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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 77

Land Interests

Land Interests.

1.Existing freehold and leasehold titles to be preserved in their integrity.
2.Land required for close settlement or other public necessities must be purchased from the owner, as is done under the Lands for Settlement Act.
3.The fulfilment of all engagements to backblocks' settlers by completion of roads and improvements for which roads have been loaded.
4.No further sales shall be made of Crown lands, or of lands purchased by the Government for closer settlement.
5.Existing 999 years' leases: If Parliament decides to grant to the present holders of these leases the right to acquire the freehold, such right to convert their leaseholds to freeholds should only be granted upon the basis of the full market value of the land at the date of conversion, subject to the tenant having full value for improvements; all receipts from the conversion of the 999 years' lease to freehold to be used strictly to purchase further lands for close settlement under the leasehold system.
6.Administration of the Land for Settlements Acts, and extension of its provisions. The need of a more rigorous administration of the Land for Settlements Act, and in congested districts an extension of its provisions in the direction of acquiring land for workmen's homes, together with greater facilities for advancing money for the erection of homes thereon.