Volume 01: Production and resources of the northern and western districts of New South Wales, 1854 [ca. 1850-1857] - Page 235

FROM THE MORETON BAY COURIER
3rd MARCH 1855.

A scheme by which the Crown lands may be thrown open for sale to the public, without injury to the squatting interest.
Under the above title, 'a Resident of Darling Downs' dating on the 23rd [indecipherable], form the following Communication - 'Whereas the operation of the present brown lands Regulations is the source of much contention & ill will between different [indecipherable] of this community: it is expedient to remove the [?] by
substituting for these [ indecipherable] & [confused?] regulations, one simple arrangement, which shall throw open the whole of the Crown lands in the Colony for sale, and at the same time leave the licensed occupants of runs still in possession of nearly the whole, with better title, & on more advantageous terms. The following submitted as the basis on which such a
system may be founded.

First the Surveyor General, or his assistant to be authorised to put up for sale, as at present, and land applied for by five or more applicants for farms, if at a greater distance that three miles from a township, & not less extent that forty acres each, or by four or more applicants for farms & less than twenty acres each, or by one applicant when the section is adjoining lands already sold - Second, Creeks, water holes, & rivers to be resumed for sale, so as to [indecipherable] them being used by the public - Third - The Surveyor General to be at liberty to make [ indecipherable] townships, & to put up land for sale in such quantities as he deems proper, without application to purchase. Fourth - In Consideration of Such a concession on on the part of the Squatter, their willingness to submit to such intrusion on the part of the public, the Government to pay the license fee, and recognise their right to the pasturage of their runs as private property, [indecipherable] the lands remain unsold, without any other charge than a registration fee of five Shillings.
Fifth The right of presumption to be limited to half a section at the head of Station - Sixth The Government to be still at liberty to make such alterations and reservations as the public interests may require.
The object of rendering joint applications for isolated farms is to discourage as far as [is?] Consistent with individual freedom, the dispersion of population. The location of [settle?]
& there, while a [indecipherable] was still bad to water, would not present the squatters flocks from grazing around them. The [indecipherable] of the present license fee would [compensate?] for the intrusion,& should the land prove unsuitable for agriculture, they [ indecipherable] well of the change, - the Public would be satisfied, & the exceptional sales would more than idemnify the Government.

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