New Zealand Gazette – 1888 – No. 70

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✨ Land Auctions and Leases

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 70

The purchase-money, consisting of one year's rental, lease fee, the full amount of bonus, and value for improvements (if any), to be paid on the fall of the hammer.

Full particulars as to conditions of lease and conditions of sale will be given at sale, or may be ascertained now by applying at Crown Lands Office, Hokitika.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE A.
DOBSON TOWN SECTIONS.—LEASEHOLDS.

Section.	Area.	Fixed Annual Rental.	Section.	Area.	Fixed Annual Rental.
	A. R. P.			A. R. P.
3*	0 1 4		188	0 1 0
4*	0 1 4		193*	0 0 37
5*	0 1 3		194	0 0 34
7*	0 1 2		195	0 1 0
9*	0 1 25		196	0 1 0
23	0 1 0		197	0 1 0
25	0 1 0		198	0 1 0
29	0 1 0		199	0 1 0
32	0 1 0		200	0 1 0
40*	0 0 35		201	0 1 0
49*	0 1 0		202	0 1 0
56A*	0 0 20		203	0 1 0
56B*	0 0 20		204	0 1 0
72	0 1 0	£1 5s. each.	205	0 1 0	£1 5s. each.
75	0 1 0		212	0 1 0
76	0 1 0		213	0 1 0
86	0 1 0		214	0 1 0
88	0 1 0		295	0 1 0
89	0 1 0		299	0 1 0
96	0 1 0		300	0 1 0
97	0 1 0		304	0 1 0
98	0 1 0		360*	0 1 0
99	0 1 0		361*	0 1 0
183	0 1 0		362	0 1 0
184	0 1 0		391	0 1 0
185	0 1 0		392	0 1 0
186	0 1 0		393	0 1 0
187	0 1 0

Value of Improvements: Section 3, £75; 4, £50; 5, £60; 7, £35; 9, £65; 40, £300; 49, £120; 56A, £220; 56B, £200; 360, £85; 361, £40; 193, £25.

Through Sections 194 to 200 a reservation 25 links wide is reserved up to the 31st December, 1889, for the existing tramway.

SCHEDULE B.
BRUNNERTON TOWNSHIP.—RESIDENTIAL ALLOTMENT LEASEHOLDS.

Section.	Area.	Fixed Annual Rental.
	A. R. P.	£ s. d.
49	0 1 10	1 5 0
57	0 1 10	1 5 0
64	0 0 5	1 5 0

SCHEDULE C.
STILLWATER SUBURBAN LANDS.

Section.	Area.	Fixed Annual Rental.
	A. R. P.	£ s. d.
747	19 3 0	5 0 0
748	19 3 0	5 0 0
749	24 0 0	6 0 0

Sale of Runs and Reserves, Westland.

Crown Lands Office,
Hokitika, 11th December, 1888.

NOTICE is hereby given that, in terms of section 169 of “The Land Act, 1885,” and of section 23 of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” the lands enumerated below will be submitted to public auction, at the Land Office, Hokitika, on Wednesday, the 16th January, 1889, at two o'clock in the afternoon.

SCHEDULE.
PASTORAL LANDS.

No. of Run.	Area.	Upset Annual Rental.	Term in Years.	Locality.
	Acres.		£
13	20,000	20	10	Poerua River Valley, between Main South Road and dividing-range.
36	15,000	15	10	Oinemaka or Black River and Doughboy Creek.
47	15,000	15	10	Okura River, from settlement boundary to dividing-range.
50	10,000	10	10	Between Abbey Rocks, Paringa Lake, and Paringa River.
55	17,000	17	10	Poerua River Valley, between Main South Road and sea-coast.
56	17,000	17	10	North bank of Wataroa River, between the Saltwater Lagoon and Rotokino River and Lake and Main South Road.
87	7,000	7	10	Haast River, between the Clarke River and Haast Pass.

RESERVES.

Part of Railway Reserve No. 9, between Totara and Mikonui Rivers, containing 8 acres 3 roods 21 perches; fixed annual rental, 5s. per acre; term, seven years; bonus bidding with valuation for improvements, £75.

Railway Reserve No. 5, at Arahura River, containing 16 acres 3 roods 36 perches; fixed annual rental, 1s. per acre per annum; term, fourteen years; bonus bidding with valuation for improvements, £35.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lease of Reserve, Wellington Land District.

Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 11th December, 1888.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” that tenders will be received at this office (marked on the outside, “Tender for Lease of Pilot Reserve, Rangitikei River”), up to 5 p.m. of Friday, the 18th January, 1889, for leasing the Pilot Reserve, Rangitikei River, for a term of seven years. Forms of tender may be obtained at the Post Offices at Marton and Bull’s, and at this office, where full particulars may be obtained. A deposit of £5 must accompany each tender.

SCHEDULE.
SECTION 1, Block I., Sandy District, 58 acres.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands to be sold at Auction, Wellington Land District.

Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 7th December, 1888.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of “The Land Act, 1885,” that the under-mentioned lands will be offered at auction, at this office, on Thursday, the 31st January, 1889, at 2.30 p.m., at the prices and rental specified in the Schedule. Full particulars obtainable on application.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.
FOR CASH.

Section.	Block.	District.	Area.	Upset Price per Acre.
			A. R. P.	£ s. d.
356	XII.	Wairoa ..	95 2 24	5 0 0

				Open cultivated land, of superior quality, lately in the occupation of Mr. W. Brewer, and adjacent to his estate, Waitotara. Weighted with £167 10s. for improvements, which must be paid down by the purchaser.
cxciv.	XIV.	Wangaehu	120 3 0	4 0 0

				Open scrub and lightly bushed land, level or undulating, of good quality, and ready for occupation, situated conveniently to Marton, and adjacent to Messrs. Bruce, Watt, Friedrich, and Lethbridge’s estates.
Part of 31	II.	Rangitoto	58 1 17	4 0 0

				Situated in the Rangitikei District, six and a half miles from Marton, at the western end of Whales’s Line, in the south-west corner of the Agricultural Reserve Block, and comprises land suitable for agricultural purposes.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1888, No 70

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🗺️ Sale of Grey Coal Reserve Leaseholds (continued from previous page)

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated20 December 1888
KeywordsAuction, Coal Reserve, Hokitika, Leaseholds, Sections, Rental, Improvements
👩‍💼 Officials

Gerhard Mueller, Commissioner of Crown Lands

🗺️ Sale of Runs and Reserves, Westland

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated11 December 1888
KeywordsAuction, Pastoral Lands, Reserves, Hokitika, Rental, Term, Locality
👩‍💼 Officials

Gerhard Mueller, Commissioner of Crown Lands

🗺️ Lease of Reserve, Wellington Land District

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated11 December 1888
KeywordsTender, Lease, Pilot Reserve, Rangitikei River, Deposit, Sandy District
👩‍💼 Officials

J. W. A. Marchant, Commissioner of Crown Lands

🗺️ Lands to be sold at Auction, Wellington Land District

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated7 December 1888
KeywordsAuction, Land Sale, Wellington, Wairoa, Wangaehu, Rangitoto, Upset Price, Rental, Improvements
👱🏽 Names

W. Brewer, Former occupant of Section 356
Bruce, Adjacent landowner
Watt, Adjacent landowner
Friedrich, Adjacent landowner
Lethbridge, Adjacent landowner

👩‍💼 Officials

J. W. A. Marchant, Commissioner of Crown Lands

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