TARANAKI LAND BOARD.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume I, Issue 62, 13 November 1880, Page 3

TARANAKI LAND BOARD.

(From the Taranaki Herald.)

The Land Board met on Monday. Present — The Chief Commissioner (in the chair), Messrs Kelly, Standish, and Syme.

NGAIRE LAND.

A letter was read from Mr. Ayling, asking if it was the intention of the board to open for selection the remaining portion of block 14, Ngaire. He stated that there were a #reafc many persons like himself who preferred the bush land to the open plains, and that if the block was offered it would meet with a ready sale. — The Chairman was instructed to reply that the land was not under the control of the board.

A BAD BARGAIN.

Miss Colesby applied to be allowed a refund of the instalment paid hy her on the purchase of a section at Waitara, which had proved to be situated in a large swamp. — The board declined to accede to the application.

SECTIONS AT STRATFORD.

Mr. Standish moved and Mr. Syme seconded, " That the unsold sections of land within the township of Stratford be offered for sale by auction for lease at a rental of 3s 6d per acre in lots, under section 49 of the Land Act, 1877, such land being of special value on account of improvements tnereon, tne land being laid down in English grass ; and that such sale be conducted by the Crown Lands Commissioner at the Land Oifice, New Plymouth, at noon, on the 11th December nest."

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