New Zealand Gazette – 1879 – No. 64

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✨ Land Sales and Returns

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

SCHEDULE.—continued.

Lot.	Area.	Upset Price.
	PARISH OF WAIWERA.
W. pn. 148	A. R. P.	£ s. d.
	40 0 0	40 0 0
	Description of Land.—Open land.
	PARISH OF TE PAPA (TAURANGA).
89A	24 0 0	30 0 0
293	51 0 0	51 0 0
	OPOTIKI DISTRICT (PARISH OF WAIMANA).
287	20 0 0	20 0 0
288	20 0 0	20 0 0
	Description of Land.—Open land.
	PARISH OF WAIOTAHI.
154	50 0 0	50 0 0
155	62 0 0	62 0 0
156	181 0 0	181 0 0
176	53 0 0	53 0 0
395	84 0 0	168 0 0
396	228 0 0	342 0 0
397	120 0 0	181 10 0
398	170 0 0	255 0 0
399	299 0 0	448 10 0
401	155 0 0	155 0 0
402	265 0 0	265 0 0
403	327 0 0	327 0 0
404	299 0 0	299 0 0
405	253 0 0	253 0 0
406	276 0 0	276 0 0
407	201 0 0	201 0 0
	Description of Land.—Lots 154, 155, 156, and 176,
	open land, part swamp; Lots 395 and 396, flat, fern
	and toitoi, a little swamp; Lot 397, flat, fern and
	toitoi; Lot 398, flat, part fern, soil good, a little
	bush, consisting of puriri, rata, tawa, and rewarewa;
	Lot 399, flat, part fern, soil good, about one-third
	bush, consisting of puriri, rata, tawa, rewarewa, and
	rimu; Lot 401, broken, soil light, about one-half
	swamp; Lot 402, broken, 50 acres swamp, dense
	fern and tutu from 3 feet to 10 feet high, about 5
	acres to 20 acres mixed bush; Lot 403, very broken,
	about 80 acres swamp, dense fern and tutu from 3
	feet to 10 feet high, good supply of water, about 50
	acres mixed bush suitable for fuel only; Lots 404
	and 405, soil light sandy, about one-half swamp, the
	remaining portions thickly covered with fern and

tutu; Lot 406, broken, one-third swamp; Lot 407,
broken, one-third swamp, dense growth of fern and
tutu from 3 feet to 7 feet high, about 3 acres
light bush, several springs at the west end. Sec-
tions 401, 402, and 403 are accessible for bullock-
drays or stock by the Beach Road from Opotiki;
distance by this road, about 10 miles to Section 403;
distance by the road laid off along the north boun-
dary of the block is about 3½ miles to Section 401,
but will not be available until formed.

| | PARISH OF WAIOEKA. | |
| 341 | 106 0 0 | 106 0 0 |
| 342 | 75 0 0 | 75 0 0 |
| 343 | 87 0 0 | 87 0 0 |
| | Description of Land.—Forest land; broken. |
NOTE.—Plans may be seen, and further particulars
of the land obtained, on application at this office.

Terms of sale: One-fourth of purchase-money to
be paid at time of sale, and the balance within one
month thereafter.

Crown-grant fees to be paid on completion of
purchase.

Public Notification.

LEASE OF RURAL LANDS.

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 20th May, 1879.

THE following parcel of land will be offered for
auction, at this office, on Monday, the 23rd day of
June next, at the hour of 11 o'clock in the forenoon.

D. A. TOLE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.

WHANGAREI DISTRICT (POUPOUWHENUA BLOCK).
THREE thousand two hundred and eighty-six (3,286)
acres (third-class land), for a term of fourteen years,
at an upset price of £10 per annum.

N.B.—Rent to be paid yearly in advance. The
whole or any portion of this land may at any time
during the currency of the lease be resumed by the
Waste Lands Board for the purposes of occupation
or selection.

RETURN of LANDS SOLD and DEPOSITS RECEIVED in the Provincial District of WELLINGTON, from the

1st to the 31st May, 1879.

District.	Purchaser or Applicant.	Land Selected or Applied for.	Contents.	Payment.	Remarks.
			A. R. P.	Cash.	Scrip.
Wellington	Charles Stevens	Remainder of Section 25, Tukapu	38 0 0	£ s. d. 19 0 0	£ s. d.
survey.
Manawatu	W. A. Hepburn	Suburban Section 1522, Bunnythorpe	22 3 26	90 0 0	...
	Minister for Immi- gration	Allotments 2 and 3 of Suburban Section 295, Palmerston	1 3 8	40 0 0	...
payments.
	A. P. Douglas	Rural Section 156, Sandon	...	92 16 0	...
	George Allerly	" (part of) 551, Palmerston	...	20 0 0	...
	Owen Pleasants	535	...	40 10 0	...
	G. T. Curran	235, Sandon	...	264 0 0	...
	Stephen Rogers	" (part of) 543, Palmerston	...	19 12 0	...
	W. W. Mitchell and another	556	...	18 15 0	...
	"	537	...	50 0 0	...
	W. W. Mitchell and another		...		...
	Thomas Calcutt	(part of) 556	...	19 12 6	...
Wairoa	James Dickie	18, Block IX.	56 3 0	10 1 6	...
	Robert Gray	26	...	142 8 3	...
	W. McFarlane McLeod	27	211 2 12	105 16 0	...
Wairarapa	L. A. Schow	" 26, Mauriceville	43 1 10	27 17 8	...
	Totals		374 1 16	960 8 11	...

Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 6th June, 1879.

Jos. G. HOLDSWORTH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1879, No 64

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🗺️ Notification of Rural Land Sales, including Deferred Payment, in Southland districts. (continued from previous page)

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated17 May 1879
KeywordsLand sale, Deferred payment, Schedule, Waiwera, Opotiki, Waiotahi, Waioeka, Land description

🗺️ Auction Notice for Lease of Rural Land in Whangarei District.

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated20 May 1879
KeywordsLease auction, Rural land, Whangarei, Poupowhenua Block, Crown Lands
👩‍💼 Officials

D. A. Tole, Commissioner of Crown Lands

🗺️ Return of Land Sales and Deposits Received in Wellington Provincial District (May 1879).

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated6 June 1879
KeywordsLand sales record, Deposits, Wellington, Manawatu, Wairoa, Wairarapa, Land transactions
👱🏽 Names

14 names identified

Charles Stevens, Purchaser of Section 25, Tukapu
W. A. Hepburn, Applicant for Section 1522, Bunnythorpe
A. P. Douglas, Applicant for Section 156, Sandon
George Allerly, Applicant for part of Section 551, Palmerston
Owen Pleasants, Applicant for Section 535
G. T. Curran, Applicant for Section 235, Sandon
Stephen Rogers, Applicant for part of Section 543, Palmerston
W. W. Mitchell, Applicant for Section 556
W. W. Mitchell, Applicant for Section 537
Thomas Calcutt, Applicant for part of Section 556
James Dickie, Purchaser in Wairoa district
Robert Gray, Purchaser in Wairoa district
W. McFarlane McLeod, Purchaser in Wairoa district
L. A. Schow, Purchaser in Wairarapa district

👩‍💼 Officials

Jos. G. Holdsworth, Commissioner of Crown Lands

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