NELSON LAND BOARD

Greymouth Evening Star, 19 November 1943, Page 6

NELSON LAND BOARD

DECISIONS AT MEETING

The Nelson Land Board met on ■ Wednesday last. Present: Mr P. R. .' Wilkinson, Commissioner of Crown ' Lands (chairman), ' Messrs . J ' O’Regan, J. Creighton, A. Rowling, and G. L. Mead. Applications for land: Section 67, ’ town of Carter’s Beach, area 35.2 perches. Applicant: G. A. Greenland. —Resolved to grant G. A. Greenland . a renewable lease (33 years) title over section 67, Carter's Beach, at a : capital value of £5O, annual rental , £2/10/-, as from 10/11/1943. Part section 41, Block V, Inangahua S.D., , area 1 rood 8 perches. Applicant: T. R. Bell. —Granted a year-to-year license from 1/6/43 at an annual rental of £l. Section 405 (formerly part of i section 1R), Charleston, area 1 rood ' 08 perches. Applicant: Mrs K. Warburton.—Resolved to classify as town land and to grant applicant a renew- ‘ able lease title (33 years) over section 405, Charleston, as from 4/9/43 at a capital value of £25, annual rental £l/5/-, weighted with £250 ' lor improvements, payable by a cash ; deposit of £lOO, balance in five years at 5 per cent by annual instalments, .'in terms of section 146 of the Land) I Act, 1924. i '■ Applications for grazing rights:! [ Crown land in Blocks X and XI, I Ngakawau S.D., area 600 acres (ap,prox.). Applicant: .S. Cain, Birchfield.—Granted a year-to-year graz- | ing right over 600 acres as from 110/11/43 at a rental of £5/10/- per [ annum. Crown land (within Waiuta township) and section 4, Block XIII., Waitahu S.D., area 10 acres 3 roods (approx.). Applicant: Mrs S. E. Dean.—Granted a year-to-year grazing tenancy at an annual rental of £l/1/-, the tenancy to date from 2/11/43. Crown land in Block X, Reefton S.D., area 20 acres (approx.). Applicant: W. D. Williams.—Granted I a year-to-year grazing tenancy at ! ar, annual rental of £2/5/-. Area ini Shelswell Street, opposite sections 1086 and 1087, Westport Colliery I 'Reserve, area 2 roods (approx.). Ap-, ' licant: O. Hansen.—Granted a year-to-year grazing tenancy at an annual rental of 15/-. from 3/11/43. Application for right to cut mining timber: Part section 22, Block- HL, Mawheraiti S.D., area 4 acres (approx.). Applicant: G. J. Williams. — Granted a permit foi’ three months from 2/11/43, royalty to be at State; Forest rates, subject to a deposit of. £5 as evidence of bona tides, plus permit fee of 2/6. Applications for extensions of timber-cutting permits: Area on both sides of Stoney Creek in Block 111, Mawheraiti S.D., area 80 acres (approx.). Applicant: D. H. Williams.— Resolved to extend applicant’s timber cutting license for a term of one month from November 12, 1943. Land for selection: Sections 16 to 21, Block IX, Brighton S.D., areas Ir. 05p., Ir. 17p., 32p., Ir. 19p., Ir. i35p., and 1 rood.—Resolution of 114/7/43 rescinded. Resolved to clasI sify sections 16 to 21 as town land I and to offer for selection on renewi able lease (33 years) in terms of section 131 of the Land Act, 1924, at the following capital values:—Section 16 £230, section 17 £289, sec- I tion 18 £147, section 19 £55, section 20 £133, section 21 £6O. Re-offerings: Sections 655. 656 and 696, town of Reefton, area 36.6 perches. No action. Section 136, Westport Colliery Reserve, area 16.23 perches.—No action. Section 27, Block 11, Kawatiri S.D., area .671 perches 2 roods 31 perches. Transferor: John Lawrence Morrow. Transferee: James Watson, of Wai-' mangaroa, farmer.—Approved. Section 1097, Westport Colliery Reserve, area 24.8 perches. Transferor: James Frederick Symonds. Transferee: George Jack, of Denniston.—Approved. Section 55, Block HI, Kawatiri S.D., area 22 perches. Transferor: Mrs A. E. Pickering. Transferee: Margaretta Christina Hill, of Doyle Street, Blaketown, Greymouth. —Approved.