Waste Lands Board.

Otago Witness, Issue 1478, 13 March 1880, Page 13

Waste L ands Board.

The ordinary weekly meeting of the Land Board was held on Wednesday in the Boardroom. Present — Messrs J. P. Maitland (chief commissioner, in the chair), J. Green, H. Clark, J". B. Bradshaw, and C. S. Reeves. APPLICATION TO PURCHASE. An application was received from Mr John M 'Bride to purchase sections 1, 4, and 42, block 11, Dart district, held under de-ferred-payment license, with report thereon by Warden Stratford on the nature of improvements effected thereon. The Board agreed that as the applicant had not complied with tbe conditions of occupation he could not be allowed to purchase. runs 52b and 52c. The Chairman laid on the table plans of Burveys of land on Runs 52b and 52c, being blocks VIII, IX, and X, Table Hill ; parts of block XI, Table Hill ; block VJI, Tuapeka East ; and blocks IX and X, Waipori, with part of block IX, Clarendon. It was agreed that sections 1 to 9, block VIII, Table Hill, be opened for application at 20s per acre ; the Government to be recommended to set apart for pastoral deferredpayment leases section 6, block X ; the remaining sections, 1 to 5, to be open for application at 203 per acre ; Government to be recommended to set apart section 1, block IX, and section 16, block XI, Table Hill, for pasboral deferred - payment leases ; also, seotion 21, block VII, Tuapeka East; section 13, block IX, Clarendon ; sections 1 and 2, block IX, and section lA, block X, Waipori. REMOVAL OF GRAVEL AT WAIHOLA, | The Board considered the letter of Messrs I Finlay, Paterson, and Hilgendorf as to the removal of gravel at Waihola Place ; also, the petition from the Road Board and settlers requesting that they be allowed to continue using the gravel. The Chairman stated that with regard to this matter he was met by a deputation at Waihola, when going up country lately, and on their representations then made he had written a notice stating that any person taking gravel from Waihola Place would be prosecuted, and he had also notified the police thereon. There appeared to be some dispute with the Road Board and other interested parties. Mr Clark said he had seen the place where the gravel was being taken, and he doubted whether the Board could interfere. When the Board firßt gave notice the cirting was stopped, but it was commenoed again on the 4th inst. Mr Hilgendorf (representing the objectors) explained that the contractors for the '

Brighton road were taking the gravel at high- water mark, instead of at low- water. They had taken 16 Inches in this way, and the consequence was that the water flowed over the road. Mr J. 0. Bannatyne (who represented the Road Board) said that Waihola Place was a roadline according to the map. It was, moreover, the best place to obtain gravel for the settlers in the neighbourhood, and the removal did no harm. Considerable discussion followed as to whether Waihola Place was a reserve or continuation of a roadline, when it was resolved that the matter be referred to the Chief Commissioner to take action to stop the removal of the gravel, if the land marked as Waihola Place on the map is in the position of Crown lands. KUROW. Application was made by Messrs Connell and Moodie, on behalf of Mr W. J. Gain, for 50 acres adjoining section 7, blook V, Kurow district, with report as to the nature of the land. A letter was also received from the Waitaki County Council, objecting to the alienation of the land. — The consideration of the application was adjourned at the re« queßt of the applicant. APPLICATION TO PURCHASE. The following application to purchase under deferred payment license was ap. proved, subject to paymentof fee for lease :—: — Fergusoa and Thompson, section 12, block XII, Crookston district. sawyers' bay. The consideration of the request from Mr G. S. Sale as to reopening for publio traffia the road closed by the late Provincial Goi vernment, passing through sections 18, 19, | 20. and 30, Sawyers' Bay district, was adjourned until next meeting, GOLb-MINING LEASES. The following certificates of application for gold-mining leases were approved :—: — Michael Monaghan and others, section 119, block V, Waitahuna East ; Robert Ooghill, seotion 125, blook V, Waitahuna East. AGRICULTURAL LEASE. The certificate of application for agricultural lease of Wilson M awhinney, section 3, blook V, Maniototo, was approved, CANCELLATION OF LEASE. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company's lease of section 40, blook XIX, Shotover district, was cancelled. GLENKENICH. The Board considered a memo, from the Chief Surveyor asking for a reservation of 10 acres in blook IV, Glenkenich district, as a paddook for surveyors' horses. — It was agreed that the land be temporarily with, held from sale for the purpose named. APPLICATION FOR LICENSE. A license was direoted to be issued to Michael Nash for deferred-payment rural land, sections 33, 41, and 42, blook XI, Tuapeka West. APPLICATION TO EXCHANGE. The following applications to exchange de-ferred-payment licenses were approved :— John M'Kay, seotion 2, blook IV, Crooksston ; and James M'Kay, sections 14 and 15, blook IV, Crookston.