WELLINGTON LAND BOARD

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 440, 24 February 1909, Page 4

WELLINGTON LAND BOARD

■ ' An,'adjourned:meeting of the held at the District Land- and Survey. Office, '-Wellington, yesterday,' when there were , present : 'Mr.' Jas. Mackenzie, , Commissioner of. Grown' Lands (in the chair), .Messrs. Reese,; Jos. 'Dawsonj- J. N. A'Court, and C. J. Canton. The following transfers were approved,oil the - usual conditions:—Section 24, Block I w Mangahao district, 10 acres 2 roods, from_E. I. ;Scally to L. H. Hughes;. Section 7,. Block IV; Mangahao district, 29 acres' 3 roods 26 porches, from J.- Wilton, to T, R„ Husband; Section 1 30, Nirealia: Village -Settlement, 50 acres, from Q.. Johnston to- H. -Murrell: (subject to residential conditions having. been ■ complied with); Section 15, Block,Vll', Makui'i district, 200 acres, from E, H. Millett to A. S. Simpson; Section 5, Block 111, Waipakura district, 1135 acres .0 roods 24 perches, from P. V. B.' Cameron to_l. ,E. :M'Leah (subject to residential conditions having been: complied .with);,-Section .32, -Blocks I\, Mount Cerberus district, 200 acres, from C. R. and.A. S. Hutching to G. R.'Hutching; Section 29, Block IV, Tararua district, 10 acres, from' :J: B. Co*; senr.v to H. Taylor; Sections 16 and 20,: Block IX,. Pukeokahu. 'dTstrict, 200 acres, from W. A. Gray to S. J. and, W. J. Matsn; ■Section 35 ■ Block XU,- Belmont-district,' 5 acres. 0 roods,' 14 perches, from W. J; Carman to W. T. Bubb; Sections' 1 86 and: 87, Block XVIII, Mangahao district, 11 acres, 0 roods 10 perclies,-from L.-P. Bennett.to E. J. James; Section 2,' Oraukura -Village Settlement; 57, •acres. 3 roods 08 perches, - from .D. : Addis to, C. E.-' Terry. ' : V. ''. - •' - ';' Mr.: A; J.*:Hose/ lessee of Section" 28, :Horo- , wlionua '.Village Settlement, 5 acres, -.wrote with ■reference to the occupation of 'Mr;: T.': Nicholson on. the section, and asked the Board's approval t'o ? 6u6h occupation continuing until' May, 6 next.The, occupation .was approved. . - The manager of. the TJnion- Steam Ship Company wrote offering to lease. Lot 7,:0f Reserve 9,.-: and'SectionV2l6, City of .Wellington, ,1: rood ■ 01 pole, for a,period of. not less than 18 months, at a rental basis of 4 per"c^nt..on avvaluation of '.£8052,.' payment to bo madei -on, this basis as' from the.date of: thei judgment; of the .Supreme Court. .The:offer was, accepted.,.:. ' •/Mr; Norman Ross,' administrator.-faf the estate; of , the late Ellen Ross, applied to transfer Section "9,>Block Vl,Kaitoke, 302-acres, to Messrs.. G. ; and M' Hirst, forwarding; at.-the same.tijnp -afdeclaration, that lie':W.as : not rin a position ,to make improvements • on:: the land.- It was:-",re-solved to approvo of the transfer in i terms of Section' 165 of The Land Act,- 1903, .on ment of the rental remitted up to June 30 on condition that no.,further remission of" rental shall bo made. In connection - with the: application of Mr. J A. Prasor to bo allowed to sublet portion .of his lease at Pohangina to. Messrs.', ll.' A. Pollard and J. E. Phelan it- was-resolved that it was inadvisable for a sublessee to'sublet part'of his sublease, but if nn application'were mado'to-transfer a portion it would 1 be favourably considered.-'. ■ A\,further■•■'.' reportVwas received .from -the '.Crown Lands Ranger, as to.Mr...T. ,A. Hyde's residonco .on Section *3, Block. X,. ; Haufapu, <67 '.aores 2 : roods, from .'/whioV it '■' up-' -peared' that tlio,'.selector' is -living .'on Ithe sec-: tion in a tent, and that he. would get- build-, ing /.material -as soon as the road was finished, which- the ranger says , should .be within .the riext.six'months.. It was resolved to accept this as'. satisfactory , for the: present. 1 "Mr. C. H.' Christensen,' of Te Matua, was granted exemption' from: residence for a fow months, to enable liitn to .visit England. o . The ranger .reported, that. Mr. J. R. White, lessee of. Sections: 9 and 10, Block,;III, .Rewu, fLangdale-. Subsv 10 acres,-was rot residing on the section. , It was resolved to call- upon him-to erect and 'to., take'up I'his ; permanent , residence in three . months' time. y -J--

• ■■•'Mr.'. E. J. Campbell, lessee ; .of , Section -1, Block XlV„ : Kaitieke, 1Q47. acres, applied for one year's extension of ; time in which "to. reside'. He stated that the road to. the .section'was incomplete, .and .the cost of . ]birilding material would he: great. -: The., Commissioner; ''advised" the board that Mr. Campbell had held t{ie section for nearly .fire years, and had beenExempt from payment of rent and,rates for four years. - The . application was granted conditionally upon- the, payments of, rent being kept tip. '- ;.' ''. , ' ..'.• ■ : Mr; J. A. Ennis, lessee', of Section.. 2, Block. 111,. Runhine, 2510 acres,, wrote ' in ■'reply :to the board's notice calling up,on :him: to show : cause why'his interest. should not- bo forfeited/ and' stated .that he would.do ; the best ; he c'oiild to get the improvements-done this:winter.. ns' bis. brothers were willing to help.him, 'It was resolved that as ;he had held this large l section; 6irice October, 1905, and so far. has neither improved nor resided on it,, it was^. deemed ina'd--visable; to>'allowit. to remain in its present state, nny longer, and it was decided'to declale Mr. Ennis's interest forfeited. '

.The.grangers''reports bbing favourable, the proposals of the Waitotnra-Momohaki Road Board and the v Huntervillo'.Town Board .for tho expenditure of thirds were approved by the board. ■ '■ • ,

1 -In connection with the resolution of the Land Board of December 21.'; 1908; deciding to offer the 13a." 2r. of derelict lands adjoining the Pitt Settlement, under the Land, for Settlement ments: Apt; it was resolved to fix the price of the land at ,£3375. •

''-It was resolved to approve .'of 8 acres of Section 55.' Block X, Hniitapu Subdivision (Scenio Reserve).: being .let from-year toyear'to Mr. James .Hoyes. at : £1 per annum, under Section; 130 of The, Land Act, 1903. on . the usual conditions. ' • ,

Messrs. Brown and. Dean applied on behalf of the T.M.C.A. for a srant from the' Crown of a narrow strin of land. 3ft. lllin. wide, nnon which their'building iri Willis Street, Wellington : .City.. has in snarl beeii placed; ' and which .is, describod in the Crown'. Grant • recorded in Vol., 5 Grants,. page 138, as a ripht-of-way. Jt was resolved, ; to leave the matter in the hands of "the Commissioner' to -give effect to. . .the. wishes of;the anjilicfints if, he fiads it is legally pos'ible/and advisable, to' do so. Messrs..Perhnm, Larsen and Co.-were granted leave to occupy about 5 acres of land ■front-' inc the railway line near the Mangaehuohu Stream, thf.lnnd to.ba used. for. the nurposes' of a snwmil). at an annual rental 'oft-jffi..

The Commissioner was authorised to PTnmiim candidates for. homestead lands at Rsetihi, and to admit those approved of to'tho ballot.