WASTE LAND BOARD.

Evening Star, Issue 2888, 22 May 1872, Page 2

WASTE LAND BOARD.

This Day. The weekly meeting of the Waste l aud Board was held at noon to-day. Present —Messrs Reid, Duncan, Bathgate, and Hughes. On the application of Messrs Gillies and Street for part of section 5, block 12, Inch CTutha, 39a. Ir. 16p., at present reserved, it was resolved to withdraw the reserve, and advertise the land for sale as land of special value. Upset price, 25s an acre. The consideratian of Driver, Stewart, and Co.’s application for a coal lease of 80 acres, on behalf of Andrew M‘Laron, was postponed pending the report of the Ranger as to improvements, if any, erected by the licensee. If the land be leased for coalmining, the applicant to Lave priority.

It was decided that a road line 50 links wide should be retained through section 5, block 2, Waipahee district. The applicant was declared the purchaser. The application of W. Shanks to lease bush reserve, section 48, block 4, Tuturu, was declined.

The application of William Archer for a jetty and store site, opposite block 25, Queenstown, was referred to the Corporation.

On the application of Mr Reid, for Brown and Turner, for a lease of section 42, block 5, Shotover, it was agreed to grant a license for seven years, renewable yearly, on the teims recommended by the Warden and road engineer, at L 5 per annum. The lease of Run 177 was agreed to he offered at auction on the same terms as Run 257, namely : To be advertised for sale by auction, under terms of usual lease, on the

13th June next The new lease to commence at the expiry of the old one, terminable at twelve months’ notice by the Waste Land Board. Upset price, Is 2d per acre. Protection was granted to Mr Blacklock for six months, to enable him to prospect half a mile on each tank of the Poison River for gold and minerals. Connell and Moodic’s application for a saw-mill license, Waipori Bush, was referred to the Ranger for report. Connell and Moodie’s plans, submitted for Joseph Clarke, were approved, and the latter declared the purchaser. Connell and Moodie’s application to have the islands opposite block 33, Clutha district, survey ed for sale, was declined. On Connell and Moodie’s application to have remaining parts of sections 5 and 7, block 13, Inch Clutha, put up for sale, it was agreed to offer section 7 as upset price, 25s per acre. Donald M'Kcnzie and James Leslie’s application to purchase agricultural leaser at Mount Benger and Waitahnua East, were sactioned on the usual terms. R. Robinson’s map of la. 815, Maungatua, and \V, Miller’s map of 6, 812, Flilleud, were approved, and the applicants declared the purchasers.