LAND BOARD.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 484, 17 April 1909, Page 15

LAND BOARD.

SPECIAL MEETING. A special meeting of the Land Board was

. held at.tlie 1 District .Land andSuryey,'.O£Bce 7: un ; Thnrs(lay > ~ } vheii there, were presbnt: Mr JaiMs. Crown: Lands '(in '.tho chair)i; and Messrs. A. Eeese, ,J6s;. Dawson, , .and C;'.T. Canton... N ..' //;',; ..;: ■. Vv 1 ..,'.-: 'Mr. John Byers, : : lessee of Section 6, Block ■ .VI,-Tiffin Carrington Settlement,-applied to be allowed i : . to .'.surrender; his-interest in the section.': It was'• resolved'-to .recomineDd tho re- , quest inithe following, terras: T fhaf the.seotiorr iboTeofFered' with all reasonable dispatch; that •■Mr.' Byers's-deposit' be , not "returned, in tile . meantime; when the newi deposit-is paid, any .balance pf.his deposit not , exhausted ■ to be refunded; .or if. .ho;can'.transfer., the section to.;nn: eligible.applicant, the board would re- ■ commend' the transfer for the approval of tho ; Minister. '■■'/■■/: '~-.• ■'■;■. ■■■•: '■ '"*,'.■.■■ : ' : .' '.*■■■:. ■'It .was resolved , to appoint. Mr. Lunduis.as ' appraiser to , value : the fee simple of. Section 76, • -Manumit Village' Settlement. '•'/',; ':.:',' ■■'.'."," ■-'. : - The, following .' application was v approved i— < Thos.;. Sowersby,.. for renewable lease for 33 1 yearsof Section, 14; Block yil,; Itarigatauatown'ship;areajoa.lr..oMjE>.; annual rental, :£2. : > .;It was '.resolved to" • inform; Mr. ..Itobt. M'Cul.loch; that'thero. is. no"- power., to' approve' his ■ application .for Sections 2 and' 3, ;J3l6ck X Kangataiia Villnge''Settlement,, as-he is barred < from selecting it; being tho holder already; of 50 acres of freehold .lDnd: '.", .; :-N.; : ; i .';: With regard l to the question as to vliethor ■Section.ll,.Ohakune,V.S.; and 2 and 3, Block' . 'X, Bangataua. Village 'Settlement, which "have beon thrown up by tho' should be regarded ; as. now open for lease, or regazetted as ppen.'it'.was'resolved to regazette them.''for re- .■ selection.'',' :■■■•.•'.■ '.•.-.:' •■ ,'-.'- '. :. ; 'With--reference to Mr. A. Jonss's application to,transfor Section 6a, Blook 11, Mount' Cerberus, to. Mr: T., A. Yeonlan, which wa's-pto-. visionally approved by the board on Aprirl, ■ :a,further'communication was received, and it ' Was resolved to postpone .'for' a further report . from the Crown Lands Ranger, with power for the-.Commissioner to act.'-'.'---. ■ ■"-• ilt' was' resolved to approve of tlie issiio .of-.the freehold title.to.-Section 23, Block 11, ' :Makotuku, held by-Mr.-James M'Kay. : . , /l'he Crown Lands Kanger reported that Mr; , John M'Kay,.the , selector.of Section 12, Blpck lII,' Pukotoii"was "residing on his frerfiold. , Section , 1, ; Block- VII, Puketoi, 1J •miles',dis--1 tant: It: was .resolved te accept such residence ; as suffioient-V;I; ,'/i '. j ■■. ■;■'.-,. '.-■' ■■■'■■•.. •■:■.-,.■■. ■ ■ '-Mrsi ;Mary-Kearins applied.for permission to dedicate 17 perches of Section 10, Block XIV, Ohinewairua, as a public road; It was resolved to leavo the:'matter.;ih the-hands of the Commissioner.' 1 '-■. '■ .. . ; '■'.■'.■• ; '. : . The - Commissioner.'reported that Mr. L. A. Bishop had deblined >to accept aleaso of part Seotion2l, Block 11, Tiffin, Carringten Settlement; .Mr. Thos. Moorcock, lessee of-tho other portion of tho section, wrote applying , to hnvo the piece refused by Mr. Bishop readued to his section. It was decided to obtain a report from the Crown Lands :Ranger as to whether the request should'be complied with. ■.' ■■•' With reference, to thu projosed subdivision and transfer of Section 23, Taihape Village Settlement, after fully considering all the circumstances of the case, it was resolved to de : cline to approve tho proposal. . .'