New Zealand Gazette – 1897 – No. 12

Page 359

✨ Land Sale Notices

Feb. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 359

Rural Lands in the Southland 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 eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven; 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 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.

SOUTHLAND 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.

Southland	Mabel Hund.	10	IV.	A. R. P.	s. d.	£ s. d.	s. d.
"	"	28A	"	89 1 29	12 6	55 17 11	0 7·5
				52 3 17	12 6	33 0 9	0 7·5
Level, open, shingly land; poor soil; vegetation, silver-tussock; height above sea-level, about 100ft.; distance from Woodlands is about eight miles. Section 10, Block IV., is burdened with £20, valuation for hut and fencing.
Southland	Oteramika..	72	III.	42 2 23	10 0	21 6 6	0 6
Open, low-lying, swampy land; about 30ft. above sea-level; the distance from Oteramika Railway-station is about three miles. Valuation for improvements (house £20, fencing £10), £30.
Wallace	Waiau	60	..	197 0 37	15 0	147 18 6	0 9
"	"	61	..	196 2 17	15 0	147 9 2	0 9
"	"	62	..	194 2 0	15 0	145 17 6	0 9
"	"	63	..	181 0 33	15 0	135 18 2	0 9
Open, terrace land, shingly bottom, well watered, and covered with fern and silver-tussock; the distance from Eastern Bush is about three miles. Sections are burdened with valuation for fencing as follows: Section 60, £27; Section 61, £7 16s.; Section 63, £6 12s.
Southland	Otara	38	VI.	465 0 0	15 0	348 15 0	0 9
This section is covered with rimu, kamai, and other bush suitable for firewood; the land is well watered; 400ft. to 500ft. above sea-level; about twelve miles from Fortrose. This section is burdened with £20 valuation for improvements, consisting of—hut, £10; clearing and grass, £10.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-second day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.
JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Lands in the Southland 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-fifth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven; 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 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.

SOUTHLAND 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.

Southland	Campbelltown	33	IV.	A. R. P.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	s. d.
"	"	34	"	99 3 29	1 0 0	100 0 0	1 0
"	"	35	"	100 0 34	1 0 0	100 0 0	1 0
"	"	36	"	99 3 5	1 0 0	100 0 0	1 0
"	"			78 2 6	1 0 0	79 0 0	1 0
The whole of the above sections are covered with scrub and timber fit only for firewood; good, undulating soil; height above sea-level, from 50ft. to 400ft.; distance from Greenhills Railway-station, from one to two miles. Section 33 will be burdened with £6 2s. 6d., Section 34 with £5 7s. 6d., Section 35 with £9 17s. 6d., and Section 36 with £8 10s., being half the value in each case of boundary-fences.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-eighth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.
JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

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