H.B. LAND BOARD.

Bush Advocate, Volume XXI, Issue 64, 14 September 1908, Page 3

H.B. LAND BOARD.

The . monthly meeting of the Hawke's #ay Lund Board was held on Friday. Present, at the opening •of the meeting: The Commissioner (Mr H. Trent), Messrs T. Hyde, R. R. Groom and E. Lane. Aftor the reading of the minutes,: Mr Lane withdrew. CORRESPONDENCE. The lessee of section 54, block 9, . Woodville district, applied for extension of time in , which, to pay rent due. — Granted on. 'the understanding ihat the. whole amounts due ho paidby December 31st. . . ': ;. ..'...":. ,_. The ranger forwarded a report on section 63, block 5, lakap.au, :tho. lease of which, held by Carl Schmidt, expires on February 28th, 1909.-, To be surveyed .and offered. for sale for cash by auction, subject to. valuation. A report having beeii '. asked for as to the advisability of reducing: the value for improvements on section 3,. block 4, Woodville, to facilitate the disposal of the section, the ranger forwnrded satae;— Redtictiqn of -valuation for improvements to £'60 to be recomraende*dV- " ■ '. Simultaneous applications by/ John Pound to'-suiTeiider and T <Jc. : H: Parsons to- seleci' sections 9 and r i4. tow ( ri of Oi*mondyille, c . tfe!re received. -^-Approved. ' '**.■ ' '. {.'■ ■■-•" : E. Hosking wrote witli: reference to the proposed forfeiture of section 83a, block &,? Takapau district held, by; Mr Mikelsen.— Action i'itli i regard to forfeiture-delayed for 3O.'aays. : ' . district Surveyor Brook forwarded a report on the proposal to grant timber-cttttirig rights over portion of the Piripiri- block . to Bartholomew Bros.— Section' 3,' block 5; containing virgin bush, to be withheld from selection until expiry extended period recommended ; sections on whichvNo. 2. mill stands also to be withheld and tramway rights protected. . A report was received from the ranger on. section 14, block 6, Norsewood, held by Jas. Fell.— Adopted as satisfactory. , -" ■:v < TRANSFERS. The following trari'sfiers wevo-.-.-ap-proved: . W. G: Curtis to M. ■E. j Stuckey,; section : 4, block 1 , Mangatoro; F. ,/G. McKeiizie to H. 8,.. StuckeyV sections 4 and 7, block 5, | Mangatoro; F. G. McKenzie to R. B. | Stuckeyi section 6, block -, Mangatoro; f.j -A. Harwoodto j. Harwood, section 29, block 1,. Tahoraiti; M. Rasmusseii, to B. J. W, Doar r sec-, tions 36 and. 37, block 1, Ruataniwha; T. and t. Paraono to S. Symes, section 4, block 9, Nuhaka North; J. -Milter to A.. J. Tobin, section ; 1, block j 2, Tahoraiti; C. E. Thomson to Nfi * Magnusson,: section 2y blopk 6, Norse- 1 wood; Lars Olsen to C. .W.- Todd, section 1, block 6, Norsewood; CM. Stevenson to H. E. Herbert... section, 5, block 13, Waipukuraii; E. and R.

Manley to T. F. Morley, section 29, block 15, Heretaunga ; E. H. Manning to T. Paterson, section 18, block 3, To Mata; W. L. Mardon to R. R. Harris, section 34, block 15, Heretaunga; W. T. Bruce to H. J. H. Bendle, section 11, block 6, Tuyanganui; "Wcber-Waione Dairy Company to MacEwan and Co. andotlieri, section 71, block 5, ; Weber; H. A. Wall to J. A. Carlson^ section 1, block 8, Tahoraiti; H.R. Holder to J. Armstrong and others, seotion 168, block 8, Woodvillo. district; H. R. Holder to A. J. Jackson, soctions"39a and 40a, 9, AVobdville; H. W. Rico to A. Engebretsen, section 9, block 5, Waipukiirau.

MISCELLANEOUS. The Commissioner handed in schedules of Crown tenants in arrear with rent who have already received notices as to their indebtedness, without rejily ing. Final , notices to he sent in some cases; in others applications for extension granted. _ Proposals of the Danneyirke County Council for the expenditure of thirds and fourths amounting to £1403 14s 3d, were approved. Mr Hyde gave notice that he would move at the next full meeting of the board, "That in all cases whore section 84 of the Land Act, 1908, applies in regard to residence for two years being' compulsory, and the, Land for Settlements Act, 1908, which makes five years necessary, the proof of such residence must rest with the tenant who wishes to transfer his interest in the lease, independent of any report received from the ranger; such proof- to be a written statement made by not less than two residents in the same locality during the term of two or five years respectively."