New Zealand Gazette – 1896 – No. 75

Page 1639

✨ Land Sale Notice

Oct. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1639

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 twenty-fifth day of November, 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.

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.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

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

Hokianga .. | Whangape .. | 34, 35 | VII. | 94 3 0 | 0 10 0 | 47 10 0 | 0 6 | 1 3 9 | 0 4 8 | 0 19 0
Undulating mixed forest land at Herekino Settlement; accessible by partly-formed roads.

Hokianga .. | Hokianga .. | 2 | VI. | 51 3 0 | 0 12 6 | 32 10 0 | 0 7·5 | 0 16 3 | 0 6 | 0 13 0
Undulating forest land; situated about seven miles in direct line from Herd’s Point.

Hokianga .. | Waoku .. | 15 | VI. | 172 3 0 | 0 8 0 | 69 4 0 | 0 4·8 | 1 14 7 | 0 3·84 | 1 7 8
All forest land, good soil, partly broken; situated about five miles in direct line from Herd’s Point.

Hokianga .. | Waoku .. | 20 | V. | 167 1 0 | 0 8 0 | 66 16 0 | 0 4·8 | 1 13 5 | 0 3·84 | 1 6 9
Undulating forest land, good soil; situated about four miles and a half in direct line from Herd’s Point.

Raglan .. | Waipa* .. | 87 | .. | 50 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 31 5 0 | 0 7·5 | 0 15 8 | 0 6 | 0 12 6
Mixed forest land of fair quality; situated at Firewood Creek, about one mile from Ngaruawahia.

Raglan .. | Pepepe* .. | 198 | .. | 277 3 11 | 0 7 6 | 104 5 0 | 0 4·5 | 2 12 2 | 0 3·6 | 2 1 9
Nearly all open fern land, contains about 10 acres mixed forest; situated about eight miles north of the Waingaro Hot Springs Hotel.

Raglan .. | Karamu* .. | 50, 51 | .. | 174 1 0 | 0 7 6 | 65 5 0 | 0 4·5 | 1 12 8 | 0 3·6 | 1 6 2
About 100 acres mixed forest, balance fern land, broken country; situated about four miles in direct line from Whatawhata.

Raglan .. | Pirongia* .. | 297 | .. | 55 1 0 | 0 10 0 | 27 10 0 | 0 6 | 0 13 9 | 0 4·8 | 0 11 0
.. .. | .. .. | 298 | .. | 49 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 24 10 0 | 0 6 | 0 12 3 | 0 4·8 | 0 9 10
Open and forest land, soil good; situated about three miles and a half in direct line from Harapepe.

Raglan .. | Waipa* .. | 92 | .. | 47 2 0 | 0 12 6 | 30 0 0 | 0 7·5 | 0 15 0 | 0 6 | 0 12 0
All forest and broken, soil fair; about two miles in direct line from Ngaruawahia.

Manukau .. | Koheroa* .. | 152 | .. | 52 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 19 10 0 | 0 4·5 | 0 9 9 | 0 3·6 | 0 7 10
Nearly all swamp; situated about two miles and a half from Mercer.

Manukau .. | Karaka* .. | 111 | .. | 38 0 25 | 0 10 0 | 19 0 0 | 0 6 | 0 9 6 | 0 4·8 | 0 7 8
.. .. | .. .. | 114 | .. | 21 0 24 | 0 10 0 | 10 10 0 | 0 6 | 0 5 3 | 0 4·8 | 0 4 3
.. .. | .. .. | 115 | .. | 20 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 10 0 0 | 0 6 | 0 5 0 | 0 4·8 | 0 4 0
Open land, situated about two miles and a half from Runciman.

Manukau .. | Otan* .. | 30 | .. | 244 1 0 | 0 10 0 | 122 0 0 | 0 6 | 3 1 0 | 0 4·8 | 2 8 10
Broken forest land of fair quality adjoining Wairoa River; about four miles in direct line from Clevedon.

Waikato .. | Maramarua* | 65 | .. | 333 2 8 | 0 5 0 | 88 10 0 | 0 3 | 2 4 3 | 0 2·4 | 1 15 5
About 80 acres fern and tea-tree scrub, soil light; balance flax, raupo, and black-rush swamp; about ten miles by river from Mercer.

Waikato .. | Maramarua* | 26 | .. | 317 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 118 17 6 | 0 4·5 | 2 19 5 | 0 3·6 | 2 7 7
Open and swamp land; about eight miles in direct line from Mercer.

Whangarei | Hukerenui | 10 | VIII. | 69 3 35 | 0 10 0 | 35 0 0 | 0 6 | 0 17 6 | 0 4·8 | 0 14 0
All forest land; situated about seven miles and a half in direct line from Hikurangi.

Whangarei | Hukerenui | 7 | X. | 50 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 25 0 0 | 0 6 | 0 12 6 | 0 4·8 | 0 10 0
Undulating open land with about 6 acres swamp, soil fairly good; situated about four miles from Towai.

Whangarei | Hukerenui | 8 | X. | 25 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 9 7 6 | 0 4·5 | 0 4 9 | 0 3·6 | 0 3 9
Open land at Hukerenui Settlement.

Whangarei | Whangarei | 3 | XI. | 50 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 25 0 0 | 0 6 | 0 12 6 | 0 4·8 | 0 10 0
All forest land; about eight miles in direct line from Whangarei and Parua Bay.

Tauranga .. | Te Papa* .. | 557 | .. | 50 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 25 0 0 | 0 6 | 0 12 6 | 0 4·8 | 0 10 0
All mixed forest land, good soil; situated at Oropi, thirteen miles from Tauranga.

Tauranga .. | Te Papa* .. | 565 | .. | 46 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 23 0 0 | 0 6 | 0 11 6 | 0 4·8 | 0 9 3
Mixed forest land, good soil, and well watered; thirteen miles from Tauranga.

Tauranga .. | Maketu .. | 21 | XII. | 557 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 208 17 6 | 0 4·5 | 5 4 5 | 0 3·6 | 4 3 7
Nearly all open land; about nine miles in direct line from Maketu.

Hobson .. | Tokatoka .. | 13 | XV. | 40 1 19 | 0 7 6 | 15 0 0 | 0 4·5 | 0 7 6 | 0 3·6 | 0 6 0
Open land; situated about one mile south of Tikinui, on Wairoa Estuary.

Hobson .. | Tokatoka .. | 15 | XV. | 43 1 34 | 0 7 6 | 16 2 6 | 0 4·5 | 0 8 1 | 0 3·6 | 0 6 6
About one-third swamp, remainder open undulating land; situated about six miles and a half in direct line from Tokatoka.

Parish.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1896, No 75

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

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated16 September 1896
KeywordsLand sale, Land selection, Auckland Land District, Hokianga, Raglan, Manukau, Waikato, Whangarei, Tauranga, Hobson, Counties, Second-class land
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David, Earl of Glasgow, Governor

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