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..i3J. 1'11.L 1905 l<OYAL CO.. ISJI0.1.i ON LAND .. r....JhJ1l.u.
A thesis presented in part1~1 fulrilment of the requirements for the degree of .1 ·ter of ..rte
in .tiistory at il.asaey L.lni versi ty.
Ross Leonard Bailey, 1972.
P.lr..Ml ,CE i i i
This essay is an examination of the 1905 Royal
Commission report on Land Tenure. The introduction examines the Comnission's final report 3nd looks at its reception. The report and newspapers are set against each other in order to
show what pressures were exerted on the Commission to come out in favour of the freehold.
The essay also looks at the Uinutes of :r..vidence in order that themes not apparent in the final report Ccln be examined.
The aspirations arr:: demands of witnesses are considered in relation to their backgroWld: rural and Urban, pro-freehold and pro-land nationa.liz~tion.
Newspapers and parliamentary debates are used where they comment or throw light on the evidence in the minutes and on the general issue of the freehold-leasehold controversy. The essay examines the idea that the freehold-leasehold controversy Wid 'l gre9. tor emotion'll ri1mension than 1 prqctic:il one. The
pr lCtical side, however, has Il')t bC3TJ. it;nO;:'Cd • I"·;o ·1reas ,yere selected for examin~tion and were fairly represent1tive of the problems throughout New 7..ealam. The conclusion sug1 es ts that
the emotional aspect of the freehold-leasehold issue was
largely a result of the agitation by freeholders, in order to preserve their way of 11.fe ag inst the encro~ching land
nationalizers. The leaseholders were upset by the fear of
h~ving their rents revalued, and once this fear was removed most leaseea-in-perpetuity were content with the lease-in- perpetuity system.
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CHAPT~R I •••• 1
en \P'r.i:.R II . . . . 16 CHj.RT.uR III •••• 29
CH:\PT ... R IV •••• j3
COhCLUJION.
CONTENT13
Introduction: The Report and 1 ts Reception.
Leaseholders and Freeholders.
The Trades arxi Labour Classes. A 6ornparison of two Districts.
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Her2ld am NZH
Standal'd am ~
AJHR
NZPD
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LIST OF ABBRt..VIATIONo
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Qhristchl1rch Bress.=
NeW
zealand. Herald.=
Manawatu J;Nening Stand.aI'd.=
Appen::lix tot4e
Journals of the Houseot
Reoresentativee.=
New l,ealapd, Parliamentary Debates. : Where"C-4"
appears in footnotes thisrefers to quotations from Minutes of evidence in \JHR, 1905, Vol II,
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