New Zealand Gazette – 1895 – No. 8

Page 185

✨ Land Sale and Selection

Jan. 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 185

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-seventh day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five; 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 price 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.	Survey 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.

Bay of Is-lands | Ruapeka-peka* | 54 | .. | 62 2 34 | 10 0 | 31 10 0 | 0 6 | 0 15 9 | 0 4·8 | 0 12 8
About two-thirds mixed forest, balance open land; situated on main road, near Ruapekapeka. Weighted with £25 for bush-felling.

Hokianga | Whangape | 1 | IV. | 70 0 0 | 7 6 | 26 5 0 | 0 4½ | 0 13 2 | 0 3·6 | 0 10 6
" | " | 2 | " | 115 3 0 | 7 6 | 43 10 0 | 0 4½ | 1 1 9 | 0 3·6 | 0 17 6
" | " | 3 | " | 99 0 0 | 7 6 | 37 2 6 | 0 4½ | 0 18 7 | 0 3·6 | 0 14 11
Broken forest land, about fourteen miles from Kohukohu, on the main Herd’s Point–Takahue Road.

Hobson .. | Tatarariki* | 47A | .. | 138 1 25 | 7 6 | 51 15 0 | 0 4½ | 1 5 11 | 0 3·6 | 1 0 9
" .. | " | 47B | .. | 99 0 32 | 7 6 | 37 2 6 | 0 4½ | 0 18 7 | 0 3·6 | 0 14 11
Poor sandy lands, with patches of bush, adjoining sand-hills on West Coast. Section 47B contains some swamp.

Hobson .. | Te Kuri*.. | 14 | .. | 52 3 0 | 10 0 | 26 10 0 | 0 6 | 0 13 3 | 0 4·8 | 0 10 8
Open land of inferior quality, near Sail Point, Wairoa River. Weighted with £10 for improvements effected.

Rodney .. | Pakiri .. | 1 | VI. | 46 3 0 | 15 0 | 35 5 0 | 0 9 | 0 17 8 | 0 7·2 | 0 14 2
Broken sandstone land; good soil; about 33 acres cleared and laid down in rough grass. Weighted with £66 for improvements effected. The section is situated about twelve miles from Mangawai.

Rodney .. | Wharehine*| S. pt. 15 | .. | 50 0 0 | 7 6 | 18 15 0 | 0 4½ | 0 9 5 | 0 3·6 | 0 7 6
Open land of poor quality, covered with tea-tree; situated about four miles from Port Albert.

Whangarei | Ohiwa* .. | 212 | .. | 80 2 16 | 7 6 | 30 7 6 | 0 4½ | 0 15 3 | 0 3·6 | 0 12 2
Very broken forest land; fair soil; situated about five miles from Parua Bay.

Whangaroa | Kaeo .. | 2 | IV. | 75 0 0 | 10 0 | 37 10 0 | 0 6 | 0 18 9 | 0 4·8 | 0 15 0
Broken land of fair quality, part fern and part burnt bush, on the Taraire Stream; about seven miles from the Post-office, Kaeo.

Thames .. | Thames .. | 3 | III. | 255 0 0 | 10 0 | 127 10 0 | 0 6 | 3 3 9 | 0 4·8 | 2 11 0
" .. | " .. | 4 | " | 280 0 0 | 10 0 | 140 0 0 | 0 6 | 3 10 0 | 0 4·8 | 2 16 0
" .. | " .. | 6 | " | 188 2 0 | 10 0 | 94 5 0 | 0 6 | 2 7 2 | 0 4·8 | 1 17 9
" .. | " .. | 7 | " | 237 0 0 | 10 0 | 118 10 0 | 0 6 | 2 19 3 | 0 4·8 | 2 7 5
" .. | " .. | 8 | " | 543 0 0 | 10 0 | 271 10 0 | 0 6 | 6 15 9 | 0 4·8 | 5 8 8
Sections 3 and 4, mixed forest land; about 30 acres level, balance undulating to broken, and well watered. Sections 6, 7, and 8, each about 50 acres fern land, balance mixed bush, some of it has been burnt; land undulating to broken, and well watered. These lands lie about eleven miles from Shortland.

Thames .. | Thames .. | 3 | V. | 88 3 0 | 10 0 | 44 10 0 | 0 6 | 1 2 3 | 0 4·8 | 0 17 10
" .. | " .. | 4 | " | 129 0 0 | 10 0 | 64 10 0 | 0 6 | 1 12 3 | 0 4·8 | 1 5 10
Undulating to broken land, from fair to inferior quality. Each lot comprises about three-fourths mixed bush, the balance being open fern land; situated about nine miles from Shortland.

Thames .. | Thames .. | 6 | VI. | 343 0 0 | 7 6 | 128 12 6 | 0 4½ | 3 4 4 | 0 3·6 | 2 11 6
" .. | " .. | 7 | " | 60 0 0 | 10 0 | 30 0 0 | 0 6 | 0 15 0 | 0 4·8 | 0 12 0
" .. | " .. | 8 | " | 360 0 0 | 10 0 | 180 0 0 | 0 6 | 4 10 0 | 0 4·8 | 3 12 0
" .. | " .. | 9 | " | 411 0 0 | 10 0 | 205 10 0 | 0 6 | 5 2 9 | 0 4·8 | 4 2 3
Section 6, all mixed forest land, broken and stony; soil of fair quality. Section 7, about two-thirds open fern and tea-tree land, balance mixed bush. Section 8, all mixed-bush land, generally broken. Section 9, mixed bush and fern land; soil fair to good quality. All these lands are well watered, and are situated about ten miles from Shortland.

Parish.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-second day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1895, No 8

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

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated22 January 1895
KeywordsLand Sale, Selection, Auckland, Rural Land, Surveyed Second-Class Land
👩‍💼 Officials

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

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