WASTE LAND BOARD.

Tuapeka Times, Volume VII, Issue 367, 24 June 1874, Page 6

WASTE LAND BOARD.

The usual weekly meeting of the Board was held on the 11 th. Present— The Chief Commissioner, Messrs Butterworth, Clarke, Strode, Reid, and Bastings.

Mr Ezra Eldred represented that if the Timber Regulations are adhered to he will be compelled to abandon his limekiln at Bob's Cove, Lake Wakatip. The Chief Commissioner read an abstruse calculation which he had gone into on the subject, by which it appeared' that if applicant were compelled to take out a license to cut timber the increase in expense of making his lime would be only one;third of a farthing per busheL Regulations to be adhered to. Tenders for the conduct of auction sales in the districts round Clyde, and .Naseby were opened, and, after discussion, referred to the Government. The tender of Mr G. Fache, for the former district, waa at 2 per cent, all round, while tenders from two other: auctioneers for the districts round Naseby were very much higher. Mr Andrew Haldane applied for a lease of a strip of country along the coast west of Waikawa. The Chief Commissioner stated that applicant waa the pioneer of the district, and the request was granted, nnder clause 161 of the >Waste> Land Act, at LI per annum. Mr James North, Portobello, wrote relative to the formation of a road" between blocks 1 and ,2, Portobello, and the Native Reserve. The letter was acknowledged as received and read, Messrs X)onnell and Moodie, for' Messrs G-uthrie sad Larnach, applied, for a lease of 160 acres of bush land situate in block 1, Woodlands. Granted until Dec. 31, 1876. Mr'Oonnell submitted that it would be to the advantage of the Province if larger leases than three yean' terms were granted, as with tiie short leases every stick of timber would be cut; while if say a ten years' lease were grantee^ only that timber would be cut which was actually fit, and the younger growth weuld be cultivated. The Bdard thought a loss of revenue would be incurred, as even if the timber were all cut, the- land, would be stilt available and the Chief Commissioner remarked that at -the rate at which the timber land waa being cut and cleared, there was still a supply for the next two hundred year* --. t .•■.-,; : .. j -Mr Xß.Bradshaw, for. Mr W x . H. Scheib,, applied for a coal mining lease of 20 acres of land between Nevis and Arrow bluffs, on the, iouth sidt of th« K»w«r»i Biver, A pro««

pecting leMe for 5 acres wu granted, subjectto • survey and runholder's consent being obtained, '■ . \- '■- ; ■ > » < The -District. Land Offioer reported on the application of Messrs Cotton i andjfenry to purchase section 13a, Mock 3, Tuapeka East, that there were no objections. Mr J. 8. Webb, supported the application. To be advertised in the usual way. Mr-: Mowat appeared in reference to his application of last week, on behalf of Messrs ■ Herbert* Howatt, and Co •, stating that after the matter was. adjourned at that meeting, Mr Perry appeared to have come in. and got the land Messrs Herbert and Co. desired. The Board requested that applicants send in their survey at once, Mr Ferry's right being confirmed. - Mr W. Morgan asked the Board if it intended to sell, or would, give him a re-lease of section 64, block 4, Oamaru, stating that, he had had a lease of it for ten years past, and had spent over L4OO on it, and. that it would be unfair for it to be sold to Mr Shrimski It was decided that the laud be declared suburban land, so as to enable it to be cut up and sold — protection to be given to applicant's interests. Mrs -JEL Patersou applied for a lease of ten. acres of the Toi-Tois township reserve, for ten or twelve years, to put up a house on. The Board decided they bad no power. > •' The following maps were submitted and approved : — Section .25, block 4, T 4-Tois ; section 23; block 6,.Wyndham ; section 66, .block 6, Tuturau ; section 73, block 7, do ; section 68, block 6, do ; section 77, block 7, do ; bection 7, block 5. Toi-Tois ; section 21, block 4, do ; section -14, block 1, do ; section 22, block 4, do ; sectitn 15, block 1, do ; section 25, block 4 <io ; section 23, block 4, do j section 16, bl<?ck 1, do ; section 21, block 1, do ; section 22, block 1, do ; section 67, block. 6, Tuturau; section 69, block 6, do ; section 17, block 1, Toi-Tois ; section 7. block 2, do ; section 8, block 5, do ; section 18» block 1, do ; section 8, block 2. do ; section 19, block 1, do ; section 20. block 1, do; section. 71, block 6, Tutorau ; section .9, block 5) Toi-Tois ; section 10, block 5, do ; section 11, block 5, do ; section 72, block 6, Tuturau ; section 7% block 6, do ; section 13, block 5, Toi-Tois ; section 6, block 5, do; section 20,. block 4, do. Messrs j. Harding and Co. again wrote with reference to their proposed fish-curing establishment; submitting plan of land applied for, and offering 10s per annum for a lease for twenty-one years of 500 or 1,000 acres er more at Cascade Cove, on tbe West; Coast. It was at first thought to grant a lease at tbe nominal rest mentioned, on condition that within a twelvemonth a certain amount of plant is on the ground, in terms of. the application ; but, after discussion,' the matter was adjourned for a week. , ; Mr, Walter. Miller applied to purchase 34S acres of block 6, Waitahuna Bast. Messrs Council and Moodie supported the application, which Mr .Robert Dodds opposed, on the ground of his haying previously applied for it. Tbe application was received, except for the .part applied for by Mr Uodds. Mr Reid suggested the appointment- of an officer at Switzers, which was agreed te>, Mr Wood being nominated.