THE GREENFIELD SETTLEMENT

Otago Witness, Issue 2666, 19 April 1905, Page 21

THE GREENFIELD SETTLEMENT

BALLOT AT LAWRENCE. By 10 o'clock on Saturday morning, the time appointed for taking a ballot for the allotments applied for in the Greenfield Settlement, the courthouse at Lawrence, where the ballot was held, was pretty well filled by those interested iv the matter. The ballot was conducted tinder the immediate supervision of Mr D. Barron, Chief Commissioner of Lands, other members of the Land Board present being Messrs Dallas, Tough; and Livingstone. The active part of the ballot was conducted by Messrs R. A. Johnston and J. M'Donald, of the Lands Office, and tho scrutineers appointed by those present to do the drawing from the oal'-ot box were Messrs J. W. Wilson (Balclurha) and R. E. Thompson (Lawrence). The Chief Commissioner, before the ballot took place. _ sad those present were aii very well acquainted with the conditions and regulations under which they applied for the land, and it was therefore xuinecessary for him to read them over. The regulation ho would draw their attention to was regulation 10, which read as follows :— " In the event of there being more approved applicants for any group or subdivision than there are allotments available, the Land Board shall, by ballot, reduce the number of such applicants to the number of allotments available. A second ballot shall then be taken in each such group or subdivision as follows: The name of " each "candidate shall be placed separately in one box and the. number of each allotment shall be placed separately in another box, and lot shall be ■drawn from both boxes simultaneously: and the allotment whose number is so drawn shall go to the applicant whose name is simultaneously drawn, and he shall be deemed to be the successful applicant for that allotment." He (the Chief Commissioner) would also like to draw their attention to the conditions with regard to the reserving of a right to take a railway through certain sections. The condition was that tho right was reserved to take a railway through section 27. 29. 30, 52, 53. 54-, and 55. This j right would be embodied in the lease, and j a proportionate reduction of rent of the I area taken would be allowed. The success- ' ful applicants for these sections, would bear , this in mind. In the case of marred men whose wives also apDlied for land being successful, the board had decided that one I section should be thvown up. That was to ' say._ in the event of the husband securing- ' a right to a section the wife must withdraw her application, or if the wife was successful then the husband must with- i draw. I The. first ballot to decide as to successful and unsuccessful aurclicants then took place anri was followed by the second and final ballot, by which th« various sections in the subdivisions wev G allotted to tho?e who Tind been successful in the first ballot. The following is the result of this final ballot : — ' Allotment la. containing SU acre?: halfvearly rent, £43 19s 2d. — C. E. James, Washdyke. Allotment 2a. co~if tuning 541 acr^s; halfvearlv rent-, £50 14s 5d. — Thomas Meieer, jun., Makikihi Allotment 3a. containing S2O acres ; halfyearly rent, £56 7s 6d.— T. "D. M'Levie, Cambrians. Allotment 5a containing 554 acres ; halfyearly rent, £30 4s 2d.— E,. W Giace, Mata- j kanui. ■ Allotment 7a. containing 4SO acres ; halfyearly rent, £34 10s. — William Reynolds, jun., Waimate. Allotment 9a, containing 430 acres ; halfyearlv rent, £"37 12s 6d. — Jose-ph Bruce, Oamaru. Allotment 10a, containing 405 acres ; halfyearly lent, £35 8s 9d. — C. H. Bentley, Kaiapoi. Allotment lla, containing 314 acres; halfyearly ren+, £30 Ss od. — Ben Horsfall, Kaiapoi. Allotment 13a. Containing 728 acres ; halfyearly lent, £81 18s. — J. H. Shaw, Fairlie. Allotment 14a, containing 645 acres; haifyearly rent, £54 Ss od. — N. C. Stowe, Picton. Allotment 15a., containing 370 acres ; halfyearly rent, £26 lls 11<L— F. J. Bishop, Pleasant Point. Allotment 17a, containing 60S acres; halfyearly rent, £76 2s 3d, with £11 14s interest and sinking fund on buildings, valued at £300. — Joseph Moore, Temuka. Allotment 18a, containing 340 acres; halfyearly rent, £51 0s Bcl.— Karl Klenn, Dunedin. Allotment 19a, containing 261 acres ; halfvearly rent, £32 14s 2d.— John M'Cann, Milfcurn. Allotment 20a, containing 265 acres ; halfyearly lent, £41 3s 2d.— George Hardie, Poolburn. Allotment 21a, containing 316 acres; halfyearly rent, £47 8s. — William Stirling. Enfield. Allotment 23a. containing 435 a.cres ; halfyearly rental, £C 55s 6d. — Edward King, Seacliff. Allotment 21a. containing 59-2 acres; half- j yearly r-^nt, £88 16s. — George Edward Cross, SI. J Andrews i Allotment 27a, containing 979 acres; half- j yearly lent. £36 14s id.— Charles F. Lxtcas, ' Pleasant Point.

Allotment? 29a and 30a, containing 755 acres; half-ysaily rent, £49 Is 6d, with £5 17s interest and sinkjig fund en buildings valued at £150. — •John Byers, Maheno. Allotments 31' i and 37a, containing 702 acres ; half-yearly rent, £54 18s 2d.— C. M. Hadfield, Greenfield. Allotment 33a, containing 524 acres; halfyearly lent, £72 2s 3d.— Alexander Kernohan, Oamaru. Allotment 34a, containing Sl6 acres ; halfyearly rent, £112 is 9d, with £3 ISs, interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £100. — l'rederick Brocket Ontram. Allotment 36a, containing 545 acres : halfyearly rent, £88 12s 9d — John Brand, Kelso. Allotment 38a, containing 518 acres; halfi yearly lent, £38 17s 5d. — Samuel Coates. , Kangiora. i Allotment 52a, containing 321 acres; halfyearly rental, £24 2s Id.— H. E. Pitt, Temuka. | Allotment 53a, containing 416 acres; half- , yearly rental, £11 12s id.— James Allan, j Tapanui. Allotment o^a, containing 376 acres : halfyearly lvrtal, £32 18s 9d. — James Hyslop, ClydeI vale. I In the case of allotments 22a, 32a. and j 35a, the successful applicants declined to take them up, and these and a few more I allotments which had never been applied | for will be open for application up to 4 o'c ock to-day at the Land Office. Dunedin 1 In intimating this fact the Chief Commissioner said that those who had refused to take up sections as a result of the ballot would not be permitted to apply to-day, though they might do so later on. The result so far is that 14,633 acres have been allotted, and applications were received after rh& ballot for a further 4202 acres, leaving i 2544- acres to be applied for. The ballot for , the land not already allotted will take place , this afternoon after 4 o'clock at_the Land Office, Dunedin. j THE FTJKTHEK, BALLOT. I A ballot for most of tho allotments in the Greenfield Settlement, not previously taken up, was held at the Crown Lands Office on Monday by Mr D. Barron. Chief Commissioner of Lands, Mr E. Bowler acting as scrutineer. As a result 'of the ballot oM the allotments in the settlement were : taken up, with the exception of 22a. 46a , and 50a, and of these allotments 46a - and ] 22a have since been applied for. Applica- [ tions for the three allotments named close lat 4- o clock to-day. The present condition ; ot matters means that, assuming no application is made- for allotment 50a. all the land, with tho exception of that one allotment, will have been taken up. There were yesterday miio allotments to choose from, and the number of applicants was 19 Four of the allotments (4a., 6a, 25a, and 32a) were acquired without competition, and dt may ba mentioned that all applicants were amonothoso unsuccessful in the first application! lhp following are the results: — Allotment 4a. containing 418 acres; halfvearly rent. £39 3s 9d.~James Charles Blair, farm labourer, North-East "Valley. Allotment 6a (small grazing run), containing 1200 aoies: half-yearly rent, £86 5 & .— John M Rae. shepherd, Waimate. Allotment 25a. containing 487 acres: halfyearly rent. £-18 145.- John D. Henderson, ploughman. Georgetown (near Oamaru). Allotment 32a. contairuina; 467 acres- halfyearly rent £65 13s lid.— Patrick Cotter, farmer. Hawea Flat. Allotment 26a. containing 521 acres- halfyearly rent. £5 R 12s 3d.— Three applicants ; Kobert Llewellyn Grass, farm contractor, St. Anarews. Allotment 35a. containing 342 acrps; halfvearly rent. £55 12s 3d.— Two applicants ; John James Hardy, contractor. "VVaimate. Allotments 48a and 49a (grouped), containing 582 acres; ha^-yeprlv rent. £58 4s 6d. — Five appUcauts; Victor "Wilson, farmer, Eang-iora. Al'otmert 52a. containing 321 acres ; halfvearly rent. £24 2s Id — Two applicants; David Sheddan, farmer, Toiro. Allotment 55a. containing 808 acres: hnifvearly rent, £47 19s 6d. — Three applicants ; Thomas Jones, farm hand, Kakahu School, G eraldine.