Infrastructure and Land Notices




JUNE 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 909

  1. A bridge across the Grey River near the Town of Greymouth on the extension next hereinafter referred to.
  2. An extension of the said railway-line across the said bridge connecting the present formation of the said railway with the said Town of Greymouth, a total distance of about thirty chains.
  3. An extension of the said railway-line from a point on or near the northern bank of Coal Creek marked two miles sixty-two chains on the plan and book of reference hereinafter mentioned to a point situated in Crown lands and distant about thirteen chains in an easterly direction from the north-eastern corner of Section Six, Block Three, Cobden Survey District, the total length being about two miles three chains.

As the said bridge and several extensions are shown and referred to in the plan and book of reference deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, and numbered P.W.D. 17523.

And I do hereby further notify and declare that this assent is subject to the terms and conditions of the aforesaid notification of the twelfth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety, and that the scale of tolls, rent, and charges therein prescribed shall apply to the extensions hereby approved, the total length of such extensions, and of the railway approved by the aforesaid notification, not exceeding ten miles.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this ninth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.


Rural Lands in the Wellington 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 twelfth day of August, 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 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.

WELLINGTON 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.
A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. s. d.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Rangitikei | Ohinewairua | 2 | XV. | 318 0 0 | 1 7 6 | 437 5 0 | 1 4·5 | 10 18 8 | 1 1·2 | 8 14 11
" | " | 3 | " | 226 0 0 | 1 7 6 | 310 15 0 | 1 4·5 | 7 15 5 | 1 1·2 | 6 4 4
" | " | 4 | " | 218 0 0 | 1 7 6 | 299 15 0 | 1 4·5 | 7 9 10 | 1 1·2 | 5 19 11
" | " | 5 | " | 487 0 0 | 1 2 6 | 547 17 6 | 1 1·5 | 13 13 11 | 0 10·8 | 10 19 2
" | " | 1 | XVI. | 219 0 0 | 1 7 6 | 301 2 6 | 1 4·5 | 7 10 7 | 1 1·2 | 6 0 6
" | " | 2 | " | 273 0 0 | 1 7 6 | 375 7 6 | 1 4·5 | 9 7 9 | 1 1·2 | 7 10 2
" | " | 3 | " | 233 0 0 | 1 7 6 | 320 7 6 | 1 4·5 | 8 0 2 | 1 1·2 | 6 8 2
" | Hautapu .. | 29 | III. | 118 0 0 | 1 12 6 | 191 15 0 | 1 7·5 | 4 15 10 | 1 3·6 | 3 16 8
" | " .. | 32 | " | 77 0 0 | 1 10 0 | 115 10 0 | 1 6 | 2 17 9 | 1 2·4 | 2 6 3
" | " .. | 33 | " | 85 0 0 | 1 7 6 | 116 17 6 | 1 4·5 | 2 18 5 | 1 1·2 | 2 6 9
" | " .. | 34 | " | 220 0 0 | 1 7 6 | 302 10 0 | 1 4·5 | 7 11 3 | 1 1·2 | 6 1 0
" | " .. | 35 | " | 520 0 0 | 1 2 6 | 585 0 0 | 1 1·5 | 14 12 6 | 0 10·8 | 11 14 0
" | " .. | 36 | " | 411 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 513 15 0 | 1 3 | 12 16 10 | 1 0 | 10 5 6
" | " .. | 37 | " | 315 0 0 | 1 2 6 | 354 7 6 | 1 1·5 | 8 17 2 | 0 10·8 | 7 1 9
" | " .. | 38 | " | 360 0 0 | 1 2 6 | 405 0 0 | 1 1·5 | 10 2 6 | 0 10·8 | 8 2 0
" | " .. | 39 | " | 273 0 0 | 1 2 6 | 307 2 6 | 1 1·5 | 7 13 7 | 0 10·8 | 6 2 11
" | " .. | 42 | " | 280 0 0 | 1 7 6 | 385 0 0 | 1 4·5 | 9 12 6 | 1 1·2 | 7 14 0
" | " .. | 43 | " | 255 0 0 | 1 7 6 | 350 12 6 | 1 4·5 | 8 15 4 | 1 1·2 | 7 0 4
" | " .. | 1 | IV. | 600 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 750 0 0 | 1 3 | 18 15 0 | 1 0 | 15 0 0
" | " .. | 4 | " | 317 0 0 | 1 7 6 | 435 17 6 | 1 4·5 | 10 17 11 | 1 1·2 | 8 14 4
" | " .. | 5 | " | 288 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 360 0 0 | 1 3 | 9 0 0 | 1 0 | 7 4 0
" | " .. | 6 | " | 404 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 505 0 0 | 1 3 | 12 12 6 | 1 0 | 10 2 0

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Rangitikei | Ohinewairua | 16 | {XIV.,} | 965 0 0 | 1 2 6 | 1085 12 6 | 1 1·5 | 27 2 10 | 0 10·8 | 21 14 4
| | | {XV.} | | | | | | | |

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eighteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.


Rural Lands in the Wellington Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

GLASGOW, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by “The Land Act, 1892,” I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the rural lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on lease in perpetuity on and after the nineteenth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six; and I do hereby also fix the prices at which the said lands shall be leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said lands shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”



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