The Govern luGiio are sensible that whilst they desire not unduly to interfeie with local administration of the land, that something must be done to in crease the facilities for obtaining land for set tlement.—(Cheers.) There are a great many young men throughout the Colony who must be enabled to possess themselves of land upon which to settle, if they so desire, and the Government have the belief that less is to be done in that way by an artificial sybtem of special settlements than_ by offering facilities to all who desire to obtain land and to settle upon it.— (Applause.) Upon one point the Government have a very strong opinion, and that is that those who want land should pay for it, but that it should be offered on easy terms of payment. Just as ,i large pui chaser, going into the private market, would be able to obtain easy terms for his pay ments.—(Applause.) lam not, however, pre pared to state what, if any, steps we shall take in this direction at present. I have indicated the direction in which the Government are in clined to go. I wish to make a clear distinc tion between those matters upon which the Government are prepared to take immediate action, and those as to which I can only give you indications of the opinion of the Govern meiro, without saying what steps will at once be taken to give effect to that opinion.— (Hear, hear.) Bail ways and public works in the Pro vinces, including some branch railways and many works of different kinds, must obviously devolve upon the department of the Minister of Public Works, but the Government will bear in mind that not a few of those will only be temporarily in charge of the Colonial de partment, because they are of a character whjsh makes them fairly belong to the pro posed local bodies— therefore it is intended not to make any sudden or great change in the management of these works, not to temporarily transfer the charge to Wellington, but as far as possible to continue under local management all works which will have to be handed over to any of the proposed local bodies. 