New Zealand Gazette – 1898 – No. 67

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✨ Land Sales and Geographic Name Change



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 67

Rural Lands in the Nelson 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 second day of November, 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 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.
NELSON 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.
Waimea Wai-iti 188 Sq. 2 252 3 16 0 7 6 94 17 6 0 4·5
Waimea Motueka {79} Sq. 3 179 1 19 0 7 6 67 2 6 0 4·5
{85}
Section 79 is fenced all round, partially cleared and grassed, remainder bush, principally birch. Section 85 is partly fenced, and a portion cleared and in grass. These sections are jointly loaded with the sum of £75 for improvements effected on the land.
Collingwood Takaka 48 Sq. 11 38 0 0 1 0 0 38 0 0 1 0
About half an acre cleared but overgrown with briars, &c. This section is weighted with £20 for improvements.
Waimea Motueka 25 II. 52 0 32 0 6 0 15 12 0 0 3·6
Rough spurs and gullies covered with red-, white-, and black-birch.
Buller Kongahu 24 II. 58 0 2 0 10 0 29 0 0 0 6
Good land, timbered with birch and pine; swampy, and liable to be flooded.
Collingwood Takaka 6 VII. 66 2 0 0 6 0 19 19 0 0 3·6
About a quarter bush, remainder fern and manuka.
Waimea Wai-iti {6} IX. 244 0 0 0 6 0 73 4 0 0 3·6
{7} XIII.
Fern hills and gullies.
Waimea Waimea 1 and 2 V. 101 0 28 0 6 0 30 6 0 0 3·6
Low hills covered with manuka, scrub, and fern.
Waimea Motueka 2 II. 97 3 0 0 6 0 29 8 0 0 3·6
3 " 99 3 0 0 6 0 30 0 0 0 3·6
Rough hills, covered with birch bush.
Waimea Motueka 123 Sq. 3 99 3 22 0 6 0 30 0 0 0 3·6
Rough broken hills, covered with fern and patches of scrub.
Waimea Motueka 105A VIII. 160 0 0 0 5 0 40 0 0 0 3

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this thirtieth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Altering the Name of the Town of Birmingham.

(l.s.) RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by sections two and three of “The Designation of Districts Act, 1894” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is provided that the Governor in Council may, at the request or with the consent of the Council of any county, city, or borough, alter the geographical name or designation of any place or locality in the colony:

And whereas the Kiwitea County Council has requested that the present name of “Birmingham,” within the County of Kiwitea, be altered as hereinafter mentioned, and it appears expedient to comply with such request:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby proclaim and declare that the Township of Birmingham, in the County of Kiwitea aforesaid, shall, on and after the fourth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, be called and known by the name of “Kimbolton,” and the name of the said Township of Birmingham is hereby altered accordingly.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly; Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this first day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

R. J. SEDDON.

Approved in Council.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting-Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!



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🗺️ Rural Lands in the Nelson Land District open for Sale or Selection

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
30 August 1898
Land Sale, Land Selection, Nelson Land District, Rural Land, Schedule, Cash Purchase, Occupation with Right of Purchase, Lease in Perpetuity
  • Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, Governor of the Colony of New Zealand
  • John McKenzie, Minister of Lands

🏘️ Altering the Name of the Town of Birmingham to Kimbolton

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
1 August 1898
Geographic Name Change, Proclamation, Township, Kiwitea County, Birmingham, Kimbolton
  • Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, Governor of the Colony of New Zealand
  • R. J. Seddon
  • J. F. Andrews, Acting-Clerk of the Executive Council