LAND BOARD.

Otago Witness, Issue 3475, 19 October 1920, Page 7

LAND BOARD.

The meeting of the Otago Land Board, held on the 7th. was attended by Messrs «. T. Sadd (Commissioner of Crown Janets, chairman), Jas. Smith, T. A. Munro, C. J. Inder, and Geo. Livingstone. MOUNT PISA STATION. Applications for grants of areas without competition on Mount, Pisa Station from the following were declined: —lver Johnson William Reid, J. F. Smith, Markland and "Wilson, John Little, John F. Partridge, C. H. Swann, F. Swan, Annie Partridge, i. W. Partridge, John Anderson, Henry J. Hunt, Ernest M. Sanders, Patrick J. Heency, Jane Clark, H. L\ M'Pherson, Thomas O. M'Kay, Arthur Wood, Henry F. Hicks, J. Mills, Malcolm Ritchie, A. Semple, A. M. Henderson. George Henderson, Thomas Smith, F. Ball, jun. It was decided that applications for suitable areas from Jam©3 Dodds Anderson, Walter Little, Peter Vlietstra, William Clark, M. A. de Bettancor, Harry Thomas Vercoe, F. Ball, John Swann, Walter Johnson would be considered. CLIFTON SETTLEMENT. The following lessees on Clifton settlement applied for additional land as under: C. H. GfSiiam, holding section Is, applied for 2s; Robt. Gordon, holding section ss, applied for 7s and part 3s; Chas. S. Grant, holding section 9s, applied for 8s; H. Wright, holding section 163, applied for part 3s and part 4s; Chas. Cameron, holding ssction 20s, applied for 19s; Wm. Bolan, holding section 225, applied for 21s.— Applicants to be informed that the board is prepared to recommend certain additions to present holdings, provided applications for such are accompanied by the first halfjiear's rent. VAEIOHS APPLICATIONS. Michael E. M'Phee and David B. Glenn, the respective lessees of sections 4s and ss, Pukenui settlement, applied to have adjoining section 3s (76 acres) divided into two parts and to have one part allotted to each.—Recommended. sWilliam Henry Morrison and John H. TOlmie made a joint application to select section 2-3, block VI, Woodland S.D., and requested a reduction of valuation for improvements on account of the hut on the land partly demolished. —Granted at valuation of £l6. Rectus James Duniing applied for a renewable lease under section 129 of the Land Act, 1908, over the undermentioned areas: Part reserve 2246, Wilkin, 202 acres; part reserve 2246, Wilkin, 50 acres; area adjoining Makarora town, in block XII, Wilkin, 15 acres. —Granted, subject to Governor's approval, at 12s 6d per acre. John O'Neill applied to select an area of 18 acres of unsurveyed land in block I, Eraser district, fronting the Alexandra-Bald Hill Flat road.—Granted, subject to Governor's approval, at 5s per acre. D. A. Govan applied to purchase section 103, block IX, Leaning Rook district, at present held by him under yearly license.— Granted .subject to Governor's approval, at a capital value of £23 10s. S. W. Govan renewed his application for a lease over section 90, block IX, Leaning Rock district, the present lessee having Jailed to pay the required deposit.-—De-clined. Harry Rackley applied for a license over a crib site in the town of Hull. —Year-to-year license granted at annual rental of JEL. Aubrey C. Paterson applied to purchase an area in block XXIV, Waihola district.— Declined. David Ritchie applied for an occupation lease over section 7, block IV, Bannockburn district. —'Occupation lease granted at capital value £lls, annual rental of £5 15s, subject to payment of £4l 5s 3d for fencing; Crombie's grazing license cancelled. Alfred Westerman Marshall applied for an occupation lease over a.n estimated area of 12 acres of land between sections 66 and 61, Block I, Fraser district, and the main Clyde-Alexandra road.—Provisionally granted over area on ranger's sketch. P. R. Gordon and W. R. Gordon applied for occupation leases over areas in block I, Teviot district. —Declined. Reid and Lemon, on behalf of Donald M'Neill, applied to purchase the fee-simple of section 53, block IX, Glenomaru district, held under perpetual lease. —Approved. H. J. Latta applied for «, sawmill licens-e over section 5, block V, Woodland district, 250 acres and 350 acres in Rimu district, opposite sections 4 and 5, block V, Wood-

land district.—lt was suggested that the land be proclaimed provisional State forest. Herbert Wright, lessee of section 16s, Clifton Settlement, applied to purchase certain buildings (additional room on end of kitchen and toolhouse in garden) and remove them from the homestead section to his own section.—Granted at price of £ll 10s. Thomas Lindsay applied to surrender license over part Railway Reserve, section 76, block IV, Moeraki district.—License cancelled. D. S. Middleton, holder of pastoral license of run 238 e (Northburn), applied to relinquish 1600 acres of the area so as to bring the run within the area that may be exchanged for small grazing ruin lease, for which Mr Middleton also applied.—Declined. Alexander Johnson, selector of section 4, block XIX, Tiger Hill Survey District (180 acres 3 roods, 27 poles) applied to have his holding enlarged, oir to have his selection cancelled. —Cancelled. George William Bowler, selector of section 5, block XIX, Tiger Hill Survey District (15 acres 3 roods), applied for cancellation ot' his lease, as he finds the land unsuitable for his requirements.—Cancelled. M. Moran applied to have granted to him section 94 (II), Tiger Hill Survey District (subdivision of Black's Commonage), in lieu of section 92, previously granted.—Granted at annual rental of 10s. Robert Johnston applied for section 92 (II), Tiger Hill Survey District.—Year to year license granted at annual rental of 10s. The following applications for lajid were granted:—Joseph S. Bennett, section- 1, block XI, Naseby district, with grazing license over adjoining sections 22 and 23; George D. M. Fisher, section 14s, Poplar Grove Settlement; William Kennedy, section 3s, Popkr Grove Settlement; John Langmuir, section 23, block X, Woodland district. APPLICATIONS TO TRANSFER. The following applications to transfer were approved: —Section 56, Maerewhenua Settlement, 367 a 2r 6p, John Andrew Macpherson to Charles Hill; section 18, block LXXVIII, Oamaru Town, 1 rood, Mary Elizabeth M'Cabe to Percy Charles Street; section 10, block IX, Town of Palmerston, 1 rood, Geo Messer to William George Newman; section 30. block VII, Upper Taieri, 285 acres, Ernest Carr to Robert Raymond Oarr; area in block XVI, Maniototo, 7a 2r, Robert Dickison to John . Joseph Creighton; section 7b, VI, Tarras, 88 acres, section 32b, VIII, Lower Hawea, and section 9b, VI, Tarras, 874 a 3i. 6p, sections 17 and 18, VI, Tarras, 6Sa section 10, VI, Tarras, 40a 3r, Robert Kingan to Alexander Robertson; run 339 g, Kawarau, 5670 acres, Edward John Iversen and Andrew Carl Iversen to Andrew Coleman M'Elroy; area in block VI, Rankleburn, 7 acres, Dugald M'Goll to Ernest Harold Cruickshank; sections 2 and 3, block XII, Benger, 441 a lr 35p, Public Trustee (in estate of R. J. Richardson, deceased) to William James Richardson and George Edward Richardson; part 202, Town of Port Chalmers, 20 poles, Helen Watson to Raymond Murray Watson MISCELLANEOUS. Ranger O'Neill submitted a valuation of improvements on section 126, block X, Leaning Rock S.D. —Section to be weighted with £3O valuation for improvements. Ranger Atkinson submittedl a further report on the land fronting run 9 of 23, Kurow S.D., leased to Mrs Janet M. Munro, and suggested a reduction of rental.—Rental fixed at Is per acre per annum. Mrs T. Wilson advised that she had no further use for the reserve fronting section 5 and part block 111, Glenkenich District, over which Thomas Wilson had a right to occupy.—Right cancelled. The Vincent County Council submitted proposals for the expenditure of thirds and fourths accrued for the period ended July 31, amounting to £206 lis 7d. —Proposals approved and payment authorised. The Southland County Council submitted proposals for expenditure of thirds accrued for the period ended July 31, 1920, amounting to £3. —Proposals approved and payment authorised. Consideration was given to the matter of dealing with forfeited section 129, block 11, Teviot District, and it was decided not to deal with it for the present. Consideration was given to the matter of dealing with forfeitad section 22, block 11, iCatlins S.D.—Section to be reopened for selection to the general public, with preference to discharged soldiers, at a rental value of 12s 6d per acre, weighted with £22 10s for improvements. The licensees of pastoral run No. 333 (Wanaka West Station) applied under the provisions of section 246 of the Land Act, 1908, for the right to divide the run into two parts with the object of transferring one part when the proposed transferee reaches legal age.— Declined. Messrs Leo, Grave, and Grave wrote stating that run 465 was inadvertently omitted from a transfer of pastoral land from Duncan Macpherson to John Aspinall, and they now applied for consent to such transfer and to the transferee holding more than cne run.— Approved, and recommended that the transferee be allowed to hold runs 455, 463, and 465.