the block. The consolidated order process it, briefly, as follows:—Full information on shares and values is assembled; application is made by the Registrar to the Court for a consolidated order and is prosecuted by the Conversion Officer; there are two hearings by the Court; at the first hearing the Court directs in what manner notice of the application is to be given to owners and if asked to do so (and if satisfied) recommends that the Maori Trustee should acquire the uneconomic interests at a price which it thereupon fixes; the Maori Trustee usually has two months from this time to find a purchaser for those interests, and if he can do so, he then files his consent to their acquisition; if he cannot find a purchaser, he usually files his objection to buying; at both hearings or either of them any owner can object to the content of the list of owners if he thinks if incorrect, to the purchase of his interest or to the price