New Zealand Gazette – 1879 – No. 107

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✨ Land Regulations and Gold Statistics



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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dwellinghouse of wood or other materials, which instructions to settlement surveyors issued or which
shall be specified in regulations to be issued in refer-
ence to homestead-system selections.
4. In each year there shall be brought under culti-
vation one-fifteenth of the area of such selection if
open land, and one-twenty-fifth if bush land, so that
at the end of the term of five years one-third of the
selection of open land, or one-fifth of bush land,
shall be under cultivation.
5. Non-performance of any of the foregoing stipu-
lations shall render the selection void, and the right
of the selector therein and to all improvements there-
on shall be forfeited.
6. At the end of the said period of five years a
grant or grants shall issue for the lands selected:
Provided the selector shall not have forfeited his
right thereto in manner aforesaid.

SURVEY REGULATIONS.

  1. All surveys shall be made by surveyors author-
    ized by the Surveyor-General, and in accordance with
    may be issued by him.
  2. There shall be paid for the survey of any area—
    £ s. d.
    Not exceeding 30 acres
    5 0 0
    Exceeding 30 and up to 50 acres 0 3 0 per acre
    " 50 " 100 " 0 2 6 "
    " 100 " 200 " 0 2 0 per acre,
    but not
    less than
    £12 10s.
    " 200 " 300 " 0 1 8 per acre,
    but not
    less than
    £20.
  3. Whenever two or more sections are surveyed
    together by the same surveyor, one-third of the above
    rates shall be deducted for all areas above fifty acres;
    and whenever also more than one-half the length of
    the boundary lines shall run through vegetation less
    than six feet high, one-third of the Schedule rates
    shall be deducted.

RETURN of the QUANTITY and VALUE OF GOLD ENTERED for DUTY for EXPORTATION from NEW
ZEALAND, from 1st APRIL, 1857, to 30th SEPTEMBER, 1879.

ENTERED FOR DUTY AT PRODUCE OF THE GOLD FIELDS IN DURING THE QUARTER ENDED 30TH SEPTEMBER, 1879. ENTERED FOR EXPORTATION TO THE 30TH JUNE, 1879. TOTAL ENTERED FOR EXPORTATION FROM NEW ZEALAND TO THE 30TH SEPTEMBER, 1879.
Quantity. Value. Quantity.
Oz. £ Oz.
Auckland Auckland 13,810 55,751 1,226,102
Wellington Picton Wellington Marlborough ... ... 30
Nelson Nelson 65 230 46,723
Nelson Westport Greymouth Hokitika West Coast 1,013 3,776 1,620,841
500 1,979
3,410 13,642
14,513 58,055
10,928 43,710
29,351 117,386 2,357,435
Dunedin Invercargill Otago 15,099 60,070
2,123 8,491
17,222 68,561 3,856,065
Totals ... ... 61,461 245,704 9,107,196

Customs Department,
Wellington, 14th October, 1879.

WILLIAM SEED,
Secretary of Customs.

COMPARATIVE RETURN of the QUANTITY and VALUE of GOLD ENTERED for DUTY for EXPORTATION
from NEW ZEALAND, for the QUARTERS ended 30th SEPTEMBER, 1879, and 30th SEPTEMBER, 1878.

DISTRICT OF QUARTER ENDED 30TH SEPTEMBER, 1879. QUARTER ENDED 30TH SEPTEMBER, 1878.
Quantity. Value.
Oz. £
Auckland 13,810 55,751
Marlborough 65 230
Nelson 1,013 3,776
West Coast 29,351 117,386
Otago 17,222 68,561
Totals 61,461 245,704

Customs Department,
Wellington, 14th October, 1879.

WILLIAM SEED,
Secretary of Customs.



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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🗺️ Conditions of Occupation for Homestead Selections under The Land Act, 1877 (continued from previous page)

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Cultivation requirements, Forfeiture, Land grant issuance, Homestead System

🗺️ Survey Regulations regarding authorization, fees, and deductions

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Surveyors authorization, Survey fees schedule, Boundary lines, Vegetation deductions

💰 Return of Gold Entered for Duty and Exportation from New Zealand (1857–1879)

💰 Finance & Revenue
14 October 1879
Gold export statistics, Duty collection, Quantity and value tables, 1857 to 1879
  • William Seed, Secretary of Customs

💰 Comparative Return of Gold Exported for Quarters ending September 1879 vs 1878

💰 Finance & Revenue
14 October 1879
Gold export comparison, Quarterly statistics, Duty returns, Auckland, Otago
  • William Seed, Secretary of Customs