Rural Lands for Sale or Selection




970
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 51

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-third day of August, 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 | Lease in Perpetuity.
| | | | | Per Acre. | Total Price. | of Purchase: | Rent, 4 per Cent.
| | | | | | | Rent, 5 per Cent. |
| | | | | | | Rent per | Half-yearly | Rent per | Half-yearly
| | | | | | | Acre. | Rent. | Acre. | Rent.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Otamatea | Matakoho .. | S.E. 247 | .. | 16 2 0 | 1 0 0 | 16 10 0 | 1 0 | 0 8 3 | 0 9½ | 0 6 8
Mixed forest land; situated near Manganui River, and about twelve miles from Matakoho.
Tauranga | Te Puna
.. | 219 | .. | 56 2 0 | 1 0 0 | 56 10 0 | 1 0 | 1 8 3 | 0 9½ | 1 2 8
" " .. | 220 | .. | 48 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 48 0 0 | 1 0 | 1 4 0 | 0 19 3
" " .. | 221 | .. | 51 0 16 | 1 0 0 | 51 0 0 | 1 0 | 1 5 6 | 1 0 5
Open fern land of good quality. Sections 220 and 221 have frontages to Tauranga Harbour.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

B. of Isl'ds | Kerikeri .. | 23 | XI. | 25 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 12 10 0 | 0 6 | 0 6 3 | 0 4¾ | 0 5 0
All open land, adjoining Waipapa Estuary, Kerikeri, Bay of Islands.
B. of Isl'ds | Motatau .. | 5 | XII. | 50 0 0 | 0 5 0 | 12 10 0 | 0 3 | 0 6 3 | 0 2½ | 0 5 0
This section contains a little kahikatea bush and about 12 acres very wet swamp, the remainder being open poor land.
The land lies about sixteen miles from Kawakawa, with no road of access. Subject to £20 for improvements, consisting of
a store and outbuildings.
Mangonui | Takahue .. | 7 | XV. | 48 3 27 | 1 15 0 | 85 15 0 | 1 9 | 2 2 11 | 1 4¾ | 1 14 4
" " .. | 9A† | " | 50 0 0 | 0 17 6 | 43 15 0 | 0 10½ | 1 1 11 | 0 8½ | 0 17 6
" " .. | 10† | " | 50 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 37 10 0 | 0 9 | 0 18 9 | 0 7¼ | 0 15 0
Section 7, about two-thirds mixed bush, balance open land; this section has been partially improved, and contains a
house valued at £20. Section 9A, nearly all mixed-bush land; some clearing has been done on the land valued at £20.
Section 10, mixed-bush land, with some clearing. These lands are watered by the Takahue River, and are on the main
road to Victoria Valley, distant about seven miles.
Raglan .. | Waipa .. | 118 | .. | 185 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 92 10 0 | 0 6 | 2 6 3 | 0 4¾ | 1 17 0
Broken forest land, partially cleared; situated at Akatea, about six miles from Ngaruawahia.
Rodney .. | Ahuroa
.. | W. 46 | .. | 110 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 55 0 0 | 0 6 | 1 7 6 | 0 4¾ | 1 2 0
" .. " .. | M. 46 | .. | 80 2 0 | 0 10 0 | 40 5 0 | 0 6 | 1 0 2 | 0 4¾ | 0 16 2
" .. " .. | N.E. 59 | .. | 43 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 21 10 0 | 0 6 | 0 10 9 | 0 4¾ | 0 8 8
" .. " .. | N.E. 61 | .. | 3 1 6 | 0 10 0 | 1 10 0 | 0 6 | 0 15 0 | 0 4¾ | 0 12 0
" .. " .. | S. 62 | .. | 190 2 0 | 0 10 0 | 95 5 0 | 0 6 | 2 7 8 | 0 4¾ | 1 18 2
" .. " .. | S. 61 | .. | 127 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 63 10 0 | 0 4½ | 1 11 9 | 0 3½ | 1 5 5
" .. " .. | 97 | .. | 78 2 0 | 0 10 0 | 29 12 6 | 0 6 | 0 14 10 | 0 4¾ | 0 11 11
" .. " .. | 98 | .. | 146 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 73 0 0 | 0 6 | 1 16 6 | 0 4¾ | 1 9 3
All broken forest land; situated about seven miles from Warkworth; the soil is a sandstone and clay; well watered.
Rodney .. | Mahurangi .. | M. 158 | .. | 69 3 15 | 0 12 6 | 43 15 0 | 0 7½ | 1 1 11 | 0 6 | 0 17 6
" .. " .. | N. 163 | .. | 37 3 0 | 0 12 6 | 23 15 0 | 0 7½ | 0 11 11 | 0 6 | 0 9 6
Broken forest land, about five miles from Warkworth, and accessible by coach-road; the soil is a sandstone and clay;
well watered.
Rodney .. | Pakiri .. | 34 | XII. | 49 2 0 | 0 10 0 | 24 15 0 | 0 6 | 0 12 6 | 0 4¾ | 0 9 11
About two-thirds mixed-forest land, soil of a sandstone and clay formation, the balance open land; well watered.
Situated on the main road to Wellsford.
Manukau | Hunua
.. | S.174 | .. | 62 0 30 | 0 15 0 | 46 10 0 | 0 9 | 1 3 3 | 0 7¼ | 0 18 8
Broken forest land; clay soil; situated at Kauri Hill, about eight miles from Papakura.
Manukau | Waipipi .. | Lot 1 | Sec. 3 | 10 0 0 | 2 0 0 | 20 0 0 | 2 0 | 0 10 0 | 1 7 | 0 8 0
" " .. | " 2 | " | 10 0 0 | 2 0 0 | 20 0 0 | 2 0 | 0 10 0 | 1 7 | 0 8 0
Open land; at Waipipi, about three miles from Waiuku.
Whangarei | Hukerenui .. | 19 | XII. | 98 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 49 0 0 | 0 6 | 1 4 6 | 0 4¾ | 0 19 8
About one-third mixed forest, remainder fern and tea-tree land of medium quality. Accessible by formed road from
Hikurangi, distant seven miles.
Whangarei | Hukerenui .. | 4 | XIV. | 174 0 31 | 0 10 0 | 87 0 0 | 0 6 | 2 3 6 | 0 4¾ | 1 14 8
" " .. | 5 | " | 200 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 100 0 0 | 0 6 | 2 10 0 | 0 4¾ | 2 0 0
Mixed-forest land of good quality, but broken. Accessible by formed road, about five miles from Hikurangi.
Whangarei | Opuawhanga.. | 11 | I. | 43 3 16 | 1 0 0 | 44 0 0 | 1 0 | 1 2 0 | 0 9½ | 0 17 8
" " .. | 14 | " | 30 1 10 | 1 0 0 | 30 0 0 | 1 0 | 0 15 0 | 0 9½ | 0 12 0
Section 11, about 8 acres open flat land, subject to floods, remainder undulating to broken land, covered with tea-tree
and mixed bush; soil good. Section 14, about six acres flat land, the remainder is hilly and covered with tea-tree and
light bush; soil fairly good quality. Section 11 adjoins Helena Bay, and Section 14 has a frontage to the formed road
connecting with Helena Bay.
Waitemata | Waioneke
| 30 | .. | 264 0 0 | 5 0 | £6 0 0 | 0 3 | 1 13 0 | 0 2½ | 1 6 5
Open land, near Otoitoa Lake.

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

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
24 June 1893
Land Act, 1892, Rural Lands, Sale, Selection, Auckland Land District
  • David, Earl of Glasgow, Governor