Land Sales and Assessments




RETURN showing the Land Sold, application for Unagricultural Land to go to Auction at 5s. per acre, and Assessments on Runs received, at the Crown Lands Office, Napier, during the month of July, 1872.

Date Mode of Sale. Name Particulars AREA OF LAND SOLD. CASH Rate per Acre Rents and Assessments Area of Unagricultural land to go to Auction at 5s. per acre. Amount of Deposit per Cent. Remarks
1872 Town. Suburban Country Town Suburban Country £ s. d.
July
1 applicatn Alexander Jones... Rural land, Ruataniwha ... ... 60 0 0 ... ... ... 30 0 0
2 William Orr Town Sections 47, 48, 49, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101 and 102; Clive ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
5 ... Holt and Gisborne Assessment on 8916 acres, Ahuriri Block, for 1870 and 1871 ... ... 4 1 0 ... ... ... 10 0 0
11 applicatn W. and J. Gorton Rural section 40, Eparaima Bush ... ... 20 0 0 ... ... 2 0 0 ...
23 Richardson and Towgood One year’s rent of Lot 1, Mohaka Block ... ... 20 0 0 ... ... ... ...
Totals ... ... 4 1 0 60 0 0 42 10 0 40 0 0 30 0 0

RECAPITULATION.

AVAILABLE. UNAVAILABLE.
Land Sales 112 10 0 ...
Rents and Assessments 93 1 0 ...
Deduct salary of Receiver of Land Revenue £205 11 0 4 3 4
Balance available £201 7 8 ...

Crown Lands Office, Napier, August 27, 1872.

H. B. SEALY, Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Printed, under the authority of the Government of the Province of Hawke’s Bay, by DINWIDDIE, MORRISON & CO., Printers for the time being to such Government.




Online Sources for this page:

VUW Te Waharoa PDF Hawke's Bay Provincial Gazette 1872, No 22





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🗺️ Land Sales and Assessments for July 1872

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
27 August 1872
Land Sales, Assessments, Napier, Crown Lands Office, Rural Land, Town Sections
  • Alexander Jones, Applied for rural land, Ruataniwha
  • William Orr, Applied for town sections in Clive
  • W. and J. Gorton, Applied for rural section 40, Eparaima Bush
  • Richardson, Assessed for rent of Lot 1, Mohaka Block
  • Towgood, Assessed for rent of Lot 1, Mohaka Block

  • H. B. Sealy, Commissioner of Crown Lands