ABSTRACT
Nicholson settlers, who saw· the northern land-sharks obtaining land for a song while they had had to pay £1 an acre, and being promised a title when their titles seemed past hoping for, were naturally indignant,! The proclamation was disallowed by the Imperial Government, but much mischief had been done meanwhile; and the Imperial Government cannot be acquitted of responsibility for the mischief, for private purchase of native land was the logical consequence of a policy making no provision for purchase by the Government.
