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✨ Rural Lands Sale Schedule

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 42

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

RANFURLY, 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, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, 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-seventh day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight; 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.

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.
Raglan ..	Onewhero ..	1	XIII.	206 0 0	0 12 6	128 15 0	0 7·5
" ..	" ..	2	"	313 0 0	0 12 6	195 12 6	0 7·5
" ..	" ..	3	"	369 0 0	0 11 0	202 19 0	0 6·6
" ..	" ..	4	"	429 0 0	0 11 0	235 19 0	0 6·6
" ..	" ..	5	"	362 0 0	0 12 6	226 5 0	0 7·5
" ..	" ..	6	"	410 0 0	0 11 0	225 10 0	0 6·6
" ..	" ..	1	XIV.	398 0 0	0 12 0	238 16 0	0 7·2
" ..	" ..	2	"	340 0 0	0 13 0	221 0 0	0 7·8
" ..	" ..	3	"	375 0 0	0 13 0	243 15 0	0 7·8
" ..	" ..	4	"	370 0 0	0 13 0	240 10 0	0 7·8
" ..	" ..	6	"	361 0 0	0 12 6	225 12 6	0 7·5
" ..	" ..	7	"	404 0 0	0 12 0	242 8 0	0 7·2

All the above sections are broken to undulating volcanic clay to limestone lands, covered with good forest, and well watered. They are situated at the south-west corner of Opuatia Block, about six to ten miles each way from Onewhero and Port Waikato.

Raglan .. | Onewhero .. | 1 | XII. | 190 0 0 | 0 17 6 | 166 5 0 | 0 10·5 | 4 3 1 | 0 8·4 | 3 6 6

All flat agricultural land; 180 acres mixed forest, remainder open; good soil; well watered.

Raglan .. | Onewhero .. | 3 | XII. | 260 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 130 0 0 | 0 6 | 3 5 0 | 0 4·8 | 2 12 0

50 acres mixed forest, 10 acres swamp, remainder open fern land; soil fair.

Raglan .. | Onewhero .. | 4 | XII. | 450 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 225 0 0 | 0 6 | 5 12 6 | 0 4·8 | 4 10 0

100 acres mixed forest, remainder fern and scrub; soil fair.

Raglan .. | Onewhero .. | 5 | XII. | 237 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 177 15 0 | 0 9 | 4 8 10 | 0 7·2 | 3 11 1

200 acres mixed forest, balance fern and scrub; soil fair to good; well watered.

Raglan .. | Onewhero .. | 6 | XII. | 204 0 0 | 0 7 5 | 76 10 0 | 0 4·5 | 1 18 3 | 0 3·6 | 1 10 7

Open land; fern and tea-tree; well watered.

Raglan .. | Onewhero .. | 7 | XII. | 277 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 103 17 6 | 0 4·5 | 2 11 11 | 0 3·6 | 2 1 6

Open land, covered with fern and tea-tree; 30 acres fair soil; well watered.

Raglan .. | Onewhero .. | 2 | XII. | 242 0 0 | 0 17 6 | 211 15 0 | 0 10·5 | 5 5 10 | 0 8·4 | 4 4 8

" .. | Maramarua.. | 1 | IX. |

Flat agricultural land; 80 acres open, remainder mixed forest; soil good; well watered.

Raglan .. | Maramarua.. | 3 | IX. | 388 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 145 10 0 | 0 4·5 | 3 12 9 | 0 3·6 | 2 18 2

" .. | Onewhero .. | 8 | XII. |

Open fern land; undulating and broken; well watered.

Raglan .. | Onewhero .. | 9 | XII. | 434 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 162 15 0 | 0 4·5 | 4 1 4 | 0 3·6 | 3 5 1

" .. | " .. | 2 | XVI. |

Undulating and broken land; about 200 acres fair quality, with about 30 acres bush; well watered.

Raglan .. | Onewhero .. | 10 | XII. |

" .. | " .. | 3 | XVI. | 372 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 139 10 0 | 0 4·5 | 3 9 9 | 0 3·6 | 2 15 9

" .. | Maramarua.. | 4 | IX. |

" .. | " .. | 1 | XIII. |

Undulating land, covered with fern and manuka; no water.

Raglan .. | Onewhero .. | 11 | XII. | 432 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 216 0 0 | 0 6 | 5 8 0 | 0 4·8 | 4 6 5

" .. | " .. | 1 | XVI. |

Broken and undulating pastoral land; soil fair to good; well watered; 200 acres mixed forest, balance fern and scrub.

Raglan .. | Onewhero .. | 5 | XVI. | 353 0 0 | 0 8 0 | 141 4 0 | 0 4 | 3 10 7 | 0 3·84 | 2 16 5

20 acres forest, remainder open land of fair quality; undulating; fairly watered.

Raglan .. | Onewhero .. | 6 | XVI. | 308 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 154 0 0 | 0 6 | 3 17 0 | 0 4·8 | 3 1 7

Broken and undulating land of fair quality; half open and half mixed forest; fairly watered.

Raglan .. | Onewhero .. | 7 | XVI. | 364 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 182 0 0 | 0 6 | 4 11 0 | 0 4·8 | 3 12 10

About 150 acres mixed forest, 64 acres tall scrub, 30 acres swamp, remainder open fern land; soil fair to good; well watered.

Raglan .. | Onewhero .. | 4 | XVI. | 430 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 161 5 0 | 0 4·5 | 4 0 7 | 0 3·6 | 3 4 6

" .. | Maramarua.. | 2 | XIII. |

Broken and undulating; 100 acres forest, with two or three kauri-trees; 20 acres swamp.

Raglan .. | Maramarua.. | 2 | IX. | 210 0 0 | 0 17 6 | 183 15 0 | 0 10·5 | 4 11 10 | 0 8·4 | 3 13 7

Flat agricultural land; good soil; fairly watered; 190 acres mixed forest, remainder tea-tree scrub and fern.

Raglan .. | Maramarua.. | 3 | XIII. | 372 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 139 10 0 | 0 4·5 | 3 9 9 | 0 3·6 | 2 15 9

About 100 acres swamp, balance broken; about half mixed forest; well watered.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1898, No 42

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

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated27 July 1898
KeywordsLand sale, Land selection, Auckland, Raglan County, Onewhero, Maramarua, Schedule, Prices, Cash purchase, Occupation with right of purchase, Lease in perpetuity
👩‍💼 Officials

Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, Governor of the Colony of New Zealand

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