SOUTHLAND LAND BOARD.

Western Star, Issue 1387, 7 September 1889, Page 1

SOUTHLAND LAND BOARD.

W.e are indebted t,v oilr Invercargill con* , temporaries for partjbltfays of thV month 1 y meeting of tho above board held orvAlisdnes- . onv- . The license•ferflbe diguitb at Nightcaps held by Jostfb -AllWy :i Waij at hia leanest declared 1 Chfmollod; as also at the iastauceptl*|rH;Bourke;t!ip'occvpjyt;i(jip; license fo • section 3, block 13, - Joseph Lyle, applied, on behalf of Robert Neill* Dunedin, foiv.a iof 100 aG .osjSpulh'.ofa^oath ( ,Eiprj(j —Granted for 30 years at Is »ud the royalty of threepence, per ton.,. ..JHyJLyle applied for permission on behWf of'Wheallep and Vpllij tolont flax east bank of the Wainmnku to the bench.-—Held over tid next mooting for report. Communications, from AM& McHardy and tho clerk to Wallace County Council were received asking t hat paifc of block 3, Calcium, be reserved for a •wUs resolved that an area of not leas thiiuHj acres ho granted ; and the matter left in the hands of the Chief Commissioner. The application of John ConohSf to ent timber on several- section ft,. -fit Otftki was granted. - * s<K Andrew Christie wrote ,acknowledging receipt’of notice fo. pay. interoat ; pp sections 271,=272 and 373, Taiiiigaiara,pud expressing dissatisfaction with. tha.rednc.tippipJfjhis rent. Letters from various crown j tenants asking for reductions of rents, worn alsom'eooired. —Referred to the Ranger for.rpporjj, Tho balance due to Thos, Cannon for improveraents on forfeited seotionlSj, Wairie, was ordered to be .paid., ~, s , ~r, The tender of H. A. ! Printz, at Is 2d per acre was accepted for lease of section 10, block 5, Lougwood. T. C. Ellis was granted lease of Van 413, Takitimo; and the'N.Z. and : 3£.A. Co. ware granted a lease of run 491,'Fdrast Hill (1280 acres) for 10 years. ' V W! 'v; Twelve months’ exemption' fpotii ; fosidcnce vrtss granted to Wm. Brown, 1 holder of perpetual leaseholds in the Waiau district. It was decided to recomrtfonfHh© Governmont to constitute an area of ’ 10' or'l3 acres at Lake To Auau, applied fb't fhey>sW. Snodgrass, a run to be pub up for 10 'years at £S per annum. ■■ >i ■ . ;i ■ ; Section 97, Wairfo, held conjointly by G. 0. Buttolph-and/Denis Bart jyas declared forfeited-. ‘KG^divlftA'/ni

In regard to the, Messrs Miller's application for 640 acres of land on the land held bj B. Tapper to the' west of the itvifas decided to give the lessee of'thorttnTSWbnfchß’ notice provided that u gu a ran t eewhit given to the Board that the present was a bona'ftde one';, price to lie ' Gustayus MortonJ,according to insffuplJoi't given Idm at, .a public meeting held , Wiiirio',. wrote with regard affecting deferred payment sqkiora!' Jib inqu i red if th e re vaj nation a fleeted f;oh|ti already paid, or deferred tjpjd Jim completed purchase' of tpeir hifl'dingj!.—Referred to thd Chief Co'ipmisdion.er..' * j A deputation from the" deferred Jjftynent 'settlors/at Jj'oi'est ilill waited in reference"to tho re-valuation of t.heic,)ipot|ens —an injustice bviiig douoj tfjey cphsjdorj in many caSos. ' ' " ' T It was resolved, that haying, Jfp fh»t clause in the Revaluation Bill which .provides for appeal Hgituist 'the Board determine to ulfon’ th* valuation already made, ■leaving parties- Iko consider then-lands 0.0-valuodto iriake an appeal to the Land Board in terms of Jbiio bill, s tumid it become law. ■“'**' " a “ a< ’•'*> ■ Tho at Invercargill Submitted a list of over IOJ names of ■persons rhoVo thim'five vr th i hrir rents.—i ! hCfollbwing Whs-CaW'led; —■* That the sections‘hotel by ■iiefef'rßrt payment selectors wUouOetlm-p'y'il'S' arrWifrjyTaccording to the list submitted by tli6 flSceiver -of Land Revenue, bo h itoby'- tlUJlfrleil ' forfeited!; but-that t lie'said holders'-bodnotified • that,'ia th- event of fcheir>c tpithlisiiig-'br'pay• fingup, trithin one monlh’frdot ! this'*rtato,-' all arrears of instalments—of the new valu ition, or ot4tly. vshtarihtfpro-posed-iu 'the Hot ablationoßiitpsUhtilih'-itebe-come furtcitiife »w tube diecribos Would'bo rescinded.”?*'-* b> flesd-sb . .--A.-Tuppcrlr.irl ■ John -Mnrd<sclr appHe(l- vf for pel hii.-aiion’ to transfer i44' : tlieiKhighirjf titles aud-uuorrswdn sawmill lioousesTTOTCtas New Zealand-Bine-Comp »hy; Limitßil.'wToWlrahafeus were sanctioned, subject to Ipaytiierif o£ ullroquisitoTees: < *»'-• <*i n .'*•")—-' ‘ ’