Rural Land Sales and Selection




Aug. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1343

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

District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, 18th July, 1898.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands 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 21st September, 1898.

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

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.
A. R. P. s. d. £ s. d. s. d.
Bay of I’ds. Omapere* 15 .. 38 3 0 10 0 19 10 0 0 6
" Omapere 1 VI. 96 0 0 7 6 36 0 0 0 4·5
" " 8 VII. 113 0 0 7 6 42 7 6 0 4·5
Section 15, open land, partly improved; about two miles from Okaihau. Section 1, undulating land. Section 8, broken forest land, well watered; near Okaihau Settlement.
Hokianga Whangape 27 II. 40 0 0 12 6 25 0 0 0 7·5
" " 28 " 40 0 0 12 6 25 0 0 0 7·5
" " 36 " 46 0 0 12 6 28 15 0 0 7·5
" " 37 " 90 2 0 12 6 56 17 6 0 7·5
All good land, covered with mixed forest and well watered; situated three miles from Broadwood Post-office.
Hokianga Whangape 12 I. 56 0 0 7 6 21 0 0 0 4·5
Broken land, mixed forest, well watered, and soil of fair quality; two miles from Broadwood.
Hokianga Waipoua 21 XI. 111 1 0 15 0 83 5 0 0 9
" " 22 " 152 0 0 15 0 114 0 0 0 9
Undulating to broken volcanic clay land, covered with mixed forest; situated eight miles from Opunake.
Hokianga Mangamuka 11 VII. 261 0 0 7 6 97 17 6 0 4·5
Fern and tea-tree land, fronting Orira Estuary, Hokianga; about seven miles from Rawene by water.
Hokianga Omapere 14 V. 181 0 0 10 0 90 10 0 0 6
Generally mixed-forest land, well watered, and soil good; about six miles from Okaihau Settlement.
Hokianga Waoku 37 I. 50 0 0 10 0 25 0 0 0 6
About 20 acres mixed forest, balance open land; on main road Rawene to Hokianga Heads, about five miles from Rawene.
Whangarei Owhiwa* 197 .. 65 2 0 10 0 33 0 0 0 6
Undulating to broken forest land, on main road, four miles from Parua Bay Post-office.
Whangarei Whangarei 4 II. 260 0 0 10 0 130 0 0 0 6
Broken forest land; the forest is a good deal burnt; situated about three miles from Ngunguru Post-office.
Whangarei Whangarei 3A VI. 97 0 36 5 0 24 5 0 0 3
Generally open land; situated eight miles from Whangarei.
Whangarei Opuawhanga S.6 XII. 74 3 23 7 6 28 2 6 0 4·5
Broken land, covered with mixed forest; situated nine miles from the Hikurangi Railway-station.
Whangarei Owhiwa* 232 .. 45 0 0 7 6 16 17 6 0 4·5
Broken land, mixed forest, partly burnt; five miles from Parua Bay.
Waitemata Makarau* 66 .. 64 2 0 7 0 22 15 0 0 4·2
Broken clay land, about one-third covered with mixed forest; portion of the section has been grassed; situated one mile and a half from Waitangi Railway-station.
Mangonui Ahipara 2 III. 169 0 0 5 0 42 5 0 0 3
Open land, on the coast at Reef Point; about four miles from Ahipara and fourteen miles from Kaitaia.
Mangonui Hohoura East 4 XV. 26 2 0 5 0 6 15 0 0 3
Open land, near Hohoura Harbour and Ariawa Creek.
Manukau Papakura* 35 .. 212 0 0 12 0 127 4 0 0 7·2
Open swampy lands, covered with tea-tree, flax, and gorse; one mile from Papakura Railway-station.
Manukau Otau* 91 .. 460 0 0 10 0 230 0 0 0 6
Undulating to broken forest country; soil of fair quality; well watered, and fronting formed road; eighteen miles from Papakura Railway-station, and thirteen miles from Clevedon Post-office.
Rotorua .. Waihi South 1 IX. 510 0 0 9 6 242 5 0 0 5·7
Undulating to level land; light soil, and takes grass well; about fifteen miles from Maketu.
  • Parish.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.



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

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
18 July 1898
Auckland Land District, Rural land, Sale, Selection, Cash, Occupation with right of purchase, Lease in perpetuity, Land Act 1892, Schedule
  • Gerhard Mueller, Commissioner of Crown Lands