New Zealand Gazette – 1897 – No. 105

Page 2231

✨ Land Sales and Selections

Dec. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2231

Rural Land in Canterbury open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, 21st December, 1897.

THE under-mentioned Crown land will be open for sale or selection, in terms of section 136 of “The Land Act, 1892,” either for cash, for occupation with right of purchase, or for lease in perpetuity, at the option of the selector, on and after Wednesday, the 23rd February, 1898.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

Surveyed 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.
					Per Acre.	Total Price.	Rent per Acre.
				A. R. P.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	s. d.
Ashburton	{Alford Shepherd’s Bush}	35948	{XIII. I.}	194 1 8	1 2 6	218 11 9	1 1·5

This section is situated on the Gawler Downs, adjacent to the property of the late W. S. Peter, and is distant about ten miles in a westerly direction from the Mount Somers Railway-station. It comprises hilly land, well grassed, but steep and difficult of access. The section is weighted with a sum of £50, being valuation of boundary-fencing and surface-sowing, which sum must be paid on allotment, in addition to the usual deposit and fees.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Rural Lands in Auckland District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, 26th October, 1897.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open for sale or selection, in terms of section 136 of “The Land Act, 1892,” either for cash, for occupation with right of purchase, or for lease in perpetuity, at the option of the selector, on and after Wednesday, the 29th December, 1897.

If more than one application be received for the same section on the same day, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

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.
					Per Acre.	Total Price.	Rent per Acre.
				A. R. P.	s. d.	£ s. d.	s. d.
Bay of Islds.	Omapere*..	23	..	200 0 0	7 6	75 0 0	0 4·2

				About 5 acres bush and 8 acres swamp; balance open undulating land. Situated about four miles from Waimate North, and near Okaihau Settlement. Some fencing has been done on the land.
Hokianga	Omapere ..	5	V.	82 0 12	7 6	30 15 0	0 4·2
				Fern and tea-tree land; well watered; about six miles from Okaihau Settlement.
Waitemata	Paremoremo*	103	..	100 2 0	5 0	25 5 0	0 3
				Broken clay land, with some patches of bush; situated about four miles from Riverhead.
Waitemata	Waipareira*	154	..	81 3 0	5 0	20 10 0	0 3
"	"	156	..	88 0 38	7 6	33 0 0	0 4·2
				Open undulating lands; about three miles from Henderson.
Manukau..	Otau*	22	..	179 1 0	10 0	89 10 0	0 6
				Broken forest land; about three miles by horse-road from Clevedon steamer-landing.
Waikato ..	Koheroa* ..	163	..	208 0 0	5 0	52 0 0	0 3
				Poor fern and tea-tree land, with some light timber; about eleven miles from Pokeno, on main Miranda Road.
Otamatea..	Kaiwaka* ..	144	..	43 2 0	10 0	21 15 0	0 6
				Open land at Kaiwaka, on Main North Road.
Hobson ..	Tatarariki*	47A, 47B	..	237 2 17	7 6	89 5 0	0 4·2
				Open land near West Coast sandhills, four miles from Tikinui wharf, Wairoa River. Subject to £12 for improvements (whare and fencing).
Tauranga	Te Puna* ..	32	..	200 0 0	7 6	75 0 0	0 4·2
"	" ..	34	..	204 0 0	7 6	76 10 0	0 4·2
				Open land, of fair quality; accessible by coach-road; eight miles from Tauranga.
Piako ..	Patetere N.	1	V.	215 0 0	7 6	80 12 6	0 4·2
" ..	"	2	"	307 0 0	7 6	115 2 6	0 4·2
" ..	"	4	"	186 0 0	7 6	69 15 0	0 4·2
				Open fern land, situated about six miles from Tirau Railway-station (Rotorua line).
Whakatane	Waiotahi ..	427	..	61 2 0	10 0	31 0 0	0 6
				Open land on Waiotahi River, eight miles from Opotiki.

Parish.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1897, No 105

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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🗺️ Rural Land in Canterbury for Sale or Selection

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated21 December 1897
KeywordsLand sale, Canterbury, Crown land, Selection options
👱🏽 Names

W. S. Peter, Late landowner, adjacent property

👩‍💼 Officials

Sidney Weetman, Commissioner of Crown Lands

🗺️ Rural Lands in Auckland for Sale or Selection

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated26 October 1897
KeywordsLand sale, Auckland, Crown land, Selection options
👩‍💼 Officials

Gerhard Mueller, Commissioner of Crown Lands

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