WELLINGTON LAND BOARD

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 264, 31 July 1908, Page 9

WELLINGTON LAND BOARD

MONTHLY MEETING. I A meeting of .tho Laiul, -Board vvvas -held at tho District Land aiid; jsurvey 'officej lington, yesterday. wcre;.prcsent;— Messrs. • J. Mackenzie.(Comniissipner : of. Crown Lands, in tlio,.chair), .A.. IJcese,, J. Dawson, J. M. A'Court;,:;aiidV C.'. J.' Can-, ton. A number of applications for 'freehold titles were approved on usual; conditions, The Public Trustee, wrote ..with";rcferciico to the rental required to be paid to enabled the transfer ,of Section 4,', Block IV, Waipakura, to proceed, and it was resolved to advise him that as tho matter was'liot conw pleted until after tho ,Ist., instant,,';;when' a. further payment fell 'due, iit /.is ijiccessary for this payment to be also paid. ' 'Ill' aii'y case, it seems to be nVcrelj- a case "of adjustment of. account between himself and his purchaser, who wpuld of course-have to pay tlie rental in any case. ■ With referenco to-the .-transfer --of" Sectiorii 7, Karowarewa V.S.,'vto Mr. F.; Temperleyfrom, Mr.- 0. Smith, the Commissioner; reported that ho had looked'into'."the matter, and found it was ruled ;tlvat all niarriod women were barred from-' becoming .transferee's of sections in this Villaga. Settlement..'..' Rcr soiled that there;is no power to:approvo tho transfer. ' With reference to the' issue of- leases of licenses to replace those which may have been lost or destroyed, it; was'resolved to observe the following proficduro; iii' terms of section 90 of Tho Land ■Actj:>lß92,. and the regulations of March-14, Declaration of loss ,to bo -lixlged ; "(2) paymeiitof new-,loaso' fee, of £l.ls;;" (3)' loss to bo advertised three times in a newspaper .circulating in tho district", " at the : -cost' of the leasee or licensee. (4) A hew lease" or.license in duplicate to be then issued qfter the lapso of 14 days for .the' balance of -tlio of tho lost one, bearing, the. samo| .number, and forwarded to tlio District, LandTllcgistrar for substitution of the.oho iii'his.office, tho lease to be dated ."from."th'e'.'da'fo 'of tho declaration of loss. : ■

A report was rec6nfed'_ from'i'tli.e '•Crown Lands ranger on the'a > piilicati_oli\'''6 i f-';t]ib.; pj-Qr-; posed .Kamako-- Defen'ca.;Ri(l6;'Chib.. ,f6.r;;ixe,i:-;, mission- to uso a- portion; of-tlie Pbhaiigiua' River bed as a rifie range, .Resolved .'that "itis not advisable to give any formal authpritysfor the rifle club tousq"tlio.."liver, bed;, but there "will 'be .to'lthe proposal provided the Club' takes; all' risks aiid. acts on own rKpqn'srbilityV.'ind ibvstrjetTy." and entirely, responsible"fdr;Xi)'y.' accident,T damage, etc., which operatiqns. Also'that'-iid.'exclusive riglw '.can. tie giveh to tho portion .bf .tlie river.lied so used. ■ ' :• It .was. resolved to ; i-ecohiniencl tlie application of tho.:Presbyt-eriaiv' Trustees that section ; '6f'Hcwa'Village be sold to them : for ! cash; iii J terms of section 62 of The. Land Laws'-Aiffendmentr* Act?;l9oh, Price to be £7 10s. ' . It was resolved to .-..improve- section"-64 Nireah'a V.S. being offered as ; : a village homer stead under part TV;; of The. •.- .Laiul . Act, 1892, and its amendmentSj-..-at-.i-a price- of: £11 per acre. ThQ,baliot-,to,bo<lield at Wellington.! ';. •" .'if.;-'.- i,-.'- ■" " ; . It was resolved to;;i)fEor.-sections 7 and '8 Ngaturi Village for cash by .public auction at an upset price,of ftlO each lot-. A report v,-as received..froin tlio .Crown Lands ranger as to :dealing .with section.: 2 block XIII, Tarar.ua, ;and.' ; it ..was .resolved to. offer the land;for selection-ill- terms".bfvpart lII' of ■ Tho Land. Act,;,J.892, .at a." price" of: £1 per aero,- the- iniproyemonts; pro'vioUsly;, falued at £7. 10s. bejng reduced to'nil. ',A repbrt was -. reqeited' from the 1 Crown' Lands ranger on .section--!-block-XIII, Tara-. rua, recently allotted to Mr. J., H. S. Magee, who now desires to relinquish, it.; Resolved to allow him to withdraw tlie application and return his . deposit. It was also resolved to offer the land for rorselcction- at .a.,-price, ■of. 20s. por aero, ,7(1.';,., , Mr. J. A. M'Dougall an;, ex-; tension of time to .build and reside 'bii" section 7, block VIII,' I-laurangi (Dyer Settlement), owing to tho rpad 'boiiig unfit tp. car.t tiniber over. Resolved to advise him that) tlie District Road Engineer reports that tho. .road was fit for carting;.bvcr. during tlio fine weather, but' it would cu£_it' up to do so now. Ho will, -therefore, be ( ; given till r November 1 to'comnieneo the' erection of Jus building. . It was resolved to accept the residence of Mrs. S. Handley on her husband's' 1 se'etion ,65 for that required oji -soclion 14, Irohangina,' which adjoins-.-.tlio. ;former seeiibn. .

) Mr. A. SJillynn'Svrotojstatiirg'lio.had.bben', compelled to, loavp.liurriecliy for Sydney, owiiig to the serious illness V liis father, and nslied for exemption from residence on sec.tion 11, block IV, Hunua, for threo-months'." —Approved. •' 'With- rcfcrenco to the payments of-rental remitted': under ;tlio -.Bush: and ■ Swamp •" Aety' 1903, oil section 22, block 11/Maketuku.-'Mi'." E. A. Nallaco. asked that the balance of such, payments from Juno-. 30,"- 1908r bestill remitted, notwithstanding -tliaWio-had'-token his wife 'into, partnership, itvxtho' soetidii.— Approved. : _ i A report was Lands ranger oil Mr. G.\ application for • remission of::Voht.il 21,etc., block' X-,. Kaitawa; to' his .having met with an accidcnt,'.and also suffered losses by. fire,. etc.—Commissioner-to.- nmkq furtherinquiries.. : Mr. P. M'Kay appliod for ■ remission-of rental oil sections 2,.,3,. and-9, block XII, Manganui, owing- -to damago . through the,' bush fires.—Resolved not, to approve; as .this lease is not one on which, remission, of -rental is usually granted, and the burnt . area has been resown.'at't-lio cost of thq Government. Messrs. J. IT. Nixon and Company'applied for remission of rental on their temporary occupation of part l.of. section 25, block VII, Makotuku, owing to'damage to the grass by (Ire.—Resolved, not to:approve,-as their tenancy is not one on which-remission of .rental is usually granted, ah'd^tho' 1 biirtit'l'Krpafc.""is" being resown at-, t-lio';. c'ost'of t-ho",Goivern-inojitl . - -• 1 The Kiwitca County.Council//forwarded proposals for the. 'tln/ds;.accrued. . ,Tho Board ap'pr'ov.eu of'those'proposals marked "in orabr.":* '- Amount approved, £706 4s. 2:1. . , I'Tlio Levin Borough Council forwarded; ft. proposal * for the expenditure. 6f - thirds' ab l ' orued from section's -'in-/ Levin;;V.S; '-..Tlib; Board .'approved oftholpropo's'alsiV '(Amount approved, £s'.6si' 11$.)-' "".-v'-" The Raiigitikei County Council-forwarded an application for' thoj ; ''hypothecation 1 of thirds from Sections 1 and-2, Block-11, Hailtapu' 5.D.,; and" Sections -C 7 • and: ,70, ; : BlbckXIV, Ohinewaima SjD.'j to"i)"ay ; intercp;'on loan of £300. The Board" approved and directed the Chairman . .to"certificate. . r'.ivu./.v.-.;;'.

. Tho Kiwitea .the Land -Board's p&rm.is^tc;;&fdivM*k portion (£25) of thirdszpaid-"oft Sections' ; 73. and 6, Blocks XIV arid :XVy : -Hautap:ui' S:D,' On these sections £93.iJjJs.ild; : .: was "paid-mi-February 9, 1908,- fqrariiotallhig.Uuae Road:, At the request of thc;,ocmipiei- of ithosoisec-:: tionsj -. tho 'Council proposes tp'i.ojcppiid- £25 on opening and.improy.inp Ruae.-Rba'd^at, L -its' junction" with tho Tlio Board 'approved tho.; proposal.::::';) The Brtard Ruatiti Block (South.-,,\V&imar'in6), -compris-; ing an' area of about acres,being oflorcd on optional systoms under-.Part 111 of tlio Land Act,' 1892).-nlid its. amendments,-, at prices to ba fixed by.;"the Commissioner.; Areas range from 369J;t0 1181:ncres, but are subiect to amendment. -' r > : Tho Board 'also dcoided. to-recommend-'tho •Minister to 'givc prefei\Mica,.'t<s rii.irriodlapplicants ,ovcr an area; : ; Bot exceeding onethird of the block, under- Section 64, and preference to unsuccessful applicants over nny sections under Section 65 of tlio Land Laws Amendment tlio sections to ho selected by', tlio Commissioner. The Commissioner .ij-oportcd that a road ■ had been properly : tal;«ji'.oil,the south' boundary of Section 59- VIII, Belmont, and it was resolved th'at v thp-title should bp : .amended accordingly.- .- , a . ; # v.' ,; - : i'-