MARLBOROUGH LAND BOARD.

Marlborough Daily Times, Volume II, Issue 179, 7 December 1880, Page 3

MARLBOROUGH LAND BOARD.

j Tiie Board met at 11 o’clock. Present— I Messrs Clarke, Chief Commissioner (in the ! chair), Dive, Paul, Robinson, and Hudson. I The minutes of the previous meeting I were read and confirmed.

I e«yc absence was granted Mr to r..,q,. s from this meeting. Tl,» (MM tmkM P» s ' IV III. 1,.r! nvt taken tile m the Chief Justice would be Herto hold a Supreme Court sitting, would be 1 a good opportunity for in’CtJJOer to be sworn inchief scKf poor’s REPORT. The Chief Surveyor reported that in* str - Vila had been issued for the »nnn»doc. enwey of the lands included m the following applications :—N 0. 4, i»0 acies No. 10, 100 acre* v No. acloS : !, above applications are situate* Pclorus Sound and within the boundaries of the district proclaimed as being se apart to be dealt with under t.ie defem payment system. ficton foreshore applications, See. Messrs C. V. Fell’s and W. Byms’applications,- Which were before the Board at the preview meeting, were again brought forward 31 r Fell on this’occasion applied foralicensc forming purposes instead of “ n m ,lication S lod.rpd by E. W. Clements and »> • US D. \ Mr Robinson suggested that the? of the Crown Land officers should be .- ken as to powers of dealing with the fo esln re and referring them to the “ Harbors Act, IS7S,” and moved to that effect. A letter had been received from the Under-Secretary to the effect that th . Board might grant a licence tennm. bK at will, bdt it did not appear that the law officer’s opi'uicW had been taken. 31 r Robinson’s rttotioii was seconded b> Mr Dive, put, and catried,Mr Sinclair applied for Mr Byrne s apphcation for mineral lease to stand over unt. next meeting. His client had n »**»<*« j him to apply to a Board of Enquii J < special survey hut he (Mr Sinclair) thongL it would be better for the matter to stanu o vpp, so as to get it before the Supreme

Mr Byrne wrote to the Board applying for compensation for expenses incurred by coming to Blenheim to attend a meeting o the Board, which did not take place 3 Byrne nslml the Board to pay him U 0 am to inform him when the Board would To this the Chief Commissioner replied that the Board would meet on the bth 111 In' reply to 31 r Hodson the Chairman said there were no funds available with which to meet Mr Byrne’s claim. The Board declined to entertain the application. , . . ~ Tn the matter of an appeal against the decision of the Board in reference to the mining lease granted to Messrs J) ell nml Horton, and objected to by Mr Byrne Mi Sinclair stated a case for the Board to decide upon to go to the Supreme Court On the motion of Mr Hodson it was agreed to refer the matter to the Crow a Solicitor to agree to a case and defend it on behalf of the Board. 31 r Sinclair «aid lie would retain lus friend 31 r Rogers’. . . A license to Mr Byrne to mine for coal at Black Point, Pelorus, was granted. An application for a transfer of a pastoralease of May Bank Run from Mr A. Dim I can to 3Jr John Duncan was grantei..K.ING Ell’S REPORT. Mr Jos. Rutland, Ranger, reported as follows “ Pelorus Valley, November Ith ISSO. The second year of Mr Clias. Smith s tenure of section No. 165, Kenepuru Sound under the deferred payment regulations expires on the 6th November. J \ iavc J, honor to report that lie has fulfilled the requirements of the Act, having cleared, grassed, and otherwise cropped more than one-tenth of the land. Mr Smith regularly resided on the ground until about six weeks ago, when, being short of funds, he took some work in another part of the Sound, but intends to return to his holding in a week or two.” C'LOVA RAY. The Under-Secretary notified that the Governor approved of the upset price of L9OO for section I, block 11, Clova Bay, at present open for sale on deferred payment. kaikouka. A letter was read from the Chairman of the Kaikoura County Council asking for section 861) to be vested in the Council for wharf purposes. It was stated that the Chairman of the County Council had already been informed that the request could not be complied with, An application for section 341, town of Kaikoura, to be vested as a site for a Literary Institute was recommended to be granted. RPA IvA K A K KSE R YE. An application by Ropama Timote and another .Maori for Te Ruakaka Reserve was read, and the Board agreed to put up the license for the land to auction. ONAMALLTP. 31 r Adams, of Langley Dale, applied to the Board to have surveyed and put up for sale 54S acres at Onamalutu. The Board decided that it was not desirable to sell the land as it was supposed to be auriferous. TIMIIEU LICENSE. A timber license in favor of Mr J. B. Dick, Pelorus, was approved for signature. The Board then adjourned.