TAI-RAWHITI LAND BOARD

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2169, 27 August 1907, Page 2

TAI-RAWHITI LAND BOARD

The Tai-Rawhiti Maori Land Board —Col. Porter 0.8., Mr. A. Keefer and Otene Pitau, assessor—sat yesterday. The President announced the reserved decision with regard to the Tapuwaeroa applications, which lie said tlio Board had gone very carefully. into. The decision was as follows:—“Tapuwaeroa IA block: The title to this land is held by the beneficiary proprietors under an order of Incorporation made under the provisions of section 122 of the - Native Land Court Act, 1894. The alineation by lease is executed under the rules and regulations, division 2, part 2, made by Order-in-Council in pursuance of the provisions of the Native Land Court Act, 1894, and dated the Ist April, 1895. Consent to the lease is asked for under ■ section 23, subsection 4, of the Maoi'i Lands Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1906. The Board after considering the evidence is satisfied the lessee has complied with the rules and regulations before recited. Therefore theBoard being satisfied the lease is for the benefit of the proprietors approves the alienation effected thereby subject to: 1. That the land shall not be sub-leased or transferred except by way of mortgage, without the consent of the Board. 2. That the area

be described in thm-lease and shown upon the plan for_ registration jTuimposes. This decision to apply to claim 295, Tapuwaeroa IB No. 2. 3290 acres, excluding condition 2. it being a. distant survey.” Mr. Nolan requested an extension of time to September 2nd, in re the Wharekiraupongi application—Granted. . Tawharetoi applications re blocks 2B and 4B were adjourned to October 7th. Mangapoiki 2C.—Application adjourned to December 2nd. Takamore No. I.—Mr. Nolan notified that the lease was now completed and asked that the provisional approval he now confirmed.—Formally approved. Haiti, No. 313, section 2f, No. 4. This was an application for the removal of rectrictions to carry out a sale entered into as far back as 1902. The section comprised five .acres, valued at £8 per acre.—To stand over for further evidence. Timber Rights.—Application was made by the East Coast Timber Company for approval of timber rights on 47 acres of Hauomatu'ku, SC, 38. The term asked for was 10 years, on royalties stipulated in the lease. Evidence was tendered showing it was in pursuance of a late judgment and settlement in the Supreme Court, in

the case of W. L. Rees and F. Hall. The applicants also asked for similar timber rights on Manukawhitikitiki No. 2 D, and Rangatira 3A. No. 3 B. —Evidence was given to the effect that the parties were identical in each application, and the ownership the same. The Board reserved >i< decision. At 4 o’clock the Board adjourned to the following day.