LAND BOARD.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 17, 21 January 1903, Page 2

LAND BOARD.

Tbe Boird met on Tuesday. Present: Messrs Jas. Mackanz'o (Commissioner of Grown Lands), Heslop, Rattenbury, and Gonnett.

Lands applied for sinca last meeting wert: —S ction 23, block 14, Air, Thou, O'Donnsdl, 477 acrep, L.1.P.; section 7, block 5. Upp'-r Waitara, Jas Graham, S6O acr-s, 0.R.P.; sec ion 2, block 5, Mimi, W, Schmidt and Win. Bellshaw, 1022 acres, 0.R.P.; section 8, block 14, Waro, 0. Dil?, 480 acres, OR.P.;secion 11, block 13, Waro,' Olm. Porrott, 850 acres, 0.R.P.; s?ction 2, block 13, Waro, John Twmbith, 594 acres, LLP. R. Oiegg applied for permission lo sel c 1; another seodoa in li<. n of block 4, Upp;r Waitira, and to transfer hi* deport, to th it section, his reason being th*t he was disappoint d with the section taken up by bim.—Toe Board had no power to accede to tho request. Land-i sold by public auction on 6th instant were reported to be: - S cr.ions 1 and 2, Rehu Village; section 112, block 12, dpi; sections 7 to 12 and 21 to 24, Puk'firuhe Village; suctions 58 and 108, Ohawe Township.

An application by G. H. Uacdl y lo transfer sections 22 to 24, block 2, Upper Waitarf,, was declined. The fo'.lo sing app'ic <Xi jns to tiansf r were agreed to : A-, Liud to R. ha!f io'er.-st iu s.'ction 1, block 10, Omona; J. Armstrong to T. and K. Orem, sec.ion 147, block 6, Egmm - ; A. Cainpb W 'o A. McWil i m, section 4, block 10, Omona ; G. Jennings to F. G oshirski, sec im 5, block 5, Mahoe ; the consent in the cases of Lynd and Jennings to be subj -ctto the inspection of the Rmgor. An application by T. Wall to trans fer section 16, block 5, Egmont, to Thos. Brish, instead of to H.J. Blanchett, who, owing to rheum \ti«-s, fcund the climite to damp fi>r him, was 'granted, as was alsi t»n applicttion by T. Brash to rtside off the section —th.) C.)mm : ss!ooer digsentiug. Consent was given to P. G. Nops *o sub-divide s ctions 5 and -8, block 6, Egmont, an 1 to transfer section 8 tj John Williams.

U, E. Bacon was granted consent to sub-let pirc of sec'ion 3, block 13, Pouatu, to F. W. Brooking for milling purposes. Consent was given to several appli cations for permission to mortgage

Freeholds Jware ordered to issm to Norah Kothiry. actions 13, 15, block 14. Gape; J. Levin, junr., section 9, block 9, Uape ; and Jas. Fleming, section 108, block 12, Gap?.

The names of selectors who were reported to be in anear were submitted to the Boird. It was resolved to forfeit the interests of the holders in section 6, block 12, Omona, and section 2, block 12, OraoDa, the fornnr to bo asked to pay arrears of rent. The Commissioner was authorised to deal with the cases on their meri's.

The Ranger's report on S. G. Runs, sections' 1, block 10, 5, block 13, 3, b'ook 14, (Jpper Wai-ara, held by D. A. Watt, was received. No improve m&nts hid been eflee'ed and th<* rent was in arrear to tbe amount of .£74 1 s. He is to be c tiled on to sho-v cause why the land should njt be forfei'el A Hastie was granted six months extension of time for improvements owing to his inability to get bushMlers on section 11, block 8, Waitara. On the Commissioner reporting that W. Ojurtney had make no payment of rent in respect of sections forfeited by him, it; was decided to pi tc3 the matter in the hands of tbe Crown solicitor for reeovery of rent due. The proposed deviation of the Vera road, a plan of which was submitted, was agroed to, and the license to occupy section 5, block 14, Fouatu, was amended accordingly. The Under Sec etary of Crown Linls forwarded the Lw officer's opinion ss to the disp:sal of timber by Crown tenants. —To be acknowledged. W. A. Quin applied for a lease of scions 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, R hu Village, for 10 yea>s, and ott'dred a rectal of £3 3s 4d per annum.—The sectio is vra to be submitted to public competition for lease for 10 yearci, the upset price to be 5 per cent on capital vilue, 'he bush to bi felled and land sown in grass witbin 3 years from date of lease,

An application by tb.3 Whangamornona Dairy Factory for a site for a creamery on section 84, block 10, Pouata, was read.—Applicants are to be asked to state how much land they roquire, and to submit a sketch, which will then be referred to tbe Ringer for his report. A plan of the site for a public hall on a portion of section 68. block 14, Pouatu, was laid on the table, und it wag resolved that tbe land be reserved for the propo-ed hall. On hearing tho report of the Ringer, the Burd granted Mrs F. M. McOutoheon's request; for exemption from personal residence on sections 10, 11, 12, block 15, Pouatu, the Commissioner voting against it on grounds which he stated.

J. Exley wrote, explaining that he had not ploughed up the whole of section 4, block 9, Hawera, but only 47 acres and that he c >nddered a deposit of £3O should be a sufficient guaran'ea that the land would again ba laid down in pis.ure. It was resolved that provided ha deposit £2 per acre, but not less than £3O for the area ploughed up, no further action b) taker, the Ranger to report oo the area ploughed. The Commissioner stated it was proposed to open for selection as much land as possible before March 31st, and he therefore asked for authority to fix prices of forfeited sections, and such sections of land at pressn l ; surveyed as aright be put on the market.—Accsded to, the Commissioner and Ranger to confer and fix prices. A le'.ter from the Department ex- ! planing that the leason for no reservation haviog bsen made aloog the Waiongongoro River was that the land was pirt of a purchased estate and eo was dealt with under a different Act. —To ba acknowledged. It was resolved to give notice thac the Board p-opjsrs at its next meeting to re-iciud the approval of J. H. Oliver's application to transfer section 2, block 7, Egmont, to H. W. Sexton, as the granting of the transfer was contrary to the spirit of the Land Act.

J. Harre waited on the Board and applied for four months' extension of time to resida on his knd in the Pouatu Survey District owing to his difficulty in getting timber. —Agreed to. After considering an agreement for partnership between Messrs Howard and Young, the B.>ard declined i,he app'icatiou of W. H. Young to trjnsfer oue-half of his interest iu ssoti.jus 17, 18, and 22, block 30, Omona to G. S. Howard, on the grouud lhat Howard was to be more of a servant than a partner. It ws further decided that unless Mr Yoangtook up his residence | within a reasonable time the Board I would dacliue to approve of the transfer to him by Mr Swadling.

The O-immbsioner submittel a propr<sjl that p-irion of 9 ctim 3, blrck XI, Opak •, h Id by Jeremiah Hurley, be abandoned and added to tbe Forest Rps rve and that Mr Hurley be allowed to select sectioi 2, block Xf,Op»ku, at present in the mark-t, 'hi object being to avoid th) heavy cost of const, uc'iug the Wheruakur* Valley roai in this locality.—A| proved. On the motion of Mr Rat'enbury, s conded by Mr Oo .no't, it was resolved ihat 'he Boird nuke a per oual inspec'ion of the coun'ry on t*.e northern portion of the land d strict no v bsing survoyel tor set lament—'h Cominission&r to arrange the date fcr the trip. Th i Boa' d then 1 osi.