WASTE LAND BOARD.

Evening Star, Issue 3271, 14 August 1873, Page 2

WASTE LAND BOARD.

There were present at to-day’s meeting of ! he Board, Messrs Thomson (in the chair), Butterworth, Bastings, Reid, and Clark. Mr George Cook, for Mr John Roberts, applied to postpone for six months the application for a pre-emptive right run 213b, in consequence of defect in power of attorney from the Bank of Australasia connected with gale to W. R. Roberts, Granted, Messrs Connell and Moodie, on behalf of F. E. French, applied for a lease for seven or fourteen years of section marked on the map is a quarry reserve, and adjoining section 27, block 1, Papakaio—quarry right to be reserved to the Government, Referred to the Ranger for report.

James Wright asked to withdraw an application for the exchange of an agricultural lease of section 2, block IV., Waipori. Agreed, Mr R. Paterson, for Thomas Pollock, applied to hare a transfer of Messrs Jackman and Inglis’s lease of Glenoamaru bush reserve sanctioned. Referred to the Ranger to report whether the assignors had fulfilled the terms of their lease re planting trees to replace those cut down.

The following applications to exchange agricultural leases were granted Hugh Godwin, sections 9 and 92, block 2; Jas. M'Guigan, section 40, block 3, and section 17, block 5; A. Craig, section 4, block 4 all at Table Hill; A. Stevenson, section 24, block 1, Cookston ; A. Taylor, sections 81 and 82, block 1, Waitabuna.

Messrs Smith and Anderson, for Mr J. P. Kitehing, applied to have him declared the purchaser of sections 10 and 11, block 2, Ettrick. There being some difficulty m determining who was the actual pccupant pi the land, the matter was postponed for 3 week.

A letter was read from Mp W, Gardener, asking to be allowed to purchase ten acres at Mataura bridge, fpr a manse site, or to be allowed valuation whep. the land is offered for sale. It was agrped tq recqmrpeqd the Government to declare the land open for sale at Mataura bridge 5 the land to be surveyed into quarter apd dye apre sections, apt cording to position.