Nelson Land Board

Grey River Argus, 20 April 1948, Page 8

Nelson Land Board

.At the monthly meeting of the above there were present Messrs J. A. Peterson, Commissioner of Crown Lands (chairman), J. O’Regan, G. L. Mead, J. Ward and C. P. Reilly. Applications to cut timber.-—O.L. 622 Crown Land in Mangapeka, P. A. Roeske.—Declined. O.L. 1320, Crown Land in Block IV, Waitakere Est. of F. T. Mitciiell.—Adjourned. Misc. 316 Section 88, Block 11, Kavva.tiri, W. F. Jenkins and C. L. Hands. —Adjourned. XV/53 Sections 22 and 23, Block X, Motupiko, B. Reeves.— Granted permission to cut posts for his own use, and not for sale, for a limited period of three months at a royalty of £1 5s per 100 posts, subject to' a deposit of £5, under State Forest Supervision. Sections 14 and 9, Block IX, Inangahua, D. R. Seymour.—Adjourned. Crown Land in Block XI, Reefton 60 acres (approx.) W. J. Corkran. —Granted a permit to cut mining timber over the Crown Land portion only (not including State Forest), for one year, royalty at State Forest rates, deposit to be £5. Crown Land in Block I, Ohika, 80 acres, Joseph William Stuart. — Adjourned. . Application to remove limestone in Crown Land in Block VI, Reefton, D. F. O’Donnell. —Granted a provisional license under Section 351 of Land Act, 1924, over approx. 20 acres in Block VI for the purpose of winning limestone; term of three years from April 14, 1948: rates of royalty and ground rental left in hands of the Commissioner of Crown Land; two years free of royalty, provided worked to the satisfaction of the Board.

Transfers. —Section 1111, Westport, 22.1 perches, Bertha Graham Hainsworth to George Henry Port, of Westport, sawmiller.— Approved. Section 67, Westport Colliery Reserve, 11.8 perches, Walter Clinton Cummings to Edgar Howard Clarke, of Auckland, painter.—Adjourned for trading figures etc., from Lessee. Section 5 and Part Section 4, Westport Colliery Reserve John William Weaver to Alfred Cecil George Hendrickson, of Westport.—Left in hands of the Commissioner. Section 723, Westport, 1 rood, . Ellen Agnes Bowe to James Cornelius Moriarty, of Westport, porter.—Approved. Part Section 28, Square 134, Block IV, Inangahua S.D., 7 acres 2 roods, 22 perches, William Stirling Clarke to Allan Gordon Clark and Albert John Clark, of Inangahua Junction. —Adjourned for valuation of chattels and stock and declaration as to goodwill.