New Zealand Gazette – 1893 – No. 35

Page 575

✨ Rural Lands Open for Sale or Selection

MAY 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 575

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,” 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-eighth day of
June, 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 on lease in perpetuity only; and I do hereby also fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or
leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased
under and subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

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.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Hokianga | Mangamuka | 30 | X. | 22 0 0 | 12 6 | 13 15 0 | 0 7·5 | 0 6 11 | 0 6 | 0 5 6
Nearly all light mixed bush land, somewhat broken but soil fair; situated in Motukaraka Settlement.

Mangonui | Kaiaka* | 98 | .. | 50 0 0 | 10 0 | 25 0 0 | 0 6 | 0 12 6 | 0 4·8 | 0 10 0
Open land, situated at Kaiaka Settlement, Victoria Valley.

Piako .. | Patetere North | 1 | V. | 215 0 0 | 7 6 | 80 12 6 | 0 4·5 | 2 0 4 | 0 3·6 | 1 12 3
" .. | " | 2 | " | 307 0 0 | 7 6 | 165 2 6 | 0 4·5 | 4 2 7 | 0 3·6 | 3 6 1
" .. | " | 4 | " | 486 0 0 | 7 6 | 69 15 0 | 0 4·5 | 1 14 11 | 0 3·6 | 1 7 11
Open fern land, pumice country; situated about six miles from Oxford Railway-station.

Raglan.. | Pirongia* | 250 | .. | 48 3 24 | 10 0 | 24 10 0 | 0 6 | 0 12 3 | 0 4·8 | 0 9 10
Situated on Waipa River, about three miles below Te Rore Bridge.

Rodney.. | Komokoriki* | S.E. 48 | .. | 35 0 0 | 7 6 | 13 2 6 | 0 4·5 | 0 6 7 | 0 3·6 | 0 5 3
" .. | " | 49 | .. | 72 3 24 | 7 6 | 27 7 6 | 0 4·5 | 0 13 9 | 0 3·6 | 0 11 0
" .. | " | 98, 99 | .. | 100 0 0 | 7 6 | 37 10 0 | 0 4·5 | 0 18 9 | 0 3·6 | 0 15 0
Broken forest land of medium quality, situated about two miles from Komokoriki Post-office.

Rodney.. | Puhoi* | 134 | .. | 106 2 0 | 7 6 | 40 2 6 | 0 4·5 | 1 0 1 | 0 3·6 | 0 16 1
Broken forest land of medium quality, fronting the proposed north railway-extension beyond Makarau Station.

Rodney.. | Mangawai* | 83 | .. | 71 0 19 | 10 0 | 35 10 0 | 0 6 | 0 17 9 | 0 4·8 | 0 14 3
Open undulating land, covered with tea-tree; situated about one mile from Mangawai Wharf.

Waitemata | Makarau* | 59, 60 | .. | 169 0 16 | 7 6 | 63 7 6 | 0 4·5 | 1 11 9 | 0 3·6 | 1 5 5
" | " | N.W.29 | .. | 70 0 0 | 7 6 | 26 5 0 | 0 4·5 | 0 13 2 | 0 3·6 | 0 10 6
" | " | 187 | .. | 470 0 0 | 7 6 | 176 5 0 | 0 4·5 | 4 8 2 | 0 3·6 | 3 10 6
" | " | 188 | .. | 376 0 0 | 7 6 | 141 0 0 | 0 4·5 | 3 10 6 | 0 3·6 | 2 16 5
Broken forest land, situated near Makarau Station of north railway.

Waitemata | Waiwera* | 93 | .. | 115 0 0 | 10 0 | 57 10 0 | 0 6 | 1 8 9 | 0 4·8 | 1 3 0
" | " | 128 | .. | 42 3 24 | 7 6 | 16 2 6 | 0 4·5 | 0 8 1 | 0 3·6 | 0 6 6
" | " | S.E.205, | .. | 68 3 0 | 5 0 | 17 5 0 | 0 3 | 0 8 8 | 0 2·4 | 0 6 11
" | " | 226 | .. | 167 0 0 | 5 0 | 41 15 0 | 0 3 | 1 0 11 | 0 2·4 | 0 16 9
" | " | 276 | .. | 347 1 36 | 5 0 | 86 15 0 | 0 3 | 2 3 5 | 0 2·4 | 1 14 9
" | " | 277 | .. | 59 0 0 | 5 0 | 14 15 0 | 0 3 | 0 7 5 | 0 2·4 | 0 5 11
" | " | 278 | .. | 283 0 0 | 7 6 | 106 2 6 | 0 4·5 | 2 13 1 | 0 3·6 | 2 2 6
Sections 93 and 128, broken forest land. Section S.E. 205 and Section 226 contain 20 acres bush, balance open land.
Sections 276 to 278, all open land of poor quality. Section 281, poor open land, with about 20 acres bush, containing about
80,000ft. of inferior kauri. These sections lie from three to four miles from the Waiwera, Orewa, and Wade Post-offices.
Section 128 is offered subject to £10 for fencing and grassing.

Waitemata | Ararimu* | 23 | .. | 68 0 0 | 7 6 | 25 10 0 | 0 4·5 | 0 12 9 | 0 3·6 | 0 10 3
Open land, rather broken; lying about three and a half miles from Helensville.

Waitemata | Waitakerei* | E.pn.12 | .. | 82 2 0 | 15 0 | 62 5 0 | 0 9 | 1 11 2 | 0 7·2 | 1 4 11
" | " | 14 | .. | 97 0 0 | 15 0 | 72 15 0 | 0 9 | 1 16 5 | 0 7·2 | 1 9 2
Broken forest land of fair quality, well watered, and accessible by road; about three miles from Waitakerei Railway-station.

Parish.

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

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1893, No 35

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🗺️ Rural Lands in the Auckland Land District open for Sale or Selection (continued from previous page)

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated28 April 1893
KeywordsAuckland, Land District, Rural Lands, Sale, Selection, Lease, Prices, Conditions
👩‍💼 Officials

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

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