Church of the Nativity.— We are re quested to state that the ordinary choir practice of the Church of the Nativity will take place this evening, m lieu of to morrow, owing to the Bachelors' ball. Land Roahd.— A special meeting of the newly-appoiuted [..and Hoard was held on Monday last. Present : The Chief Commissioner, and Messrs Hodson, Dive, Paul, ltobinsou and Ingles. The Chief Surveyor's reports for the months of January r.nd February' were read. Applications were leceived' for timber licenses from :— A. S. Duncan for 200 acres, J. Duucau 200 acrds, and William nnucan 200 acres. The Board lixed the tithe at o'd a hundred m lieu of 4d as previously. The laud applied for is situ ated on the Keneperu Him, of which the lease was held by the applicants. The Commissioner was instructed to issue the licenses ot once, to take efl'oct from Febru ary Ist last. The Board resolved that the ordinary meetings of the Board be held on the first Monday m every month, at 11 a.m. Pastoral licenses were ap proved for signature m favor of applicants as under :-E. Green, Upcot Kir n; J B Moughtop, O'Maher Run ; VV. Dousliu, J'anw* Run ; John ' Cawte, Hampshire Mills Run, and Hampshire Hills Run No. 2, Aew Zealand Loan and- Mercantile Agency Company, Mount Patriarch Run. Applications for renewals, leases of which were not yet ready for execution, were laid before the Board as follows -—Edwin Trolove and W. H. Levien (executors m the estate of the latß P. W. Trolove) for lease of the Woodbaui Run ; T. E. Parker, Kaiuma Ruu ; F, and G. F Bnlleu, Kaikoura Run ; Greenhill's Run and part Kahantara Run. A notice signed by Mr H. M'lntire as solicitor, for Mr Bhck, of assignment of Skiddaw Rim Pelorus Sound, to G. S. Haycock, was received. A deferred payment license iv favor of J. D. Footo was approved for sig nature. The Board then adjourned DnuNKEN-Knsfi.— A man named William Elworthy was brought before the Resident Magistrate this (Thursday) morning, on a charge of being drunk m Blenheim last evening. 