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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 11 January 1907, Page 2

MONTHLY' MEETING. The usual monthly meeting of the Nelson Land Board was held yesterday. Presents-Messrs F. W. Flanagan (Commissioner of Crown Lands) in the chair, Lynch, Wratt, Walker, and\ Sinclair. Minutes were read and confirmed. Applications for cash lands were dealt with as follows :-H. P. Washbourne, section 69, block i, Waitapu, 65 acres, under section 114 Land Act 1892 was declined on account of the contiguity of the land to' tho iron dcpoits at Parapara. (A letter was read from the Under-Secretary for Lands covering a request from tho Collingwood County Council that no further sale or selection of Crown lands in the locality of the Parapara iron deposits be permitted at present. It was stated by the Commissioner that the Board had already determined on a course which practically conceded the request of the Council); J. M. Powell, section 6 .block i, Waitakere ,150 acres.—Adjourned till the report of the Warden is received. Applications for leases in perpetuity were dealt with as follows : — 0. E. anc R. L. Price, 500 acres, block xii and xiii, Wangapeka, price 6s per acre.'rRefused, as it is intended to dispose of this and in conjunction with the Wangapeka run, recently purchased by" the Government. H. Betts, section 9, block viii, Inangahua, 3 acres under | section 114 Land Act 1892, refused^ it being the intention of the Board to set I apart the area as a public reserve. E. Deane, 508 acres, block vi, Otumahana. I —Consideration deferred till" a detailed report is obtained as to the value of I the milling timber on the land; E. A. I Nalder application under section 115, I Land Act 1892, for an area adjoining I applicant's lease in perpetuity, 650.1 acres, block xii, Maruia. — Granted, I area to be defined on survey, price 12s I per acre. I The following application for occu- I pation with right of purchase was I granted :— R. McK. and W. T. White, 200 acres, block xv, Mpunt Arthur, I price 6s per acre. I Applications for pastoral licenses un- 1 der regulations of Bth September, 1904, ! were dealt with as follows : — M. E. I Wesbey, sections 4 and 7, block xii, Mawheraiti, 140a 3r 24p, held by applicant under occupation license. — Resolved that as the sections are not continuous, applicant be offered a pastoral license over one section only rent 9d per acre. J. Colvin, section 117, block vii, Kawatiri .received 19th December, I 1906, applied for by A. L. Hamey un- 1 der lease in perpetuity 15th December, I 1906, adjourned till the report of the Warden is received on Mrs Hamey's application. E. Griffiths, section 16, block vi, Ngakawau, 9 acres,, adjourn- I ed for the Warden to report. J. I Brown, sections 1 and 3, block i, Tutaki, resolved that Mr V, T. Macna- 1 mara, who holds these sections under occupation license, be given three months' notice to terminate his license I on the grounds that the land is requir- I ed for legitimate settlement, and that I Mr Brown's application J>e granted, and possession on Ist May, 1907. I Applictions for occupation licenses under section 116, Land Act 1892, were dealt with as follows:— J. McGillicuddy 210 acres, block xiv, Reefton. — Granted on condition that applicant erects fencing^ to protect the water race and water sned which supplies the town of Reefton, rent £2 per annum. D. Harold, section 23, block xiy, Reefton, 22 acres. — Granted, rent £1 perannum. G. H. Smallholme, 80 acreV block xvi, Mokihinui. — Granted, rent £1 per annum.— J. Wall, 4 acres, block i, Steeples, public road. — Refused. J. . Barclay, 100 acres, Doctor's Creok, Fern Flat.— Refused, the land being included in area recommended to be reserved for a national park. M. H. Reedy, part section 472, Palmerstonstreet, Westport ; J. Munro, sections 4 and 5 Palmerston-stireet, Westport. — Adjourned till Board meets at Westport in March. W, E. McLean, reserves for school site, 18 acres, block - viii, Matiri. — Adjourned for advertisement. W. A. Read, application foi> area set apart as scene reserve, adMn.mg 250 acres in block x, Motupiko.— Resolved that tho Minister of Lands be recommended to accede to the applicant's repuost. Applications for flax licenses were dealt with as follows :— R. A. Dean,' "yer reserve frontfng sections 21 and 22, block S, Kongahu, Blackwator Creek, held, by 0. G. Jones, up to Bth April, 1907.— Resolved that applicant be referred, to the Board's previous decision in reference to this matter Cambridge and Grant, flax on banks | Mawhera-iti River from junction with the Grey River to Stoney Creek — Granted, term 12 months, royalty 7s 6d per ton. W. J. Dennehy, over occuP a *'°° license, 40 acres, Mawhera-iti, held by M. Murray, and also for- flax on banks of Stoney Cr S? lj fc* 0^ above its junction with the "Grey River Granted, term 12 months, royalty 7s 6d per ton. Applicant's request that the royalty on license No. 74 held by hi.n for flax on banks of Little Grey" 'be reclined m4 " tfl 3a Per t ° n WaS de " Proposal for expenditure of road n fiiilT 1 ™ 1 Takaka Caunt y Coun cu, ±,118 3s Id, wa.s approved, with the axcept.on of £2 14s which is proposed o be spent on track through sections tu *'' ock - '"' To'aranui. Ine Commissioner reported that ha had investigated the claim of Mr Walter Irvine, of Reefton, to a leaie in perpetuity of section }Q block , Reefton S.D. ity eaie 'pVes^ed a series of oomp, cations which from a .tnetly lega pom t of view nullified Mr m ne u claim on the lan <l. Eouit ably, however, Mr Irvine was er7t?t"ed to special consideration, j^rf he racom mended the Roarri tc >%% U IrWnT without p^judice, a pastoral li™n Se ' >ver the area in question for 21 years i rental of 3d. pov acre per. annum — J 3* e r «=<»?!n<6ndation of the CoZiis sioner was approved c o!T Ste.irr^ o fs^ XLnlr^te^t^t^^t PfP^/ty °?ldi°es, and it wa 3 llLr ai a ,PP hcant 5 he informed that their explanation 83 to improvements to be made is considered satSory mimi P l4n e t' ee Mr m r S T reCe T ived fr ° m lhe aPth S fl ? IVed . th l* ■** Jon « be infornTed Lrl a %\ e . has not con >P»ed wittTth! BKRSKS&B Matawitaki S« for ./°. r f st ' an d nea? P-Pose, !t b wa^Vo^r tl irMeS