SOUTHLAND LAND BOARD.

Otago Witness, Issue 2287, 30 December 1897, Page 7

SOUTHLAND LAND BOARD.

! A meeting of the Land Board held on | Tuesday, December 21, was attondsd by the Chief ' Commissioner (Mr D. Barron), and Messrs A. i BaMey, D. King; J. M'lntyre, and A. Kinross. lie l'ruinmnnd resoive, it; was resolved, on, the motion of Mr M'lntyre, seconded by Mr A. Baldly, that in the opinion of the board it is desirable to draw the attention of tho Minister for Lands to the action of Wallace County Council in offtjring the Drnmmond reserve for lease for 21 yoars in diiect contravention of th . board's recommendation, and that this board uigos.th.it the sale b« stopped. J. More and Sons applied for the right to cut a track and lav a tramway through blocks XX, XXI, and XXII, Jacobs Paver Hundred, and for perniHMon to cut timber off tho land 10 chains wide, on each side of the tramway four miles in length.— To be informed that the board has no power to grant exclusive right to cut timber, but only tram « ay site.— An ol.j cti m to ths above application from Ct. Howell for himself and others was voco ; ved. Mrs J. B. Williamson requested until the entf of the month to pay bain nee on sections 14 arid Isi Campbclltowu township (£l2), purchased at auction on October 21. — Minister to be recommended to allow the balance to be paid without forfeilur* of deposit. A communication was received from the La mil department stitiug that as a general mle no application to surrender a lea^o can be entertained ftoni any pastoral tenant who has received relief under the Pastoral Tenants' Itelief Act. On an application for lease of sections 65 to 68, Loanend Village, on lease in psrpetuity at I* pet acre, it was lvsilvecl that all the village, h'uncsl. ad sections in block VIII be opened at the redurfd price of 2-5s per acie. .Andrew Brown aud others v/rots re petition for buih re erve in block 111, Oteraioika, thah factions 46 and 48 would not be suitable, and sug gested that these might bo exchanged for s similar Area (200 acres) on the double-out road lin* ia the Pine Gompauy's or Shaw's sawmill aivas.— To be informed that the board had no power tc d>ial with application "in manner proposed. .Bernard M'Geirty was granted a li;as<s of- section 5. block XF,I, an 3 ll«jiry Kiug of section 3, blork XLT, Walhicctowu JCxlension. Thn offer of Mam-y and (!o. of j£l per annum for. lea->e 4 of part cf section IS, block -VII, Oteranoika, Hundred, was referred to the ranger, he tc repGrfc on bGction 18 and adjoining sections. The ranker valued the timber left on tho northern lnlf of section adjoining section 21, block V, Mabel Hundred, for whinli Mas&ey and Co. liad offered £5, at £p. - To be offered to applicant at iang j r's valuation. >S mtbl-uul County Council compLim**! that Jas ShicU kad fenced in part, of the road alongside hii fUx-mill site, section 126, Eyre —Resolved to ia form Shibls that; he must l<:avo a chain right-of way to the approval of the county engineer. 'ihe ia r ger recommended the sale of receive of one aciv, corner of section 40, block XVf, Net lliver Hundred, to Alexander Gray at -iOp. Jas. Peterson wrote re lease of section 12S, bloclj XIV, Cliatton.— To bo informed that the b,>a« cannot alter ith decision, and eaunot allow v.ilua <iin for impi'oveme'ita. Tian=feMweregrauted of section6o, block XXII luvercargill Hundred, from C-f S. Lawrence U Mrs A. X Lawrence; aud of section 1, block IV, Nokomai, from Mrs 11. Nay lor to Frederick Naylor. The'J'utuian and Olnria Road Boards forwarded schedules of proposed expenditure of thitds and fourths accrued for psriod May 1 to July 'il, 1607. — Receiver authorised. The, comutis-rioner was authorised to approve ot all applications for land received and tucccssful during the remainder of the present month, so that lents might commence from January 1. — Accordingly. In connection with the petition by settlers at Forest Tfin against th« permission appled for'ta « cut white piue ofT'secHons 51a and 52a, block VIII, New liiviT Ilundicd, the range* reported on ihc destiuction of bush on the sections, and recommen led that Cox ba allowed to cut only white vino.—Recommendation adopted and Cox's application granted. The board then adjourned to Jan aryl4.