LAND BOARD

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 286, 27 August 1920, Page 3

LAND BOARD

. MONTHLY MEETING The monthly meeting of the Wellington Land Board ■ was held yesterday. The Commissioner of Crown Lands (Mr. Ct. a. M M'Olurc) presided, and. thero were pre-sent--Messrs. J. Dawson, O. M'lntyre, 11. i T. Elllngham, and J. Georgettl. f Applications for Land, I The following applications for land were ; approved;— 1 Section 5. Block VIII, Kaltleke. 20 acres; A. Adsett. Sections 15, 16. 17, Block 111, 1 H.nvtrey Settlement. 2 acres 17.5 perches; 1 Patrick Shields. Section 7, Block VIII, , Walpakura (Eagleßham flettleme<). 3 ' acres; H. V. Hammond. Section 4. Puke- ; toi Settlement, 255 acres; Chas. Edwin Bee. 1 Section 1. Puketoi Settlement, 262 acres; • J. M'G. Tarbet. Section 15, Block VII. 1 Apiti. 99 acres; Bernard Waterson, Section ' Is, Section t.B, Block 11, Mangahao, Sec- ' tion t;363, Block V. Gorge. 207 acres roods 26.6 perches; Arch. K. Greves. Section 8, 1 Block XIV. Aniti (Ncsdale. No. 2 Settle- ' ment). 100 acres; Francis Nesdnle. - Sec--1 tion 6, Puketoi Settlement," 389 acres; ' Horace B. Wilton. Section 2, Puketoi 1 Settlement, 500 acres; Charles Douglas. Section 9, Block I, Puketoi Settlement, 644 | acrcß; fm, Peter Trcscder. Section a, 1 Puketoi Settlement. 438 acres; H. S. Mason. j Applications for Foe Simple. The following applications for the fee ' simple were approved :-Bection 16. BlocK i IV, Tirirawaknwa. 200 acres; E. C. Halt, i Section 59, Block XIV, Ohinewairua 199 i acreß 2 roods; A. Moghan. Section 10. i Block XI7, Manganui, 2CO acres: Sarah • Coi. . .. , , . i . Transfers. The following applications for transfers ! VIII, MakurL 6.D. « ! acres 2 roodB; Hubert Hunt to Daud 1 T M'Oiillough. Section 3, Block 111. .Ka ' kAhi Town 1 rood; Walter Bchard Kayiid ' to Eemont Box Co. Section 68, Levin VS. E S acres 14 perches;. T. Henry Playford 'and Maurice Field, beelioTe, Block 11. Mangahao, f »«<* J roods; Alice Maud M'Card e to Arthur Cleghoru. Section 3, Block VI, Hinuto , 200 acres; George Hector Hart to Harold L. King. Section 6, Block IV, Mt. Cerherus 105 acres, Bessie P. Swan Mrs) to Francis Augustus Meech. Section /. Block IV, Jit. Cerberus 100 acres, Bessie P Swan (Mrs.) to Francis Augustus Meech Section 8. Block XIX, Mangahao, 200 acres, Walter J. Ooi to Cecil G. Hart. Section -69, Block XV, Kangitoto Ohakea Settlement). 6 acres, and part section 282, Block V, Hangitoto, 8 acres 2 roods; F. T. Simpson to Arthur Henry Hobbs. Section 29. Block til, Tararua. 57 acres 1 rood'2o. serenes; S. Bolton to .Thos. Lewis Logan Mason. Section 55 Kaitawa Suburban, 5 acres 2 roods 35 Perches, SarJih Ellen George to Arthur Booth. Section 9. Block IV, Tararua, 200 acres; Joseph Daweon to Allan Laurence, bt-c----tion 21. Block IV, Wairoa, 1 acre 2 roods; ■W. A. Spicer to J. Vernon Gresson. Gection 7i; Horowheima Village Settlement, 83 acres 1 rood 12 perches; W.-Henry Bell to J. M'Lean. Section 70, Horowhenun East Village. Settlement, 62 awes 11 percheß; G. Bell (lessee) and J. M. Lean to Bertje M'Ewan Galloway. Section 19, Mangahao (Pahiatua Village SeUlcinen). 6 acres 3 roods 20 perches, J. K. LoneyJo W. G. Oox. Part of sectfons 1 and 21.. Block IX, Maneawhero. 255 acres 1 rood 29 perches; D. Gun Poison to W. John Poison, bection 34, Block X, Kaitawa, 50 acres 1 rood 11 perches, Tom Harry Colpmar. to Alex. Campion. Sections 18, 19, 20, and 23, Block X Kaitawa, 97 acres 3 roods 13 perches; T Harry Colpman to A..Campion. Section 24, Block X, Kaitawa, 47 acresrl rood 8 perches; T'. Harry Colpmau to A. Campion. ... . Miscellaneous. A. R..>Oswald, lessee of Lots 2-and 3, Hall-Jones Settlement, applied to. surrender hiß temporary grazing, icensc, ana requested that a.new license be issued to him 'ovtr about 8 acres of Lot 3. -it waß resolved to accept a surrender of the temporary grazing license over Lots 1 and 3 as from August 21, 1920, and to approve of tho isßue of a temporary r grazing license over 8 acreß apnrox. of'sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 at a rental of £3 10s. per month. A. O. Kaye, who holds a temporary grazing license over liot 1 Hall-Jones Settlement, applied to surrender hiß license and to obtain a new'one for the houße on the lot and the section of U acres surrounding it. It was resolved to accept a surrender of the license as from May 31, 1920, and to grant Mr. Kaye a weekly tenancy of the house', and the 15 acres surrounding it Li-om June 1, 1920, rental 10b. per -week. H. A. Sheil. of Mataroa applied* >or a year-to-year leaso of Section 8, Block X, ■ Eangataua Villake Settlement, containing 3 acres 2 roods 20 perches. It was resolved: to grant a year-to:year lease, subject to the usual'conditions,' at-a rental of £3 ,per annum. . Mcsf.rs. CupplCß Bros, and M'Gregor applied for a reduction of the rental fixed for a year-to-year leaßO granted to them on July 28. over 17.000 o,cres of land near Waimarino.-Doard could not see its way to make any reduction in rent. . The Under-Secretary intimated that the Minister of Education had approved of the proposal to vest Education Reserve, section 184, Town of Palmci'Bton North, containing 4 acres, in the Palmcrr.ton North Borough Council, on condition that land of equal value is transferred to the Education Endowment Estate, and rcauested that arrangements be made to give the Borough Council possession-It-wae resolved to terminate the right 3 held, by Mr. Porteous aB from Augußt 1,1920. Sections 26 and 27, Pohangina Suburbs, 10 acres; Mrj. Martha Klink,-widowof late lessee, applied for a renewal of the fiveyear license over the above sections, which expires on December 31, 1920-granted at £20 per annum.