New Zealand Gazette – 1893 – No. 13

Page 245

✨ Land Sale and Selection Notices

Feb. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 245

Rural Lands in the Auckland 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.

AUCKLAND 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.

Hokianga	Herekino	14	III.	40 0 0	0 10 0	20 0 0	0 6

Hobson	Kaihu	17	I.	20 3 0	0 5 0	5 5 0	0 3

Hobson	Waipoua	24	XIII.	107 2 0	0 7 6	40 10 0	0 4 5

Manukau	Awitu	N.E. 7	..	37 0 0	0 10 0	18 10 0	0 6

Mangonui	Mangonui East	5	..	75 1 37	0 5 0	19 0 0	0 3
"	"	6	..	61 3 9		15 10 0
"	"	36	..	5 2 20		2 5 0
"	"	37	..	4 3 38		1 17 6
"	"	38	..	5 2 30		2 5 0
"	"	39	..	7 0 0	0 7 6	2 12 6	0 4 5
"	"	40	..	8 0 30		3 0 0
"	"	41	..	4 0 30		1 10 0
"	"	43	..	4 2 0		1 17 6
"	"	45	..	14 0 0		5 5 0

Sections 5 and 6, open poor land; close to main road from Whangaroa to Mangonui, and within two miles from Mangonui. Sections 36 to 45 are on the east side of Mangonui Harbour, and are all open poor land, only valuable for position on harbour.

Otamatea | Wairau* | 163 | .. | 150 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 75 0 0 | 0 6 | 1 17 6 | 0 4 8 | 1 10 0

One-third green and burnt bush, remainder open land with light tea-tree, well watered; situated about four miles from Paparoa landing. Subject to £15 for improvements, consisting of clearing and grassing.

Rodney | Tauhoa* | 120A | .. | 21 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 7 17 6 | 0 4 5 | 0 4 0 | 0 3 6 | 0 3 2

Broken bush land, without present road of access.

Rotorua.. | Rotorua | 1 | XV. | 570 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 285 0 0 | 0 6 | 7 2 6 | 0 4 8 | 5 14 0

" .. | Horohoro | 1 | III. | | | | | | | |

About two-thirds mixed forest, remainder open fern land, soil light and well watered by the Turangamiromiro Stream; situated about six miles from Rotorua.

Rodney .. | Pakiri* | 102 | .. | 76 0 0 | 0 9 0 | 34 4 0 | 0 5 5 | 0 17 2 | 0 4 32 | 0 13 9

" .. | " | 107 | .. | 262 0 0 | | 117 18 0 | | 2 19 0 | | 2 7 2

" .. | " | 108 | .. | 167 0 0 | | 75 3 0 | | 1 17 7 | | 1 10 1

" .. | " | 109 | .. | 8 2 0 | | 4 1 0 | | 0 2 1 | | 0 1 8

" .. | " | 110 | .. | 44 2 0 | | 20 5 0 | | 0 10 2 | | 0 8 2

Broken forest land, sandstone and clay soil, well watered; only accessible by very rough pack-track from eight to ten miles from Matakana Landing. An addition has been made to the price of the land for the purposes of roading.

Wait’mata | Paremoremo* | 211 | .. | 53 0 0 | 0 5 0 | 13 10 0 | 0 3 | 0 6 9 | 0 2 4 | 0 5 5

" .. | " | 211A | .. | 56 2 16 | | 14 5 0 | | 0 7 2 | | 0 5 9

Open poor land, on main road, near Riverhead, Auckland.

Wait’mata | Kaipara | 7 | IX. | 49 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 24 10 0 | 0 6 | 0 12 3 | 0 4 8 | 0 9 10

An island (at high water) at the mouth of the Kaipara River, about two miles below the Mount Rix Wharf.

Waikato | Taupiri* | 478 | .. | 1,092 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 546 0 0 | 0 6 | 13 13 0 | 0 4 8 | 10 18 5

" .. | " | 478A | .. | 750 0 0 | | 375 0 0 | | 9 7 6 | | 7 10 0

Section 478 comprises about 20 acres dry land, balance tea-tree and flax swamp, containing about 40 acres of kahikatea forest. Section 478A contains about 200 acres of kahikatea forest, remainder flax and raupo swamp. These lands are situated from fourteen to sixteen miles from Huntly and Ohinewai Railway-stations.

Parish.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this thirteenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Lands in the Otago 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,” 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 on and after the twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three; and also that the lands mentioned in the said Schedule may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or be selected for occupation with right of purchase or on lease in perpetuity, or, in respect of any lands containing or supposed to contain any metal, mineral, or valuable stone, be selected

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1893, No 13

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🗺️ Rural Lands in Auckland Land District Open for Sale or Selection

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated13 February 1893
KeywordsLand Sale, Selection, Auckland, Rural, Prices, Conditions
👩‍💼 Officials

David, Earl of Glasgow, Governor
John McKenzie, Minister of Lands

🗺️ Rural Lands in Otago Land District Open for Sale or Selection

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated13 February 1893
KeywordsLand Sale, Selection, Otago, Rural, Prices, Conditions
👩‍💼 Officials

David, Earl of Glasgow, Governor

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