CROWN LANDS BOARD.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 18, 22 January 1895, Page 5

CRO WN LANDS BOARD.

A meeting of the-Auckland* Wasfco Lands Board was held to-day ab the Lands office, Customs-street. West, ;wheii there wera present: ,— Messrs , Bagnail (Chairman), Lundon, and Major Harris, M.H.R. Mr Kensington,, of the Lands Office, was present in the absence of Mr MuelleV, Commissioner. ' '•'..,..-"".'-,

.Lands Disposed Of.*—The followingeummary of lands disposed' of from December 15th to January 19th was,submitted':—O,n occupation with right of purchase, 3,992 acrep; for cash, i;b4o acres; total,. 17, selectors of 5,632 acres. ! f' ; - •

Qpotiki.—lt was decided to reccimmend the Government to gazette as a/landing reserve allotmenb 218, section I,' at Opofeiki. ... '. ' . ■.' •■;,■ ; ■-■" / •-.' , '

Kohukohu.—lb was decided to recbm/ mend the Government to reserve a small section in the town of Kohukohu for re-

creation purposes,

; School Site. —Ib was, decided to re9om« mend the Government to. set aside a sattion of 10 acres &p Waipoua ssttlemenb^ near Maungonui Bluff, in the lSforth,/for a school site. • / /

Lands fob Selection;— It was dr/cided to. throw open for selection as urisurveyed lands, the following blocks :j-5,6^0 acres in Bay of Plenty County; 2,586' acres in Whakatane County ; and &9S,4cres in the Bay of Islands County. / / Sdrrknders and TRANsFIERf/i—Theßoard dealt with a considerable nu.mber of applications for surrender and; transfers of perpetual lease sections. Tb'e meeting also had under consideration1 Jche question of forfeiture of various 'sectir/ns for'non-fulfil-tnenb of the Conditions of /lease.