LAND BOARD

Otago Witness, Issue 1950, 4 April 1889, Page 17

LAND BOARD

! ' A meeting of the Land Board, -was' held on Wednesday, and was attended by Messrs S.P. Maitland (chief commissioner), Duuem, Dallas, Clark, and Ldgatiw -if ■• " C . „ >i • • '•'• 'OF Rangkbs. l — The New Zealand and Australian Land Company, have. .applied, that 'Me^rs J. P. Mitchell aud, James Bpdgec he, appointed rarigern/for' the Poniahaka; Huntfrf d for the presentyear'.—They wereap'poinfed accordingly. 1 , Banklb^cjbs;- 1 The ■TJ'^r.d.en ofA.L9wjrfince.Jn re, porting on the application by Messrs . Morgan ana Tyson 1 to purcnase their' mill site of 10 acres on, the Moiyueva, "it the^'junction "of ' Blac'wfcleugh burn, , Rankteburn r recammendtd the sale ol'Jand subject to reservation. ,qf road reserves .tbe^phithatand Blacbcleugh creelr.—Tne^.appy cation was. approved, subject; to tb'e necessary road reserve feeing made.' j h 'MAMIOTOTO.— The Engineer 'of ManlptOto 1 County •asked that (ft ( right of rpfcd through "seetion\.4, block XV, ManMoto district, be, reserved ; .an/1 £hat the. occupan,t"b'e notified with regard' to 'the qame.—^t •wasjeeoWed that the^licehiee bY notified' that the section was required ; for mining purposes... • : . . ' . Wakatipu.— W[r.R/B. Martin, on(beha)f of Mr B. A.'Cameron/reciuest'ed'leaye'fco qccupy the,fyllo\v\ng ■ sections, which' we're occupied tot agricultural' lease , put abandoned-: Section* 9, 13; 4, 15;3l, 40, 10, it and 17, block I r Wak&ti&uj;a.ntt sections 2, 6, and 7, blbcK yJ i'Wakatipu' He; also agreed to pay ,fd per acre r'eiitaL-Beferred'fco'the'dlstnc'uland surveyor at Queenstown tfo'repdrfe. ' \ ; ' '' " - ' '■' ' ,- ' ' -TtUPBKA' Bast.'- Mr,^. B. Martin, on. behalf qf Mr John .Sutherland, pf,Waltahuna, asked that o the ' 'western' pottiott, of' section 33, block Vl^Tuajpek'a Bast OontXfning 20 acres/ Bhbuld'be put 'np for Jsale vby-ta'uatiorv. at the upset price of 25s per acre.-Conßideratioq -wa,s deferred until a report was 'received' from" 'the,^ district land officer '911 Henry> appiicatioh.'"' '' '-"' " n " *"? 1 '' '* .' ' j !:iSTBA'Tff-TAiBBi.— A letter 1 was Yeceived. from Mr ' W. Brownaoknowledging a communication from thy board as'to tlie forfeiture of, h.is, per,p>lpal lease of section "<&, block' IX,'' S^rath-Taieri'dirtricfc, and stating that he'could hot pay i*erit for two' or three weeks. — ■ he>ranger was instructed to take possession of the land for the O>own. ' Non-payment of Akbrars.— lfcwaa reported that Mi* JamesJSamuel Wa'a allowed to' surrender the per,petuAl /lease section ;1&; black' IV, Maniot'oto, op payment of arrears, an,d that such arrears,, bad, not 'yet been paid.— lt was deqide'd ( ihat Mr .Samuel be. notified ttiat' unless f 4rijears be paid;'w.il-hin 14 days from date the board would proceed to forfeit the UpVbb Waicatipu.— Rablilt inspector Scott, haying suggested that the .rental of Run 3,6 ,»hpu'd bjß reduced to-^lff'Vith'' the view 'of disposing of the Bame,jit' was resolved to reduce the rent accordingly and.offertheruaatthenex^sa^e. „, . , t j OlktlENljoN.—'Mr t W?si Bussell requested leave to surrender his occupation license of sections 2of 4ft and fit 46; block VI, Clarendon' district, as- he was leaving that district and oould make no further use of the .land.— lt was'rMq^ that ( ,<jhe sjirrender be acce^fce^.on'piymenfcOTreptdtie. '' „ <, o.^, ; • DuMBAOK'.—MrJJohn • Snthefißud having -stated that the[ rental of Bun 437, Dunbacki occupied by him, was too high, and asked that the same, be reduced or he would be competed to surrender his license, it was' decided" to recommend the Government to accept the'surrender of the" same. .: . ■' j Swi^bu^n.— An application by, Th.oa as Healy, for a license to raise lignite on ; 10 aores-ot. Wpct 111, ' Swiribur'n district, was 'granted ; the Uce'nse to issue for three years at"4sl "per acre per annum 5 the district land officer to suggest sale; price of coal at the pifc. , " . " . . ' Waikoikoi. —An application by Mr Colin M'Donald, for section 2, town of WaiKoikol, on deferred payment, was granted. The ( board then adjourned until the following daY « < *■ '. ' ■ -r ■ • ■