THE WANGAPEKA SETTLEMENT.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 28 June 1907, Page 3

THE WANGAPEKA SETTLEMENT.

BALLOT I..OR.SECTIONS. This morning the sixteen sections of the Wangapeka settlement were ballotted for at the Land Office. The ballot was conducted by Mr F. W. Flanagan, Commissioner of Crown Lands, in the 1 presence of between 40 and 50 interI csted persons. Messrs P. B. Adams and Fergusson ware elected by Uie applicants as scrutineers. The result of the ballot was as fol'^ws: — Sub-division No. 1, sec. 22, blk. 11, 539 acres (12 applications)— Successful applicant, Mr Michael J, Comgan, Waimate, South Canterbury. No: 2 subdivision, s<ic. 17; blk. ll 583 acres f 8 applications)— Successful applicant, Mr David S. HafJger, Becks, Otagd. . Sec; 18, 347 acres— Mr Angus McPherson, Pleasant Valley, Timaru. Sub-division No. 3, sec. 19, blk. 11, 344 acres (10 applications) — Successful applicant, Mr Win. Wattie, Hawarden, Canterbury. Sec. 2S, - bllt., 11, 243 acres— Mrs Bessie B. Cameron, ..Nelson. Sec. 21, blk xv., 351 acres, Mr Norman Hewitt, Ashburton. Sec. 30, blk xv., 138 acres, Mr ,Chas. Gray, Hawarden, Canterbury. '' Sub-division No. 4 (6 appliigints) — Sec. 20, blk. 15, 477 acres: Mr Walter Allen Gainsford, The Peaks, Canterbury. Sec. 27, blk. 15, 232 acres— Mrs Julia Hanger, Becks, Otago. Sec. 29, blk. 15, 98 acres— Mrs Bessie B. Cameron, Nelson. Sub-division No. s— Sec. 7, blk. 11, 105 acres. There being only one application, from Mr Thos. Cocker, Porirua, Wellington, he was granted the section. Sub-division No. 6 (2 applicants)— Sec. 32, blk. 15, 14 acres : Mr .Tracey McCarthy, junr., Baton. """ Sec. 33, blk. 15, 14 acres Mr Henry Betson Jaiie, Sherry. Sub-division No 7, small grazing run, No. 10, blk. 11, 1959 acres (4 applicants) — Miss Mary Hogan, Cheviot.