OTAGO LAND BOARD.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 12419, 31 July 1902, Page 8

OTAGO LAND BOARD.

' The ordinary mooting ot the Otago Crown jauds Board, held yesterday, wa3 tended - th ' Clue! Commissioner (Mr D. Barron) and Commissioners W. Dall.is, J, Duncan, and H. If. Kirkpatricit. 'J o '"' Williams™ applied for a grazing licanoo Declined. I ''" ' ° C " 1T ' Tau,uku disbict - applied to transfer to 11 i Ol ' 03 . lcaße over action -b, block V, Strath-iaieri district.—Approved. , 3 o fe 3 TTT n r 33 applic s- lo P utc |» aS2 section J-, litocfe 111 Ivawarau district, af rural land on perpetual lease.—Approved Ranecr °'* oill "POM on valualion of improvements on small grazing run s ctioii 16 block XI, Table Hill distrFet, and aypra sed the capital valuc.-The valuation n'ents n°4r lo" re Por'_"nprovcn.eats £140 l_-i Gd, capital value C 3 8d per acre, equal to M per acre annual rental. for a n i L lr ; mCr ° rene f cd tor a to occupy about two and a-lialf acres in Digger', Gully, block X, liurow aS tric..-_Reicrrcd to tho ranger for report, nn MVa" 1 t 1 ™- r , ( ?' Nc l iu forwarded a report * i ns application for a S n i° CC n. py al ? a . ut and a-lialf acres A ° n ' n3l,,p - A yenrly license' was granted at 10s per adre. The Waikouaiti County. Council wrote objecting to gravel reserve, section 70, block IV r wi (1 r. us!ric , t ' ,) = in °. vcst «'l ill the Waihemo Ucun.y Council.—Roceived. < ' H. H. Clarke, Peter Murray, and sis other "I ,'? ni ° so Settlement wrote drawing attention to the neosssity of having the willow v '' or H 3 -, Pxtend?tl along sections 82a aid „A on said settlemcnt.-It was decided ivi communicate with the Government on the matter.

Assistant Ranger O'Neill reported oil aoplicn•twin by Mrs Wlen King for a license to occupy part of section 3, block I, Fraser dislrict,-The roport was approved and the license granted.' . Ranger, Mackenzie forwarded a report on James Chaliner's application .for a license to occupy the mining reserve r.ortli of section "1, and through section 22, block X, Shotovor met—Consideration deferred. Ranger M'Dougall forwarded an application lTom James Buckley for p, license to cut- 100 "•Ms[Of firewood out of dead trees between ! B ush Point, Hawea, also'6oo posts at Bush Point.—Application granted lor cead timhev only on the usual royalty,! . P eor ?e Cl'udin applied to have an alea of nva atTes set aside at Mnkarora as a site for. a cemetery.-It wa3 decided to grant two ocros, to bo marked off the next time the surveyors were in the locality. AY. B. Cairns made application for a license over about three acres, part of scction 2, blotilt ; ow ■'■strict, for raising coal or lignite, north of area held by D. Sutherland.—Roferrctl .o t-he ranger for report. Messrs Newton and Borton wrote In regard to an application by ,7ohn Heavey to transfer his lease m perpetuity over section 133, Ardgowap OSkSvC, io Ml'B i»t. Johnstoi).—lhe board deciclcd that the trausforoo havijjg withdrawn lief applicauou they, could not proceed further in Die matter, i •; Ranger Mackenzie reported ou. land at Makavora suitable for accomttiodation house purposes, and also on Mrs Motfat's application for a lease in perpetuity over the area she nowholds under ve&rly license.—The snperintcuderit to tho Tourist Department to bs informed that' an area north of the land held by Mrs Moffnt is , availabla for an accommodation house if required.

The Puketapu cottiers petitioned the hoard to gravel ihe toads through the settloniont,— deferred to the County Council for favourable consideration. Messrs Gilkison and Hulton wrote in regard to the land in block X. Leaning Rock district, loeently granted to John Bourkc under oocnration lease under " The Mining Districts Land Occupation Act, 1894."—1t was- decidcd to reduce tho area to 10a Or 19p, and to fix the rent at 10a per acre. Tho Waihemo County Council wrote in,regard to a petition from, settlers in Macraes Eiding asking that unexpended - fourths'" be reallocated io tho proposed Rock and Pillar bridge, and' stated that the council could not approve of the reallocation in tho meantime,— IV.titionera to be advised accordingly. The Waihemo County Council applied to have Gravel Reserve, ccctiou 7G, block IV, Moeraki district, _ vested in the said county., An application was also received from the Palmerston Borougn Council to .have the said reserve' vested in the Borough Council and County ' Council jointly.— The board decided that as there were other local bodiea interested in the reserve they : could' not ( see their way to grant it exclusively to' tho applicants.