NELSON LAND BOARD.

Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12399, 14 November 1908, Page 4

NELSON LAND BOARD.

,'"■-■ . » MONTHLY MEETING. ; The monthly meeting of the Nelson Land Board . was held on Thursday. Present:. Mr F.W. Flanagan (Commissioner), and Messrs Walker, Sinclair and Wratt. , ; An apology was received for the unavoidable absence of Mr O. Lynch. Applications for" occupation with right of purchase leases. were dealt .with as follows i-^-Robert Ban - on Witty, section ,1, block viii, Motueka, 123a 2r, approved, subject to the right of the'iSrpwn to take a road through to give access to the cemetery; Geo. Griffiths Win, section 11, block iii, Wai-itij 148a 2r, approved. ' Applications for renewable leases were dealt with as follows :— Mary Eliza Milligan, ' sections 31 and 33, block xii, Inangahua, 93a 3r2lp, resolved that the Board recommend the Minister of Lands . to permit Mrs Mary Eliza Milligari to acquire on re? newable lease, under section 138 of the Land Actj .1908, an area of 93a 3'r 21p, being sections 31 and; 33, bock xii, Inangahua survey district, and that in the .event of the Hon. Minister - for Lands ' approving the Board's recommendation, the ■ said Mary Eliza Milligan to pay to the Receiver of Land Revenue the royalty on the white pine timber growing* on the said land, ; amounting to about £14, in four equal instalments at intervals, of three months ;■ Victor Norman Graves, section. 40, block ii, Motueka, 272a lr 21pj approved. ' Thomas Thompson, sections 44 and 45, block v, Kawatiri, 36a 2r 25p, refused, but resolved that the applicant be recommended to "apply to the Warden for the privilege of leasing the land"; "Kate Evelyn and Harriet E. Drummond, block vii, Wangapeka, 800 acresj approved;. Francis Henry Baigent, block y, Rintoul,- ;350 acrds; . approved," subject to ; aJibelt of the bush 20. chains wide^ being- t-e---sorved on thewestern boundary line of the area applied for; J. H. and J. N. Drummond, 2000 acres, Takaka district, resolved to .'permit the applicants to select their area north of ■ Rheumatic creek, "and adjoining- sec- ; f.ion 3; W. H. L. Goulding, 100 acres; Block xiv, Mokihinui,. refused, applicant ineligible, as he is already a tenant in common . of an area being 0.R.P., -section 7, block ii, Aorere survey district, containing more than .100 acres., : \ ■• • :- Mangles.- Blackwater \ block. — : Tho following applicants wore: successful at ballot on: October 31st, 1908-.'^-Albert/Beswick, 1060 acres, block -iii, 'TttEaln ; 'John Leathbridae, 785 acres, block, vii, Tutaki'; -William Arthur 'Su|tton, ; , 675 acres, block vii,- Tutaki ; tGe'orge ■ Herbert !■•■ Gibbs, 1055^ acres," block iii. Tuta.kij Maria .James, '510 acres, block ii, Tutaki ; Gladstone Belgrbve Trbwer, 730 acres, block <vi, Tutaki • William Fletcher Trower, 760 acres,. block vi,- Tutaki. The Board resolved to approve, the applications, subject to survey,;. of the persons mentioned above for- leases .'; of the areas " standing . opposite their names. > Charles /Lewis, 600 acres, blocks i and ii, Flora, postponed^pending completion of: the rough topographical survey of portions of Takata ana k Flora 'districts, which is now : in hand... Henry - George Blisset, 80. j acres, blocks iiivyii and viii, Matirii' The Board approved his application for 80 acres of land in blocks iii, vii, and viii, Matiri "district, which has recently been released from reservation. ' '. '';'■■':;"»• ..'"..': ■. ■■.'■' ■ . :•• | An application for renewable lease • funsurveyed; land) by Lionel Ernest Lines, block v, Jnangahiia, 130 acres, was approved, subject to survey. The Board "decided to recommorid the Minister of Lands to dispense with the survey; deposits in the cases of : the fpllpwing .persons, Vhbse application for renewable leases have been approved:— Kate Evelyn ianU, Harriet E. Drumraond,. Francis Henry Baieent, Albert Beswick, John Leatlibridc;e, William Arthur Sutton, Geo. Herbert Gibbs, Maria James. Glad-, stone Bel grove ' : Trower, William Fletcher Trower, and Henry George ;Blfssett:. . • ■;•. « Applications for pastoral licenses u were dealt with as follows :— -James Cowan and James Hunt, Wock ii, Reeftbn, 1 771a. lr ; 29p, application" postponed, pendinp: .receipt of reports from Warden and' Crown Lands Ranc:;erjvYict °r Matthew Edward DeliaVedova, block :'vi, Inangahua, 100 acres, adjourned, for report by Crown Lands, Ranger : John McDowell, block -vi, MataldtakiV 25 acres, postponed?: pending' the adjustment ofr boundaries of priveleges" and applications granted by the Warden and the Land BoUrd; respectively at Upper Mataki'taki; -Michael ; O'Neill, section 34', blockiv, Kaiwatiri, 199 acres, refused, Jand.i not available for license under the,p>storal regulations, being a-mint-ing reserve; Costello, Colligan,. and" Morrow, section ,13, block Jii, Steeples, ISS^acres, 2r 38p, consideration deferred; C.pampbell ,block ix, Wai-;-tapu, :300 acres.. The Warden, wrote concurring iii -the application, but 7 stipulating^ -fcha,fc Voxis-fcixiiCS-miiiing pri-v--ileges over the area should be prb4 tected. ;■;;•;..;. ..-:". . '■•.-;.■..;.(,.; I An application for an occupation^' lease.. under Part VIII of the Land' Act, 1908 .^formerly M.D.L.O. Act),was receivedjjfrom, George., Norman Warne, block" iv,l Waitakere, 3 acres. It was resolved that a portion of the 1 area applied for- by Mr Warne, lying ■J»v : the east of and adjoining his freelibld land, being public road, the ■ Board has no 'power to dispose of it unde^ any .tenure, but. the Board has no' objection to. granting a lease of, a small area lying to the north of and adjoining his freehold, subject to certain conditions. ; >•' . i Applic'atipns for. occupation licenses wore deal : twith as follows : — -Application by J: S. Rutherford: to obtain piece of' land, 'Motupiko district, postponed; F.H.-. .Baigent, . blocks y and j i vi, Rintoul, iipOd; ; ;acres',i * approved, "rental £3 per knnum.--^^ ■ ' j application for : renewal of flax license by' OF G7 Jones and party over island in Karamea .river was^ granted, Jubject ;to the payment of royalty of '7s 6d .per ton.lof ; green flax. •Wv M. Heath was ■ granted permission ;tb cut: about twenty, trees at Mami, conditionally. ; • v -- "-Applications -for land^general) were ; dealt with- as follows:— Charles Challies, .12 acres, block i, Waimea. It 'was decided; to offer for public auction- the area ; referred . to as land "-of" special value," and the upset price was fixed at £3 -per acre.:"- : . ' . L. J. Bell applied for 80 acres river flat, block xii, v Inangahua. It was resolved hot to acpede to his application,' as it. covers more, than-the-sta-tutory frontage to the Inangahua river, ,bui it was decided' to offer him an occupation license on the ordinary^ conditions .that he advertise his indention to -apply; in two separate issues of a newspaper' pircplating in the district,: ''; > '■ '•■''.. : • •'■' ;

An application was received from the A. 1. .Dredging Syndicate, oi Jtsoatuiaa's^J.uauga.iiua, hjv periuissiou to clietige tliiougii portion 01 secuou 4, OIoCK vi, xujeiton survey aitsuiieo reserve;. It wuti rubojveu to eonCeUt} to tne . "syndicate six acres, or cue cemetery reserve, or sucii lessor area as will permit ot a space 01 lour cflams intorvemug Uetween tue portion of tne cemetery now in use and tlie nortn-western bgundafy of tnis said six acres, provided tuac the syndicate furnislies evidenco irom the Warden's Court that it has formally abandoned its claim to section 181, over which it holds a special dredging claim. An application to purchase freehold of Jb.l.±-. under section 177, of tne Land Act, IKUB, was received fromThoinas .Newman, sections 11, 12, and 13, and land adjoining (unsurveyed), block yiii, jVlatin, 14bo acres, and approved. Jtiobert Taylor's application to purchase' tiie treehoict of section 2oi block vii, ; Kawatiiir, 67a lr alp, wab referred to Mr Ueorge Beil fainclair, of Westport, to value "the fee simple of the land, Applications for Crown grant by holders of certificates were dealt with as follows:— William Pattie, sectiou 16, block viii, Kaiteriteri, 100 acres, approved; Joseph Arnold and Jj'red Brewerton, sections 21 and 22, block viii)-" Tadmor, 282a 3r, approved. Applications to surrender M.D.L.O. leases and. obtain renewable leases were dealt with, as f olio ws :— Arthur E. F. Neighbours, section 14, block ii, Kawatiri, approved; ltobert Kerr, section 4, biock ii, Ngakawa, postponed. "..'•: -:..-.■■. ', j|j£ Payment of thirds to the Waimea County Council, amounting to £113 7s 3d, was approved. ._ An application by Owen Joseph Lynch to be admitted as tenant in, commo* with Ws brother, James Lynch, in L.I.P. holding in block vii, .Maruia district, was approved by the Board, provided: he makos the statutory declaration. ■ Messrs Adams and Harley, : solici-. tors, wrote on behalf of the beneficiaries, of the estate of the late John Kerr, submitting a scheme of subdivision of areas comprised in the Lake Station whereby the Crown leasehold portion thereof is subdivided with the freehold into three allotments, and asking the consent of the Board thereto. The Board concurred generally in the proposal, provided the purchasers are able to make the statutory declaration required by transferees by. the Land. Act. A letter was read from A. D. G Cumming re the alloting of sections taken up by Messrs O'Brien under renewable lease. The Board decided to approve of the application of P. F. O'Brien for an area of 511 acres, T. E. O'Brien 498 acres, and E. A. O'Brien 678 acres. R. L. Baigent asked for temporary: exemption from residence on his hold- i ing, Tadmor. The Board, in tho exceptional circumstances of the case, decided; to grant the application for exemption from residence during itspleasure. : "Thomas Dove asked for exemption; from residence on his L.I.P. section 11, block xvi, Mokihiiiui. Decided to? approve the application, as he reside/ on contiguous land. James Lynch asked to have mininK reserve in front of his L.1.P., block viii, Maruia, included in his lease. It was resolved to obtain a report. as to the mining (if any) going on in the locality. . Ambrose O'Rourke asked for reduction in- rent over metal reserve, section 24, block xiv, Matiri, 3J acres. Refused. Letters were read from V. Alborn, Inangahua Junction, and A. Beswick, Timaru, asking for exemption from rent. It was resolved to add the names of the applicants to the schedule containing the -names of those whom_the Board has determined to. consider in relation to the immunity from rent". A report of Crown Lands Ranger Harris re proposal to remove the reservation off areas of 55 acres and 9(5 acres respectively, block, iii, Matin survey district (Owen block), with the view, to merging them in the. adjoining L.I.P. holding, was received. Resolved to recommend the Minister of Lands to lift the reservation from- the above reserves in the Owen block, with the view-to merging them in the adjoining holding. L. H. Kerr's O.R.P. 50 acres/block xiv, Takaka,-was cancelled for noncompliance with the statutory improvements. An application by Messrs Free. Cottrell and Lawry to cancel occupation license held by R. L. Kearns in block xiii, Reefton was^ received. Resolved .to terminate so much of the occupation license as .is covered by the residence site of one acre granted by the Warden to Mr A. Griffiths.