LAND BOARD.

Evening Star, Issue 8611, 3 September 1891, Page 2

LAND BOARD.

The ordinary weekly meeting of the Land Board was held to-day, and was attended by Messrs J. f. Maitland (Chief Commiesioner), Dallas, Dnncan, and Clark. John Todd, of Eaitangata, applied to be allowed to take np section 3, block 4, Coast district.-'Referred to ranger to report The Secretary of the Education Board applied to have the portion of unaorveyed land between section 3, block 17, town of Roxburgh, and the river, set aside as an extension of the school grounds,—Referred to Chief Commissioner to arrange. Colin M'Douald applied to be allowed to purchase 7a 3r 23p in block 17, Glenkeniob district, formerly held by him nnder license as a site for a saw-mill.—To be offered for sale as land of special value, on account of improvements, at an upset of L2 per acre ; ranger to value improvements. 4.dam Hamilton called the attention of the Board to the position of the old Blair Taieri township reserve, and requested that it be cut up into sections of from five to ten acres, and notified as soon as possible. —Chief Surveyor requested to have the reserve surveyed into sections of from ten to twenty acres.

J, Cunningham, of Middlemarcb, applied for a grazing right over a portion of forest reserve, block 13, Strath Taieri district.— Declined, authority having been given to lessee of section 5, block 13, Strath Taieri. Grab vm M'Leod desired to ascertain if the Boati would allow him to select section 14, block 2, Gimmerburn district, without competition, or to burden the section with valuation for improvements that he had effected on residence area held by him on the section. If certificate cancelled, section to be pat up with valuation for improvements.—Valuation to be made. Ross and Glendining applied for a grazing right over nnsold sections in blocks 2 and 7, Gimmerburn ; blocks 1, 5, and 9, Manio toto; and block 7 Naseby districts, formerly part of run 222, in consideration of their keeping down the rabbits.—Referred to Chief Commissioner. The Chief Surveyor forwarded a plan of section 6, block 6, Lindis district, applied for by C. B. Blackwood ; also, a valuation of improvements on the said section.—Section to be offered at auction os of special value at upset of 21s per acre, with valuation for improvements (LI,200), subject to approval of the Governor. J. W. Heaps, of Catlins, complained that the flood boxes agreed to be placed on the ditch aronnd section 94, block 8, Glenomarn district, had not yet been put in.— Referred to Chief Commissioner for consideration. Ranger Hnghan reported having inspected sections 6 and 7, block 10, Mount Hyde district, held by Hugh Boyd nnder perpetual lease, and found that the licensee had not done anything in the way of complying with the conditions of his lease. —Lessee to show, within a month, why land should not be forfeited.

The Ranger further reported having inspected sections 21, 22, and 23, block 4, Mount Byde district, held under perpetual lease by D. D. M'Donald, who, on the 25th of February last, was given two months in which to erect a house and comply with the residential condition, and that no house had been erected on the section.—lf within a month lessee not found residing on land, and there being no evidence that such residence is not permanent, lease to be forfeited without further notice. Mr T. Allan, of Kailangata, wrote respecting the deviation in road on section 27, block 10, Woodland district.—To be forwarded to Chief Surveyor. The following applications were approved : Edward Kearney to Charles Dooherty, transfer of deferred-payment section 18, block 4, Gimmerburn district; Amelia Paulin to John Mason Plato, transfer of perpetual-lease sections 4, 5, and 10, block 1, Upper Wakatipu district. To complete purchase of deferred payment sections : John Thomson, section 7, block 12, Rock and Pillar district; J. Hamblyn, section 8, block 9, Teviot district ; James Hamblyn, section 3, block 9, Teviot district. D. S. Hanger’s application to transfer perpetual-lease section 8, block 1, Tiger Hill district, to William Le&sk, was also approved, subject to enrrent six months’ rent being paid. In connection with Walter Little’s application for a coal lease over fifteen acres of block 1, Cardrona district, a previous minute of the Board declaring the application to have lapsed, was rescinded, and the application allowed to stand open for six months on account of exceptional circumstances, Consideration of the application to transfer perpetual-lease section 12, block 3, Maniototo district, from John Hore to S. G. Inder was allowed to stand over for a week.

John M'Ganlay applied for exemption from residence on small grazing run sections 26 and 27, block 6, Waikouaitl district, &a he resided on his freehold within ten miles of the said ran.—Exemption granted. John Towan asked that section 35, block 3, Ciomwell district, be notified for selection,—Consideration deterred for Warden to report.

Applications in connection with the land lately balloted for were formally approved by the Board, there being, however, one objection lodged as followMr W. L. Simpson, on behalf of Robert Boyd and others, who competed at the ballot on Thursday, the 27th August, as applicants for sections 1 to 6, block IS, Bock and Pillar, wrote objecting to the Board declaring Anna Maria Ramsay the lessee of section 6, which she was successful in drawing at the ballot The reasons for the objection were that she was the person under the will of the late James Ramsay, who was an equitable owner of sections 25, 24, and 22, block 3, Rock and Pillar, of which the late James Ramsay was lessee, and that as equitable owner of the said section she was disqualified from balloting for the section for which she was successful at the ballot, as the former sections did not adjoin the latter, but were distant some four miles. He (Mr Simpson) was also informed that Mrs Ramsay was in the natural possession of sections 25, 24, and 22, block 3. Mr Woodfacnae applied on behalf of Mr Simpaon to oppose the application of Mrs Ramsay, and Mr Mondy in support of it The latter contended that as the executors held the land left by the will of the late James Ramsay in trust for the creditors, and that as the only possible contingency was tiat Anna Maria Ramsay would get at most onethird interest ont of it, her application should be granted.—The Board adjourned consideration of the matter for a week.

James Miller applied for a license under the Public Reserves Act, 1881, for a portion

cf the unaurveyed land between aeotion 3, block 17, town of Roxburgh,' and the river, the same land having been applied for by tne Education Board.—Declined.