Land Board.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7715, 18 January 1905, Page 2

Land Board.

i B MONTHLY MEETING. . j The Land Board met on Tuesday. " .There were present : The Co-mmis- ' O , jsioner of Crown Lands (in the \\ chair), and Messrs Rattenbury and b Connett. » —l.aml Applied For.— Section 7. block .IS, Omona, 1(111 ' (1 acres, was applied for by Messrs G. i 11. and J. Clark, and approved. —Transfers.— I | Transfers were applied for by L. j' v R. Loveday to B. Loveday, sec- j, tion 2, block (5, Oltura. C. Hunger |s to J. Mathis, section 2, block -r / Opaku ; J. If. Baker and A. S. Tonks to J. It. Baker, sections l.'l '. .and 11, block .'i, Hawera ; J. Somers to U. O'Slica, sections 10, 110, 17, block 11, Omona ; D. 11. Collins to T. A. L. Woods, section 18, block 7, Cnpe ; 11. ,1. Cailinglium ' to I'. J. White, section IS), block I i:S, l'ouatu ; ,1. 'l'. Gardener to J. W. Doon, section IS), block 2, OmoIna. The application of C. Hunger was approved, but the transfer will ~ not be completed until the improve- !, men Is are effected. L. li. Love- : rj day's application was dealt . with in the same manner. J. T. 'i . Gardener's application was -deferred 'j for the report of the ranger. The ; . other transfers were approved. |j Messrs- llirst and Budge applied |f | for the rehearing of their application ' to transfer 'section 1, block 2, j , Opaku, to Messrs J. G. and R. B. |, Douglas. Mr Bud'ge waited on the - 5 board with Mr Halliwcil, solicitor, ; , ' and explained his reason for taking up the land, stating that lie held the land on the Whareroa Road, dis-\ tant about srx miles as the crow flies, and he hoped to be able to |'j work both places together. He stat- ij ed what it had cost hint and his i t partner to effect the improvements j and put stock on the land. He con-j £ siderod no profit whatever had been derived from the land. Mr Halli- ' B , well explained the transaction with |, Mr W. R. McLean. After hearing 'j all the circumstances the bound con- j Bidered that the evidence submitted j was sufficient to warrant the trans- I for being granted. L —Freehold Granted.— s The following applications for the t freehold were approved :—R. and T. f H. Baxter, section o, block 15, Wai- jl talra ; Amelia Morey, section 14, ,t block 11, OpunaKe ; T. Chamney, ' section 53, block 3, lluiroa. |1 —Expenditure of Thirds.— The following local bodies submitted proposals loiv the expenditure of accrued thirds ; l'ai-ihaka ltoad Board, £2B 3s 5d ; Hawera, County Council, £2lt> 12s 2d. The board approvotH tho l'arihaka jiroposais, provided the ranger's report is favourable. The Ilawera proposals were approved in terms of the rnnger's report. As no action has been taken by the Stratford County Council re- 1 ' garding tho expenditure of thirds j on roads which the council deemed |1 ' to be Government roads, it was re- 1 ! solved to give the council the six U months' notice provided for in sec- |t tion (j of i The Public Works Act | • Amendment Act, 1904, to put in t hand works for the expenditure of • ' the money accrued. |( ! —Spotswood Settlement.— I . A scheme for grouping the unallot- I; . ted sections in Spotswood Settle- ( i mcnt was laid on the table. It was I . decided to recommend the Govern- < . inent to withdraw thq dairy furm !"] . sections from selection, and those I • open as "Workmen's Homes" from I ] that system, and that they be re-of- I . fered, excepting sections 90, 4)7, 98, '] , 99, 101, and .102, in larger areas as ] show* on the plan submitted ; also 1 ; I that the valuation of the homestead I] . buildings be by £IOO. !] —Ranger's Report.— I 1 Mr J. Barron, Crown Lands R-ang- P ■ er, rejiortcd on the inspection of GO i holdings, comprising 23,182 acres, p 1 the improvements required £9167, ' 1 1 etfectcd £23,033 ; -15 required- to rei Side, 31 residing. Two had not ef- I fected suflicient improvements, 13' : were non-resident, and one was in * > default for both improvements and ) ' residence. Three were residing, al- ' I though not required to reside. The J report was adopted, those in de- 1 fault to show cause why they have not complied with the conditions. | j —Yearly Tenancy.— * 'j ( Mrs at. J. McKoy applied for a ; 1 yearly tenancy of section 18, Vil- ii . lage of Tongaporutu. The applica- i cation was granted at the rental , formerly agreed upon. ; —Deferred.— 3 ' Mr T-hos. Sintmona applied lor a * ' lease of section 1!), block 15, Aria, I which is reserved- for a itrobable site } 5 of extension of Ifatire Village. Con- ! i sideration was deferred for the Com- i • missiouer to visit the localitv. , C } '■ —Surrender of Lease.— The Commissioner of Crown Lands, 1 , Auckland, wrote with reference to t the arrangement made with Mr J. I T. McCluggage for a surrender of . his lease of tho cemetery reserve, . Whangamomona, in connection with an application by Mr McCluggage 'i 1 I for section 48 A, block 1, Mahoe, a s ' j an extension of liis present holding. | B ( The matter was deferred to next I. j meeting, in the meantime to be re- I ferred to the ranger for report on j the value of the land. ° j —Extension of Lease.— f( i Mr A. I}. Watkin apftlied for an vI extension of his lease to C. M. Green, of section 2, block 9, Ngati- & maru, so that the present milking 3i season may not be interfered with, ti Tho sub-lease was extended to six months. ji —Rate af Interest . V The rnder-Secretary of Crown Lands advised that the Government had decidorl that no mortgage by a Crown tenant is Lo be approved if w the rate of interest proposed to be chargwl exceeds 8 per cent. —Aria Village.— A schedule of prices and plan of 81 suburban suctions, Aria. Village, ri were laid on the table. Considera- 111 tion was del'erreit pending inspection A by the Commissioner. | —'iVmporaiy Lease.— |" c The Commissioner brought up the 1° question of what rent should be L chargied to Mr Heslop for sections 1, I. block 8, -and 10, block 12, Opaku, during the occupation of the land by his son and until it is le-ofTered. 3 A temporary lease was grunted on payment of a rental agreed upon as from February Ist next. Vl —Arrears of Rent.— It was decided to notify a selector ii in arre a rs with 'his rent, that he 'p, must comply with the requirements til of the act before next meeting, oth- | c crwise the board ivill be compelled ri to forfeit, his interest in the section. —Remission of Rent.— fdi Mr Jas. Hutchens wrote asking 'y for remission of rent on sections 2 and 3, block 13, Mimi, owing to tt losses by floods and slips. q The board explained that the Governinent, under whose notice the l | matter had been brought, had as [yet taken no action, jj, —Land for Sale— it | The Crown Lands ranger reported on part section 21, block G, Kapara, f. land valuod the iniproveineiits there- I °n. The repttrt was adopted, and tho land will -lie put up for sale, tor cash, by auction. lc —Closed Koad.— With rogaixl to section 15, block 'bi 12, Op«kii, and the portion severed st by the Mataiiiioana Road deviation, B--* and the closed road, it was resolved I that no] steps be taken until the board has an opportunity of visit- .fcr ing the ground. | v -School Site ut Alakalui.r lhe, Taranaki h:ducation Board y,, asked that the school site at Maka- ji lui be set apart on the site origin- 6 (, ally approved by the La-id Hoard, to -It was resotvwl that ihe site orig- I inally approved be adhered to. $!, —Extension of Time.— jS. Mr 11. W. James was granted a, further extension of time to reside il' on his sections in the Ngatimaru block. kf —Yearly Lease.— Mr AV. Rossiter was granted a rl yearly lease of sections 203, 272, and 273, Kaksirumeii Towns-hip, at S< a rental of 10s each per annum. —Leave of Absence.— Mr 10. Julian was granted leave of absence for twelve months on sections 37, block 11, and 1 and 9, £ r block 12, Waltara, on account of his gc children attending the l/rentii school, 1,0 which is six miles rrom the land, there lieing no nearer school. 101 —Lease Declined.— 80 Mr \V. Van -Ascli wrote that he has so no desire lo take a temporary lease su I of section 1, block* 1, Kapara. It sti was resolvod that the Minister of \\\ Lands bo informed! of the board's c O .

resolution of December 20th lust, and of Mr Van Asch's reply on the 'subject. —Surrender of Lease.— I Mr M. Burgess, who holds a lease of section 75, block 6, Ngaire, ;which expires in August, l!>0(i, waited on the board, and stated that he would surrender it if the land could 1)0 disposed of to him under a more assured tenure.—The board resolved .that in the event of the leuse being surrendered the land must bo put up for sale by public auction. —Losses by Slips.— I Messrs .J. Houlihan and F. C. Allien, selectors in I'uniwhakau Valley, | waited on the boaid and usked if .some relief ionic! be gran. Vii to nsI sist them in their losses by slips and floods. | 'Hie board explained that 111" inat,ter had l>een brought under the notice of the Government, but tlm 1 no action had yet been taken.

The Hoard rose at 2.<15 p.m.