WESTLAND LAND BOARD.

Hokitika Guardian, 20 November 1919, Page 4

WESTLAND LAND BOARD.

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 19, 1919

:■! The Board met at 2 p.m. in open | Board. Present—The Commissioner of 1 Crown Lands, Mr It. S. Galbraith ; (Chairman), Messrs R. Houliston, B. ; Ward, Win. Clayton, and G. Mallinson. The minutes of the previous meeting i were read and confirmed. ADJOURNED BUSINESS. -Block I, Toaroha S.D., 100 acres, gee. 130, V. -W. M. Bonar (Mr Sellers), Island, Hokitika River Bed, fronting applicant’s freehold. Objected by W. F. Jones (W. Duncan and Co). The application was granted and Jones’ lease cancelled, any improvements made * to be allowed to be removed. Block 111, Mawheranui, and Block XV, Waiwhero S.D., 200 acres, Reg., T. F. Turner.—Granted at £1 per acre. . „ Res. 1569, Block IV, Waimea S.D., 3a 3r 37p., Section 130, L. V. Shepherd, Recreation Reserve at Rutherglen. Granted at £1 rental. Section 2763, Block 111, Brunner S.D., 524 acres, Regs., J. J. McDonald. Adjourned. Blocks VI and X, Mawheraiti S.D., ; 350 acres, Regs., Bryson Mirfin.—Approved. Block 'XIII, Mawheraiti S.D., 120 acres, Regs., IC. Curtain. Area at present held under Misc. Lease 350. Granted for T.G.L. Block VII, Kanieri’s.D., 200 acres, Regs., J. T. Timpson.—Adjourned. Sections 2, 15, 16, Block 111, Cobden S.D., 96a Or 7p., Regs., A. R. V. Schultze.—Approved. Sections 3286, 3288, 3291, 2514, Block IV, Waimea ;S.D., 811 acres, Regs., H. C. Harley, T. W. Shallcrass and W. F. Harley. Granted. Block 111, Totara S.D., 500 acres, Regs., G. P. Rea (Win. Duncan and Co.). Area at present held by applicant under Misc. Lease 211. Granted at capital value of £1 per acre. Blocks VII and XI, Bruce Bay S-D., 155 acres, Regs., E. R. Wilson (Wm. Duncan and Co.).—Granted at £l5O. Block X, Ahaura S.D., 100 acres, ißegs., Agnes and William Delaney.— Adjourned. Block XV, Waimea S.D., 300 acres, ■Regs W. M. Steel, (R. Wells).—Left to Commissioner. ' Block 1, Kanieri S.D., 89 acres, Regs., D. Feeney (Park and Murdoch). —Granted at £9O. Block 11, Kanieri S.D., 100 acres, Regs., R. F. Perham (Park and Murdoch), old Christchurch Road.—Granted; rental to be fixed by Commissioner. Res. 1476, Block 1, Waiwhero S.D.; 4} acres R. E. Keown and T. Walsh (Wm. Duncan and Co.) —Granted. Section 2938, Block 1, Totara S.D., 258 acres, Regs., N. McNicol. —Granted. Block XI, Wataroa S.D., 100 acres, Sec. 130, W. H. Chinn, (Wm. Duncan and Co.). —Granted at £f rental. Block IV, Waimea S.D., 250 acres, J. Greengrass and E. A. Wilson (Wm. Duncan and Co). —Refused. Block VIII, Mahinapua S.D., 330 acres, Regs., F. W. Brown (Mr Sellers) —Adjourned. TRANSFERS AND SUB-LEASES. Misc. Lease 408, Block IV. Totara |S.D., 200 acres, W. F. Jones and Public Trustee estate E. J. Jones, to 0. Trippner (Wm. Duncan and Co.). — Refused. L.P. 72, 20 acres; L.P. 75, sec. 2208;

L.P. 144, Section 2311, Otira S*D., of half interest, E. M. Green to R. 11. Meyer.—G ranted. Reg. Lie. 147, Section 2749, Mawheranui S.D., 270 acres; Misc, Lease 1438, Misc. Lease 1397., Block VII, 38 acres, F. Fletcher, to W. S. and R. W. Campbell, (Wm Duncan and Co.).—Approved.

R.L. 410, ‘.Sections 2585/6, Block XIII, Rataketake S-D., 672 acres, C. Smith to Ivy N. Cron (Wm. Jeffries and Co.—Recommended. Ren. L. 229, Runanga, J. McTaggart to J. B. Ishenvood.—Approved. Pas. L. 799, Run 630 H, Waikiti River, 36,600 acres, A. Campbell to G. F. Drayton.—Approved. Pas. L. 738, Run 631, Ajax, 53,250 acres, A. Campell to R. F. Drayton.— Approved. Block XIII Mawheraiti, , Sect. 206 and 2697 Block XIII Mawheraiti, A. O’Neill to A. M. Marshall.—Approved. Misc. Lease 604, Block V, Kanieri S.D., 22 acres, J. Singer to T. R. Chesterman (Park and Murdoch.) —Approved.

M.D.L.O. 49, Cobden S.D., 17 acres 2 roods, J. Taylor to R. Armstrong.—. Recommended. Misc. Lease 1134, Block VIII, Mahinapua S.D., 200 aores, W. J. Pritchard to Theresa O’Connor (Wm Duncan and Co.) —Approved. Misc. Lease 651, Block IV, TuriI whate S.D., 120 acres, Public Trustee executor, estate H. W. Weenink to A. R. .Weenink (Wm Duncan and Co.) — Approved. Ren. Lease 454, Waiwhero S.D., 49 acres 2 roods, W. McTaggart to N. Dunn.—Recommended. Misc. Lease 1058, Res. 113, Greymouth, 31 perches, P. C. Heaphy and E. C. Warnes to E. P. Peters.—Apt proved. O.R.P. 46, Section 927, Block XVI, Waitaha S.D;, 800 acres, C. Lafferty to A. D. Henderson and W. K. Henderson (R. Wells.) —Approved. Misc. Lease 1287, Blocks V and VII, Kanieri S.D., 100 acres, W. O’Connor to J. J. Krakowsky (Wm. Duncan and Co.). —Approved. , Misc. L. 440, Block I, Toaroha S.D., 32 acres, G. Lyes to W. A. Jamieson (R. Wells). —Granted. Reg. Lie. 50, Waimea S.D., 43 acs.2rds, R. Pascoe to 11. Smith.—Granted. Mis. L. 934, Res. 111, Greymouth, 1 rood, H. G. Bate to T. Corcoran.— Granted. Pas. Lie, 733, Rtm 624, Harata, 15,700 acres, A. J. Mclnroe to D. A. i McVicar (Wm. Duncan and Co.). —Ad- < journed.

Pas. Lie. 922,. Subdivision Rus 628, Pohaturoa S.D., 19,300 acres, M. J. Mitchell asd J. Bradley to N. McVicar (Wm. Duncan and Co.). —Adjourned. R.L. 141, Section 161, Block VI, Poerua S.D., 138 acres, H. 11. Adamson to J. F. Butler (W. Jeffries and Co.).— Recommended. R.L. 288, Section 2259, Block I, Po-

erua S.D., 160 acres, J. and T. O’Neil to W. EI. Thiele (Wm Jeffries and Co.) —Recommended. Reg. Lie., 184, Brunner S.D., A. Simes, exchange from Regulation License to Renewable Lease.—Granted at £260.

Reg. Lie.; 58, Sections 3195;. 3318, Block IV, Waimea S.D.; J. Greengrass asd B. A; Wilson, exchangefrom Reg. License to renewable lease.—Adjourned.

CORRESPONDENCE AND MISCELLANEOUS.

Appln. 10022, Neil McVicar asks that grant for 400 acres made on 17th Sept, be rescinded.—Approved. The Commissioner reported that Isabella Brown, lessee of Mis. L. 713 is dead, and recommended that lease, be terminated and £1 rent due written off as irrecoverable.—Approved. The Commissioner reported that 100 acres of Misc. L., 431, held by A. W. Meharry, overlaps an area recentlygranted to T. Stopforth, who, as owner of mainland, is entitled to his river frontage, and recommends that area of Meliarry’s lease be reduced by area overlapping.—Approved. B. Dowell applied hinder Section 23 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1915,

for remission of arrears accrued on his half interest in Misc. L., 1083, since he joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force.—Approved. The dates listed for Board meetings for 1920 were approved.