✨ Land Sales and Reservations
Dec. 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1873
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 described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on and after the fifth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six; 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 land 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.
SECOND-CLASS LAND.
| County. | District. | Section. | Block. | Area. | Cash Price. | Occupation with Right of Purchase: Rent, 5 per Cent. | Lease in Perpetuity: Rent, 4 per Cent. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raglan | Whangape* | W. 96 | .. | 500 0 0 | £ s. d. 0 18 0 | £ s. d. 0 10 8 | £ s. d. 0 8 64 |
| Good limestone land, covered with mixed forest; situated about ten miles from Churchill, and approached by formed bridle-track. | |||||||
| Tauranga | Te Puna* | 24 | .. | 100 0 0 | £ s. d. 0 15 0 | £ s. d. 0 9 | £ s. d. 0 7 2 |
| All open land of good quality, with some swamp; situated about two miles from the Wairoa Bridge, and accessible by main coach road. | |||||||
| Raglan | Waipa* | 117 | .. | 185 0 0 | £ s. d. 0 10 0 | £ s. d. 0 6 | £ s. d. 0 4 8 |
| About 20 acres open, balance mixed forest; land of good quality, with limestone; situated five miles from Ngaruawahia. | |||||||
| B. of Islands | Motatau† | 13 | VIII. | 38 2 15 | £ s. d. 0 12 6 | £ s. d. 0 7 5 | £ s. d. 0 6 |
| Open and forest land; 10 acres fair pastoral land, about 15 acres very good land; situated on the Ramarama Stream; about two miles from Towai, and accessible by bridle-track. | |||||||
| B. of Islands | Hukerenui† | 22 | IX. | 210 0 0 | £ s. d. 0 12 5 | £ s. d. 0 7 45 | £ s. d. 0 5 96 |
| Heavy mixed-forest land, broken, and containing a few scattered kauri trees; soil a good sandy clay; access by road from Towai or Hikurangi, about eleven miles. | |||||||
| Whangarei | Opuawh'ngat† | 18a | XI. | 10 1 22 | £ s. d. 0 10 0 | £ s. d. 0 6 | £ s. d. 0 4 8 |
| Open land, near Otonga East Post-office. | |||||||
| Whangarei | Ruarangi* | S.W. 37 | .. | 29 0 0 | £ s. d. 0 7 6 | £ s. d. 0 4½ | £ s. d. 0 3 6 |
| All flat land; 2 acres alluvial, balance poor manuka land; about two miles in a direct line from Mangapai. | |||||||
| Whangarei | Hukerenui† | 5 | XV. | 179 1 24 | £ s. d. 0 10 0 | £ s. d. 0 6 | £ s. d. 0 4 8 |
| Half bush and half open land, mostly flat; situated on the Wairua Road, about three miles from Hikurangi. | |||||||
| Otamatea | Mangawai* | 39 | .. | 260 0 0 | £ s. d. 0 7 6 | £ s. d. 0 4½ | £ s. d. 0 3 6 |
| Open land, covered with fern and manuka; situated about two miles from Mangawai. | |||||||
| 43 | .. | 80 0 0 | £ s. d. 0 7 6 | £ s. d. 0 4½ | £ s. d. 0 3 6 | ||
| Coromandel | Hastings† | 5 | V. | 154 0 0 | £ s. d. 0 12 0 | £ s. d. 0 7 2 | £ s. d. 0 5 76 |
| Principally open fern land, part forest, containing a few kauri trees; soil of fairly good quality; situated about four miles from Whitianga Harbour. | |||||||
| Coromandel | Harataunga † | 1 | II. | 153 2 32 | £ s. d. 0 5 0 | £ s. d. 0 3 | £ s. d. 0 2 4 |
| About 20 acres manuka, balance open land; situated about six miles from Cabbage Bay. | |||||||
| Coromandel | Mahakirau* | 6 | .. | 90 3 0 | £ s. d. 0 10 0 | £ s. d. 0 6 | £ s. d. 0 4 8 |
| About 20 acres flat land of good quality; balance very broken and covered with forest; situated about twelve miles from Coromandel on main Tiki-Mercury Bay Road. Land well watered. | |||||||
| Ohinemuri | Waitoa† | 6 | XII. | 297 3 9 | £ s. d. 0 19 0 | £ s. d. 0 11 4 | £ s. d. 0 9 12 |
| Swampy land with fern spurs; situated about four miles from Te Aroha. Subject to £40 for clearing, fencing, and draining. | |||||||
| Waitemata | Makarau* | 163 | .. | 22 2 0 | £ s. d. 0 18 0 | £ s. d. 0 10 8 | £ s. d. 0 8 64 |
| Open land; about three miles from Kaukapakapa. | |||||||
| Waikato | Kirikiriroa* | 81 | .. | 50 0 0 | £ s. d. 0 5 0 | £ s. d. 0 3 | £ s. d. 0 2 4 |
| About 25 acres swamp; balance open land; situated about six miles in a direct line from Hamilton. | |||||||
| Waikato | Kirikiriroa* | 82 | .. | 41 0 0 | £ s. d. 0 5 0 | £ s. d. 0 3 | £ s. d. 0 2 4 |
| About two-thirds bush; balance open land; situated about six miles in a direct line from Hamilton. Frontage to the Tunawhakapeke Lake. | |||||||
| Tauranga | Tahawai* | 8 | .. | 277 0 0 | £ s. d. 0 15 0 | £ s. d. 0 9 | £ s. d. 0 7 2 |
| Open land; about 40 acres swamp; situated on Tauranga Harbour, and adjoining Te Kauri Village. |
- Parish.
† Survey District.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-seventh day of November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.
JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.
Lands temporarily reserved in the Land Districts of Auckland, Nelson, Canterbury, Otago, and Southland.
GLASGOW, Governor.
WHEREAS by the two hundred and thirty-fifth section of "The Land Act, 1892," it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time, either by general or particular description, and whether the same has been surveyed or not, reserve from sale temporarily, notwithstanding that the same may be then held under pastoral license, any Crown lands which in his opinion are required for any of the purposes in the said section mentioned:
Now, therefore, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the power and authority vested in me by the said Act, do hereby temporarily reserve from sale the lands in the Land Districts of Auckland, Nelson, Canterbury, Otago, and Southland enumerated in the first column of the Schedule hereto, for the purposes specified in the second column of the said Schedule, and opposite the descriptions of the lands so intended to be temporarily reserved.
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