WASTE LAND BOARD

Evening Star, Issue 3645, 28 October 1874, Page 2

WASTE LAND BOARD

Ihe weekly meeting of the Board was held this morning; present—the Chief Cojpmissionev, Messrs Butterworth. Clark, and Strode. ’ Mr Doughty, for Mr H. Sprosen, applied for a lease of section 20, block 3, Clarendon, a quarry reserve, for grazing purposes only, ine District Engineer recommended that the reserve should not be sold, and the applicati n for a lease was also declined. Executive Council having resolved that the unsurveyed land fn the Dart Hundred should be withheld from sale, pendha the completion of surveys, the Board expressed its approval of the same. • applied for pre-emptive right over ian No. SO. Referred to the Distnot L and Officer to report on. Mr Charles Sproul asked to transfer his deferred payment certificate for land in block 7, Wa'pahee, or else surrender the laud. The Board decided that it had no power to assist applicant. Mr Howorth, for Mr Walter Murray, protested against section 42, block —, Waihemo being again declared open for sale. Referred to toe Warden, Mr James Keppel applied for sections 20. 21, and 22, block 6, Tuapeka West—(refused); Mr R. Hliott applied for section 42, block 18, Tuapeka East—(approved). Both thesa were land on a goldfield. The Executive Council signified its approval of the Board’s r.- commendation that sections 3 and 9, block 6. Lees Stieam, be the Acfc Mr R ° bert G enu> under olause 36 of The Chief purveyor forwarded a memoraadum,,relative to the area of the reserve in Naseby, part of which had been applied for by Mr Joseph Jackman, and the latter’s application was declined. * Mr A. Allen secretary to the Tapanui Progress Committee, asked the Board to decline the application of Mr John Youncfor t h . e ?l ec ® of , burnt hash at Tapanui Referred to Mr Haghan, to report on. Messrs A. T. Kenney and Co. applied to be put m possession of the ground said to be abandoned by the Otago Antimony Mining Company Rt Hindon. It appears the coS pany bad a lease drawn up some ten years ago, but had never signed it. The present Wl.o.nt. ha,l oo ra | v4 ori rZd .tated that they were prepared to spend a large sum of money in prosecuting mining .peratious. They thought it unfair thaUhf Otago Company should still hold the ground though there was «o work going on at the m V. ,e , Ifc wa 2 de 9 lfle d that tho Company be cal ed upon to sign the lease within a fort SSt4 rom date ’ ■«*' Mr J. Norris, for Kenney and Co annlied mendati n by the Secretary for Lan 'slhat sold under clause 83. p a be small P iW * that gentleman '' 9 .0a.i.u of

the line of a main road were genera;K put up at L2 2* persons, as in this case,—M ‘ i,,ik thought the mat tr was not worth both rin" about.—Tlie Chief Commissioner v.itl a bother had l> <n made about it. t wis decided that th-s hunger leport on the value. > f the laud.

The Provincial Solicitor forwarVl his opinion os to the right of pre-emption by ih' lessees of runs 129 and 258, and (tan {);> ; and Lo aL o considered, that pending th>i action of the 1 rovmcial Council in reference to the reserves it would be better to Ist things remain statu quo ants. With rtfrrence Hotter he did not think the holders of the pastoral leases can exercise their rights, as the freehold of the land is granted by the Crown to third parkiss. It was decided to abide by the above opiciea.