LAND BOARD.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVIII, Issue 110, 12 May 1914, Page 5

LAND BOARD.

The monthly meeting of the Marlborough Land Board was held to-day. There. were present: The ComniissJoiier of Crown Lands" '(Mr H. G. Price), and Messrs J. Fulton, J. S. Storey, A. Mackay, and E. A. Weld. APPLICATIONS. Miss M. G. Masefield was granted the cash poai*chase of section 21, Block 11,. Gore, 85 acres, at 16s 6d per acre. An. application made by Thomas Watson for permission to erect a fence on the north-east boundary of la, Oam&ru Native: Reserve, was left in the hands of * the Commissioner to deal with.. ■-' Mt-s Barbara White was granted permission to purchase the freehold of, seotiom 4j ELillersdeu Settlement, 103 -acres, .Mr E. F.Healy wrote agreeing to surrender .his lease over section 39, Block X., Wa-karnarinay and asking for protection by way of fair valuation -for his improvements.—lt was resolved that when the lease had been sanrendei'ed and the section was offer.cd .it be,loaded with the improvements. . . ■;■' J. Dundon withdrew his application for lot 9, town of Ward. William1 Milligan and Alexander McDowell made a, joint application for a renewable lease over, eection 8, Block VII., H'eringu.—Approved. 1A: Mason was granted the grazing .rights on what is known, as> "The •Islandj" Flat Creek, on a year-to-yeai" lease, on the condition that he kept the weeds down. , • ' F. J. D. Parson, licensee of S.G., Jiun. 9, Hundalee, wrote asking for permission to fence along the road in front of scenic reserve from Black Creek to Goose Bay.—X»eft in, the hands of the Commissioner to deal with. M. Wiffen applied tor a renewable lease over sections 22 and 26, Block VIII., Onamalutu.—-As replies had not been received from adjoining owners, the matter was deferred. - H. .W. Elvy was granted a. longer lease (three years or more) over his miscellaneous lease 380, lot 9, town of Ward. A. E. Barton applied for a year-to-year lease over section 4, Block XV., Seddori) township.—Granted, subject: to valuation., Mrs A. Hutcheson applied for a better fencing boundary in connection with! her renewable lease No. 33> over? section 2, Block VIII., Wakamarina. —It was resolved to recommend fhe Scenery Board that the reservation over a portion of the locality in question bo lifted with a view to the granting ot Mrs Hutcheson's request. John Wa<tersi applied for a longer term (of live years) and a. reduction of rental over his miscellaneous (l:f.s.) leases Nos. 490, 595, and 613. lots 3 and 7, township of Wa.rd.—lt was resolved that a five years' lease be granted ab the present rental, James Bell applied for the uso of Run 107, near Richmond Dole, free from rent till the end of February, on the undertaking ' that he would poison it and not carry more than, 7500 sheep on it.—Qnliie motion of Mr Fulton, it was resolved that, in view of the desirability of offering the run publicly in the spring, Ihe Board not; see its way to grant Mr. Bell's application.—lt was agreed that the land should' be offered at auction in October in 1/wo blocks, with, the inclusion of adjoining country. TRANSBT2RS. John Mason to William Watson, l.i.p. No. 465, sections 28 and 30, Block 6, Cap© Campbell, Flaxbouirn© settlement.—Approved: ,y J. R; Boyd to Robert Ovend«*n, r.l. No. 7, Block 1., W Takamarina. -Appit)ved. ." Sidney Hi^ins to S. R. and H. R. Higgins, s.g. a-un 56, Onamalutu.Aprjiroved. . Francis Robinison to Leoniard Robinson, l.i.p. 494, siectdon 4, BJock 10, Onamalutu.—Consideration of the matter was deferred from last meeting at the request of Mr S. P. McNab, solicitor.—Mr L. Griffitihs addTesse^d' tlie' Boa.rd in behalf of L. Robinson, who also appeared.—Application approved. _ Edward Arthur Francis to_ Jeajf Kennihgton, '■ l.ilp. 415, section 31, Block 2, Cape Campbell, FlaxbpuTne settlement.—After conside'rablo \ ddsciission, th© motion that the application be approved- was carped,. tOie, Oommissionei- arid Mr; W4ld voting against it on the 'grounds . that -it tended to aggregation, •■ .: ; > Ethel. KTu. Waddy to. Arthur Robinson, s.g.r. 136, Onamalutu:— Approvedv ••• . X&-les C. Waddy to Arthur Robinson, l.i.p. 499, section 1,. Block 10, Onamalutu.—Approved. \ ,-,. ■•■ . Gha-rles C. Waddy to Art-hnr Robinson r.l. 84. section 15, Block 11, Ona-mailutu.—Appa-oved. , . J. J. Costello to M. E. Smith, 1.i.p., 326, eection 1, Block 11, Cape Camp-bell.—j^ppa-oved. ; • • . D. F. Fleming to W. H. Hammond, 1.i.p., 223, isection 2, Block 4, Blu<? Mountain.—Approved. H J, Gunn to Catharine Dundosn,. l.i.p. 391. section 2, Block. 6, Cape tGampbell.—Approved. _ Matilda J. Fleming to David F. Fleming, l.i.p. 246, section. 8, Block 13, Clifford Bay.—Approved. , . L Griffiths aiid. G. O. Waddy to Charles H. Haa-vey, l.i.p. 7, section 14, ' ''Mock 2, Gore.—Approved. Mabel Ohisnall to James Paton, .g.r. 187, Whernside.— Granted. Alice Hutcheson to Jolin North, r.l. 13, section 2, Block 8, WakamariiLa. -^Ranger Hursthouse forwarded axeDort on improvements.—Approved. GENERAL. B. T. Merilove gave notice of intenaion to purchase small grazing run L 73, Cape Campbell, Flaxbourne setblement. —T!he proposal was approved, jubiect ,to the classification of the land a.t tlhe hands of the Valuor-Genea-a.l. 'It was stated that the freehold could be acquired if t<h© land were classified as third-class, but not if it came into the second-class division. ■■■'•' The Under-Secreta.ry for Lends wrote asking the Board to have the position of small grazing run rentals (at 2\ per cent.) reviewed.—The Board went into Committee to deal with the question. An Auckland . dairy farmer app^ed to surrender his renewable lease No. 77 over section 8, Block 1, Greenburn,

Lynton Downs settlement, and asked for a remission of liis deposit.—lt was resolved to reply that the Board could nob entertain the request for a. remission. WAKAMARINA LANDS. R. V. Rasmussen again applied for section 38, Block 1-1, Wakamarina. The Commissioner said that since tho last meeting he had visited the locality. As the result of his observations he endonsed the decision made by the Boaa-d some time ago to apjjortion tdie land recently thrown open for settlement among tttae. (holders of adjoining sections which were considered to be of inadequate size. Mr Rasmusisen was in a different position from the Crown tenants among whom the land was to be divided up. He was not a. selector, and occupied a small road reserve. If 100 acres were given to Mr Rasmussen the Board would only create another section of ia size that bad already been condemned as too small. ,

No action was taken,