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✨ Rural Lands Open for Sale or Selection

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 23

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

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

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, James Prendergast, the Administrator of the Government 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 New Zealand Gazette, in the manner and upon the conditions mentioned in the said Act, and at the price per acre stated in the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

County.	Parish or Survey District.	Section.	Block.	Area.	Cash Price.	Deferred-payment Price.	Perpetual Lease.
					Per Acre.	Total Price. Per Acre.	Half-yearly Instalment. Rent per Acre. Half-yearly Rent.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Bay of Isl'ds | Kaeo .. | 8 | XII. | 50 0 0 | 0 5 0 | 12 10 0 | 0 6 3 | 0 15 9 | 0 0 3 | 0 6 3
Poor undulating land, comprising 20 acres mixed bush, the remaining being open and of an ironstone gravel. Subject to £10 for improvements.

Bay of Isl'ds | Kerikeri .. | 8 | VIII. | 41 1 20 | 0 5 0 | 10 5 0 | 0 6 3 | 0 12 10 | 0 0 3 | 0 5 3
" .. | " .. | 9 | " | 25 1 20 | 0 5 0 | 6 5 0 | 0 6 3 | 0 7 10 | 0 0 3 | 0 3 3
" .. | " .. | 10 | " | 58 1 10 | 0 5 0 | 14 10 0 | 0 6 3 | 0 18 3 | 0 0 3 | 0 7 3
Poor undulating land, covered with short tea-tree, and lying between the Kerikeri and Mangonui Inlets. Section 10, subject to £15, valuation for improvements.

Bay of Isl'ds | Russell .. | 3 | II. | 42 2 0 | 0 5 0 | 10 15 0 | 0 6 3 | 0 13 6 | 0 0 3 | 0 5 6
" .. | " .. | 4 | " | 60 2 0 | 0 5 0 | 15 5 0 | 0 6 3 | 0 19 1 | 0 0 3 | 0 7 8
Very broken land of poor quality, and covered with tea-tree. Section 4 is subject to £130, valuation for house and improvements.

Manukau .. | Koheroa .. | 141 | .. | 244 0 0 | 0 5 0 | 61 0 0 | 0 6 3 | 1 18 3 | 0 0 3 | 1 10 6
This section is situated about five miles from Mercer, and is nearly all undrainable swamp, except an area of 12 acres of dry land. The section would be useful as a cattle-run in the dry season.

Mangonui.. | Kaiaka .. | 85A | .. | 36 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 18 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 1 2 6 | 0 0 6 | 0 9 0
" .. | Takahue .. | 21 | XV. | 50 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 31 5 0 | 0 15 7½ | 1 19 1 | 0 0 7½ | 0 15 9
Section 85A, all mixed forest land of fair quality; 21, mixed forest and open land, more or less improved, situated on main road to Rawene.

Otamatea .. | Mareretu .. | S.W.142 | .. | 30 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 15 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 18 9 | 0 0 6 | 0 7 6
" .. | " .. | S.W.179 | .. | 21 2 0 | 0 10 0 | 11 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 13 9 | 0 0 6 | 0 5 6
Section S.W. 142, mixed bush-scrub and swamp, medium soil; S.W. 179, broken forest and open land, the forest is partly burnt.

Otamatea .. | Paparoa .. | S.M.42 | .. | 22 1 0 | 0 10 0 | 11 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 13 9 | 0 0 6 | 0 5 6
" .. | " .. | 153 | .. | 15 2 0 | 0 10 0 | 8 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 10 0 | 0 0 6 | 0 4 0
Section S.M. 42, rather broken land, open and mixed forest, clay soil; 153, fairly good land, covered with mixed forest.

Piako .. | Wairere .. | 6 | XI. | 101 2 0 | 0 10 0 | 51 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 3 3 9 | 0 0 6 | 1 5 6
" .. | " .. | 9 | X. | 143 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 71 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 4 9 6 | 0 0 6 | 1 15 9
Section 6, one-third mixed forest, remainder open land; 9, nearly all open land, with a little mixed bush. Both lots are situated in the Gordon Special Settlement.

Tauranga | Te Papa .. | 560 | .. | 48 3 24 | 0 10 0 | 24 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 1 10 9 | 0 0 6 | 0 12 3
Nearly all open fern land of good quality, with a little bush in the ravine; situated at Oropi.

Tauranga | Maketu .. | 7 | IV. | 241 2 38 | 0 10 0 | 121 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 7 11 3 | 0 0 6 | 3 0 6
" .. | " .. | 8 | " | 234 0 13 | 0 10 0 | 117 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 7 6 3 | 0 0 6 | 2 18 6
From 14 to 25 acres of dry land on each, balance swamp; both lots are on the main road from Maketu to Rotorua.

Waikato .. | Taupiri .. | 308 | .. | 50 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 37 10 0 | 0 18 9 | 2 6 10 | 0 0 9 | 0 18 9
" .. | " .. | 309 | .. | 50 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 37 10 0 | 0 18 9 | 2 6 10 | 0 0 9 | 0 18 9
" .. | " .. | 310 | .. | 50 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 37 10 0 | 0 18 9 | 2 6 10 | 0 0 9 | 0 18 9
About two-thirds covered with kahikatea forest, remainder open land with some flax; the land is of good quality; situated near Moerangi.

Waitemata | Waiwera North | 116 | .. | 120 3 6 | 0 7 6 | 45 7 6 | 0 9 4½ | 2 16 9 | 0 0 4½ | 1 2 9
" .. | Makarau .. | 182 | .. | 159 3 0 | 0 5 0 | 40 0 0 | 0 6 3 | 2 10 0 | 0 0 3 | 1 0 0
Section 116, very broken forest land; 182, all open land, poor soil, fronting Hararu Stream.

Whakatane | Waiawa .. | 1 | X. | 214 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 80 5 0 | 0 9 4½ | 5 0 4 | 0 0 4½ | 2 0 3
" .. | " .. | 1 | XIV. | 389 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 145 17 6 | 0 9 4½ | 9 2 4 | 0 0 4½ | 3 12 11
" .. | " .. | 2 | " | 805 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 402 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 25 3 3 | 0 0 6 | 10 1 3
" .. | " .. | 3 | " | 1880 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 940 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 58 15 0 | 0 0 6 | 23 10 0
" .. | " .. | 1 | XV. | 1282 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 641 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 40 1 3 | 0 0 6 | 16 0 6
" .. | " .. | 2 | " | 173 2 0 | 0 10 0 | 86 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 5 8 3 | 0 0 6 | 2 3 3
All mixed forest, generally broken, but some flat and undulating land in each.

Whakatane | Urutawa .. | 1 | II. | 1502 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 751 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 46 18 9 | 0 0 6 | 18 15 6
" .. | " .. | 1 | III. | 165 3 0 | 0 10 0 | 83 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 5 3 9 | 0 0 6 | 2 1 6
" .. | " .. | 2 | " | 465 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 232 10 0 | 0 12 6 | 14 10 9 | 0 0 6 | 5 16 3
Mixed forest land, generally broken, but some flat and undulating land in each lot; these lands are situated upon main road, Opotiki to Ormond.

Whangarei | Hukerenui .. | 31 | X. | 56 0 33 | 0 7 6 | 21 0 0 | 0 9 4½ | 1 6 3 | 0 0 4½ | 0 10 6
Nearly all open land, with about one-third swamp and 10 acres mixed bush.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1892, No 23

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

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated17 March 1892
KeywordsLand Sale, Selection, Auckland Land District, Rural Lands, Prices, Conditions
👩‍💼 Officials

James Prendergast, Administrator of the Government

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