New Zealand Gazette – 1897 – No. 33

Page 819

✨ Land Sale and Selection

APRIL 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 819

Rural Lands in the Auckland Land District open for Sale or Selection.

JAMES PRENDERGAST, Administrator of the Government.

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; James Prendergast, the Administrator of the Government 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 sixteenth day of June, 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.
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. Half-yearly Rent.
							Rent per Acre. Half-yearly Rent.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

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

Whangarei | Whangarei | 6 | XI. | 49 2 0 | 1 10 0 | 75 0 0 | 1 6 | 1 17 6 | 1 2·4 | 1 10 0
Forest and tea-tree land; well watered and partly improved; situated between Pataua and Horahora Rivers. Four miles from Parua Bay.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Hokianga .. | Whangape .. | 35 | I. | 488 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 305 0 0 | 0 7·5 | 7 12 6 | 0 6 | 6 2 0
Bush land, good soil; situated about two miles from Broadway Post-office.

Hokianga .. | Herekino .. | 2 | III. | 41 2 0 | 0 15 0 | 31 10 0 | 0 9 | 0 15 9 | 0 7·2 | 0 12 8
Open land, swamp and tea-tree; situated in valley of Puhata River. One mile and a half from Herekino Post-office.

Hokianga .. | Whangape .. | 1 | I. | 118 3 0 | 0 7 6 | 44 12 6 | 0 4·5 | 1 2 4 | 0 3·6 | 0 17 10
Broken forest land; well watered; situated two miles from Broadway.

Hokianga .. | Whangape .. | 7 | VII. | 50 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 50 0 0 | 1 0 | 1 5 0 | 0 9·6 | 1 0 0
" .. " .. 9 " " 49 1 0 | 1 0 0 | 49 0 0 | 1 0 | 1 4 6 | 0 9·6 | 0 19 8
" .. " .. 10 " " 49 0 0 | 0 17 6 | 42 17 6 | 0 10·5 | 1 1 5 | 0 8·4 | 0 17 2
" .. " .. 11 " " 49 0 0 | 0 17 6 | 42 17 6 | 0 10·5 | 1 1 5 | 0 8·4 | 0 17 2
" .. " .. 39 " " 50 0 0 | 0 17 6 | 43 15 0 | 0 10·5 | 1 1 11 | 0 8·4 | 0 17 6
These sections are forest lands of good quality, and partly improved; situated from one to three miles from Herekino Post-office.

B. of Islands| Hukerenui.. | 8 | V. | 40 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 40 0 0 | 1 0 | 1 0 0 | 0 9·6 | 0 16 0
About 30 acres light forest; balance open and partly improved; near Towai Post-office.

B. of Islands| Hukerenui.. | 14 | X. | 45 1 7 | 0 19 0 | 42 15 0 | 0 11·5 | 1 1 5 | 0 9 | 0 17 2
Open land, partly improved; about three miles from Towai Post-office.

Hokianga .. | Whangape .. | 6 | II. | 45 0 0 | 0 17 6 | 39 7 6 | 0 10·5 | 0 19 8 | 0 8·4 | 0 15 9
" .. " .. 7 " " 40 0 0 | 0 17 6 | 35 0 0 | 0 10·5 | 0 17 6 | 0 8·4 | 0 14 0
" .. " .. 8 " " 40 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 15 0 0 | 0 4·5 | 0 7 6 | 0 3·6 | 0 6 0
" .. " .. 9 " " 40 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 15 0 0 | 0 4·5 | 0 7 6 | 0 3·6 | 0 6 0
" .. " .. 10 " " 51 2 0 | 0 7 6 | 19 10 0 | 0 4·5 | 0 9 9 | 0 3·6 | 0 7 10
" .. " .. 13 " " 61 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 22 17 6 | 0 4·5 | 0 11 5 | 0 3·6 | 0 9 2
" .. " .. 23 " " 56 2 0 | 0 10 0 | 28 15 0 | 0 6 | 0 14 5 | 0 4·8 | 0 11 6
" .. " .. 24 " " 63 3 0 | 0 10 0 | 32 0 0 | 0 6 | 0 16 0 | 0 4·8 | 0 12 10
" .. " .. 25 " " 60 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 30 0 0 | 0 6 | 0 15 0 | 0 4·8 | 0 12 0
Forest land, mostly undulating, part broken; 28 acres grass on Sections 6 and 7. Situated three miles from Broadway Post-office.

Hokianga .. | Waipoua .. | 5 | X. | 375 3 7 | 0 15 0 | 282 0 0 | 0 9 | 7 1 0 | 0 7·2 | 5 12 10
Forest land of good quality, but rather broken; situated six miles from Opanake Railway-station.

B. of Islands| Russell .. | 1 | II. | 98 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 36 15 0 | 0 4·5 | 0 18 5 | 0 3·6 | 0 14 9
Fern and tea-tree land, partly improved; three miles from Russell.

B. of Islands| Kerikeri .. | 21 | XI. | 50 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 18 15 0 | 0 4·5 | 0 9 5 | 0 3·6 | 0 7 6
Open fern and tea-tree land; undulating, and fronting Kerikeri Inlet.

B. of Islands| Hukerenui.. | 31 | V. | 50 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 18 15 0 | 0 4·5 | 0 9 5 | 0 3·6 | 0 7 6
" .. " .. 32 " " 50 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 18 15 0 | 0 4·5 | 0 9 5 | 0 3·6 | 0 7 6
" .. " .. 16 " " 25 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 9 7 6 | 0 4·5 | 0 4 9 | 0 3·6 | 0 3 9
Sections 31 and 32, undulating fern and tea-tree land; partly improved; about two miles from Towai. Section 16 open land.

B. of Islands| Hukerenui.. | 19 | IX. | 174 0 0 | 0 13 0 | 113 2 0 | 0 7·8 | 2 16 6 | 0 6·24 | 2 5 3
About 35 acres swamp, remainder open and bush; 14 acres grassed; two miles from Towai.

Hokianga .. | Whangape .. | 17 | III. | 84 2 0 | 0 7 6 | 31 17 6 | 0 4·5 | 0 15 11 | 0 3·6 | 0 12 9
" .. " .. 18 " " 60 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 22 10 0 | 0 4·5 | 0 11 3 | 0 3·6 | 0 9 0
Hokianga & Mangonui | " .. 45 | VII. | 35 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 26 5 0 | 0 9 | 0 13 2 | 0 7·2 | 0 10 6
Mangonui .. | " .. 47 | " | 50 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 50 0 0 | 1 0 | 1 5 0 | 0 9·6 | 1 0 0
Sections 17 and 18, undulating to broken forest land of good quality; situated three miles from Broadway Post-office. Sections 45 and 47, mostly forest land, on the Uwhiroa River; three to four miles from Herekino. Both lots are partly improved.

Hokianga .. | Mangamuka | 7 | IX. | 37 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 37 0 0 | 1 0 | 0 18 6 | 0 9·6 | 0 14 10
" .. " .. 23 " " 50 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 37 10 0 | 0 9 | 0 18 9 | 0 7·2 | 0 15 0
" .. " .. 24 " " 50 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 37 10 0 | 0 9 | 0 18 9 | 0 7·2 | 0 15 0
Section 7, open land, near Motukaraka Post-office. Sections 23 and 24, mostly forest land, on Tapuwae Creek, about three miles from Motukaraka. These lands have been partly improved.

Hokianga .. | Mangamuka | 35 | X. | 20 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 20 0 0 | 1 0 | 0 10 0 | 0 9·6 | 0 8 0
Open land, on Hokianga Harbour, at Motukaraka.

Hokianga .. | Whangape.. | 22 | VII. | 50 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 50 0 0 | 1 0 | 1 5 0 | 0 9·6 | 1 0 0
Forest and open, with some swamp; soil of good quality; partly improved; situated one mile from Herekino Post-office.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1897, No 33

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🗺️ Rural Lands in Auckland Land District Open for Sale or Selection

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated8 April 1897
KeywordsLand Act 1892, Auckland Land District, Sale, Selection, Lease in Perpetuity
👩‍💼 Officials

James Prendergast, Administrator of the Government

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