THE LAND BOARD

Otago Daily Times, Issue 5912, 20 January 1881, Page 3

THE LAND BOARD

The ordinary meeting of the Land Board was held in the Bpard's office, Government Buildings, yesterday. Present-The.Chief Commissioner (J. P. Maitland, Esq.), Messrs Bradshaw, Green, Clark,' Reeves, and Bathgate. '

LEASING OF RUNS. The Chief. Commissioxkr asked the Board to consider whether a c:ause should be inserted in the conditions of the sale of certain runs compelling the lessee to put and .maintain a certain number of sheep on themand the Board resolved that, in accordance with the recommendation contaiued in the Government memorandum; that leases for 10 years of the following runs be: offered at auction, subject to the approval of the Government: -No. 416, Wakatipu, 74,000 acres, at £20 with provision that the purchaser put on at least 1000 sheep or 150 head of cattle within 12 months and maintain the same upon the run; Run 426 ,Manipori, 3000 acres, at £5, 300 sheep or 50 head of cattle ; Run 431, Greenstone, 15,000 acres, at £5 300 sheep-or 50 head of cattle; Run 436, Waikaia 34 000 acres, at £20, 2000 sheep or 350 head of cattle'; Run 438, Eyre Peak, 37,000 acres, £10, 750 sheep or 120 head of cattle; Run 470, Red Mountain, 10,000 acres £5 300 sheep or. 50 head of cattle.. - -:A ' .',;-..-_:■.■;;: EAST CORE. , : A report was received from Ranger Campbell respecting the nature of deferred-payment (suburban) sections in East1 Gore, and the Board resolved to recommend the Government to open the sections on deferred payment. ; . SHOTOVER. , . '.. ' The District Land Officer at Qucenstown forwarded an application,^ with correspondence of Mr ; W J Harrison, to purchase residence site at Sh'otover section 22, block XVlll.—Approved. MOUNT lIYDB. Messrs Reid and Duncans applied on behalf of Mr James Shand..to purchase section 1,. block VIII Mount Hyde district.—The consideration of this matter was postponed. ■■■.;■..■■, ■•■-■■ : DEFERRED-PAYMENT LICENSE. The District Land' Officer forwarded John Cock--3r ur"»s«» usal to ta'^.up his deferred-payment license, N0.7008, and asked that tho application: should bo cancelled. -, . .-. .■ , Cancelled accordingly,' for non'-fuiftlment of condition of license.'v; .' ■ • . ; . ■•■■-■''' i: ■''■■' - ■■'■ ■' wAiPAni:'-'' ■"; - ■ j A report was received from Ranger Hughan recommending that sections Sand 9, block XlLshould be sold by auction,^excepting the portion shown on the plan, which should be reserved for peat.—The land recommended to.be sold to. be offered for sale separately;at: 21s. per. acre as land.of special value from proximity to constructed line of railway. ■ ■. - , ; '■"■ -i ■■■'■■■''''■ :- ■- • TAIEM;' '■ ■■■• ' -•' ■■■ - - ■■ i _The Board approved of-the plans forwarded by the Clerk Oi the Taieri: County showing the deferred-pay-ment sections benefited by.the.road-lines;in blocks 111 and VI, Mount Hyde district, and now in course of formation. "* ' • ; OLEXOMARU. i An application by Mr J. F. Anderson to purchase 40 acres.m the Glenomaru district was referred to the Ranger for report.; •:■': ' *. WTKDIIAU. ' The Board resolved to offer sections 52 to 60 and 62 to- 7C, block I, Wyndham, at auction as land of special value, from the timber on the eaine, at £3 per acre. . , . , .-.■.■■■ .■■: SKIPPER'S CREEK. i The Board agreed to cancel the gold-mining lease r held over section 12, block 11, Skipper's Creek, by tho ; Otago Quartz-mining Company. ~.••■• AGRIOULTITRAIi LEASE. i An application by Mr Vasilis Selffers to purchase section 12, block VIII, Mid-Wakatipu, was approved.' DEFERRED-PAYMENT SECTIONS AND LEASES. ! Applications' to purchase the following sections were approved :-Section la. block X, Chatton; section 15, block IV, Waikaka. , , Tlie following deferred-payment leases weregranted • —Thomas Barclay, section 11, block 11, Otama district; Wm'. Cniickshank, section 6, block X; Chatton ; Johii M'Cartney, section 9, block X, Chatton; JohnForbes,, section c, block lll,Otama. ...,:'-'. ; Applications by Charles Barrington to purchase (under deferred-payment lease) section 24, block V, Tiger Hill district; and t by Mark Mitchell, to purchase section 1, block IX, Glenkenich, were approved.:: j " The following applications to purchase under exchange leases; were approved:—A. Blundell, sections 152, 158, and 101, block.ll, Tuapeka East district ; . Michael O'Gorman, sections 87, block I, and 26, block IV, Tuapeka East district. ... ~- /;- . ; i ," • '.".: ;"■■' MOUNT STUART. : , ' i The Clerk" of the Mount Stuart Road Board, for-' warded a plan showing the road-line through block II.; Table Hill district, in terms of section 59 " Land Act, 1877," upon which the Road Board proposes to expend _£17 17s,—The plan was approved, ;.