LAND BOARD.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14360, 4 February 1911, Page 2

LAND BOARD.

SCUTA CAXTEUB'Uay BUSINESS.

The Canterbury Land Board met on Thursday. Present Alessrs 1. i\. Brodrick (Commissioner ot Crown Lauds), J. Gibson, J. Sealy, J. Stevenson, and J. McAuley. Miss 15. S. Barker's application ior th<- freehold title of rural sections M 027 and 30028 (UiuJ- acres), near Woodbury, was granted. The following applications for transfers \vre- a.'i-.-ed to—Station Peak, 002 ai.rrs, Frederuk Wiiliam Wain to David Samson, of Gtonavy, shepherd; pastoral rn us 00 01, and 207, Tasman Islands. ■isn.-| acres, William 1. lilac:; to Daniel AlcCulloeh Black, of Timaru, musterer. Tito Board declined tho application for the- transfer of 1. in p. 1607, lot 13H. Eoscwill Settlement t.i-1 acres 1 rood 10 perches) from Fred. Edward Pagan to Thomas Jolmsca, l«r tho reasou that it disapproved of the aggregation of holdings involved, "Regarding tho application for transfer inado by William Alfred Peek, Herbert Wilds, and Richard A. DErelvu, all holder., of leases ill perpetuity in the Mills Settlement, the Uoimfdeeided to adhere to its decision, arrived at at its previous meeting, declining the applications, a;i the lenses have not been in existence for live years, and the Isssi-es liavo failed to disclose tho happening of an extraordinary event as required by tho Land for Settlements Act.

The Crown Ranger's cropping reports on. Orakipaoa, R-osewill, and Waiknkahi .Settlements were uacceytcd as generally satisfactory, but, where necessary tho attention of lessees is to be drawn to the cultivation clauses of their leases.

The tender of John Clark, for lease of part of the North R-angitata townsltip'reserve, 147 acres, was accepted at £'26 psr annum for seven years from March Ist next. Reserve 3534, 47 acres, near Arundel traffic bridge, is to be offered for lease for seven years at an upset of 2s Gd per acre per annum, subject to conditions for accommodation of travelling stock.

John Spring was given permission to sell an unused house on lot 3, KeretaSettlement. The aoplication of J. PateKon and Co., Ltd., To Akatarawa Station, Hnkataramea, to convert part of boundary fence into a .rabbit fence, was doferrecl for further information.

The application of George Murray, to be allowed to bold two runs, new subdivisions of Glentnnuer Station, near Alt. Cook, was recommended for approval.