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S.G.R. 24/14. Run 45, Waingaromia S.D. n IT U ♦ De Pj ftrtme £ Of Lands and Survey, District Office, Napier, LBth July, 1908. U. It,. Bartram, Esq., Hauiti. " Re Small Graziny-run So. 45, Wainyaromia Survey District. In accordance with a resolution paased In the Land Board .„ Gisborne on .1,,- Kith instant I have o ask you to make an inspection of the above a, the first convenient opportunity, in company With the row,, .amis I anger, „, order to ascertain us suitability or otherwise for subdivision. Ihrs actio,, has 1,,,.,, taken ~, compliance- with the lessee's application for a reconsideration of his case- in terms of section 52 of " The Land Act. 1892." The Crown Lands Bang,,- having received orders to proceed to l)„,„ fore the 31st instant he may not he able to attend to this matter, in which case it will be necessary to await the appointment of his successor. Hkni(Y Tr]SNTj ' Commissioner of Crown Lands.

S.G.R. 24/18. Run 45, Waingaromia. Department of Lands and Survey, District Office-. Gisborne, 3rd August 1908 lo the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Napier. Small Grazing-run 45 (Mr. Cursor). Mr, Cbbar has just informed me that Mr. Suns,,,, has advised him that owing to his resignation he cannot carry out the resolution of the Board re accompanying Mr. Bartram over Small Grazingii.ii 10. MrCmr wishes me to impress on you that this is not his fault , indeed, he thinks it a hardship that the matter should remain unsettled so long. He would like some other arrangement made as soon as possible. s 1 should think Mr. Bartram could go over it by himself if we supply him with a tracing of :li.' proposed subdivision. Awaiting your instructions whether lam to supph the- tracing,— I am, 4c, T. N. BitoimicK, Land Officer.

Sm-^ G ' U ' 24/19 ' Napier, 14th August, 190^. As directed by yonr Board to report on Run 1... I inspected this „„ the llth instant, and report as follows: — That the Board take for settlement the north-eastern portion, comprising al 1 900 acres and that the rest ol the run be offered as a grazing-run to the present tenant. By carrying out this ~ ;;, ' """'." 1 I, 1 I : ',', ' "'" "" , '"' n*"""* t(1 acquire the freehold for homestead-sites from Messrs Bloomfield Bros, ami also say,- the tenants ihe expense of shifting the,, fence-line to a veri niddTerent boundary, which would be costh to maintain. I attach a plat, herewith showing the proposed subdivision and homestead-site. I found on inspection that one homestead-site, as before suggested, does not exist, and that the land is in its natural state. The Commissioner of Crown Lands. o.' E. Bartram P.S. It Will be necessary, if this recommendation is carried out, to construct one road to present homestead-site and one to proposed site.—O.E.B.

Extract from Land Board Proceedings relative to Small Grating-run No. 45, Wainyaromia Survey District. ~ n „ _ . ~. Napier, 14th August, 1908. Mr. O. E. Bartram forwarded his report on Small Grazing-run No. 45, Waingaromia Survey District, held by J. A. Caesar, and it was decided to modify the previous resolution herein and recommend the course of action proposed by Mr. Bartram. by which means the acquisition of the adjoining free-hold will be obviated. The recommendation is that the run be cut in two- the north-eastern portion, of about 900 acres, to be offered for selection under the optional system' and a lease of the balance to be offered to Mr. Caesar.

S.G.R. 24/20. Run 45, Waingaromia. Department of Lands and Survey, District Office, Napier. 18th August, 1908 To the Under-Secretary for Lands, Wellington. Small Grazing-run So. !,'>. Waingaromia Survey District. I iiavk the honour to inform you that, as the result of an application b\ the lessee of the above small grazing-run for a rehearing under the provisions of section 52 of "The Land Act 1892 " as was notified in my letter of the 20th June last, the Land Board, at its meeting at Gisborne on the l:!th ultimo, decided to obtain further evidence with regard to the suitability of the country for settlement purposes, and it was resolved that Mr. Bartram. a member of the Board, should inspect it in company with the Crown Lands Banger: hut at the last mom.-.it the Ranger left th. matter in Mr. Bartram's hands, saying thai he was already I'ulh acquainted with the country and he was prepared to indorse any decision arrived at. Mr. Bartram's report was considered by the