WASTE LAND BOARD.

Clutha Leader, Volume II, Issue 99, 2 June 1876, Page 5

WASTE LAND BOARD.

The regular weekly meeting of tiff Waste Lands Board was held on We|| nesday. Present : The Chief Commit! sioner (in the chair), Messrs ;T3asting«i Butterwortfy Clark, Reid, aiiift f SHrgfj| V The minutes kif previous meeting 'Cift " read and confirmed. \ ..'f| ' LAND AT NASEBY. : "% i The District Officer, Naseby, trans ' :- mitted Mr R. E. Field's petition, re] ? questing that the upset price of'lanl* occupied by him at Naseby should bl • fixed at Lo per acre. Approved. | GLBNKKNICH DISTUIOT. y^ Messrs Smith, Anderson, and Co! for Mr John Beaton, of Tapanui, apij; plied that sections 22 and ?oa, blocsjs 11., Glenkenich district, he sold at h% per acre, no bid having been received! for the same at auction sales, .or thai the said land he offered at auction al". former upset price. The Board re|; solved that the auctions be re-ad ver tise<|, for sale at Tapanui at the same %urf| , as beiore. 1. SHOTOVER "DISTRIT. | Mr Wm. Sabine requested that he b| allowed to reoccupv porMonsof sections! 62 to 66. block XL Shotover district! cut off his agricultural laixae to foi'inif ' part of a mining reserve. Referred toj the District Land Ufiicer. J COAL LEASE AT OTEPOPO. \ Mr Francis Wall asked permission toj abandon his coal lease of section. 41$block VIII., Otepopo district. Ap-t proved. y APPLICATIONS TO PUKCH AfiE. ,'.f • The following- applications to pur-] chase under agricultural lease weroi*' approved : — James P. Mill, section. 4,'fblock I, Wendoo district; William.] Sabine, section 36, block IT., ShotoveH district, j SLAUGHTER YAUD AT MOERAKI. j The Town Clerk. Palmerston, for-" warded a resolution of the Otu-poratioi*. ?-' with reference to nn applicator, forif lease ef part of tho phirrgle reserved section 76, block lV., M'oerhki district^ for a public slaughter yard,_ tog-ether! with recommendation from • Raae'eyj Valpy thereon.— Tne Board decided j. that, the reserve be maintained, a;id alP*applications for i- refused. 'fj ISLAND. IN THI! CLUTHA lUVZZo ' ''' Mr John Go wan applied for lioaiiSoj! to occupy a small island in "1:3 wlnthaf River, near Cromwell, undnr the Itjlstl; clause of the Waste Lands Act. 18/^yf: The application was refused. 7 \ '% RESERVE FOR -RAILINGS IN WAHA-'f HUNA EAST. 1 The Board reconsidered the Lt:w-|l rence District Land Officer's recommend dation with reference to a reserve fori tailings being deducted in Crown grtvuta^ for sections 15, 8, 6," and 23, block 1 VII., Waitahuna East district, withf advice the^repn by the Provincial%/3oK» f eitor^askeulor on'the 22nd Deceh^jeiH last. — It was resolved that the reiafoa ii

be made in' accordance with the^p-J; vincial Solicitor's opinion, and dedactecifl from sections. <' | REFUND OP DEPOSIT. 7 Mr J. W. Stoddart requested the ) Board to refund his deposit on appli" > cation for section 16, block VI., Wat" I kaka district.— Refused. C SECTIONS AT WAirvft jje. -\ Mr Adam Landels asked the Board ■] to p reoffer fbr sale by auction s-ctions 8, 7 and 9, block XTf., Wnipabee district. —The Board rasolved tbat the reserve I be maintained. / KURI BUSH RESERVE. Ranger Valpy reported on Mr S. H. Watkin's application to purchase a-~ srrtall portion of the Kun Bussh Reserve'! adjoining section 34, block 1., Otepopo j district, to compleie his property^ — Re- im fused. 4| DEFERRED PAYMENT LICENSES. 1 The District Land Officer, Invercar-y gill, forwarded deferred payment, licen-y---ses 91, 92, 111, 110, and 114, ih&i holders of the interim certificates not:; having attended at the district Office,--' tQ. execute said licenses within 'the tiniov; specified in notice, in terms of cluusel 62b.—~ Heferred to the . Ranger, whot^ must make enquiries on the* spot, f j - .arrow. , . y'j Mr John Staplcton applied [vji halfvl an acre of bush kind at -Bigg Hilly -Bush, 12-Mile,' Arrow -— RderrKd lo tho Ranger. COPPER MINE AT -WAIPORI. y Mr Vincent Pyke applied, on behalf y "of self and J. R. Dawson,.,; to oppose,; Mr W. II ' Key hole' s's application for;C ; the copper mine at Waipori.— -The ap* •'*£ plication was simply noted. 'j AGRICULTURAL LEASE. y| Mr J. Dyer, on behalf of Mr. John«'|g stane, applit-il to -purchase. his' j -at;r.'.cni-^ .tural lease before tho ffnw y.eay yt~f^ cified had elapsed • —Th - 1; pu.;;-.Lyn ; | was refused, thy By,zA ! yy y. ■;"■ yys;^| to grant if. ,| The Bor> ; rd th°n adjou? yy- • -z7zzyfts Timr-y.' . .'"■ • ''■'-■■ T' ••• _'•' '.."_ y|l