LAND BALLOT

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8364, 26 February 1913, Page 7

LAND BALLOT

•ON THE MAIN TRUNK LINE. The Commissioner of Crown Lands, Mr T. N. Brodrick, assisted by Messrs Dawson and McLennan, members of the Wellington Land Board, held a-bal-lot for twenty-tcreo sections at Tanmarunni on Saturday. There ware In all 365 individual applicants, each of whom had put in several applications; these totalled 1651, giving an average of 4} applications to each candidate. Of the total number of applications, 1169 were accorded preference, the remaining 382 not coming within the ‘conditions. The following is the result of the drawing: Block V., Hnnua S.D. (Kakahi Township): Section 31, la 2r 20p, S. E. Austin, seven applicants; section 32, la 2r 21p, Mary Beautrais, six applicants; section S 3, la 2r 25p, Agnes Mitchell, four applicants; section 33a, 2a Or Bp, Adolph Goldfinch, one applicant ; section 34, 2a lr Bp. Lily L. Brew, one applicant; section 35, 2a lr 12p. D. Jackson, two applicants; section 36, 2a Or 17p, A. Mndford, one applicant; section 37, 3a 2r 2p, F. W. Greenstreet, one applicant; sections 12 and 13, 83a lr, Gladys T. Marshall, 84 applicants; section 19, 83a lr, R. C. H. Humphrey, 106 applicants; section 21, Thomas Barnett, five applicants; section 23, 77a 2r, Edgar A. Redder, 22 applicants; section 24, 91a 2r 24p, Elsie H. Norman, 121 applicants; section 25, 74a lr, Daniel Fraser, 112 applicants. Block 10; Section 14, 88a lr 34p, E. Woodward, 126 applicants; section 17, 82a lr, W. E, Young, 132 applicants ; section 18, 80a, .fcseph Wood. 135 applicants; section 20, 89a Or 32p, Ellen D. Allen, 107 applicants. Block 11: Section 2a, 200 a, Aves Maher, eight applicants. Block 9: Section 25, 170 a, Geo. Somerville, 13 applicants; section 30, block 7, Manganui Survey District, A. Ellingliam, four applicants.