Crown Land Sales




NEW ZEALAND

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

PROVINCE OF NEW ULSTER.

Published by Authority.

All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signature hereunto annexed, are to be considered as Official Communications made to those Persons to whom they may relate.

By His Excellency’s Command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR, Colonial Secretary.


Vol. IV. AUCKLAND, THURSDAY, DEC. 11, 1851. No. 37.


Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 4th December, 1851.

His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor has been pleased to direct the following Return to be published for general information.

By His Excellency’s command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.


NEW ZEALAND, PROVINCE OF NEW ULSTER.

A RETURN OF THE SALE OF CROWN LANDS by Public Auction, held at Auckland, on the 21st day of November, 1851, in pursuance of a Proclamation dated the 20th of October, 1851.

Locality Sec. Lot. Contents. Upset Price per Lot. Sold at Purchasers Amount.
County of Eden.
Parish of Waitemata.
1 9 1 4 46 7 6 73 0 0 John Gray (see note) £73 0 0
2 8 1 41 10 0 42 0 0 Aitcheson Oliver... 42 0 0
3 10 2 52 10 0 80 0 0 Edward Parker... 80 0 0
5 15 0 20 75 18 1 75 18 1 Samuel Henry Andrews... 75 18 1
7 21 0 105 0 0 105 0 0 Ditto 105 0 0
8 12 2 7 75 5 3 75 5 3 John Gray (see note) 75 5 0
9 16 3 1 120 2 6 140 0 0 William S. Grahame... 140 0 0
Suburbs of Auckland... 10 3 1 10 25 2 6 32 0 0 James Rutherford... 32 0 0
11 12 1 21 92 16 9 115 0 0 Thomas Keir... 115 0 0
12 0 2 4 0 6 17 0 0 Augustus B. Abraham... 17 0 0
13 4 3 35 16 2 50 0 0 Ditto 50 0 0
14 4 1 28 53 2 0 81 0 0 Ditto 81 0 0
8 102 0 0 115 0 0 Rev. Joseph Horner Fletcher... 115 0 0
16 26 3 16 322 4 0 322 4 0 William S. Grahame... 322 4 0
17 5 2 7 66 19 6 130 0 0 Ditto 130 0 0
Parish of Maraitai, 23 50 0 0 50 0 0 William and George Trice... 50 0 0
Country Farm...
Parish of Waitemata.
Village of Onehunga. 32 2 0 1 0 8 15 0 8 15 0 John Gray (see note) £8 15 0

Amounting to One Thousand Three Hundred and Fifty-five Pounds, Two Shillings and One Penny, Sterling.

£1,355 2 1

Note – The purchase money remitted under the Requisition respecting the retirement of Military Officers to settle in the Colonies.

A. SHEPHERD,
Colonial Treasurer.



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🗺️ Return of the Sale of Crown Lands by Public Auction

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
4 December 1851
Crown Lands, Auction, Auckland, Land Sales, Waitemata, Onehunga
11 names identified
  • John Gray, Purchaser of land
  • Aitcheson Oliver, Purchaser of land
  • Edward Parker, Purchaser of land
  • Samuel Henry Andrews, Purchaser of land
  • William S. Grahame, Purchaser of land
  • James Rutherford, Purchaser of land
  • Thomas Keir, Purchaser of land
  • Augustus B. Abraham, Purchaser of land
  • Joseph Horner Fletcher (Reverend), Purchaser of land
  • William Trice, Purchaser of land
  • George Trice, Purchaser of land

  • Andrew Sinclair, Colonial Secretary
  • A. Shepherd, Colonial Treasurer