Waste Lands Board.

Waipawa Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 2450, 22 May 1890, Page 3

Waste Lands Board.

The Land Board met yesterday moll ing. Present : Crown Lands Coinmii sioner (in the chair), and Messrs Herrioi Hall, and Harding. COBRESPON DUNCE. From Maharahara Road Board, wit proposals for expenditure of deferred lan revenue, £43 16s 7d.—Approved. From OrmondvilleTown Board, Wairo County Council, and Cook County Counc on same subject.—Approved. From Carl Leopold, claiming cost c fence erected by him on seclion 81 Wakarara ; also complaining of his roa access to Wakarara.—Referred to lioa Board. From Charles Nicholls and A Larsen, Matamau. applying to hav section 33 of that village Bet apart fo recreation purpsses.—Granted. From A. Tetzlaff, section 5, block VII Weber, applying to exchange his holdin; from deferred payment to perpelue lease.—Granted. From J no. Connor, section 4, block V Roataniwba, applying to exchange fron perpetual lease to deferred payment.Granted. From N. Kettle, applying to leas timber reserve, resumed forest reserve Taboraile. —Draft condition of lease ap proved. lie re-valuations the Boaid decided t< recommend the adoption of table appended to their report. The value wa arnved at on an estimate of what the lam was likely to produce when brought inti cultivation, deducting from that capital ised value the cost of bringing the iam into that state. The reductions in the Tahoraite distric were almost nominal, and the chief reduc tions recommended were in Blocks I am II Woodville. The Commissioners fel that some relief should be given to thi selectors in that dist.ict, as the pncei given for the land appeared to be out o: all proportion to its value, the land beinf stony and the soil, what there is of it being of the very lightest description The timber upon these blocks has beet very heavy, and if it had been left woulc in time have become exceedingly valuable and the Commissioners regretted that largi portions of these blocks were not reserve! as they felt sure that no cropß in futuri produced will ever equal in value the timber now being destroyed. The Board further considered the smal grazing run system, and the return show 1 icg how residents! and other condition! are being carried out, ss shown by tin return recently prepar I by the Comm is sioner of Crown Lands.-*—Lesees not complying with conditions of the Actß to bt written to in terms of the chairman’s drafl of p circaiar laid on the table. Capitalisation was granted in t.ie casi of W. C. Martin section 20, blook XIV. Tlhoraite. The proposed notification of lands n Waiapu and Mangatoro district which was notified for selection under Land Act 1887, but which were temporally withdrawn on account of want of road access was agreed to. The following application to complete purchase was granted subject to improve. uieDts being made :—M. Reidy, section 201, Vietoiia Village Settlement. The following applications for section! were granted :—Sectiou 3, block X, Weber H. T. Ware; s* :lion 6, block 11, Patoka, J. Blair ; sections 50 ami 55, block XIV Pobni, J. Orr ; sections 7 and 8, block II PHtoka, A. Mclolyre; section 57, block XIV, Pohni, F. Sturnier; sections G 1 and 62,Pohui, E. W. Hughes ; section in block XVI, Tahoraile, A. Millelt and T. P Hewitt; section io block XX, A. A. Kennedy ; section in block XVI, N. Kettle. The followlog transfers were agreed to •object to the conditions being complied with;— Perpetual Lease.—Harris to Cripps IV. Cooper to F. C. Cooper, Tautane ; R Hart to E. Hales, Weber, Shanks anc McMullien to J. McLaughlin, Weber ; M Frankliu to Jno. DuDcan, Weber; Mathew to Braueon ; Skilecorn to Gaßkell; Smith to McLennan. Deferred Payment.—W. F. Collins tc Clias. Baddely, Weber ; Gold to Clark Moms to McKenzie, Woodville ; Potii to Aikiraan ; Public Trustlee to Hodding Psaioral run, No. 48, Henry Steele tc James Fanlknor ; ordinary lease, W Small to Brabazun, Takaoao. New Zealand and South Seas Erl I o it lon. The following is a full list of the prizes that came to this district: — R. D. Douglas M‘Lean, 5 prizes foi Wool, including two firsts. C. J. Naim, 2 prize* for wool. W. Sanders, crossbred wool f.on: Wethers any age, first. ■ J. N. Williams, long wool fleeces from ■ Jam* not exceeding 1£ years old, first. ■ J. N. Williams, longwool fleeces fron B : fiwes not exceeding 1 £ years old, second. m J. N. Williams, longwool fleeces fron Htwes under 16 months, second. ■ J. N. Williams, bale longwool fron ■ewes any age, third. R. Harding, longwool fleeces from rams Hptnder 16 mouths, second. ■ G. D. Hamilton, bale half-bred frorr any age, third. W. Haatie, bale merino from ewes an} H*ge, third. ■ (AH the above were greasy wool.) ■ Murray, Roberts, and Co., ryegrass ■first. Murray, Roberts and Co., rape and rye second. ■ Murray, Roberts and Co., Cape borle} ■f Df l short oatß, first. Tothiel, Watson, and Co., Sotherlanr Bata, third. ■ Fred. Fulton, short oats, second. Fred Fullon, coc ksfoot, second. Fred. Fulton, onions, first. FultoD, potatoes, second. Education Hoard, school furni r< *« drawing, models, &c\, first. James Black, embossed glass, first. Cobb, photographs (life studies)

Capt. Eilbert Mair, ethnological collection (Maori), first and specially commended. A. Hamilton, ethnological collection (Maori), first and specially commended. The Maharahara Copper Company, copper ores, second. Mackenzie and Co., tomato sauce, second. Alex. \u 11, exhibit of stuffed birds, second. Mrs Spence, fine crochet, second. Miss M. Shaw, pictures, third. P. J. Jorgensen, rustic furniture, commended.