Land Allocation and Sales




Aug. 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 889

boundary-line of Halcombe Town District: as the same is delineated on plan marked S.G. 12401(³), and thereon coloured purple.

Also all that parcel of land, 60 links in width, in the Provincial District of Wellington, situate in the Oroua Survey District, being portion of Railway Reserve; commencing in the middle of Sherwill Street, at the western boundary-line of Halcombe Town District; and extending in a south-easterly direction along the north-western side of Railway Reserve to a point 300 links south-east of the north-western boundary of Ferguson Square: as the same is delineated on plan marked S.G. 12401(⁴), and thereon coloured purple.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, of Onslow in the County of Salop; Viscount Cranley, of Cranley in the County of Surrey; Baron Onslow, of Onslow in the County of Salop, and of West Clandon in the County of Surrey; Baron Cranley, of Imbercourt; Baronet; Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this third day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

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Land set apart for the McKenzie Special Settlement.

(L.S.) ONSLOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one hundred and sixty-second section of “The Land Act, 1885,” I, William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that the blocks of lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be and the same are hereby set apart and declared open for the McKenzie Special Settlement, upon the terms and conditions fixed by an Order in Council issued on the twenty-seventh day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, and made under the one hundred and sixty-third section of the said Act.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 782 acres, more or less, situate in Block XIV., Mangahao Survey District, being a portion of the Mangatainoka J No. 2B Block, and Subdivisions Nos. 3, 4, 11, 12, and 13 of the Tutaekara Native Reserve. Bounded on the north by the Tutaekara Road, a gravel and a village reserve, and by Subdivision No. 2 of the aforesaid Native reserve; on the east by the Makakahi and Mangatainoka Rivers; on the south by Subdivisions Nos. 5 and 10, same Native reserve, and by Section No. 104, the abuttal of a public road, and by Section No. 108; and on the west by the Eketaluna-Woodville Railway Reserve.

Also all that other parcel of land in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 720 acres, more or less, situate in Block XI., Mangahao Survey District, being the Mangatainoka J No. 2c Block, and adjacent Crown land. Bounded on the north by a public road and by Section No. 34; on the east by Section No. 43 and by a public road; on the south by the Mangatainoka J No. 2a Block; and on the west by the Eketaluna-Woodville Railway Reserve.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, of Onslow in the County of Salop; Viscount Cranley, of Cranley in the County of Surrey; Baron Onslow, of Onslow in the County of Salop, and of West Clandon in the County of Surrey; Baron Cranley, of Imbercourt; Baronet; Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this third day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

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

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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, William 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 in the said Schedule.

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SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

Section. Block. Area. Cash Price per Acre. Deferred-payment Price per Acre. Perpetual-lease Rent per Acre.
A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
20 XIV. 120 2 32 0 7 6 0 9 4½ 0 0 4½
21 " 95 3 0 0 7 6 0 9 4½ 0 0 4½
22 " 102 0 0 0 7 6 0 9 4½ 0 0 4½
40* XV. 50 0 0 0 7 6 0 9 4½ 0 0 4½
42* " 335 0 0 0 7 6 0 9 4½ 0 0 4½
Part 47* " 112 0 0 0 7 6 0 9 4½ 0 0 4½
  • Moutere Hills.

Sections 20, 21, and 22, hilly bush land; 40, 42, and part 47, fern hills.

UNSURVEYED SECOND-CLASS LAND.

All that block of land in the Nelson Land District, situated in the Waitapu Survey District, comprising about 4,100 acres, being the unsurveyed portion of Block XI. Cash price, 6s. per acre.

Very rough broken hills, thickly timbered; timber chiefly birch, with a few rimu and pine. Access by tracks up Gibson’s and Kitty’s Creeks respectively.

All that block of land, comprising about 15,000 acres, being unsurveyed portions of Blocks VIII., IX., and X., Totaranui Survey District. Cash price, 6s. per acre.

Rough mountain-slopes, thickly timbered with birch and a few rimu. Access by proposed tracks up the Awaroa and Fall’s Rivers respectively.

All that block of land, comprising about 24,500 acres, being the unsurveyed portions of Blocks I. to IX. inclusive, Kaiteriteri Survey District. Cash price, 6s. per acre.

Rough mountain-slopes, thickly timbered; timber chiefly birch, with a few rimu and rata. Access by proposed tracks up the Riwaka, Otuwhero, and Marahau Rivers respectively.

All that block of land, comprising about 17,000 acres, situated in the Wangapeka Survey District, being the unsurveyed portions of Blocks X., XIII., and XIV. of the said district. Cash price, 6s. per acre.

Steep mountain-sides (very cold in winter); mixed bush—birch, rimu, and a few totara. Access by road up the Wangapeka and Dart Rivers.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-ninth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

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

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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, William 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 in the said Schedule.



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