Rural Land for Sale or Selection




Oct. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1053

Rural Lands in the Otago Land District open for Sale or Selection.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon me by the third section of "The Land
Act Amendment Act, 1887" (hereinafter termed "the said
Act"), I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor
of the Colony of New Zealand, having received the report of
the Surveyor-General in this behalf, as in the said section is
provided, do hereby declare that the rural lands enumerated
in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection,
after the lapse of a period of forty-five days from the date of
the first public notification hereof, in the manner and upon
the conditions mentioned in the said Act, and at the price
per acre respectively set opposite such land in the said
Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

Section. Block. Area, Cash Price per Acre.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.
Greenvale District.
A. R. P. £ s. d.
8 | XI. | 314 1 0 | 1 0 0
About sixteen miles from Gore. Valuation for improve-
ments, £234.

Highlay District.
8 | VII. | 98 3 20 | 1 0 0
Open, undulating section, fairly good soil, watered; two
and a half miles from Macrae's Township. Altitude, 1,650ft.

Moeraki District.
1 of 32 | XI. | 62 1 8 | 1 0 0
Fair section, hilly; about seven miles north from Palmers-
ton.

Otepopo District.
133 | I. | 1 3 7 | 4 0 0
Hilly section; close to Hampden Railway-station.

Shotover District.
9 | I. | 5 0 0 | 2 0 0
10 | " | 5 0 0 | 2 0 0
Good agricultural land; four miles from Queenstown, Lake
Wakatipu.

Tuapeka East District.
54 | V. | 4 0 0 | 2 0 0
Rough section; three miles from Lawrence.

Upper Wakatipu District.
1 | I. | 51 1 12 | 1 0 0
5 | " | 49 2 8 | 1 0 0
6 | " | 50 0 0 | 1 0 0
7 | " | 50 0 0 | 1 0 0
20 | " | 50 0 0 | 1 0 0
21 | " | 50 0 0 | 1 0 0
22 | " | 32 1 7 | 1 0 0
23 | " | 49 0 16 | 1 0 0
Swampy and part terrace; good land if drained. Alti-
tude, 1,000ft.

Waihemo District.
35 and 36 | III. | 68 1 9 | 1 5 0
Open undulating section, good soil; five miles from Dun-
back Railway-station. Altitude, 600ft.

Woodland District.
17 | I. | 185 3 27 | 1 0 0
Forest, undulating, good dry soil, fairly watered; three
miles from Owaka Township. Altitude, 50ft. to 100ft.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.
Beaumont District.
27 | I. | 139 0 22 | 0 10 0
28 | " | 167 2 29 | 0 10 0
Rough, pastoral sections, soil fair, watered; twelve miles
from Lawrence. Altitude, about 1,000ft.

Benger District.
1 | XI. | 1,070 1 24 | 0 17 6
Open country, partially rough and undulating; accessible
by road. Altitude, 900ft. to 1,200ft.

Catlin's District.
38 | I. | 57 1 36 | 0 10 0
41 | " | 72 3 2 | 0 10 0
42 | " | 60 0 6 | 0 10 0
44 | " | 103 1 30 | 0 10 0
Rough sections, covered with bush; ten miles from Owaka
Township.

Section. Block. Area. Cash Price per Acre.

Catlin's District—continued.
A. R. P. £ s. d.
40 | IV. | 68 3 2 | 0 10 0
41 | " | 29 3 8 | 0 10 0
42 | " | 41 1 1 | 0 12 6
43 | " | 103 3 20 | 0 10 0
44 | " | 48 2 3 | 0 10 0
45 | " | 31 3 21 | 0 10 0
46 | " | 38 0 32 | 0 10 0
47 | " | 37 3 32 | 0 10 0
49 | " | 57 0 16 | 0 10 0
50 | " | 181 0 16 | 0 15 0
51 | " | 47 2 6 | 0 15 0
1 | VII. | 195 2 6 | 0 15 0
Fair soil, covered with bush; about thirteen miles from
Owaka Township.

Clarendon District.
59 | VI. | 56 1 37 | 0 15 0
Worked-out bush, hilly, well watered, near Taieri Mouth;
about seven miles from Waihola. Altitude, 200ft.

Crookston District.
21 | XVII. | 18 2 25 | 0 12 6
Rough, open section; twenty-four miles from Lawrence.
Altitude, 1,300ft.

Cairnhill District.
17 | I. | 13 2 37 | 0 10 0
Rough, steep section; eight miles from Alexandra Town-
ship. Altitude, 1,300ft.

Dunback District.
22 | V. | 313 2 24 | 0 17 6
1 | IX. | 261 0 0 | 0 17 6
2 | " | 278 2 8 | 0 17 6
3 | " | 215 1 16 | 0 17 6
Open, broken pastoral sections, soil fairly good, watered,
difficult of access; five miles from Dunback Railway-station.
Altitude, 1,000ft.

Greenvale District.
14 | XI. | 73 2 0 | 0 12 6
Open, broken pastoral land, watered, not very accessible;
ten miles from Gore Railway-station, four miles from bush.
Altitude, 1,200ft.

Gimmerburn District.
24A | IV. | 258 1 10 | 0 17 6
25 | " | 255 1 16 | 0 17 6
Open, undulating sections, light dry soil; fifteen miles
from Naseby. Altitude, 1,350ft.

Glenkenich District.
72A | XI. | 188 3 24 | 0 15 0
Open, partly rough pastoral land; three miles from Poma-
haka Railway-station, one mile from bush. Altitude, 500ft.
to 900ft. Valuation for improvements, £34 4s.

Glenoamaru District.
16 | VII. | 2 1 10 | 0 10 0
Fairly level, covered with bush, soil poor, well watered;
four miles from proposed railway-station.

Highlay District.
34 | II. | 56 0 3 | 0 15 0
Open section, light soil; twelve miles from Dunback
Railway-station. Altitude, 1,500ft.
9 | VII. | 134 1 12 | 0 17 6
Open, broken, partly rocky, watered; two and a half miles
from Macrae's Township. Altitude, 1,675ft.

Kuriwao District.
20 | VI. | 184 3 0 | 0 10 0
21 | " | 159 1 8 | 0 10 0
Open, flat sections, peaty and swampy, with large patches
of dry peat suitable for firing; about ten miles from Clinton
Railway-station. Altitude, 700ft.

Kauroo District.
16 | X. | 205 3 6 | 0 15 0
Hilly land, watered by Kakanui River.

Kawarau District.
26 | V. | 47 2 22 | 0 15 0
Flat land, dry and stony; eight miles from Arrowtown.
Altitude, 1,100ft.



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🗺️ Rural Lands in Otago Land District Open for Sale or Selection

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
4 October 1888
Land Sale, Selection, Otago, Rural, First-Class, Second-Class
  • Wm. F. Drummond Jervois, Governor