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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 62

Postscript

Postscript.

Since writing the above at a deputation of the unemployed to the Hon. The Minister of Lands, I submitted four questions to him. The suggestions made in these questions were favourably received by the Minister. They were as follows:—
1.On the formation of a Small Farm Homestead Association, will the Government grant a free passage for one of the Association to go and select land?page 9
2.Will applicants be furnished with such information as may be in possession of the Land Department, showing where roading is likely to be done, so that in selecting land the Association may have regard to the possibility of men getting work during the coming winter?
3.In the event of the formation of settlement where expenditure on roading cannot be made, could the men be engaged by the Government to clear a portion of the land selected so as to provide work, the cost of clearing to be added to the price of the land?
4.Will the Government convey members of associations having taken up land, together with their wives and families, to the post nearest the settlement?

The Minister also informed the deputation that Mr. March of Christchurch had been appointed Inspector of Settlements for the whole colony, and would give every assistance and information to persons desirous of applying for land.

Mr. March's office is at the old Immigration Office Armagh St. Christchurch, opposite the Government Buildings. His long experience in connection with land settlement, and the prudence he has displayed in locating the village settlements in Canterbury, go to confirm the wisdom of the appointment.