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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 7
Notice to Occupier of Run, Marlborough District.
Crown Lands Office,
Blenheim, 13th January, 1890.
PURSUANT to section 188 of “The Land Act, 1885,” I hereby give notice that, if the amount of rent and penalty due on Run No. 19, situate at Onapua Bay, Queen Charlotte Sound, Arapoua Survey District, and held under license by William Henry Keenan, be not paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Blenheim, within three months after the insertion of this notice in the New Zealand Gazette, the said run will be declared forfeited.
HENRY G. CLARK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
Lands for Sale and Lease, Napier Land District.
Crown Lands Office,
Napier, 16th January, 1890.
NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned sections will be offered for sale and lease by public auction, at the Crown Lands Office, Napier, on Thursday, the 27th day of February, 1890, at 11.30 a.m. :
FOR CASH.
| Block. | District. | Area. | Upset Price. |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. R. P. | £ s. d. | ||
| LXXXVIII. | Wakarara | 62 2 36 | 420 15 0 |
Description of Land: This section is within about twenty miles of Waipawa, by a good road. It is enclosed by a substantial ring-fence, and carries a large quantity of valuable timber, consisting of totara, matai, rimu, miro, and kahikatea, estimated to be worth at least £200. A proportion of the cost of fencing would be recoverable from adjoining owners under the existing Fencing Acts.
Conditions: One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid on the fall of the hammer; the balance, with Crown-grant fee, within one month from date of sale.
| Section. | Locality. | Area. | Upset Annual Rental. |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. R. P. | £ s. d. | ||
| 26 | Matamau Village | 3 3 9 | 0 10 0 |
FOR LEASE FOR TWENTY-ONE YEARS.
| Section. | Locality. | Area. | £ s. d. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | Matamau Village | 7 2 0 | 1 2 6 |
FOR LEASE FOR SEVEN YEARS.
Description of Land: These sections are a little more than a mile away from the railway-station of Matamau, which is about seventy-four miles from Napier.
FORFEITED DEFERRED-PAYMENT VILLAGE SECTIONS FOR CASH.
| Section. | Locality. | Area. | Upset Price. |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. R. P. | £ s. d. | ||
| 19 | Matamau Village | 0 3 36 | 5 17 0 |
| 20 | " | 0 3 35 | 5 16 3 |
| 25 | " | 1 1 0 | 7 10 0 |
Description of Land: The Village of Matamau is in the centre of a large tract of timber country; it will presently be the centre of an important saw-milling district; distance by rail from Napier, seventy-four miles.
| Section. | Locality. | Area. | £ s. d. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 38 | Weber Village | 1 0 0 | 5 0 0 |
| 42* | " | 1 0 0 | 5 0 0 |
| 43 | " | 1 0 0 | 5 0 0 |
*Subject to £2 5s., valuation for improvements.
Description of Land: This settlement is situated on the Wainui-Tahoraite Road. It is forest land of the richest description, well supplied with totara, pines, and other useful timber, and with an abundance of water.
| Section. | Block. | District. | Area. | Upset Price. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | VII. | Woodville | A. R. P. | £ s. d. |
| 1 0 24 | 4 0 6 |
Subject to £2 10s., valuation for improvements.
Description of Land: This section is half-way between the Woodville and Victoria Railway-stations, in the middle of a well-settled district. The growth on the section is scrub, and therefore easy to clear.
At the Crown Lands Office, Napier, on Thursday, the 27th February, 1890, at 10 a.m., the under-mentioned section will be opened for application under “The Land Act Amendment Act, 1887:”
| Section. | Block. | District. | Area. | Cash Price per Acre. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. R. P. | £ s. d. | |||
| 17 | II. | Weber | 317 1 0 | 1 0 0 |
Description of Land: Hilly country covered with manuka and light scrub; well watered; about three miles from the Weber Village Settlement.
G. W. WILLIAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
RETURN of the Estimated Population (inclusive and exclusive of Maoris) of the Colony of New Zealand on the 31st December, 1889.
| Estimated population (exclusive of Maoris) on 31st December, 1889, — | Males. | Females. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Estimated population (exclusive of Maoris) on 31st December, 1889 — | 324,948 | 282,432 | 607,380 |
| By excess of births over deaths | 6,158 | 6,527 | 12,685 |
| By excess of arrivals over departures | 665 | 6,076 | 12,899 |
| Estimated population (exclusive of Maoris) on 31st December, 1889 — | 331,771 | 288,508 | 620,279 |
| Maori population, Census, March, 1886† | 22,840 | 19,129 | 41,969 |
| Total estimated population on 31st December, 1889 | 354,611 | 307,637 | 662,248 |
*Excess of departures over arrivals.
† No more recent information is obtainable, as births and deaths of Maoris are not recorded.
Wm. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.
Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 12th February, 1890.
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