NELSON LAND BOARD.

Colonist, Volume LIII, Issue 13057, 17 March 1911, Page 4

NELSON LAND BOARD.

A special nieeSiiiy iii the Nelson Land Board was held an Reeftfri on Monday, 13th March, 1911. Present: Mr 11. T. Sadd (Commissioner), and Messrs Lynch, Sinclair, and Walker. Applications for renewable leases: Leonard Harris and Wm. Edelston Hoc, section 4, block xv., Manila, 1399 acres; granted. Reuben Jabez Morgan, section 10, block xvi, Lyell, 446 acres; granted. Reuben Jabez Morgan, section 15, block vi., Totaranui, 270 acres; declined. Applications for pastoral licenses under regulations of Bth September, 1904: Edwin Aithur Lemon, blocks xi., xii., and xv., Mawhcraiti, 700 acres; declined, thai area carrying valuable milling timber. Alfred Ernest Agent/ section 47, block vi., Reefton, 30a. 2r. 15p\; approved, subject to the concurrence of the Warden and the exclusion of dredging claim (xSO, annual rental Is 3d per acre. Wm. Honry Dixo.ii, section 38, block xn., Inangalnta, 44 acres; approved, subject to the coiiCfiffence of the Warden, annual rental Is per acre. Malcolm Muir Webster, block xv.,. Burnett, 28 acres; adjourned for further1 report. George Basil Mclnroe, block' xvi., Maimai, 6-40 acres; approved, subject to survey regulations and the concurrence of the Wardwi, annual rental 7<l per acre. Henry Hannah, blocks xii. and xvi., Maimai, 470 acres; approved, subject to survey regulations and the concurrence of the Warden, annual rental s£d per acre. Edward Paine, block ii., Reefton, 32 acres; approved, subject to survey regulations and the concurrence of the Warden, annual rental Is per acre. E. J. Scantlebury and D. M. Alexander (executors in the estate of T. Pattinson), sections 23 and 24, block xiii., Reefton, 96 acres; approved, subject to the concurrence of the Warden and the exclusion of J. Billett's tramway, annual rental Is 3d per acre. J. J. O'Regan, blocks ix. and xiii., Inangahua, 320 acres; adjourned for one month, Applications for occupation licenses under section 130 Land Act, 1908: I Wm. Bcamsley, block i., Tutaki, 25 acres; granted in accordance with boundaries recommended by Crown Lands Ranger, annual rental 255. Henry Bray, block xiv., Reefton, 3a. 2p. ; declined, area being held under mining lease. Jane Moore, block xiv., Reefton, 3a. 2p.; declined, area being held under mining lease-. Wm. Henry James Lines, block vii., Tadmor, 10 acres; granted, annual rental £1. George Cameron, block xvi., Owen, 1000 acres; granted, annual rcmt £4. The following applications to purchase the freehold of occupation licenses, with right of purchase under section 174 of the Land Act, 1908, were approved:—Elisha Lockington, section 99, lock x., and section 91, block x., Rcsfton, 99 acres; Elisha Lockington, section 102, block x., Reefton, 30 acres. It was resolved to rescind the resolution of the 13th October, 1910, and grant Mr W. Meaiis an occupation license of 17 acres at an annual rental of £1 10s.

It was resolved that Mrs Catherine! O'Donnoll •be allowed to the Ist October next to effect the statutory improvements on her pastoral license of section 73, block x., Reefton. Exemptions from residence were granted during the pleasure of the Board to H. E. Burnett, section 10, block x., Wai-iti; E. R. Burnett, section 13, block x., Wai-iti; W. H. Burnett, sctction 11. block x, Wai-iti; Mrs A. McConochiej sections 4 and 19, Hope; T. N. McConochie, sections 25 and 27, block iii., Hope. Resolved, that the lease of F. J. Hampson, re improvements on section 1, block xiii., Reefton, issue as from this date at a rental previously fixed. Resolved, that H. C. Knapp, section 4, block x., Motupiko, 432 acres, be given six months to effect statutory improvements, failing which the lease will be cancelled.

Resolved, that G. B. Watson, sections 1 and 7, blocks ix. and x., Pakawau, 1921 acres, be called upon to show cause why his license shall not be cancelled for non-compliance with improvement conditions.

It was resolved on the application by J. A. Berry to have reservation lifted from section 8, block xii., Ma-ruia district (raining reserve), to recommend that the reservation be lifted under section 326 of the Land Act, 1908, for disposal to adjoining owner, under section 131—capital value £1 per acre. ■

It was resolved to recommend that the reservation be lifted from section 5, block ix., Inangahua, 171 a. lr. 25p. (scenic).

It was rcisolved that the exchange of freehold for Crown land in block vi., Motupiko district, as submitted by the Commissioner, be approved.

The pastoral license of S. Scholofield, junr., 223 acres, block v., Matakitaki was cancelled for non-pay-ment of rent.

Transfars were approved fis follows: Section .20, block viii., Inangahua, 1005 acres, J. H. Ward and F. Knight to J. H. Ward (subject to the consent of the Minister of Lands); section 9, block xi., Motueka, 75a. Or. 20p., It. F. C. Stade to J. Drummond; block x, Kaitoriteri, 36 acres, J. Clark, senior, to F. Clark.