New Zealand Gazette – 1898 – No. 46

Page 1025

✨ Land Selections and Timber Tenders

June 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1025

Rural Land in Southland District open for Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office, Invercargill, 16th May, 1898.

THE under-mentioned Crown land will be open for selection, in terms of sections 121 and 136 of “The Land Act, 1892,” for lease in perpetuity, on and after Thursday, the 7th July, 1898.

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

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SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

County.	Survey District.	Section.	Block.	Area.	Lease in Perpetuity: Rent, 4 per Cent.
					Rent per Acre per Annum.
Southland ..	Waikawa ..	33	II.	A. R. P. 10 2 3	s. d. 2 2·4

This section is covered with bush, from which all marketable timber has been removed by sawmillers. Soil, clay; well watered; varying in height above sea-level from 50 ft. to 150 ft. Distance from Waikawa Township about one quarter-mile.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, 13th June, 1898.

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 20th July, 1898.

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

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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.
Whangarei	Waipu Parish	349	..	A. R. P. 412 0 0	s. d. 7 6	£ s. d. 154 10 0	s. d. 0 4·5

All mixed-forest land; broken, with flat ridges; well watered; soil medium; nine miles from Waipu. Contains a few scattered kauri-trees of no commercial value.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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Tenders for Native Timber, New Zealand Railways.

Railway Department (Head Office), Wellington, 20th June, 1898.

THE under-mentioned successful and unsuccessful tender rates for supply of native timber for 1898–99 for the New Zealand Railways are published for general information.

T. RONAYNE,
General Manager, New Zealand Railways.

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Tenderer.	Rimu.	White-pine.	Matai.	Totara.	Remarks.
	All-heart.	Ordinary Building.

SAWN TIMBER, CHRISTCHURCH.
W. White and Co. .. ..	17/6	12/0	11/8	18/0	23/0
J. Waller and Son .. ..	18/0	12/0	11/9	18/3	23/0
J. T. Brown and Son .. ..	18/0	12/2	11/9	18/4	23/6
R. W. England .. ..	18/0	12/0	12/0	18/3	23/0
William Stephens and Co. .. ..	18/0	12/2	11/9	18/0	23/0

WROUGHT TIMBER, CHRISTCHURCH.
W. White and Co. .. ..	21/6	16/3	15/8	21/6	26/0
J. Waller and Son .. ..	21/9	16/6	15/9	21/9	27/0
J. T. Brown and Son .. ..	21/9	17/0	16/0	22/4	27/0
R. W. England .. ..	21/8	16/4	16/4	21/6	26/6
William Stephens and Co. .. ..	22/0	16/6	15/9	22/0	27/0

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1898, No 46

In 1865 Parliament moved to Wellington and sat in the Wellington Provincial Council Chambers (depicted). Gradually expanded into a larger complex of buildings, it was replaced by the General Assembly Library in 1899

✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🗺️ Rural Land in Southland District Open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated16 May 1898
KeywordsSouthland, Waikawa, Lease in Perpetuity, Crown Land, Ballot, Bush Land, Clay Soil
👩‍💼 Officials

D. Barron, Commissioner of Crown Lands

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

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated13 June 1898
KeywordsAuckland, Whangarei, Waipu, Cash Sale, Lease in Perpetuity, Occupation with Right of Purchase, Mixed Forest
👩‍💼 Officials

Gerhard Mueller, Commissioner of Crown Lands

🚂 Tenders for Native Timber Supply to New Zealand Railways

Domain🚂 Transport & Communications
Dated20 June 1898
KeywordsNew Zealand Railways, Native Timber, Tenders, Rimu, Matai, Totara, Christchurch, Accepted, Declined
👱🏽 Names

W. White, Accepted tenderer for sawn and wrought timber
J. Waller, Declined tenderer for sawn and wrought timber
J. T. Brown, Declined tenderer for sawn and wrought timber
R. W. England, Declined tenderer for sawn and wrought timber
William Stephens, Declined tenderer for sawn and wrought timber

👩‍💼 Officials

T. Ronayne, General Manager, New Zealand Railways

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