MARLBOROUGH LAND BOARD.

Marlborough Daily Times, Volume II, Issue 135, 6 July 1880, Page 4

MARLBOROUGH LAND BOARD.

Monday, July stit. Tub Board met yesterday morning. Present Messrs Clark (Chief Commissioner) in the chair, and Robinson, Paul, and Hodson. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. Leave of absence from this meeting was granted to W. E. Dive, on the motion of Mr Robinson. The Chief Commissioner said lie had sent a circular to all the members calling attention to the fact that the Commissioners must be sworn in before a Judge of the Supreme Court. Had any members not been sworn. Mr Hodson said he had not been sworn. He had not the opportunity of seeing the Judge when here. He had brought a copy of the form of the oath in his pocket in order to be sworn. On a former occasion he had been sworn. Mr Robinson said lie had not been sworn on re-appointment. It was understood that the above members would get re-sworn on the first opportunity. CHIEF SURVEYOR’S REPORT. The Chief Surveyor reported the completion of the survey of land included in application No. S, situated at Olmaparuparu Bay, Kcncpuru Sound, and the plans toj gether with a report upon the same, will be ' faid before the Board when required. In- ! struetions for the survey of land included i in application No 10, Kenepuru Sound, have been issued, and the survey will be gone on with at once. The above lands are within the boundaries of the district proclaimed as being set apart to be dealt with ! under the deferred payment system. ■ KAIKOUEA. The Chairman said it would be remembered that the Board had resolved that the Ranger should proceed to Kaikoura to inspect the timber, etc., on a block of land at Kaikoura, winch Mr Ingles proposed to transfer to Mr Tenney. The Ranger reported that the land is well timbered, the bush being wholly undisturbed, and no 1 timber of any description having been fcll- | ed or removed up to the present time. Tim- ! her of much smaller growth than that used I in the Pelorus Valley is turned to aci count here. The block will yield : about 0000 feet to the acre, j Mr Ward is now engaged in surveying the j ground, but owing to the difficulty of connecting the section with existing surveys, and the loss of time caused by bad weather the work will not be completed before the sth instant. The Ranger sees no reason for delaying the proposed transfer of the land in question if the Board is satisfied to have it made. The land is isolated from all freehold land.” The Board resolved that the further consideration of the matter should stand over until next day, when it was expected Mr Ingles, who was interested in the matter, would attend. KAITUXA. Mr D. Jacques, of Kaituna, applied for a pastoral lease of about 100 acres of land at

Kaituna, but the Board deemed it unadvisa file to grant the application. pelokus, &e. Mr Cox, of Belovas, applied to be relieved from the residential clause in respect of a piece of land in his occupation, he having a house on the adjoining piece of land. It was agreed that Mr Cox be written to, asking if the house referred to by’ him was his permanent residence, and for further information. 111 a. 3r. Op. in the occupation of Mr 1. McMahon, Keneptmi Sound, was recommended to be assessed at £1 per acre. KAIKOURA. Mr Ingles here came into the room and said he should have been present at an earlier hour but had been prevented by the weather and the swollen state of the rivers. The Board consented to the proposed transfer of land from Mr Ingles to Mr Tenney. It was resolved that Mr Tenney, be informed that the Board will sanction the transfer to him of Mosers Ingles’ leases over the block of land referred to by Mr Tenney in his letter, on the terms therein mentioned and when this lias been done and Messrs Ingles have surrendered their timber license over the same land the Board is willing to grant a timber license to Mr Tenney on bis paying a tithe of 4d per 100 feet.. A letter from Mr James Davidson was read applying for a license under clause 149 of the Land Act, over a part of the Y\ half Reserve at Kaikoura lately occupied by Mr C. Haggar and since his decease by Ins executors, and also a letter from Mr. Haggar’s executors, requesting that the license may be granted. The Board resolved to grant a license at £1 a year. A letter was received from the Kaikoura County Council asking the Board to recommend the Governor to set aside a piece of land near the wharf tor harbor purposes. The Board agreed with the suggestion. Mr In rlcs asked the Board to authorise the subdivision of certain Suburban sections at Kaikoura, such subdivision to bo subject to approval. This was agreed to and the Board then adjonrned.