THE LAND BOARD.

Evening Star, Issue 5610, 2 March 1881, Page 2

THE LAND BOARD.

The weekly meeting of the Laud Board wac hold to-day, and was attended by Mesors J. P. Maitland (chairman), H. Clark, J. B. Bradshaw, J. Gre9n, C. S. Reeves, and J. Bashgafce. The Board resolved to &ffer the subdivision of section 24, blook 3, Chaifeon, at L2 per acre. The section had been divided into three, boiog required for lignite area*. On the application of Mr Lii'sle, Thomas Murray'o fcrec-planiiug l$o«ns8 ov»r section 41, blsck 3, Table Hill, was transferred to him.

Plsns of road lines in blook 4, Waiiahuca Easi, on whioh the Road B»ard proposed to expend racaoy, were approved. William Goddard applied for the lease cf an i*l«nd a* Hekateramoa railway bridge to gwzs bhs horses.—The Board <Wii»»d to grani the application, but l»f* it to bo understood that appliostnt would not bo interfered wiib In gMJpsg hia horses, 0-a tho application of tho Viaceiifc County Council, section 4, Nevis, v;as recommended to bo proclaimed a bridge reserve under part 7 of the Act.

An application by William Goddsrd to purchatM sections 23 and 24, block 13, Kurow Township, on one of which his stable is erected, was ordered t« ctaad cvar till thfl sni-vey plans of tho township were com* pletsd : applicant, in the meantime to be in. formed that ho osn purchase only at auoiion. The following applications io parchaea Tinuor ka*e wore :—Thomao Rons, •WftJknka; G. D. Walker, W. G. Ar.d«raon, and Alexander BrMi«, Taapeka East. ThcKaitan£ata Read Board applied to have section 1, block 75, reserved as a road line. —The frootkn baring bsen leased for coalmining, the applicants vsero rafjrred to the leases.

A jetty sKo ov a quarter of an acrs cppoi.He section 29, Queentbown, sve,s granted fco Goorgo Ludercaa, a road lino thirty liyka wide* reserved through it. Upon the of Mr Clark the following "rot-urn of unoccupied Crown laada in the ncighborfeood of Tuayoka was laid en the tabic :-

Surveyed lands Su Tuapeka East District 12,033 acre?,' Do do TfcMellill 14,705 „ Do do Waipori 6,000 „ ss.saa „ Unrcsorvod land (not In runs) within Tuapksi Eaat 6.00) „ Total 89,383 „ Plans of surveyed blocka aa follows wore laid before the Board for approval:—Waipori district, blooks 2, 3, 5, G, 11, and 12 (being part of Falfeon's run); Gimnierbum district, blocks 3 and 4.

Tho Chairman caid tho Waipori land I ! rolght stand over till another day, but there j J had b»en some complaints clready about the j ] delay in placing the Gimmerburn blook in • j the market, so that it should be dealt with [ !at oace. He explained that it wts p*rfc of ! Messrs Holland and Shennun'a run, and was I on the Mrnlototo Plains, lying between the j | bas.') of Rough Ridge and the crest. He had i j r«»ntly seen too land, and considered it t>s ! ! suitable for opening undor the deferred pay- j i merit system S3 any that oculd bo found in ; j that district. Tho eurvcy of tho land, he '• I might state, hr.d been ordered by the ] I Government, not by the Bwkrd, in deference 3 ! to tho request of the people about Nasaby. ! j There were about 4,000 acres ia tho block, j I Mr Reeves aaked if he understood aright ] ] that Government had ordered this survey j 1 without any reforouca to the j The Chairman : Ye*. 5 Mr Rebvbs : Then the Government had j j no bu*ines« to do it,—(Laughter.) \ ! The Chairman :Oh yes, they had. Tho j j Governor has power to open land for settle- 5 j ment at any time. ? Mr Reeves : Not without the approval of I the Land Board, | The Chairman : I beg your pardon, Ho 5 ] moat distinctly has. T«e Act givea the Governor full power. j Mr Reetes: Then I read tha Aofc j differently, that's ail. The Chairman and other members quoted ! from the Aot to show Mr Reeves that he was wroug; and the Chairman aided that tho position was that at any tirno the Governor, on his own motion entirely, oould order land to bo thrown open, and that he oould do so also at any time upon the recommendation of any L*kA Board. The Board then agreed to reoommend Government to open upon deferred payments blocks 3 and 4, Ginimerburn distnot j j and to dofe«r consideration of the mode of I dealiDg with the Waipori bkoks. j