WASTE LAND BOARD.

Evening Star, Issue 3770, 24 March 1875, Page 2

WASTE LAND BOARD.

At the regular meeting held to-day, there were present The Chief Commissioner (Mr Thomson), Messrs Strode, Clark, Butterworth, and Bastings. Mr Thomas Perkins requested that the deferred payment application for section 5, iir c ** 3, Chatton, should be made in favor of W. Calder, Agreed. Mr i. PoLouk expressed his willingness to surrender the lea eof the Popotunoaßu*h Reserve on receiving compensation for fencing erected by hiai, or to have the matter referred to arbitration. Referred to the Government. Mr D. Nicholson applied for six months’ protection to prospect for coal on-Aiorveu Hill station on the banks of the Lindisburn, It was minuted that there was no objection to the applicant prospecting, and that if coal was found the Board would bo ready to grant a lease in the usual terms. Mr G. Sumpter, M.FC., on behalf of St. I uke’s vestry, Camara, asked that the road in present use from the west end of Chalmers street through the acclimatisation reserve should be dedicated to the public. It was decided to request the Municipal Council of Oamaru to express on opinion upon the matter. Alex. Cameron applied to withdraw his application for section 4, block 16. Waipahee. Mr M'Ardell having resigned the appointment of auctiouear to the Board for the Queenstown district it was decided to refer to the Government the matter of appointing a successor. The district land officer at Naseby forwarded applications by W. R. Moore, *•. -S eb T ster * A - Marshall, G. Currie, ana W. Jacobs to purchase their resideuct. areas at Naseby. A survey to be forwarded and approved by the Chief -urveyor. Herbert applied to purchase sections 17, 18, 19. 25, 27, 28, block 4, and 9, 10, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, block 5, Oreenvale. As th< s ctions applied for were marked “ not open” en the survey maps, it was resolved to request the uperintendent to withdraw them from sale, and to reserve them until advertised as open for sale in terms of section 3 of the Land Administration Act. A. R. Neville, on behalf of W. Simmonds, applied to purchase or lease two acres inlinediate.y behind sections 2 and 7, blocks 15 and 16, T. apanui Government to be recommended to lay off the whole township into town and suburban sections in a systematic manner.