CAMBRIDGE DOMAIN BOARD.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 3006, 20 October 1891, Page 2

CAMBRIDGE DOMAIN BOARD.

Thk above body met at the B iroug'i Conncil Chambers, Cambridge, at 2 p.m. on Thursday last. Present: Mes-rs T. Wells (chairm.n), J. Fisher and ft. Kirkwooil. The minutes if tlie previous meeting were read and confirmed.

Lake Rkskrvb.— The Special Domain Committee appointed by the Borough Council to carry out the changes in thfl Lake Reserve and Thornton Road sent a report of their disagreement with Mr GwynneMi, and the subsequent steps they had taken to get the woik done.—The Chairman saiif ho had replied, on behalf of the Board, that they were satisfied with what had been d >ne. The Special Committee had full power to act, and had simply sent an explanation of the matter as an act of courtesy.—The report was re..d, received and approved

Lot 17.—Mr Ceo. Minn wrote offering Jj2 10s for this paddock from date to the end of the year.—This brought up the question of dealing with this allotment. It contains 37 acres, and Ins been lying idle for .■(line time, the srr ass having quite run out. It had been siifjgmtr.d the Board should take a crop of turnips orf it, aud lay it down in grass before leasing it; but after mature consideration it was thought it would be betf"r to lea-e it for a term of five years, and this wis eventually decided upon. The term of lease will 'be that at least twelve mouths before the expiry of it, the paddock shall lie laid down in grans, and shall receive a dressing of honedustof Scwt. to the acre: iv> hay or grain crop to be token oil it. Tender-' are return ible on !hn27th (see advertisement), and will be opened and accepted by the Chairman and Mr Kirkwood. A Kk-kntky.—The c'ork reported he had f fut morning re-encred upon allotments 65, 60, 07 and US, at Cambridge West, under authority of a warrant received from the Governor. The tenant, David Johns, left tile colony < : time, and on October lith tie (the clerk) had left a notice ili.it the Board would re-enter upon the propel ty. Mr Johns refused to rake it, so he left it upon the table. The amount of rent, owing to May 10th last was .£];; 10. 7d.—Mr Fisher said the Johns' lamily denied having received applications for the rent.—The Clerk said repealed notices to pay had been sent by post previrus co last May, and not one of them had been returned through the J.'ad letter office, so they most have i.Mclnd their lieslin -M ei. The w.ui-.int to re-enter was dited September 7th. They had not hunied the matter, a .d if the back vent had been paid proceedings would have been stopped.—The Chairman said he understood the Johns fanuly wanted the allotment, but declined to pay the back rents. If they put the sections up by .-.uctioi) he believe, 1 Miey Would pet as much rent as Johns had been paying. They had made a mistake, in allowing more than one quarter's rent to be owing when the tenants had left the di-tiict.—At this point it was resolved to enforce prompt payment of all of allotments if the tenants left the neielibourrnnd.—lt was further res dved to put the above-men-tioned sections up by unction at Mr Hunter's sale on the 21th instant, at per acre (as per advertisement), a bonus of fc'lH 10s 7d—the amount of the buck rent—to be paid on the fall of the hammer.

A Pctition.— Tho following p'tition was received :—To the Chairman and members of the Cambridge Domain Board: Tho petition of the undersigned, lessees of the Domains lands situated in Cambridge West, humbly s'leweth : That the rental value of agricultural land in the Waikato district is much lower than when the said lands were based to the undersigned ; that the rent now paid by your petitioners is too high, and beyond the'value of the produce of the said lands ; that the town sections of Cambridge West are so reduced in value that there is a probability of their being declared "rural land," as has been the case with several townships in the Waikato; that there is no projpect of tho land valuo rising before the expiration of the leases held by your petitioners; your petitioners, therefore, pray that you will give this matter due consideration, and apply to his Excellency tin) Governor for power to reduce the rents of the said lands to their reasonable value ; and your petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray.—Signed by J. A. Fitzgerald, Win. Harris, S. Fletcher, W. Tucker. 0. Jnrrf.tl, J. Looker, M. 11. Hyatt, ■ ■". Kingdon, T. Vickers, M. Dillon, .T. Vickers, J. .larrett, G, Keeley, (jr. (■iiles.—The Chairman said the Domain rents had already been reduced by half. He very much doubted if the petitioners would not rather pay the present rents than Rive up the sections.—Mr Fisher said he thought some allotments were overvalued and some under-valued. Thosenearest the main road paid the highest rents but had the poorest land: but, of course, it was bad judgment on the part of those who had the land to bid us high as they did for it.—Mr Kirkwood suggested the consideration of the petition should stand over until after Johns' allotments were leased, as they would show what land was worth.—This was agreed to. Accounts.—Two small accounts were pass.-d—viz., ,T. A. Fitzporald, £1 lis • and T. Wells, fills 2d. This closed the business.