LAND BOARD.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6267, 17 June 1898, Page 2

LAND BOARD.

♦ The Land Board met yesterday ; present — Messrs Sidney Weetman (Commissioner of Crown Lands), D. M'Millan, J. M'Lacblan and A. C. Pringle. The following applications were considered : — F. G. Mapple, lease in perpetuity, section 3, Pawaho Hamlet, block XV|., Christchurch, lair 5p, F. D. Wooffindin ; lease in perpetuity 50., Arowhenua Village Settlement, block 11., 1 rood, F. Morrow ; lease iri perpetuity 6 and 7, Brow Settlement, block X., Christchurch, 2 acres. These applications were granted. An amplication by William Thomas .or lot 504, Arowhenua village settlement, was refused. The following applications for ex_ change of tenure from perpetual lease to lease in perpetuity under section 150 of the Land Act, 1892, were approved :— -John Dixon, village hamlet, lease in perpetuity, section 5, reserve 2332, blocks V. and IX., Oxford, 50 acres; James Henry Pearson, village hamlet, lease in perpetuity, section 5, reserve 2332, block V., Oxford. 48 acres 3 roods 20 perches; William Kelly, lease in perpetuity, section 29, reserve 1126, block XI:, Waimate. 10 acres. Applications for transfers of leases and licenses, lease in perpetuity, No. 87, lot 9, block VIII, Lowry Peaks, from E. F. D. Fenwick, to Mrs Grace Gardner. Mr Gardner appeared before the Board in support of the application, and after hearing his statement it was resolved to approve of the transfer. Lease in perpetuity, No. 202, lot 14, block VIII., Lowry Peats, Joseph Gibson to John Oliver chapman. It was resolved to approve of the transfer, subject to the usual conditions. Lease in perpetuity, No. 457, lot 10, Ashley Gorge Settlement, William Higginsou to Mrs Emily May Gillespie. It was resolved to approve of the transfer. With regard to No. 248, lot 11, Kapua Settlement, MiThomas M'Donald wrote again with reference to his application for trati_- 1 fer of the lease to Alexander Wat\ It was resolved that the Board did not see its way to alter the decision previously minuted. Lease, village settlement, 432, reserve section 36432-3, Clearwell.—A declaration by R. M. Turner, the proposed transferee, stating that he would comply as to residence, was accepted as satisfactory, and it was resolved to approve of the completion of the transfer. Reserve 2054, Tengawai river, near Sutherlands, J. E. Jones to J. Mathews. It was resolved to approve of the transfer. Lease village : settlement 338, lot 23, Rabbit Island, John Lancaster to James Lancaster. The trans- i fer was approved. Crown Lands Rangers' i Reports :— lt was resolved to approve of lots 3 to 9, block 111., Orari Township, being i offered by auction at an upSet price of £7 \ par quarter acre. It was resolved to ap- ■ prove of lot 4, Block XL. Orari township, , being re-offered for sale under the village ] homestead system, at a capital value of i £3 15s per acre, weighted with _211 for i improvements. It was decided to offer to j Mr N. Longney a yearly tenancy of the , Cemetery R. 'serve No. 2827, Winchester, 1 at a rental of 10s per annum. It i was resolved to approve of Lot 7, j Otarokaro Settlement, being re-offered for « selection as before. Applications by Henry < Morris and Frederick Knowles for hand- £ sawing licenses over twenty acres each in £ the Oxford bush were granted, subject to 1 the regulations. A letter from the Ash- ] burton Acclimatisation Society, applying i for a camping site of 20 acres in reserve t 2710 and rights of access over other reser 7es < in the Kakaia riverbed, was considered, and t it was resolved to approve of the reservation of 20 acres in reserve 2710 nnd rights ofacce3S over other reserves in favour cf . the public being reserved when the lands J are re-let. A memorandum from tho Surveyor-General approving of the reduc- ] tion of improvements to one-half ; in the cases of settlers resident in Arowhenua l Village, was laid before tho Board. On | tho application of Mrs M. Morrison, it ] was resolved to approve of reserve 3139, '* between the mouth of Buxton and Jed Rivers, Cheviot, being offered for lease by s public tender on terms and rent to be sug- j guested by the Crown Lauds ranger. A . number of cases of defaulters as ,to resi- \ deuce nnd improvements were considered, . and tho Board then adjourned. '

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