aand RES cCeen alieneted
“OrkKS @na reserves.
save to t216 tovernment for nec
The indizerncus innacitints om by
traditional tenure over 7/9ths of tne lana in the
.erritory.
and some :amoans own or lease cther land cy laurcpeén. types
“ae
Large areas cf lance recently 2: ulred oy the
Government of janoe
sre already ceing surveved crior to
wy
of tenure.
cteing opened u» for use cy Samoans.
Consiiéeractle areas
of samoan land not at ctresent cultivetsd i72 cacrac:le of
new 2ealand reparation
states 14s rat vsgue.
vhe
oF
is cleariy made subject to temporary sarefutras and conditions waich are considered necesstry,
until sucn time as
Samoe is self-governing, in order to evcid tco dangerous
cover 2nd resconsicility.
I nave
oO
a divorce beteen
stat = S
¢'>
=
gs
'@lready referred to the estiolishment of 2 lccal advisory
nd t
2
retdinvy
fa
ze of negoti-
ations.
I fear that the distiaguisned recresentitive of the
Soviet Union in saying that tne ~dministering auttiority
should spend the £509,035 reserve of tas
Government shows that he has hare failed to trasp coth
the constitutional position and che roliticel reality.
This woney can be appropriéted orly by the -egislative .
assembly of the Territory - the ..ssemcsly which votes virtually all sup oly end vasses virtually 211 legislation
despite the ‘lack of no ers” from which one or two distinguished members of
this Counci] think it suffers.
8 far as the £200, 00 accumulated srofits orf the New
Zealand Reparation
‘states are concerned the administering
authority has undertaken to srend this cniy after consultation with the
case means the
Cerritoriel “overnmcnt nic. in this
-xecutive
Cstuncil.
ana ¢v2. in this case
the local ~ssemoly could ocject to any creprosed exrenditure
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if it “ished to.