WASTE LAND BOARD.

Evening Star, Issue 3508, 21 May 1874, Page 3

WASTE LAND BOARD.

The usual weekly meeting of the Board was held to-rtay. Present : The Chief Commissioner, Messrs Bastings, Butterworth, Clark, Donald Reid, and Strode. Mr Hams, for Mr Wm Edmonds, applied for a Crown Grant for section 32, block 2, North Harbor and Blueskin districts. R 3 - ferred to the Chief Commissioner for investigation, Mr I. N. Watt, for Messrs Daniel Ellison, Thomas Pratt, and others, applied for a lease, under clause 161, of the peninsula at Waikouaiti, for a whaling station, and for pastoral purposes. Referred to the ranger to report on. Mr Walter Miller applied to purchase 345 acres on block 6, Waitahuna East, under section 40 of the Act. Referred to the district laud officer, he to give notice to persons who have already applied for the same land under agricultural leases, that this application has been put in, and to hear if they have any objection to its being granted. The consideration of Mr Logan’s case, as submitted by Messrs Connell and Moodie for the opinion of the Attorney-General, was adjourned. Mr Felton applied for a coal-mining lease of section 63, block 3, Tuapeka West. ' Referred to district land officer for advice. Messrs Webb and Fulton, for Messrs Cotton and Henry, wrote asking for a reconsideration of their application for section 13a, block 3, Tuapeka East. The parties 1 not appearing, the matter was adjourned,. r the Presbyterian Church, at Naseby, applied to purchase a small piece of land adjoining the church property in that town. The land to be advertised for sale, in terms of the Warden’s minute. The following purchases of agricultural leases were approved Mr W. t-utherland, sec. v l, block 7, Table Hill; Messrs Sutherland and Poison, sec. 21, block 10, Waitahuna East, and sec. 3, block 11, Table Sill. The following exchanges of leases were apprpredMr E. Tubman, sec. 35. block 1, Mount Bengsr ; sec. 15, do ; sec. 16, do. Sir F. D. Bell telegraphed requesting that his case might be postponed, in consequence ©f sickness in his family keeping him absent. A greed to. Mr Haggitt applied ‘for a reconsideration of Mr Wm. Fraser’s application for preemptive right to run 335b. To issue to applicant under regulations of 1857, at 10s per acre, Mr John Forsyth applied for a piece of land between secs. 6 and 7, block 5, and sec. 16, block 7. Glenoamaru, under the forest planting regulation. Kef erred to the ranger for advice. Mr Haggitt’s opinion was read on the proceedure necessary for the collection of unpaid assessments in Hundreds, and Ranger Hughan was appointed to sue for those due m 1873 within the Tuturau and Toetoes Hundreds. With reference to Messrs Howorth and Bradshaw’s application for a lease of a copper-mining claim at Moke Creek, they were requested to return a draft of the lease sent _by the Provincial Solicitor, in order r j ltß - execntion * <f this was not com plied with the land will be declared open tor application. Messrs Herbert, Mackney, and Co. applied for a reconsideration of their application for a saw-mill lease of 160 acres of land. A quarter-mile frontage to be leased on each side, on the usual terms -Ll6O deposit. The survey to bo brought to the Board within six months, otherwise the lease may be cancelled. The contractors for Beaumont bridge not to be interfered with in obtaining timber for the bridge. Mr Thomas Murray applied to purchase 100 acres of run 260, at Lees Scream. There bemgan error in the application it was referred back, to app icant for correction. Mr Denis O’Halloran applied for a lease of the square in front of block 21, Hawksbury. Refused. Mr Driver, on behalf of Mr A. Miller, ob jeoted to the sale of sections 23, 24, and 44, iitble Hil], to another applicant, but it was discovered that the land had already been sold to the latter, and paid for. On Mr Reid’s recommendation, an office was appointed at Roxburgh foe the receiving of applications, on deferred payments.