WASTE LANDS BOARD.

Southland Times, Issue 3467, 1 August 1879, Page 2

WASTE LANDS BOARD.

The ordinary meeting" of tins Board was held yesterday, and was attended fry Messrs Pearson ( the Chief Commissioner) j Pratt, Derinistoh; Toshach; Kinross, and .■Lumsden. .'.•■'■,, ■■-■.■.■^•.-.;, '-; -■'/-.^•\'^::: i '- ' '.. ;-Tj.ie; Inspector 'of i^Pjorests^ (MrMcAVthur) reported as follows uponvthe of Mr .Lbckliart for 200 'acres- of 'forest land in the Hokonui Bush reserve i— " £ haye the honor, herewith, to enclose; Sir .Lo'ckh art's' sawmiir application': -for ; 200 'acres' of bush/"in 'the^JEbkonui reserve. I am not aware" of any reasbnable 6bJ3ct- ; ion that- .can be urged against its being* granted,: It is about 3£ " ; uiiles v fr6ni the "railway', to wliicli'TE" presents ""itSlSfigest frontage, bat -. on j the pother liaud v it will be bounded oh the south, its narrowest front; by an -feast and ■'west : road; "line, which how touches its south-west corner." After some discussion, the. application was .granted/ "■•'•:' J v ' : -. ; - •:-; ; ':^.:'y;s: ; \,'.^ fiMr ■ Jack, .sawmillei-j appeared hi:reference'; to :iia^:cpmplaint that -had>; -been made- >- : regarding' his oni:- ihi. settlers' resefve; f at : Waiinu r fcuicu. Mr Jack admitted : that : he' had slightly encroached, ] but; it ' wasf bwihg : partly' to tKe fac't^'bat;: ; no ' survey 'lin6sVhad been cut, and ■■ that He . was . greatly ,^pushed ;f or. sleeper^: , ; by J tK3> contractor . 'for, the :ptaut<iu railSyay.^ He I had -paid^ '• royalty ,'. : , on what timber Jiad r been taken. :It Was decided to impose a penalty -.of SOsfor unlawf uL Gutting. : . .;, John Stevenson applied to purchase the .reserve : south ;of block 7, New River Hundred.-r- Referred to the Ciiicf Surveyor. It 'was "decided: to ; have -the' village reserve"* afWrighfs" Bush" surveyed into halt-acre aud ■suburban sectiotis/ " : •; : it "-"was resblyed ;';tlmt..tn'e- :: ' •(SrpVernor be, requtsted ' to 5 proclaun; ' several sections in; the " Lopgwdbd district open for 'selection under r ; paymeufc cpnditious, arid .that certain sections in the same district be*set aside'als to haltVcastes. .. , . - The Ohief Surveyor iecommended that sections 126 to 131,' part .of block" X?., Invercargill "HundEed, be: thrown open on the deferred payment system, and that the balance of 'the block-' be advertised as open for It was decided to give effecttb the recommendation. Ranger Musseu reported that ' J. 'Keeaan (section 2.U0, Taringaturi; district), and James iDlllbn (section 406, Hokodui district) . had fuLh'Uud the,, conditions of their licenses, and he therefore recorar mended they; be allowed to .lease. Application to lease granted. Mr Pratt -gave notice of motion — "That Mr Macintosh's application for a return of 75 percent, money expended for improvements on section 80,Qreti Hundred,be considered, at next meeting of the Board." The Board.then rose.