New Rules For P-Ng

Land Disposal

lOME changes in the methods of 1 disposal to private individuals of Administration land in apua and New Guinea will be sade if bills passed by the Legisla te Council in May are approved. i the past applicants for any pas :ral or agricultural land were jually those who applied first, ow the Administrator in Council ill consider any number of sub quent applicants, put the land up r sale or tender, and grant the nd, not necessarily to the highest dder but to the applicant who apears most likely to be able to iprove and develop it. (This Bill presumably refers to bat might be regarded as Crown md, or land that the Administra- Dn has at some time granted ider lease and which has sub quently been surrendered. It evi ;ntly does not apply to land tiich individuals have located emselves and negotiated for from e native owners through the [strict Services department).