LAND BOARD.
(Condensed from the ‘ Times.’
Monthly meeting - , May 7. Present: Chief Commr. (Mr Weetman) and Messrs Mills, M.H.R., Redwood, and J. A. Parsons.
Mr Chas. Evans applied to purchase or lease unoccupied land fronting his freehold sections, 1 of 271, 2of 271 and 272, Kaikoura Suburban.—Consideration deferred until next meeting. Letter received from Kaikoura County Council asking that unsold sections on the Peninsula be withdrawn from sale, and leased in small blocks. YcJ3 f oe“ofi’ere& hi o'i from 2J- to 3 acres for terra of 7 years, terminable at 3 months notice ; also sections 233 to 247, together with unsurveyed land between there and Torquay Street. On motion of Mr Parsons, it was resolved that Government be urged to reserve 100 acres, more or less, on Blind river property, now being surveyed, as an accommodation reserve, and that it had better be in the portion adjacent to the road and nearest Flaxbourne. Mr Parsons asked that 30 acres of Hapuka village settlement be dealt with.
Resolved that Government be requested to withdrawn the acre blocks in Hapuka village settlement, and to either lease in 1,2 or 3 acre blocks or sell for cash.
Surveyor-General wrote stating that Minister for Lands is informed that there are blocks of land in the district that might be thrown open for settlement, and asking for report. Board resolved that in their opinion a topographical survey is absolutely needed of all the land in the Upper Pelorus district as soon as possible, and the Board will be glad to hear what steps are being taken towards obtaining a topographical survey of the country South of Kaikoura.
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Kaikoura Star, Volume XIV, Issue 738, 15 May 1894, Page 3
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272LAND BOARD. Kaikoura Star, Volume XIV, Issue 738, 15 May 1894, Page 3
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