New Zealand Gazette – 1890 – No. 4

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✨ Land Sale and Selection



Jan. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 71

Section. Block. District. Area. Cash Price per Acre.
R. 350, Sec. 47 II. Hinds 159 3 34 0 15 0
Description of Land: Light stony plain land, poor soil, with manuka scrub.

Geraldine County.—Between Rangitata and Orari Rivers. Lithograph 17.
R. 349, Sec. 2 II. Geraldine 86 0 22 0 17 6
R. 1371, Sec. 54 VII. " 61 2 0 0 15 0
Description of Land: Stony dry river-bed land, lightly grassed.
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R. 1650, Sec. 10 VII. Geraldine 152 2 0 0 15 0
R. 1381, Sec. 17 IV. " 150 2 0 0 15 0
Description of Land: Light stony land, on the Rangitata Island, adjoining the north branch; liable to be inundated in heavy floods.

The foregoing notification will supersede so much of

An Order in Council Date. Gazette. Page.
The Proclamation.. May, 1879 No. 54, 22/5/79 686–87
2 Jan., 1888 No. 4, 19/1/88 35
The Warrant 3 Feb., 1888 No. 8, 2/2/88 196–97

—a: relate to the blocks of land described in the foregoing Schedule.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this tenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Lands.

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

ONSLow, 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, Wiliam Hillier, Earl of Onslow, 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 not less than 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 stated opposite such land in the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

Section. Block. District. Area. Cash Price per Acre.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Ashburton County.—Between Hinds and Ashburton Rivers. Lithograph 15.
35894 II. Westerfield 26 0 18 1 10 0
35898 V. " 31 1 31 1 7 6
35899 XI. " 27 3 38 2 0 0
35900 " " 11 3 13 1 10 0
35904 XIV. " 36 1 4 1 5 0
Description of Land: Light stony land, fairly grassed.

Geraldine County.—Between Rangitata and Orari Rivers. Lithograph 17.
35923 III. Orari 22 0 26 1 10 0
Description of Land: Fairly-grassed stony land, adjoining creek.
Section. Block. District. Area. Cash Price per Acre.
--- --- --- --- ---
35924 V. Orari 31 2 28 1 5 0
Description of Land: Fairly-grassed river-bed land, below high terrace.
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35927 VIII. Orari 61 2 36 1 5 0
35928 " " 5 0 36 1 5 0
35931 IX. " 37 0 20 1 5 0
35932 " " 24 2 28 1 5 0
Description of Land: Poorly-grassed, light, stony land.
--- --- --- --- ---
35921 XII. Geraldine 57 3 36 1 5 0
35922 " " 32 2 7 1 5 0
Description of Land: Light stony land, poorly grassed not suitable for cropping.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Geraldine County.—Between Rangitata and Orari Rivers. Lithograph 17.
35929 VIII. Orari 6 1 39 0 19 6
Description of land: Stony dry river-bed land, lightly grassed.
R. 1650, Sec. 9 VII. Geraldine 122 2 27 0 15 0
Description of Land: Light stony land on the Rangitata Island, adjoining the north branch; liable to be inundated in heavy floods.
Block. District. Area. Cash Price per Acre.
--- --- --- ---

UNSURVEYED LANDS.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Ashburton County.—Between Hinds and Ashburton Rivers. Lithograph 15.
III., IV. Shepherd’s Bush 600 0 0 1 5 0
IV. " 706 0 0 1 5 0
" 320 0 0 1 5 0
IV., VIII.		 " | 2,456 0 0 | 1 5 0
VIII. | " | 200 0 0 | 1 5 0
" 62 2 34 1 5 0
" 19 3 33 1 7 6
" 44 0 34 1 7 6
" 442 0 0 1 10 0
VIII., XII.		 " | 400 0 0 | 1 10 0
Description of Land: Well grassed, stony plains, capable of being broken up, and growing turnips and English grass.
--- --- --- ---
I. Westerfield 180 0 0 1 5 0
" " 40 0 0 1 5 0
Description of Land: Well grassed, stony land.
--- --- --- ---
V., IX. Westerfield 653 3 0 1 5 0
V. " 312 0 0 1 7 6
VI. " 279 0 0 1 7 6
V., VI. " 225 0 0 1 7 6
IX. " 670 0 0 1 5 0
" " 965 0 0 1 5 0
" " 460 0 0 1 5 0
Description of Land: Light stony land, fairly grassed.
--- --- --- ---
IX., X. Westerfield 880 0 0 1 2 6
X., XIV. " 1,500 0 0 1 2 6
Description of Land: Light land, thinly grassed, with patches of manuka.
X. Westerfield 255 0 0 1 5 0
Description of Land: Light stony land, fairly grassed.
XIII., XIV. Westerfield 1,000 0 0 1 5 0
Description of Land: Light stony land, well grassed.

Geraldine County.—Between Rangitata and Orari Rivers. Lithograph 17.
III. Orari 11 2 0 1 15 0
Description of Land: Gully on side of road-line.
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III. Orari 112 0 0 1 15 0
" " 12 1 20 1 15 0
Description of Land: Well-grassed hilly land, mostly unploughable.
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V. Orari 52 0 0 1 10 0
" " 14 2 0 1 10 0
Description of Land: Fairly grassed, stony flat.
V. Orari 120 0 0 1 5 0
Description of Land: Fairly grassed river-bed land, below high terrace.


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🗺️ Rural Lands in Canterbury Open for Sale or Selection (continued from previous page)

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
10 January 1890
Land Sale, Selection, Canterbury, Ashburton, Geraldine, Rangitata, Orari
  • G. F. Richardson, Minister of Lands
  • William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, Governor