WASTE LANDS BOARD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1967, 17 April 1885, Page 2

WASTE LANDS BOARD.

'■* —: (Evening Press,) ' An ordinary meeting of the Board was Jield yesterday morning. PresentMessrs J. W. A Marchant (Chairman), Bunny, Mason, McCardle and % A. Fitzherbert. Theßchedule of land sold since last meeting; ! wnis read and showod a total iirea of 495 acre's-, 1 ' S ] 9fsl\ 2? iJerchtes'hpplied/fbr, upset'' pTJc'e '£sß6 paid, (ff Mo (j MM Were on deferred payment/and' th'ejrefye CJfairman'reafj a copy (jf an at} veftipement yejatjve tp lanfjs 'pffe|:ei fgp hm and deferred in tho : Forty Mile Bush, T!}e aroajo be offered was 7379 acres on deferred payment, value £8824 ]gs4d, at an average prloo of £l3s lid, and 7600 acres on lease, value £8845 6s lid, at an avorage of £1 2s per aero, The draft was approvod. An application was received from Mr 0, W, Greenwood, of Jfapiev, for a water right of a oreok at tlio foot of the Pioneer Goldmining Claim in tho Kaimanawha Range, for working his : 'llline. - Ati the claimis on Native land, it was resolved that Mr Greenwood 'be' informed Ml the Board had no' i p6we't i 'in-'tlie"ma'it<p' 1 ' ''On jWniqtipn of the'Qhair'man/iriras respited that Bjpcji: %% '}M: gahoa; ftnd section'|a; 'Jflock'lji, 1 Mangaone, be set aside aV eduwitional'reserVcs! An application from the Alfredtattßoad Board' ■ for. leave to' expend/ £wm fth' road woitepn' gran'tef}, '" '"' '' "" ' ' An applipafion'ffpm iflira Stubbs and TrFffl: Swlsljb sipw|"fq mm Hie nqp r l!l8N»B fIP fefifcjflJi }es. Block V, kairanga, was grated, A memo, from the Chief Surveyor, pointing out the advisability of offering sections in Hunfcerville Township at. an early date was read, audit was resolved \q, qjTer them for sale at Marton as soon as plans could, be Tlie jppt prig§ jg to be feed at the next meeting pf tfjjj Board, The question of withdrawing from sale all unsold cash lands, and offering them on deferred payments was held over until next meeting, The Secretary of Crown Lands forwarded a memo stajjjng that the survey of flje riiilway jn'tlje Paljiatua Blqck m)fd be prflceetj'ed. with, B,pas,t(S tho'present contragts fop exiejjtiiflf'pf \§ line beyond Masterton were oo'mpleted, . An application was received from'the Wellington District Road Board asking . for leavo to expend a sum not exceeding £BO in widening the Mount Cecil track; such deferred payment thirds to be available from the sections behefiyib the Ijrf)nqs T ed vote, The applicron was, Mr McCaydle nioved, That a statement be nre paired' Ijy next of-the BcJardi pf airlands'ayaijahle for settleinent'.iii'the yiplnityflfMajilertpfi, Tfee iiiot(Qii'Was carried.. •■•'• - ; ;. v .'.."■:,,•■, _Mr fy cCardje brought forward tlje ajej, : fipn of ppenjng 'up CrpWrj jands ajqngJhj. main rqa'4 near ffastweH's- 'pjearjng. r-JrJg was informed that' the : matter' war heing attended to,' •'. '-" . Mr McCardle also referred to the slip of land in Township Reserve, Pahiatua, along the Mangaramarama Creek, which the adjacent settlers wished to acquire. The Chairman stated that the matterwas not in a position to be dealt with at pro- ' sent.- ■ Mr McCardle moved, that Government he requested to place a sum of £loo(V>n t[)ec^jn|ate|fqr^h'e'(iqhstru6ti6n : ofjift norJji; :1 ' : ' WFt 9113 Rahjajua Cfqß.wqads."-S« said there'wag a greaj demand fqr'W jjj that district, and the Boardlhad been compelled to offer a'blpck for sale'without sufficient roads being made.-.The inotion was carried, "'"(Bt'"' ' It was also rqßolvod to asktßafGoVern- ' ilienj; should, place a sum of on the • fiSti^atojj'-fpif' the Mntoc'tioh'QT'ffc. •. Pahiatua-Tiraumea,crog§-roadii,thel%}gaT '•■•; ona Valley-road north, and the Mangm> ; •' marania:road south,'in ■order-to open up : " thebalahce.ofthe : Crown.laridß in those :: ' localities.''"... '..!■■ , TheChairmaninformedthe.-Bpard'thufc he had received amemp. of the appointment of Mr Mackay as a Crown Lands Ranger. The meeting then adjourned.