LAND BOARD.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16982, 19 April 1917, Page 2

LAND BOARD.

A special meeting of the Land Board was held /yesterday morning, and was attended by Messrs' R. T. Sadd (Commissioner of Crown Lands), T. A. Munro, .G. Livingstone, C. J. Indor, and J. Smith. Applications to transfer wero dealt with as follows: —O.R.P. sections 34 to 36, Upper Wakatipu, 155 a lr 35p1, and o.r.p. section 7, block 111, Dart, 130 acres, Mr Lewis Groves to Bridget Elizabeth O'Connell.— Approved. R.L. section 21, block XVI, Tarras, 64a lr 26p, public trustee in estate of Annie Gaudin to Mr John Thomas Cowie. — Recommended for approval. M.L. section 11. block , lV, Tautuku. 10a 2r 52p, Mr John Williamson to Mr Daniel Welsh Morgan.— Approved; rent to be revised. P.R. run 233 m, 15,300 acres, Mr William Pillans Rankin to Mr Donald M'Lean. —Held over till next meeting. P.R. run 339b, 10,950 acres, Mr Alex Wm. Scott to Mr Douglas Robert Barren.—Approved. O.L. section 66, block IX, Maruwenua, 5a Or 27p, Cecilia Smith to Mr Henry Smith. —Approved.

It was resolved that all transfei-a bo registered within three months. Mr Wm, Clymo inquired in re cropping area on Hilderthorpe settlement. —It was decided that the board was not prepared at present to let the land for cropping. Applications for land on tho Kyeburn run wero received from Messrs. Beer, Brown, and Monk.—lt was recommended that Mr Beer be recommended for 100 acres, and Messrs Brown and Monk for 200 acres each. Tho St. Bathans Land League wrote urging that an area in the Downs run l>o set aside for application for local residents.— It was resolved that the league bo informed that the board had already ; expressed an opinion on the subject. Mr Hugh M'Kenz:e applied for a renewal of pastoral license over run 492, Lake County.—lt was resolved that Mr M'Kenzie be offered a yearly license at rent of £7 per annum.

Mr M'Kenzie also applied for n, renewal of pastoral license over run 495, Lake County.—lt waa resolved to offer him a yearly license at £3 per annum. Mr Gilbert O'liara applied for a grazing license over about 1500 acres of Crown land at St. Bathans, between pastoral run No. 585 and the sections which had been surveyed on the Downs block.—Tho application was held over.

An application by Mr J. H. Wilkins for the issue of duplicate license over an island in piutha River, opposite section 11, block XXTC, Clutha, was approved. Mr A, J. Paterson, having roaid the amount required to secure lease of the ta.ilinors reserve adjoining section 9. block XVII Maniototo.—The forfeiture of tho leaso was rescinded. ■

/The Commissioner reported that an error had been made in reporting Mrs M. Liston as having failed to pay rent on section 64 block V, Hillend.—Forfeiture resoinded. The sublease of section 6a, Elderslie settlement No. 1, from Messrs G. M. .Don and J W. Don to Mr 11. Sohaffer was approved