New Zealand Gazette – 1892 – No. 90

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✨ Land for Sale or Selection



Nov. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1525

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

GLASGOW, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one hundred and thirty-sixth section of “The Land Act, 1892” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), I, David, Earl of Glasgow, 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 thirty 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.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

County. District. Section. Block. Area. Cash Price. Occupation with Right of Purchase: Rent, 5 per Cent. Lease in Perpetuity: Rent, 4 per Cent.
Per Acre. Total Price. Rent per Acre.
A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Ashley .. Stonyhurst .. 36305 VIII., XIII. 98 1 0 1 5 0 122 16 3 0 1 3
" .. " .. 36307 XII. 12 2 0 1 5 0 15 12 6 0 1 3
" .. " .. 36308 " 10 3 0 1 5 0 13 8 9 0 1 3
Good grazing hilly land.
Akaroa .. Pigeon Bay .. 35949 VII. 14 0 0 1 0 0 14 0 0 0 1 0
" .. " .. 35951 VIII. 191 0 0 1 0 0 191 0 0 0 1 0
These lands are situated on the Peninsula, near Mount Herbert, and are rough and stony.
Selwyn .. Leeston .. 1* II., III. 28 0 30 1 10 0 42 5 7 0 1 6
" .. " .. 3 III. 28 3 20 1 10 0 43 6 3 0 1 6
*Reserve 309.
These sections are situated on the south-eastern side of the Main South Railway, about one mile and a half south-west from Rolleston Station, and comprise stony land of inferior quality.
Selwyn .. Leeston .. 36372 II., VI. 41 0 30 1 0 0 41 3 9 0 1 0
This section is situated at the junction of the Burnham, Selwyn, and Coal Tramway Roads, about one mile and a half south-east from Burnham Railway-station, and comprises poor, shingly land.
Selwyn .. Selwyn .. 35853 XIV. 9 2 30 1 0 0 9 13 9 0 1 0
" .. " .. 35854 " 3 2 0 1 0 0 3 10 0 0 1 0
Light stony land, fairly well grassed.
Ashburton Westerfield .. 35900 XI. 11 3 13 1 10 0 17 15 0 0 1 6
" .. " .. 35904 XIV. 36 1 4 1 5 0 45 6 10 0 1 3
Light stony land, fairly grassed.
Ashburton Wakanui .. 35866 XI. 24 1 36 1 0 0 24 9 6 0 1 0
This section is situated on the sea-coast, about three miles south-west of the mouth of the Ashburton River and fourteen miles from Ashburton, and comprises flat land of fair quality, intersected by deep gullies.
Ashburton Shepherd’s B’sh 35888 XIII. 1 0 26 1 10 0 1 14 11 0 1 6
" .. " .. 35891 XVI 18 0 17 1 5 0 22 12 8 0 1 3
Stony land on the Cracroft Run, lighter soil than the upper part of the plain, but capable of being ploughed.
Geraldine Orari .. 35928 VIII. 5 0 36 1 5 0 6 10 8 0 1 3
Poorly-grassed, light, stony land.
Geraldine Four Peaks .. 36027 XI., XV. 63 0 0 1 10 0 94 10 0 0 1 6
Very good grazing land, difficult of access.
Geraldine Geraldine .. 13* III. 40 0 0 1 5 0 50 0 0 0 1 3
" .. " .. 15* VIII. 40 0 0 1 5 0 50 0 0 0 1 3
" .. " .. 17* VII. 121 1 15 1 5 0 151 13 7 0 1 3
" .. " .. 19* " 109 3 11 1 5 0 137 5 6 0 1 3
" .. " .. 23† III.,IV. 40 0 0 1 5 0 50 0 0 0 1 3
*Reserve 1650. †Reserve 1381.
Light stony land, thinly grassed, not suitable for cropping.
Geraldine Geraldine .. 8* X. 48 0 13 3 12 0 173 1 10 0 3 7½
" .. " .. 1† XVIII. 1 0 26 4 0 0 4 13 0 0 4 0
" .. " .. 2† " 1 0 26 4 0 0 4 13 0 0 4 0
" .. " .. 11† " 1 0 26 4 0 0 4 13 0 0 4 0
" .. " .. 1† X. 5 0 0 4 0 0 20 0 0 0 4 0
*Reserve 389. †Orari Township.
Light stony land; in vicinity of Orari Township.
Geraldine Geraldine .. 19* IV. 6 2 0 1 0 0 6 10 0 0 1 0
*Reserve 1381.
Inferior stony land; on Rangitata Island, about half a mile from railway-station.
Geraldine Geraldine .. 35921 XII. 57 3 36 1 5 0 72 9 5 0 1 3
This section is situated between the Rangitata and Orari Rivers, about seven miles south of Rangitata Railway-station, and comprises light stony land, poorly grassed, not suitable for cropping.
Geraldine Tengawai .. 35941 VIII. 45 3 18 2 0 0 91 14 6 0 2 0
Between Braddick’s and Talbot’s land; is partly ploughable and partly hilly land.
Waimate.. Nimrod .. 36237 VIII. 9 2 0 1 0 0 9 10 0 0 1 0
" .. " .. 36242 XII. 7 2 0 1 5 0 9 7 6 0 1 3
Section 36237 is on the Motukaika River; very stony flat land. Section 36242, hillside on north side of Otaio River, at road-crossing.

SURVEYED SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Ashley .. | Weld .. | 36310 | II. | 59 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 29 10 0 | 0 0 6 | 0 14 9 | 0 0 4¾ | 0 11 10 |
Grazing land, very broken by deep ravines. |
Akaroa .. | Pigeon Bay .. | 35956 | X. | 5 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 3 15 0 | 0 0 9 | 0 1 11 | 0 0 7½ | 0 1 6 |
On Mount Sinclair; high rough mountainous land, fit for summer feed only. |



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🗺️ Rural Lands in the Canterbury Land District Open for Sale or Selection

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
11 November 1892
Land Sale, Selection, Canterbury, Rural, Grazing, Stony, Leeston, Ashburton, Geraldine, Waimate, Pigeon Bay, Ashley, Akaroa, Selwyn, Surveyed, Second-Class, Motukaika River, Otaio River, Mount Sinclair
  • David, Earl of Glasgow, Governor