Waste Lands Board.

Southland Times, Issue 8062, 17 July 1885, Page 2

Waste Lands Board.

Thursday, 16th July,

The ordinary meeting was attended by the Chief Commissioner (Mr J, Spence), and Messrs Lumsden, Toshacb, and Kinross.

The transfer of section 17, block 6, Makarewa, from Mary Mahoney to Timothy Mahooey was sanctioned.

N. N. Cook applied for deferred payment section 21, block 11, Campbelltown Hundred.— Granted.

The Wallace County Council wrote that there was no foundation whatever far complaint that the deferred payment moneys accruing on sections 133 and 134, Wairio, bad not been properly expended. The Chief Commissioner stated that he had written to the Department relative to the case of Michael and Davis Crowe, who having" capitalised a -defer, ed -payment section in Wairio district, and finding that the compulsory terra of residence would not suit them, wished to retrace their steps so as to be able to complete purchase. In reply to his letter the Minister had intimated that if the applicants desired to pay up the unpaid instalments on the deferred payment system they might be allowed to do so, any payments made since capitalisation to go to their credit, 'The applicants Bhould not be allowed to pay up the capitalised sum until they had resided tor a period of sis years. S. J. Deck applied to purchase aa island containing ten acres in Paterßon's Inlet, Stewart Island, adjoining his property.—? Application granted, subject to tb.3 approval of the Government. ' , Oo the suggestion of Mr Deck it was resolved that an officer of the Department should report upon the advisability of throwing open a block of laud, in Stewart Island on deferred payment. The land jn the vicinity of Kaipipi Bay, Mr Deck said, was admirably suited for the purpose. W. Walker asked the Board lo grant a site in the township of o ban, "Stewart Jsland, for an Athenaeum. — Held over, written application to be made. A. Nicholson applied to lease a number of sections in East Wintoo, at present reserved for gravel p.arposes.r-Ranger to report. „ r , „ Banger Campbell reported that Charles Stewar: and James Henry had cut. 20 totara trees at Bast Forest Hill without a license. — In connection with tniimatter a member of the Ljndhurst Ifoa'd fJowd, Mr James Flensing, wrote stating tli'at ?he men had cut the trees fora road ! ' contract, and had doneso in/utter ignorance that, a Jinenso was iieoesßary.^-Banger; > .Campbel| stated that from enquiries made in the dis-trict,-hebeliaved that .the men <had not intentionally offended, having been misled by another person in the district who had been, illegally cutting for the past six years.— lt was* resolved to; charge 5s per tree, the men to b^alldwed ; tp^keep the timoer. ' "' v:; ' "' ; "'"'" * ' 1 ';" :: ' : -'-'-' ; ? '

, D. Lynch, charged wittrhaving illegally cut two trees on section 32, block 2, Oteramika Hundred, explained .that in error he had gone over the boundary, of a pri-, vate area upon, which he h^ authority to cjiit. There wag' nq line ou,t,"— He , w&s\ ordered to pay 10s per tree. v r •B. Smith wrote inaoswer to * charge q£^ having cat timber without a afc

and it was resolved that the offender be^ compelled to and rail license. •"'"■■'•■•.^. -"-•■. ■'.%■}.■■. ':-■>'. , : v ■;-.

,A. Colquhoun applied-; to lease; blocks 1 and 20, Lirnehills towaship, consisting of 6^ acres. — Resolve4_ to submit Hhe blocks for lease by auction; ; at ah: ugfet price of 68 per acre pef^annum. i V " ; V 5-

John O'Neil wrote stating that eleven years >go be erected his house under the eheltßhof.a»bit of bush near the Makarewa river, in Forest Hill Hundred. Seven years afte'r/aiMrChiehoitu topk>up seciion 181, jand proceeded to cut the timber. On a complaint being mado to the Ranger and the-Bdard Chisholnl iwaa warned,'in 1882,

not to con'.inuo" taking^he timber, but' t(me to time since then he had disregarded the warning. The bush was iflfa reserve.— Referred to Ranger Camp^. belL to, report as to the extent Of Chis;holm's trespass on Crown lands^Bteps to be ■_■ afterwards i taken in accprdarice with the report; /."•■'■ ■ • :V "'.-.'' ■'•'■■ ?. : '. ■":.;:--_;■ .:-.-^k :

; H. Butler and T. Scott appeared before the Board to urge a claim for L 4 for clearing on deferred payment sectioni 6o, block 1, Seaward^Bush. h The holder of ithe section had left the colony, and the •applicants therefore wished the section ito be declared forfeited, and 'fchp ;value of their improvements added to' its price and paid to them. — |The \ section was. declared forfeited, but the Board- considered jt had not the power to pay the value of the,improvements to Butler and Scott. — Mr Butler said he would take up the section if allowed an iinlet and time to pay.—MrLumsden said Butlorand Scott had clearly a fair claim, •but there was no law to empower the ; Board to pay it. — After conversation the Board resolved that they could noteriterr tain the request, nor " stretch the Act " to ; meet the case. „ : i ; ,;■:

George Morton appeared in answer to a charge of not having complied withthe residence conditions in connection with bis deferred payment section in Hodgkirison. He had' three cat-h sections besides tbis deferred payment one, and his,hou39 was built only a chain and a half from tbe boundary of the latter. He had improved the deferred payment section, having ploughed it all over. The house should have been erected on the deferred^ payment section, but he was away shearing at the time, and the carpenter had made a mistake. — No action taken.

The transfer of section 232, Forest Hill Hundred, * from H. McDonald to A; McPherson was sanctioned.

James Paterson was granted six months exemption from residence on section 63, block 1, Seaward Bash township. Ranger Mussen reported on T. Connor's application to have deferred payment section 2, block 8, Waimatuku, opened for sale for cash, and the Board declined to make the alteration.

The same officer reported on tbe value of the unsold sections in the Waimatuku township, recommending that the cash sections be L3, per acre, and the price of the deferred payment sections reduced proportionately. — Consideration postponed. The Board then adjourned.