New Zealand Gazette – 1897 – No. 45

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✨ Auckland Land District Schedule

MAY 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1041

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.
					s. d.	£ s. d.	s. d.
Mangonui..	Opoe	..	1	V.	165 1 25	5 0	41 5 0
"	"	..	2	"	243 0 28	5 0	60 15 0
"	"	..	3	"	196 0 38	5 0	49 0 0
"	"	..	4	"	115 0 39	5 0	28 15 0
"	"	..	5	"	176 3 34	5 0	44 5 0
"	"	..	2	VII.	89 2 0	5 0	22 10 0
"	"	..	3	"	51 1 19	5 0	12 15 0
"	"	..	4	"	49 0 0	5 0	12 5 0
"	"	..	5	"	52 0 0	5 0	13 0 0
"	"	..	6	"	59 2 6	5 0	15 0 0
"	Rangaunu..	..	1	I.	119 0 0	5 0	29 15 0
"	"	..	2	"	164 0 0	5 0	41 0 0
"	"	..	3	"	147 0 0	5 0	36 15 0
"	"	..	1	IV.	145 3 11	5 0	36 10 0
"	"	..	2	"	120 2 32	5 0	30 5 0
"	"	..	3	"	125 2 1	5 0	31 10 0
"	"	..	4	"	138 0 0	5 0	34 10 0
"	"	..	5	"	129 0 0	5 0	32 5 0
"	"	..	6	"	122 0 0	5 0	30 10 0
"	"	..	7	"	95 0 0	5 0	23 15 0
"	"	..	8	"	107 0 0	5 0	26 15 0
"	"	..	9	"	134 0 0	5 0	33 10 0

All the above lands are open and flat, generally wiwi and tea-tree swamp, with patches of fairly good land interspersed.
The swamp land could be easily drained. Situated on north-west side of Rangaunu Bay.

Hokianga .. | Whangape.. | 24 | IV. | 199 3 0 | 10 0 | 100 0 0 | 0 6 | 2 10 0 | 0 4·8 | 2 0 0
" .. | " .. | 25 | " | 227 2 0 | 10 0 | 114 0 0 | 0 6 | 2 17 0 | 0 4·8 | 2 5 8

Broken forest land ; well watered ; access by road eighteen miles from Kohuhohu.

Whangarei | Waikiekie*.. | N.E. 30 | .. | 9 3 30 | 10 0 | 5 0 0 | 0 6 | 0 2 6 | 0 4·8 | 0 2 0
" .. | " .. | S.W. 31 | .. | 35 0 0 | 5 0 | 8 15 0 | 0 3 | 0 4 6 | 0 2·4 | 0 3 6
" .. | " .. | N.E. 66 | .. | 49 3 0 | 7 6 | 18 15 0 | 0 4·5 | 0 9 5 | 0 3·6 | 0 7 6
" .. | " .. | S.W. 67 | .. | 53 3 11 | 5 0 | 13 10 0 | 0 3 | 0 6 9 | 0 2·4 | 0 5 5
" .. | " .. | N.W. 83 | .. | 76 2 4 | 5 0 | 19 5 0 | 0 3 | 0 9 8 | 0 2·4 | 0 7 9
" .. | " .. | N.E. 126 | .. | 38 0 0 | 5 0 | 9 10 0 | 0 3 | 0 4 9 | 0 2·4 | 0 3 10
" .. | " .. | N. 128 | .. | 89 0 0 | 5 0 | 22 5 0 | 0 3 | 0 11 2 | 0 2·4 | 0 8 11
" .. | " .. | 129 | .. | 40 0 0 | 5 0 | 10 0 0 | 0 3 | 0 5 0 | 0 2·4 | 0 4 0
" .. | " .. | N.E. 146 | .. | 38 0 28 | 5 0 | 9 10 0 | 0 3 | 0 4 9 | 0 2·4 | 0 3 10
" .. | " .. | S.W. 148 | .. | 19 0 0 | 7 6 | 7 2 6 | 0 4·5 | 0 3 7 | 0 3·6 | 0 2 10

Nearly all open fern and tea-tree land of poor quality ; situated about sixteen miles from Whangarei.

Otamatea .. | Mareretu* .. | 2 | .. | 65 1 0 | 7 6 | 24 7 6 | 0 4·5 | 0 12 3 | 0 3·6 | 0 9 9
" .. | " .. | S.E. 9 | .. | 59 1 16 | 7 6 | 22 2 6 | 0 4·5 | 0 11 1 | 0 3·6 | 0 8 10
" .. | " .. | N.W. 10 | .. | 50 2 26 | 7 6 | 19 2 6 | 0 4·5 | 0 9 7 | 0 3·6 | 0 7 8
" .. | " .. | S.E. 11 | .. | 89 0 0 | 7 6 | 33 7 6 | 0 4·5 | 0 16 8 | 0 3·6 | 0 13 4
" .. | " .. | 13, 14 | .. | 12 0 0 | 10 0 | 6 0 0 | 0 6 | 0 3 0 | 0 4·8 | 0 2 5
" .. | " .. | 18A | .. | 81 3 30 | 10 0 | 41 0 0 | 0 6 | 1 0 6 | 0 4·8 | 0 16 5
" .. | " .. | W. 27, 28 | .. | 93 1 0 | 15 0 | 69 15 0 | 0 9 | 1 14 11 | 0 7·2 | 1 7 11
" .. | " .. | S. 24 | .. | 15 2 10 | 10 0 | 8 0 0 | 0 6 | 0 4 0 | 0 4·8 | 0 3 3
" .. | " .. | S. 30, 31 | .. | 95 3 20 | 10 0 | 48 0 0 | 0 6 | 1 4 0 | 0 4·8 | 0 19 3
" .. | " .. | 33, 34 | .. | 139 2 0 | 10 0 | 70 0 0 | 0 6 | 1 15 0 | 0 4·8 | 1 8 0
" .. | " .. | S. 38 | .. | 33 2 0 | 7 6 | 12 15 0 | 0 4·5 | 0 6 5 | 0 3·6 | 0 5 2
" .. | " .. | N. 39, 40 | .. | 60 0 0 | 7 6 | 22 10 0 | 0 4·5 | 0 11 3 | 0 3·6 | 0 9 0
" .. | " .. | N.W. 42 | .. | 58 2 10 | 5 0 | 14 15 0 | 0 3 | 0 7 5 | 0 2·4 | 0 5 11
" .. | " .. | S.W. 45 | .. | 68 0 0 | 5 0 | 17 0 0 | 0 3 | 0 8 6 | 0 2·4 | 0 6 10
" .. | " .. | N.E. 46 | .. | 36 1 0 | 5 0 | 9 0 0 | 0 3 | 0 4 6 | 0 2·4 | 0 3 8
" .. | " .. | { S.E. 61, | .. | 79 0 10 | 10 0 | 39 10 0 | 0 6 | 0 19 9 | 0 4·8 | 0 15 10
" .. | " .. | { 62, N.E. | .. | | | | | | |
" .. | " .. | { 63 | .. | | | | | | |

Section 2, broken forest land ; soil fair ; well watered. Parts Sections 9, 10, 11, rough to undulating land ; soil fair ; bush scorched. Sections 13, 14, 18A, undulating land, soil fair. Sections 13 and 14 contain about 30 acres kahikatea forest and swamp. Section 20, soil of fair quality ; about 25 acres bush land, balance open. Sections 28 and W. 27, good soil ; 45 acres bush, 48 acres cleared and grassed. Section S. 24, all forest land ; fair soil. Sections 30 to 34, undulating forest land ; fair soil. Sections 33 and 34 comprise 20 acres kahikatea swamp. Section S. 38, undulating fern spurs and kahikatea swamp. Parts Sections 39 and 40, broken land with scorched bush. Parts Sections 42 to 46, open, poor land. Parts Sections 61 to 63, part poor and part of fair quality ; contains about sixteen kauri-trees, or about 60,000 sup. ft. timber. These lands are situated about sixteen miles from Mangapai.

Hobson .. | Waipoua .. | 19 | XII. | 105 2 0 | 15 0 | 79 10 0 | 0 9 | 1 19 9 | 0 7·2 | 1 11 10

Open land on coast south of Manganui Bluff, and at mouth of the Waihaupai Creek.

Manukau .. | Otau .. | 105 | .. | 31 0 0 | 15 0 | 23 5 0 | 0 9 | 0 11 8 | 0 7·2 | 0 9 4

All broken forest land on main Ness Valley–Otau Road, about eight miles from Clevedon.

Whangarei | Mangakahia | 30 | IV. | 398 0 0 | 10 0 | 199 0 0 | 0 6 | 4 19 6 | 0 4·8 | 3 19 8

Parish.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Administrator of the Government, this twenty-eighth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1897, No 45

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🗺️ Auckland Land Sale/Selection Opening (continued from previous page)

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated28 April 1897
KeywordsAuckland Land District, Rural Lands, Sale, Selection, Land Act 1892, Schedule, Land Prices, Lease in Perpetuity, Occupation with Right of Purchase
👩‍💼 Officials

His Excellency the Administrator of the Government
John McKenzie, Minister of Lands

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