New Zealand Gazette – 1894 – No. 70

Page 1481

✨ Rural Land Open for Sale or Selection

Sept. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1481

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 November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four; 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. Half-yearly Rent.	Rent per Acre. Half-yearly Rent.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Bay of Islands | Ruapekapeka Parish | 54 | .. | A. R. P. 62 2 32 | £ s. d. 0 10 0 | £ s. d. 31 10 0 | s. d. 0 6 | £ s. d. 0 15 9 | s. d. 0 4·8 | £ s. d. 0 12 8
Comprises about 5 acres open; balance broken forest land. Situated on road at Ruapekapeka Pa, about nine miles from Kawakawa.

Manukau | Waiuku East Parish | 241 | .. | 75 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 37 10 0 | 0 6 | 0 18 9 | 0 4·8 | 0 15 0
All swamp land, covered with tea-tree, flax, &c., and situated about six miles from Waiuku.

Manukau | Mangatawhiri Parish | 235 | .. | 91 3 0 | 0 7 6 | 34 10 0 | 0 4½ | 0 17 3 | 0 3·6 | 0 13 10
All broken forest land, and well watered. Situated about five miles from Pokeno.

Raglan .. | Whangape Parish | 122 | .. | 200 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 100 0 0 | 0 6 | 2 10 0 | 0 4·8 | 2 0 0
Situated about eight miles from Churchill, and comprising one-half mixed forest and one-half high tea-tree, with some flax and raupo swamp.

Rodney | Oruawharo Parish | S.pt.97 | .. | 89 2 0 | 0 7 6 | 33 15 0 | 0 4½ | 0 16 11 | 0 3·6 | 0 13 6

" | Oruawharo Parish | S.W.98 | .. | 145 2 0 | 0 7 6 | 54 15 0 | 0 4½ | 1 7 5 | 0 3·6 | 1 1 11
Open fern and tea-tree land; accessible by dray-road. Four miles from Wellsford.

Rodney | Mahurangi Parish | 198 | .. | 131 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 49 2 6 | 0 4½ | 1 4 7 | 0 3·6 | 0 19 8
Broken forest land; clay soil; well watered. Situated at head of Matakana River.

Whangarei Hukerenui .. | 19 | VIII. | 100 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 37 10 0 | 0 4½ | 0 18 9 | 0 3·6 | 0 15 0
Broken land; covered with mixed forest. Accessible by formed road to within a mile of the land, and distant about ten miles from Hikurangi Railway-station.

Whangarei Opuawhanga | 18 | XII. | 200 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 75 0 0 | 0 4½ | 1 17 6 | 0 3·6 | 1 10 0
Broken forest land. Situated about three miles from Otonga Post-office.

Whangarei Wariara Parish | 19 | .. | 64 2 0 | 0 10 0 | 32 5 0 | 0 6 | 0 16 2 | 0 4·8 | 0 12 11

" Wariara Parish | 25 | .. | 41 2 0 | 0 10 0 | 20 15 0 | 0 6 | 0 10 5 | 0 4·8 | 0 8 4

Otamatea Paparoa Parish | W.98 | .. | 29 2 0 | 0 7 6 | 11 5 0 | 0 4½ | 0 5 8 | 0 3·6 | 0 4 6

" Paparoa Parish | S.99 | .. | 59 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 22 2 6 | 0 4½ | 0 11 1 | 0 3·6 | 0 8 10
Sections parts 98, 99, all open fern land. About two miles and a half from Matakoh.

Tauranga | Tahawai Parish | 10 | .. | 47 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 23 10 0 | 0 6 | 0 11 9 | 0 4·8 | 0 9 5
Open land of inferior quality, on the harbour at Katikati.

Waikato | Whangamarino Parish | 233 | .. | 85 2 16 | 0 10 0 | 43 0 0 | 0 6 | 1 1 6 | 0 4·8 | 0 17 2
Open land on Waikare Lake. Situated about two miles and a half by main road from Wairangi Railway-station.

Waikato | Maramarua Parish | 63 | .. | 286 1 0 | 0 5 0 | 71 10 0 | 0 3 | 1 15 9 | 0 2·4 | 1 8 7

" Maramarua Parish | 64 | .. | 189 2 0 | 0 7 6 | 71 5 0 | 0 4½ | 1 15 8 | 0 3·6 | 1 8 6
Section 63, open land of inferior quality, containing about 20 acres flax and raupo swamp. Section 64 comprises 20 acres mixed bush, about 36 acres fairly good swamp, balance being fern and tea-tree land. Both lots are situated sixteen miles by road from Pokeno Railway-station.

Waitemata | Makarau Parish | 66 | .. | 64 2 0 | 0 7 6 | 24 7 6 | 0 4½ | 0 12 3 | 0 3·6 | 0 9 9
Broken clay land; about one-third mixed bush, balance high tea-tree. Situated about a mile and a half from proposed railway-station at Waitangi.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1894, No 70

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

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated21 September 1894
KeywordsLand Sale, Selection, Auckland, Rural, Prices, Leases
👩‍💼 Officials

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

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