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✨ Land Sales and Immigration Statistics

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 22

Town Sections for Sale by Auction.

Crown Lands Office,
Christchurch, 16th March, 1889.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned South
Rakaia Town sections will be offered for sale by public
auction, at the Courthouse, Rakaia, on Wednesday, the 17th
April, 1889, at 11 o'clock a.m. :-

Nos. 30 to 50 inclusive, 59, 61 to 81 inclusive, 140, 142, 144,
146, 148, 152 to 169 inclusive, 178 to 199 inclusive, 201, 203
(each $\frac{1}{4}$ acre), 416 (1 rood 5 perches), 418 (1 rood 2 perches),
419 (1 rood 1 perch), 420 (38 perches), 497, 654, 656, 658, 663
to 671 inclusive, 720 (each $\frac{1}{4}$ acre), 722 (38 perches), 724 (37\u00b71
perches).

Upset price, £7 10s. per quarter acre.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Lands, Westland, for Sale on Application.

Crown Lands Office,
Hokitika, 26th March, 1889.

IN accordance with section 173 of "The Land Act, 1885,"
I hereby give notice that the under-mentioned runs,

which have been submitted to auction and not sold, will be
open for sale on application, at the upset annual rental, after
the 30th April next:---

No. of Run.	Area.	Annual Rental.	Term of Years.	Locality.
13	20,000	£ 20	10	Poerua (Little Wanganui) River Valley.
36	15,000	15	10	Oinamaka or Black River Valley.
50	10,000	10	10	Abbey Rocks and Paringa Lake.
56	17,000	17	10	Wataroa and Rotokino Rivers, and Saltwater Lagoon.
87	7,000	7	10	Haast River, between Clarke River and Haast Pass.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

RETURN of IMMIGRATION to and EMIGRATION from the COLONY OF NEW ZEALAND, during the MONTH of MARCH,
1889, showing the Places from which Persons arrived and to which they departed, and the Ports of Arrival and
Departure. (Subject to revision.)

ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES FROM AND TO DIFFERENT PLACES.

Countries.	ARRIVALS.				Total Persons.	DEPARTURES.				Total Persons.
	Adults.	Children.				Adults.	Children.
	M.	F.	M.	F.		M.	F.	M.	F.
United Kingdom	113	56	15	23	207	175	85	21	31	312
Queensland	..	..	..	2	2	..	..	..	..	2
New South Wales	..	219	88	18	20	345	296	173	46	47
Victoria	..	301	177	38	51	567	336	245	47	46
South Australia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Western Australia	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tasmania	..	32	..	3	1	49	12	3	1	17
Other places	..	44	19	5	5	73	44	29	6	6
Totals	..	711	353	79	100	1,243	863	535	121	131

ARRIVALS AT AND DEPARTURES FROM DIFFERENT NEW ZEALAND PORTS.*.

Ports.	ARRIVALS.				Total Persons.	DEPARTURES.				Total Persons.
	Adults.	Children.	Males.	Females.		Adults.	Children.	Males.	Females.

Kaipara	..	..	5	2	1	6	7	3	6	3
Auckland	..	..	276	28	219	85	304	438	79	321
Wellington..	..	..	180	38	131	87	218	347	71	253
Wanganui	..	..	1	1	1	1	2	..	..	..
Napier	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	8	8	8
Lyttelton	..	..	5	..	3	4	8	8	3	..
Dunedin	..	..	78	15	60	33	93	..	..	..
Invercargill	..	..	519	92	374	237	611	594	..	93
Totals	..	..	1,064	179	790	453	1,243	1,398	252	984

CHINESE.—Arrivals, nil; departures, nil.

It is important to mention that, in the returns from which this table is made up, immigrants to the colony are all
counted at the first port of arrival, and emigrants at the final port of departure.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 10th April, 1889.
WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1889, No 22

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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🗺️ Auction of South Rakaia Town Sections

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated16 March 1889
KeywordsLand sale, Public auction, Town sections, South Rakaia, Christchurch
👩‍💼 Officials

JOHN H. BAKER, Commissioner of Crown Lands

🗺️ Pastoral Runs for Sale by Application in Westland

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated26 March 1889
KeywordsPastoral land, Sale on application, Westland, Run numbers, Hokitika
👩‍💼 Officials

GERHARD MUELLER, Commissioner of Crown Lands

🏛️ Return of Immigration and Emigration for March 1889

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated10 April 1889
KeywordsImmigration statistics, Emigration statistics, Arrivals, Departures, Port statistics, March 1889
👩‍💼 Officials

WM. R. E. BROWN, Registrar-General

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