Nelson Provincial Gazette – 1871 – No. 25

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✨ Land Auction and Sheriff's Sale

NELSON GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

Crown Land Office,
Nelson, 29th August, 1871.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the undermentioned Allotments of Land will be put up to Public Auction, at the CROWN LANDS OFFICE, NELSON, on SATURDAY, the 30th day of September, 1871, at Twelve o'clock, Noon.

Ten per cent of the purchase to be deposited at the sale and the remainder to be paid within one month, or the deposit forfeited.

RURAL LANDS.

HANMER PLAIN—SQUARE 82.

No. of Sections.	Contents.	Upset Price.
	A. R. P.	£ s. d.
74 ...	313 0 0 ...	106 5 0

SQUARE 156.

No. of Sections.	Contents.	Upset Price.
7 ...	112 0 0 ...	37 4 0
8 ...	274 0 0 ...	93 0 0
9 ...	301 0 0 ...	102 0 0

HOWARD—SQUARE 171.

No. of Sections.	Contents.	Upset Price.
10 ...	20 0 0 ...	9 10 0

GOLDEN BAY—SQUARE 15.

No. of Sections.	Contents.	Upset Price.
37 ...	11 0 0 ...	5 10 0

PORT LIGAR—SQUARE 97.

No. of Sections.	Contents.	Upset Price.
19 ...	11 1 24 ...	11 8 0
20 ...	10 0 0 ...	9 10 0

The above allotments are subject to reservations for the right of road, the deductions for which have been made in the price.

H. C. DANIELL,
Commissioner.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND, NELSON DISTRICT.

RANSOM AND CLARK V. PORTER.

WHEREAS, I, the undersigned, Sheriff of the Westland North District of New Zealand, have Taken in Execution and levied upon the Real Estate and Lands hereinafter described of Adam Porter, late of Westport, in the Province of Nelson, in the Judicial District of Nelson, in the Colony of New Zealand, Publican, but now of Grahamstown, out of the Province of Auckland, in New Zealand, out of business, the Defendant in the said action at the suit of JAMES RANSOM and JOHN CLARK, of Westport, in the said Province, the Plaintiffs in the said action, under and by virtue of Writ of Fieri Facias issued out of the said Supreme Court in the said action in pursuance of the provisions of "The Execution of Judgments against Real Estates Act, 1867," for the sum of One hundred and ninety pounds ten shillings and fourpence, with the interest upon the said sum at the rate of Eight pounds for every One hundred pounds by the year from the 5th day of May, 1871, besides Sheriff's poundage, Officer's fees, and all other incidental expenses and costs: Now, I do hereby give Notice, that it is my intention to cause all the Estate and Interest, the Fee Simple and inheritance in reversion of the said ADAM PORTER in all that Piece or Parcel of Land situate at Westport aforesaid, being part of allotment No. 8 of Block 6 of the Native Reserve, having a frontage of 30 feet on Gladstone-street, and running back in a rectangular block 164 feet, or thereabout, as the same land is delineated in the plan drawn in the margin of the conveyance thereof to the said ADAM PORTER, to be Sold by Public Auction, at Westport, on the Ninth day of SEPTEMBER next, at Two o'clock in the afternoon, in the said Province of Nelson, unless the above-mentioned debt and costs be sooner paid.

And I do hereby also give Notice that Messrs. PITT and FISHER, of Westport aforesaid, are the Solicitors of the said JAMES RANSOM and JOHN CLARK, the execution creditors.

Given under the authority of me, the undersigned, JOSEPH GILES, Esquire, Sheriff of the Westland North District of New Zealand, this Thirtieth day of May, One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one.

JOSEPH GILES,
Sheriff.

Printed under the authority of the Provincial Government of Nelson, by CHARLES ELLIOTT, Trafalgar-street, Nelson, Printer for the time being to the said Government.

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The Nelson Provincial Council Buildings (depicted) were constructed beginning with the laying of the foundation stone on 26 August 1859, with the first Council meeting held there on 30 April 1861.

The buildings served Nelson for over a century before being demolished on 12 September 1969.

✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🗺️ Notice of Public Auction for Rural Lands

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated29 August 1871
KeywordsPublic Auction, Crown Lands, Nelson, Hanmer Plain, Howard, Golden Bay, Port Ligar
👩‍💼 Officials

H. C. Daniell, Commissioner

⚖️ Sheriff's sale of land in the matter of Ransom and Clark v. Porter

Domain⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
Dated30 May 1871
KeywordsSupreme Court, Sheriff's Sale, Westport, Execution of Judgments, Land Sale, Auction
👱🏽 Names

Adam Porter, Defendant in legal action
James Ransom, Plaintiff in legal action
John Clark, Plaintiff in legal action

👩‍💼 Officials

Joseph Giles, Sheriff
Pitt and Fisher, Solicitors

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