Land Board.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XVIII, Issue 1676, 20 February 1885, Page 3

Land Board.

The usual fortnightly meet in jj of this Board ■was held ou Wednesday. Present Messrs Merchant (Commissioner), Bec-tham, M.U It., Bunny, Metarule, Fitzkrlcrt. Mason. _lt was agreed to postpone the question of oaeti.-.g for tease hli.l ditcire. p.ymelrt the unsold scctijLs iu Manoabao aud M.n<- ; . ne blocks. ' ' c '

I.i regard t,. the question of e enditure on r«,a-l woiks m Certain districts, it was Usotveu to eape o.t the followin'! sums : loAoin-iiu Lo--;.:, Ku-ewauv.a Loco, Paitutiiuukapani and Waitapu ■L-'.ijo Mut-a Mui.io ,iii road L7OO, ko, ; leLj-id tv oe invited lor ceituin ot these worke. ■The Chief Surveyor’s reports with reference luJayiLg 1 a certain ia.u.s iu the Wairarapa district wac- adopted.

A memo was suomi: ted to the Bard from the Under-Si creuty f-r C; u wn Lards to the esec; that t!!-„- if ;>i, i;-..u-l'ni.e-t: -i .'-'.ci.ri Settlement h.-d sek-.-ted VooO acres east of 1 trait mea river, an i requesting th- Hurd to appoint a Cumur.ttee- to v.;,ie tire laud. Mr Bunny moved, and Mr McCnrdie seconded, tnat the valuation fco made when tie lints aieoiit; a.so, that ti.e Ucv.-rnmeut be asked f-T the names of the settlers Lei ngir.g to the Assoc.atron to whom tins land, and the Mindanao Block of 10, nun acre,-, hj .Ve l*eu allotted. Agreed to.

A memo w.iS received from tire Cr-wn Lands -Department statins tun ti.e Paiim-rs-tun-VVattapj Ass ici.itt m hid selected 10.000 acres in the Waitapu 1i..-ck, and asking the B-a_rd to appoint;, committee to value the laird. Mr Bunny m.-ved that the names of lue members of this association should ufaenrsned to the Land Board. Mr Bc-etham seconded the motion, which was carried.

Ctu the mote n fMr Bunny, a coiumittse was api oiirted. consisting of the C. mmistmaer . f Cr jAu L .n is, Mr Fitzherbeit. and himself to value tier Waitapu Block. The Committee to report at its earliest convenience. Mr Beetham moved, and Mr Fitzherbert seconded, that the tiovernmr-ut be requested to hand ov c r the LiuuO fur road Works at Kaiwata to the Wnirarapa East County, to be devoted to roads as directed by the Board. The meeting afterwards adjourned.—Post,