The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-06

! 16. Values to be fixed by appraiser:
but in case of very desirable lands wit
several applicants or likely to be, auc
toned on appraisers values as upse
price, under form of sale decided.
II. Any land may be sold for cash
or exchanged for other lands, the ap
praisers first setting upset price, and il
case of exchange the commissioner
may raise values.
| IS. All agricultural lands not now 81
used or lands which may be made agri
cultural lands, to be put up for sale OF
made available for settlers as soon a.
possible.
10. Agricultural lands used as such
or any land upon which an industry has
been started under leases, to be sold
or disposed of, as not to jeopardize any
industry, but rather to aid and foster
the same, and until other available agrf-
cultural lands sold, leased to the parties
conducting the industry on full rental
value, or sold to the highest bidder
giving all parties an equal chance, but
sold in areas, if in the judgment of the
commissioners wise, sufficient to aid
somewhat the industry.
20. All land TO be finally decided as
registered land. This method of trans
ferring land is becoming extended each
year and the government giving such
a title would save much expense to the
people, at little cost to the government
under the law, and put the Territory in
line with the most advanced and best
governments working for the people IS
interests.
u. When all available agricultural
land of the government is disposed of,
laws to be enacted so that owners of
large tracts of agricultural lands not
used as such, or lands which may be
made use of as agricultural lands, will
find it more profitable to sell than to
hold, but proofs required of bona fide /
offers to purchase on fair values as |
agricultural land before application of |
such a law.
p. The government should sell at |
once all lands in villages or thickly |
settled places where values are high. so /
hat when placed upon the market as
little depressing influences as possible
will be made upon the values of pri-
rate lands. The sale of lands in Homo
ulu of recent years seriously affected
raIues all over the city, and the gov
i
ears ago. At the same time, all lands
hould be retained which might be re-
Iulred for future parks or other pub
ic purposes. Hereafter the commits
toner's could exchange such lands for
ands which would be as well or better
or the government to have.
%. Contracts for land with the gov
may be mortgaged subject to
he approval of the commissioners. On
oreclosure the party purchasing to be
pproved by commissioners, and to as
ame the obligations of the contract
After reading the land laws and the
aws relating to Agriculture and for
stry, [ am convinced that they are
cry well adapted to the conditions
ere, and require only few changes to
leet most of the suggestions herein.
Nos. Z, s, and 8 are very well COW
red by the present laws, and probably
ome of the other suggestions are in
ractice. As to No. II, which touches !
pom forestry, think the matter should
e very clearly outlined in any changes.
[uch of the land of the Islands owes
most its entire value to the water
and the forests play the most
nportant factor here. There are large |
acts of forest land which the Terri
Try should acquire for this reason, and [
rye tracts of barren mountain land
lould be made forest land.
In closing, / would again emphasize |
lie subject of a commission of fvel !
en- to act in land matters.
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