No 66, Sess. I.—Petition of John Hislop and Others.
Petitioners pray that, for certain land leased by them from the Government, they may have either an extension of lease or reduced rents; as, owing to the short tenure and expense of clearing, they are unable to profitably meet the present rents.
I am directed to report as follows:—
That it be recommended that, in any amendment of the West Coast Settlement Reserves Act that may be introduced, there should be a clause enabling the lessees for twenty-one years to obtain a longer lease on equitable terms.