WELLINGTON LAND BOARD

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10710, 2 November 1912, Page 3

WELLINGTON LAND BOARD

.MONTHLY MEETING. *J"i»c ;-_.onthly iii&'tlHg 0 : the Woi!:ngrr;i District Land i>o«r.i .v.ij hold in tae District Lands and oi'.~ [r? •'(■*. Wellington, cJi Thursday. Ihe ( omiiu'-;.s?t,."<Y of Grown Lands (Mr T. X. Brodrlcfc) presided, and Messrs JoM-pli Dawson, H. T. Ellingham, James Georgetti, and William McLennan were also present. | TRANSFERS APPROVED. 1 The following applications to transfer were considered, and it way resolv--1 ed to approve on the usual conditions. Tuhokairanga Wainohu, Te Awhitu Wainohu and Wainohu te Huki too Wainohu r l'e Huki and Thomas Cooper, section 54, block 13, Rewa, also -sublease from Wainohu te Huki Thomas Cooper, of his interest in the land for a term of thirteen years, at a rental of £7O per annum. ■ T. Koulston to El S. Dixon and E. R. AVhalley, section 3, block 2, Mangalioa. J. Frethani and W. H. Davis to W. j Shannon, sublease of part section 37, ' 1 ) block 7, Tararua. i

J. -W. Tucker and E. E. Barrett to J. W. Tucker, section 7, block 16, Wairarapa. 1 A. F. Road ley to P. Valois, part 2 of section 10 and section 7, block 4, Puketoi. 11., Buekrell to Charlotte S. Slack, .sections 2 and 4, block 2, Manga lion. (Subject to statement of transferee as to area of land held being satisfactory.) P. E. Knyvett and T. S. I?. Slniw to F. Yankoo, section 46, block 7, Tararua. —Agreed to, provided evidence is produced that the former transfer to . 'W. 11. J. Miller lias been withdrawn. ! TRANSFERS DECLINED. i | J. M. McCorquodale to C. F. G irdnei', section I. Upper Makuri \ .S. —Declined. i I IT. Burling .to R. Thomas, section 0, block 3. Puketoi. —Declined. . SUB-LEASES. ! The following applications to sublet were received, and it was resolved to take action as. noted opposite each [

case:— ' Pa on Apatari ami others to Pur.ikau Maika. section 7 and part (), block 8, Wainuioru. term 10 years, at a rental' of CIOO per ainuim. —Agreed to. i if. O'Keefe to M. Collis, part cf ; section 20. Rak nitoro V. S. —Agreed ( to, provided draft of sublease is satisfactory. , C'OXVERSIOX TO FREEHOLD. , The following applications were { ' inado to convert the tenure to freeholds, and it was resolved to approve : ' E. W. Clemens, sections 10a and 10b of block 3. Mount Cerberus ; E. W. Clemens, section Go. block- 2, Mount Cerberus. ; MTSC'ELLAXEOUS. ; It was resolved to decline the application of T. C. Idy for a I'jnpo:' "y permitted jo occupy about oO acres , open land nn bank of Tau'terenikau rivef in block 3, AYaiohine. ! . The Coiiimifcsinner advised the board | witli reference to a surplus area ok ) 12J acres in section 3. block 7. Man- j gahoadisclosed by a defect in the original survey, and it was resolved toapprove of the .sale of the land to 'John Hall, at 35.s per acre plus interest of o per cent, from date of pos-' session. ' ! The ranger's appnisment of the fee-,simple of part section 11, block 13. Mangaao. which the Waiwera Cheese Co. desires to purchase from A. 11. Andersen, was submitted and noted, j Referring to the Board's resolution ; ( .f April 2-)111, 1912. it was. resolved to , to amend saim; by increasing the capI it.al.values of the following sections on account of improvements effected: — Section 20. block 4, Puketoi, capital value to be iucreised by £22 10s; section 25, block -I", Puketoi, capital value to he increased by €43; .section j 33. block .4, Puketoi, capital value to j he increased by £5 12s fid ; section 34, block 4, Puketoi, capital value to. heincreased by. £l7. T"t wa.s resolved to cancel tliat "portion of the s.iid resolution allowing ;\V. Kennedy to select block 4, Puketoi. as lie has since acquired additional land in Auckland, and to approve of this section being offered publicly for .selection. ! In continuation of the board's resolution of July 25th. 19.12, it was resolved to recommend that the Messrs Olson Eros, be allowed to select about 20 acres under section 138 of the Luid ; Act, IflOS. as a site for a. homestead in position marked on plan at a price to j be fixed by the Commissioner. Two applications were received for ] : section 2, block 13, and upon a ballot I ; being taken C. C. Wills was decl.ired j successful.