SOUTHLAND LAND BOARD.

Otago Witness, Issue 2603, 3 February 1904, Page 20

SOUTHLAND LAND BOARD.

The meeting held on Thursday, January 28, •wa= attended by the Commissioner (m tiie chair), Messrs A. Kinross, J M'lntyic, D. King, and J. ATLean.

The Unuei-secretary advisedl ehe affirmation <■' the board's resolution icahng with *he withdrawal fioir sale of sections 1 to 16, block 11, Hid Wakahpu, and that the sections may be temporarily leascc" fo~ grazing. The isam "epartincnt advi-ed that pastoral run 513, Bounty Islands, h.id been withdrawn from sale, as it v as quite unfit for habitation o- 'or pastoial purposes. On the rangci's report on sections 6 and 7. b'v,ok XII, Holms-dole "Villegs, it wa-j reichec 1 ! that the sections be i3cied for sale a-t xeduceJ. ■s olurhon.

Mr Kinroa an- Ranger Campbell -were appointed ik. visil sections 19 and 20, "block X, New River Hundred and report on a request by Y. Aimrc "tt hnv them opened for sale. "W Hailes lva granted grrzin& iigh over riverbed adjoining section 646, lokoiuu, at £1 psi annum A similar applicator by W. Menlove, ove. section 7, block IX, Centre Hill District, was granted at 10s per annum. W. O. Duthie offered £5 fo license t- cut flax on mining, reserve opposite sections 11 and

12, block VIII, Waikawa.— Granted, subject to assistant ranger's valuation. An application was received 1 for temporary lease of section 5, block XXII, Lknehills. — To be offered at auction, at £5 per annum for 14 years, under "Public Reserves Act, 18bl". — A similar course was decided on in leferenca k lease of section 6, block XXXII, Limeliills. On the recommendation of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, it waa resolved t< offer section 6, block XXXI, Ldmehills, at auction at £5 pei annum, burdened with £18 valuation fox improvements, for 14 years. A Parker offered £2 pei annum for lease of block 11, Otara township, for term of years or lease with right of purchase. — Government to be recommended to offer th, township as village land at £3 per acre in siich blocks as at present grouped. An application by Mr W. Inder, for Phoenix Diedging 00., Limited, to purchase section 2, block VI, Waikaka, was referred to the wardten foi report.

Tho Wallace County Council forwarded tracing of part section 39, block I, Apannia Hunred, required for quarrying purposes. — Balance of reserve to be offered u.t auction for term of 14 years, with right-of-way reserved to quarry ; ranger to fix uiaaet price. A surrender of sections 69 and 76, block 111, Seaward Bush township, was accepted, the sections not tc bt re-offered ir the meantime, as they are included in a coal lease. The ranger was instructed to tak< possession of rection 494, Hokonui, the land to be reottered on optional system. An application foi reduction of rent on Seaward Bust township sections was refused. Applications for land by G. H. Shirley, at Waikawa, and G. Taylor, at Glenham, were granted.

A transfer of section 23, block VI, New River Hurdied, from E. Buttoiph to F. Shenworfch, was approved.

Issue of titles were appioved to C. K. J. Clare, section 67, block V, Campbelltown Hundred; and Elsie Martin, section 12S, block I. iatcrson. . Two forfeitures were' rescinded.