WELLINGTON LAND BOARD.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3123, 25 February 1909, Page 5

WELLINGTON LAND BOARD.

The adjourned monthly meeting of the Wellington District Land Boaru was held on "Tuesday. The Commission ar of Crown Lands, - Mr James Mackenzie, presided, and tfce:e were also present—Messrs A. Reesr. J. M. A'Gourt, and J. Dawson. The following applications fcr transfers were approved on the usu;l conditions: —Section, 24, block, 4 W Mangahao, 10J acres, jbl. F*. Scally to L. H. Hughes; section, 7, block 4. Mangahao, 29J acres, J. Wilton to T. R. Hushand; section 39, Nireaha V.S., SO acres, G. Johnston to H. Murrell (subject to residential corditions having been complied with); section 15, block 7, Makuri, 200 acres, R H. Millett to A. S. Simson; section 3, block 4, Mt. Cerberus. 200 acres, G. R. and A. S. Hutching to G. R. Hutching; section 29, lock 4, Tararua, 10 acres, J. E. Cox, senr., to M. Taylor; sections 86 and block 18, Mangahao, 11 acres, L. P. Bennett to fl. 'J. James. A sub-lease was granted as under: —Sections 3 and 40, block 4, Mangahao, 26 acres and 23f acre?,, J. R. Cade to A. wood and J. B. F. Whit°.

< fhe Board agreed to a subdivision of section 37, block 7, Tararua, anu to the transfer of 100 acres thereof from the estate of E. M. A. Mason to G. P. Hansen.

With reference to the proposed sublease of part 11 of section 8, block 14, Mangahao, 16| acres, from Mr J. Croft to* Mr P. Lawaon, which the board approved conditionally on the 28th ultimo, the commissioner reported that Mr P. Lawson was the same person as the lessee ot section 22, Hukanui Village Settlement, on which he was not complying with the residential conditions.—Consideration, of the matter was postponed until next mesting.

An application wa3 received frdm Mrs M. J. Smith , lessee of sec-

tion 49, Hukanui Village Settlement. 37 acres, to be allowed to reside with her son in the adjoining section,, as she was a widow and kept house for him. The board approved the request for the present. The ranger reported that Mr J. R. White, lessee of section 9 and 10, block 3, Rewa, Langdale Subs., 10 was not residing on the section. It was decided to call upon him to erect a dwelling-house and to take up his permanent residence

in three months' time. A letter was received from Mr J. A. Ennis. lessee of section 2, block 3,, Ruahine, 2,510 acres, in reply to the Board's notice calling upon him to show cause why his interests should not be forfeited, in which he stated that he would do the best he could to get the improvements done this winter, as his brothers were willing to help him. It was resolved that as he had held this large section since October, 1905, and so far had neither improved nor resided on it, it was inadvisable to allow it to remain in its present state any longer. Therefor the board decided to declare Mr Ennis's interests forfeited.—"New Zealand Tines."