Waste Land Board.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1506, 14 November 1885, Page 4

Waste Land Board.

An ordinary meeting of the Wellington Wa te Land Board ; was bpld jon Thursday. Present— Messrs J. W, ;A. Marchant (m the chair), Fitzherbert, Bunny, MoCardle, Mason, and Beetham, M.H.R. '' The schedule, of >lahd sold sinoe last' meeting was approved. An application from Mr Tanner to capitalise on sec-, tiou 159& Block" I^, Kairanga, was! gi anted. , - : — The Uhder-Secretary for Orowri Lands ; informed' the Board that Mr Marchant had^been appointed to^report to the Government, on , the reefs, Wr Marchaiit'read the report submitted by . film -to , ;the Government. The TCro^n Lands Banger reported that ho had seep' the Natives who were squatting on . the Paratuke Block, and that they were drilling to leave the block, as they had not knoSmlflKtlit was Otb«nMand;S ThJßy wished notice to leave and to remove their crops to be given. It was decided to accede to this request. ■ KTlißiUnder-SecretaryfdriGrdwn'liands drew attention to a proclamation gazetted withdrawing section 30, Block XV., Mangahao, from sale on deferred, pajvtnents. It was decided to put the land up at the next sale: An application for compensation for improvements, made by Mr W. EE.Nitz.w^s. ordered to stand over till next irieetitig.^ It wfis decided to refer the report of the Ranger on valuation of sections 13 to 19. Block IX., Mangaone. . , ) ...■■■ •.It l *was decided seltthe jMangainahoe village on cash' and deferred payments, at the prices recoma^endedj by j the Comttiisaione£ [ it wa3 decided. _to offei? sections m Rorokaia township reserve on lease at Is per^acre, •rescinding, a, preyious tion.' Selectors m the v Kairanga block, agreed to the proposed expenditure oft deferred payment thirds. A lease of 16 acres at. Pohangina for twelve months was Vented to ®r Gotter, subject tbrthe usual conditions. A similar application" on behalf of the Feilding Quartz Mining' Company .was referred hapk with inforCmatibn us to- the regulations. ■• 1 :"', i The Commissioner reported that 8000 acres of the Manejatainoke Block had been handed over to the Board to deal with. ■'.-.„;. i