The politician William Hughes Field wrote this letter about difficulties caused by the requirement to have no more than 10 owners on a certificate of title. He notes how this was unfair to the 11th owner. The ’10 owners rule’ introduced in the Native Lands Act 1865 was abolished in 1873.
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