AUCKLAND LAND BOARD.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14250, 22 December 1909, Page 9

AUCKLAND LAND BOARD.

The Auckland Land Board mot yesterday. There was a full Board, and tho Commissioner (Mr. E. Gold Smith) presided. It was resolved to grant, under section 70 of the Lauds for Settlement Act, 1903, for church site, lot 6, Block V., Putaruru Village, to tho Methodist Church trustees for the sum of £10, with the approval of the Minister for Lands. Mr. P. W. Morton is to be granted an H.P.L. for 200 acres in Block XI., Ohinomuri S.D., being the portion cleared of bush, rental 9d per acre per annum, survey fee to be deposited and exact boundaries to bo fixed by the surveyor on the ground. The following areas will bo opened under tho Hauraki pastoral regulations:l2Bo acres, Block 11., Colville S.D., and 675 acres in Block ll.,'Moehau S.D. v Mr. Geo. E. Major's application for 50 acres in Block 11., Aroha S.D., under Part VIII. of the Land Act, 1903, at an annual rental of £5, was granted. Mr. H. N. Charlton's H.P.L." application for 100 acres, Blocks V. and IX., Oliinemuri S.D., at £3 per annum, was granted.* : Section 8, Block V., Rotjoiti S.D., containing 158 acres, was withdrawn from a water reserve under section 326 of the Land Act, 1903, for the purpose of disposing of it to adjoining owners. , Tho • following * vacant improved farm settlement lots, are to-be bitllotted amongst the names on the original ballot list: — Rangitoto No. 1 settlement, sections 20, Block IX; 4, Block V.; 5, Block IX.; 21, Block IX.; 4, Block X.; 1, Block XIV. Rangitoto No. 2 settlement, sections 8, Block VII.; 1, Block VII.; 5, Block VII.; 15, Block VII.; 3, Block XI. Korakonui settlement, sections 3, Block XV- > 9. 7, and 6, Block IV.; 7, Block XVI. The following schedules of halves were approved of:—Rotorua road district, £577 9s lid; Hobson County Council, £37 13s sd; Mangonui County Council, £227 163 lid.The following schemes of expenditure of thirds and fourths were approved of: Raglan County Council,£6l2s lOd ; Kirikiriroa Road Board, £11 lis Id; Raglan County Council, £31 Is Id; 'Raglan County Council, £7 Is 8d; Raglan County Council £13 : 17s : 8d; To Puke Road Board, £4 Its Id Raglan County Council, £4 2s 3d; Raglan County Council, £18 2s 3d; Awakino (P.W.D.), £965 14s lOd; ~ Raglan. County Council, £2 6s Id; Whakatane County Council, £167 10s 7d; Manukau (P.W.D.), £21 2s 2d ;• - Whangaroa County Council, £6 0s 4d; Whangaroi County Council, £66 9s 4d; Matakoho County Council, £4 7s Id; Hobson County Council, £39 15s lOd; Rotorua (P.W.D.), £77 8s; Rotorua (P.W.D.), £15 Is 6d; Marua Road Board, £4 19s lOd. Subject to verification: Mangonui County Council, £33 15s 2d; Whakatane County Council, £111 Is sd. ; Mr. Samuel Heath, secretary to the Tutamoo Settlers' Association, requested that section 19, Block VIII., Waipoua S.D., which is a bush reserve, be withdrawn from the reserve, and thrown open for selection, and' also that 2000 acres along the Katui Marlborough Road, within the Waipoua State forest, be withdrawn from the reserve and thrown open for selection. The ranger was instructed to report on the advisability of withdrawing these lands from reservation, with a view to throwing them open for selection.. " ; ' ' : . The following lands will be thrown open for selection under Part 111. of the Land Act,- 1908:-Section 70, Mangapai parish, 54a. at 15s; section 39, Block AVI., Opu'awhanga, 807 a. 2r. at 15s; section 446, Whangamarino parish, 158 a. 3r at 12s 6d; section 12. Block VII., Tutamoo S.D., 1052 a. at 17s 6d. Under Part V.: Run. 76, Blocks VII. and XL, Waihi South, 2695 a. at 10s. Under Lands for Settlement Act, 1908: Section 1 to 14, Block 111., Waharoa township, 3a 2r. at £8; sections 1 to 14, Block VI., Waharoa township, 3a. 2r. at £9. " By auction: Section 84a, Tuakau parish., 10a. 3r. at £3. They will ndt b© ready for three months. > ' ' ' It was decided to grant Mrs. H. Tobin's anplication for H.P.L. for 50 acres in- Block 11.-. Tairua S.D., at 6d per acre per annum, survey fee to be deposited. . It was decided to sell in terms of section 140, Land Act, 1908, lot 16, Mangati Village (la. 2r. 16p.i, for £25 ■to the Anglican Church authorities for Church purposes. '