SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 47, 11 March 1901, Page 2

SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS.

The Board mat on Friday. Ail tbe Cocimi'ii-ior.ovs wore profiwit, Mr (Joek prodding Juntil bo wan called away ai> ; 11.36 wiion Mr Stock wasvofced vo the chair. i Tlio Chairman made a stotomeufc respecting reserve R, situated noav the mouth of the Hmsui .Rivfr, It wt's resolved that i he Soc<e ary vi-ite to the Marino Department that uw'wr tasta eroriou one <A the Education Reserves' containg 4| .acres had b .o»ii readered valueless, and tltir has been largely conduced to (if not wholly caused) by porsoiiG with or without authority removing stono and gravel from the foreshore between tho Huatekiun.l Henui Rivers; and that much other property is slso being eudfgersd, and urging thai sotao stepii be taken to prevent further erosion.

Mr G. A, Marchant was appointed by tha Bojrd to acb as arbitrator of the Board in renpect of the urbitration betwewn tho hoard and Mesa'ti T. M. Smith and R Kirkpatriek, aed also to act as sola arbitrator in the arbitration between the Bjnrd and Mr T. E lwards. It was deeidod that in accordance with tbe request of Mr T. M. Smith, lessee of s?c 12, bleck 2, Ngnire, the | 8.-ard v aiv-d its right to a now vsduation being made, and consents that th .v valuation mads on Juno 19th, 1900, b.i treated and a.:ted upon in all as if it were the new valuation provided for by the leans bow held by Mr Smith, to be made prior to a new lease being offered for publio competition or tender.

A similar resolution in respect of Mr Kirkpatrick's lease wasal.o o.s.ed. The Board's solicitor reported that the arbitrators had assessed tbe yearly rental to ba paid by Mr B. Blizzard fcr sec 40, block 6, Ngiure, fir 21 years, ut i3O per ucr,um. It was decided that a lease of section 236, Huirangi. be granted to the present lessen, T. Edwards, under section 244 of the Land Ac'., 1892. at a yearly vontil fixed by £irbitr:tticm of £ls, for 21 years, from tli9 date sf expiration o? the presont lease without right of renewal, etc. The lease of section 237, Huirangi, now being offerod for sale, will be subject to the Bond's right to take from the land a school site if needed b t any lime during the currency of tho loiise, The rolicitor reported tint certain lands set apart in 1891 aed ISS4 far school sites at ri'zroy, Oakura, Mid"riirst West, and Oarrimtoa Rjsd were not recorded in the minute book as having beea so eefc spars, and a series of resolutions was passed to reciify the omissions.

Tho under lra?e of part soc 42, block 3, Ngaiie, was transferred from Mr F. A. Penison, to Messrs E. Palmor, G. E. Oluett, and C. B. Burton. Tha Sesro ary'a letter to Mr W, Waugh ret tresspass was approved. Tha Taranaki Hospital and Charitable Aid Board claimed for .£65, being certain rents specified, The claim was admitted and passed for payment, Mr W. Hine, Junction Ro id, was allowed a further period of tis months from date to thoroughly clear that portion of the land which is in bush, but on condition that all blackberries on the open parts of the farm ba cut within oai month, and that one half year's rent b pa ; d b:fore March 31st, In resp'.-cb to Mr E. P.W« appliratiua f-T an tenure of hisk rehold the Board decided that it taw no reason to altar its resolution of March 10th, 1900.

The Ringer's repeat ant! adopted and teunnta will be notified where ruce^sary. Subject to all papers, &0., being in order, it was resolved t! at see 7, block 15, Po.iatu, be transferred from W. 0. Watcon to J. JB. McCir'.io.—A similar rorolution was passed in re-'p:et the transfer of a<cs 1949, 1952, and 1953, Now Plymouth, from W. Webber to W. Courtney.—Ano her resolution was passed ia respect to t-h'i transfer of underlease of sac 17, block 11, Huiroa, from W. R. Mackay, to F, J, and J. W, Mackay. If. Johnson's application to lease timber rights to |Megsr.s H, Brawn v k Op„ held ov;er pending a n'p'ort by the Ranger. Aouounts amounting to ,£46 6sJ3d woi'fl parsed for payment. The 80-rd adjourned.