New Zealand Gazette – 1898 – No. 74

Page 1621

✨ Land Sales and Selections



Oct. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1621

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 described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on and after the fourteenth day of December, 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.
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.
B. of Islands Motatau ... 17 } VIII. 211 2 19 7 0 74 4 0 0 4·2
" " ... 18 }
Open fern land, with some raupo and kahikatea swamp; about three miles from Towai Post-office. There is a small paling house on the section.
Whangaroa Totara* ... 17 ... 274 0 0 7 0 95 18 0 0 4·2
" " ... 20 ... 295 3 0 7 0 103 12 0 0 4·2
Rough country; forest mostly scorched; three miles from Post-office, Totara.
Whangarei. Ruakaka* 57 ... 162 0 0 7 0 56 13 0 0 4·2
" " N.E.58 ... 70 0 0 7 0 24 10 0 0 4·2
Broken land; forest partly burnt; about six miles from Marsden Point Wharf.
Otamatea ... Mareretu* {S.W.45} ... 104 1 0 7 0 36 8 0 0 4·2
" " {N.E.46}
Openland, sixteen miles from Mangapai.
Manukau ... Waiuku W.* 165 ... 41 0 0 15 0 30 15 0 0 9
Open fern and tea-tree land, on main road Waiuku to Maioro.
Manukau ... Waipipi* ... 398 ... 11 2 25 16 0 9 12 0 0 9·6
Open land at Te Toro Point, Waiuku Channel.
Raglan ... Waipa* ... 90 ... 50 0 0 12 0 30 0 0 0 7·2
Open and forest land on main dray-road; two miles from new bridge over Waipa River at Ngaruawahia.
Hokianga ... Whangape 24 I. 40 0 0 12 6 25 0 0 0 7·5
All good land, well watered, and covered with mixed forest—puriri, totara; situated half a mile from Broadwood.
Hokianga ... Waoku ... 53,54 IX. 99 0 0 10 0 49 10 0 0 6
Generally covered with mixed forest; soil good; situated two miles from Waimamaku Post-office.
Hokianga ... Waipoua ... 20 X. 75 2 0 12 0 45 12 0 0 7·2
Undulating to broken land, chiefly forest; soil generally volcanic clay; eight miles by dray-road from Kaihu Railway-station.
Hokianga ... Waoku ... 6 XIV. 607 0 0 12 0 364 4 0 0 7·2
Mixed-forest land on Waimamaku Valley Road, six miles from Waimamaku Post office.
Hokianga ... Waoku ... 18 XVI. 203 3 0 12 0 122 8 0 0 7·2
Forest land of fair quality, within the Auckland Special Settlement Block, and fronting the main Opanake-Hokianga Road.
Whakatane Matata* ... 108A ... 2000 0 0 6 0 600 0 0 0 3·6
" " ... 109 ... 1500 0 0 6 0 450 0 0 0 3·6
" " ... 110 ... 2000 0 0 6 0 600 0 0 0 3·6
" " ... 136A ... 500 0 0 6 0 150 0 0 0 3·6
" " ... 138A ... 505 0 0 6 0 151 10 0 0 3·6
" " ... 139 ... 500 0 0 6 0 150 0 0 0 3·6
" " ... 140 ... 500 0 0 6 0 150 0 0 0 3·6
" " ... 143 ... 500 0 0 6 0 150 0 0 0 3·6
" " ... 146 ... 492 0 0 6 0 147 12 0 0 3·6
" " ... 147 ... 509 0 0 6 0 152 14 0 0 3·6
" " ... 149 ... 500 0 0 6 0 150 0 0 0 3·6
" " ... 155 ... 506 0 0 6 0 151 16 0 0 3·6
More or less swamp lands, situated between the Tarawera and Rangitaiki Rivers, and from two to six miles from Matata Post-office.
Whakatane Rangitaiki* 61 ... 500 0 0 6 0 150 0 0 0 3·6
" " 62 ... 500 0 0 6 0 150 0 0 0 3·6
" " 65 ... 500 0 0 6 0 150 0 0 0 3·6
" " 67 ... 500 0 0 6 0 150 0 0 0 3·6
" " 69 ... 500 0 0 6 0 150 0 0 0 3·6
" " 70 ... 500 0 0 6 0 150 0 0 0 3·6
" " 71 ... 500 0 0 6 0 150 0 0 0 3·6
" " 73 ... 500 0 0 8 0 200 0 0 0 4·8
" " 74 ... 500 0 0 10 0 250 0 0 0 6
" " 75 ... 500 0 0 6 0 150 0 0 0 3·6
" " 76 ... 500 0 0 6 0 150 0 0 0 3·6
" " 78 ... 500 0 0 6 0 150 0 0 0 3·6
" " 80 ... 500 0 0 6 0 150 0 0 0 3·6
" " 81 ... 500 0 0 6 0 150 0 0 0 3·6
" " 84 ... 500 0 0 6 0 150 0 0 0 3·6
" " 85 ... 500 0 0 10 0 250 0 0 0 6
" " 86 ... 250 0 0 6 0 75 0 0 0 3·6
" " 87 ... 500 0 0 6 0 150 0 0 0 3·6
" " 88 ... 500 0 0 10 0 250 0 0 0 6
All more or less swamp lands, situated from six to nine miles from Whakatane.

B

*Parish.



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🗺️ Declaration of Rural Lands in Auckland Land District Open for Sale or Selection

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
13 October 1898
Land Sale, Land Selection, Auckland Land District, Rural Land, Land Act 1892, Cash Price, Lease in Perpetuity
  • Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, Governor of the Colony of New Zealand