§ 109. Mr. T. Reidasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what results in land administration were secured by Ordinance 12 of 1940 in Fiji; and if the system therein embodied of developing principles of land tenure by means of a permanent board with local advisory committees has yielded better results than recurrent legislation and case law decisions in the courts.
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Mr. Creech JonesThis ordinance is achieving, in large measure, its objects of protecting the interests of native landowners, ending wasteful alienation, preserving forests and soil fertility, and providing land for settlement; and I understand that the machinery set up by it has yielded better results than previous legislation affecting land tenure.