WASTE LANDS BOARD.

Dunstan Times, Issue 948, 18 June 1880, Page 3

WASTE LANDS BOARD.

At the usual weekly meeting of the Waste Lands Bo’ard IH-1 at Dunedin on the 9ch instant, the f illowing came before the Board :

Mr Stout, on betia'f of O. T Marie, of Clyde, asked that a rehearing should he granted in regard to an application made by Marie and Jam ■» Holt f en acres of a coal lease, the Board having stated i f s intention to grant the loose to Hoit. One of the principal reasons in su qiort of a rehearing was that Holt, held hot complied with the regulations in regard to survey fees, Warden Simpson hiving a’lnwcd him (as was alleged wrongly) to’ tran-fer fees deposited by In n on a previous application to meet the one under no’ice The Board agreed to h-.ar b cli sid-s in ilie mat tor on Jims 2ird. An application J. hj., Inglis to purchase or lease portion of section 3, block XIV, Beuger, mirk-. I a - a reserve, was inferred to’the District hand Officer for n report. The following deferr• l-oaymenl rural licenses were ap roved : -Wm. Bnrr-n. sectio'fi 1, block X. Put barn; ChVisii.m Iverson, sc-tion 2. block I; John King, sections, block I ; \ 0 Ivers-m, section I. block 111-all of Fraser ; ami \l i Mae Giuuis, section 8 L-ming t£e rabbit up «*r The following is idle t-xt of a netnion at present being circulated for signature in several agricultural districts in Southland and Otago ; The petition of the uiidersLoie 1 settlers humbly sheweth- That the rabbit pest, from which the s nithern portion of the co- , louy has suffered foe many years continues I to be a se ions grievance to your petitioners. That a very large proportion of the waste lauds of the Crown, including Bush, EUi- : cation, and other reserves'(which latter are exempt from the operation of the Rabbit Nuisance Act) are overrun by rabbits to an extent which has seriously afiV.c’cd the value of those lands. and in some eases rendered them a l, souitidy worthless That notwithstanding that the Rabbit j Nuisance Act has been brought into operation throughout the greater part of this district, your petitioners assert that the destruction of grasses and crops of all descriptions caused by rabbits, will be found to have diminished ma’erially Hie production of Wool and Slock ov r Soirhland and part of Otago, and to have sensibly reduced the 1 value of lau-lcd.property. That the serious evils above mentioned may be expected to exten 1 a iucicase if \ not effectually oh-;"! e j That your petbloner* are a\va-c ihar tlie 1 Government of South Australia has taken I very decided action in grappling with this | question, particulars of which can be readily obtained. | Under all circumstances your petitioners j respectfully pray that a select Committee of the 11 o-die should be appointe i to eu- : quire into and suggest the,best mode of dealing with the evil, nn-1 (hat shelf Comi mittee be empowered to consult with a sii inilar Committee appointed by the Legislative CoUhcil. And your petm,Ac.