WASTE LANDS BOARD.

Clutha Leader, Volume VI, Issue 338, 2 April 1880, Page 5

W AS TE LA NDS BOARD.

' ':,. The ordin.aiy'm^ating^if^heLSndT^oard^i', , was held on Wednesday ,>wlien there worn*." , present :4^The. Chief ;; : Comniissi6nei'(ME-;;' .J; P.' Maitland)'/ . Messrs y ßeeyjes, , . Clarice.,,,. . Green, Bastings,-, aiidV'Bradaham £/;?/- ?•;,' V; ;> Messrs'.C6rinell and Mo'odie -f dr.: Williani»i Hay applied for the decision of the; Boards . on! hiss application-, to purchase section '"2l, -„ block IYf, 1 Catlins District , 5 ;, [ ;■"._/; , Mr- Connell,,;.wlio': was present at t&ev meeting of the Board, stated -that the,reh seemed to be sortie doiibt as to fwliether-- . thelandjin^question was open for sale or ■ ,iiot ;-. but he submitted the- Board could" : * not. refuse the application except on public ygrounds. ■"• ••'.' ,: "-, The Chief C ommission er t. . This application is made in respect, of a. portion of '" land which is the remnant of Run 122, a . portion of which has not been included in <'■ any hundred and not ottered for sale at •• any time. The Board dealt vwith .' -the) * balance of the. run last February — a... twelvemonth agio.. ; The- Chief"' Surveyor * recommended that it was-land that might. .-. be spld ; as rural viand, but that, it would not be released. It* was .required for sale ?-, under the Act, biit" the survey has never .--• been made, and. therefore -the- land has. r. not been opened for sale;* ■ .As- far as what -? Mr Connell says about the land under the • Act being legally open for ? applica-:.-' tion, I believe he is qyite correct, v It is*-s» evident from the reading of* a, section in. : . ' the appendix it is open. ..-■ ' . , Mr Bradshaw : LJiave no .-objection to * sell the land if it is notvpredj udicial to the ' public interests. ; Mr Green : Neitli&r have I£- ' ' . • . - Mr Bastings : • llriles3 the Land Sur- - veyor says the rest- of the- land^wonld be~ ■•- rendered unsaleable, I do not see why the. -•- application should not be granted. Mr Oonnell : Unless -the Chief Surveyor * should, say that .the' application .-.does not > comply with the Act my> client should i have the decisi6n.ofcthe-Board. ; The Chief 06mmissioner:-::iNt^ not of.' necessity., ., The, Board wish- .to -defer "• giving their decision' in this --matter for; a * week' at 1 all events.' ■' -• •- ■"* .'<."■ i Mr Oohnell.:; Themthe-. matter. will just x. be adjourned for a' week-. ■ • . , George" Hay/ applied'- to purdmae - 14&- 7--acres in ; Glenomaru district 1 ,, bekig section^.. 14, block IX. , and section. 1/ -. block K. — - ■ Granted. • Ranger Hughan intimated that deferred' ". payment sections 2.6 ,\% block -IX. - f . Wavepa. •> district, is- abandoned, ;-.and recommended y. license to be canctilJedi- : — iSToMuu to be; forwarded tolast krto'wn place of abode of-.' selector,' requiring! him to. -show causa to-" the Board* within oue- -mwiith : why thi»- ; license should not be/ forfeited, for. nnn- - compliance with cbnditions of occupation.. . i—Daily Times. . . ■ ' '''.