New Zealand Gazette – 1898 – No. 77

Page 1721

✨ Land Sales and Selections

Oct. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1721

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-first 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.

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.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Manukau .. | Hunua* .. | 89 | .. | 38 0 0 | 1 10 0 | 57 0 0 | 1 6 | 1 8 6 | 1 2·4 | 1 2 10
" .. | " .. | 91 | .. | 40 0 24 | 1 10 0 | 60 0 0 | 1 6 | 1 10 0 | 1 2·4 | 1 4 0
Section 89, 1 acre bush, balance open. Section 90, all open. Both lots partly improved, and situated eight miles from Hunua Railway-station.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Otamatea .. | Omaru* .. | 110 | .. | 69 0 0 | 0 12 0 | 41 8 0 | 0 7·2 | 1 0 9 | 0 5·76 | 0 16 7
" .. | " .. | N. 131 | .. | 57 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 28 10 0 | 0 6 | 0 14 3 | 0 4·8 | 0 11 5
" .. | " .. | W. 139 | .. | 60 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 30 0 0 | 0 6 | 0 15 0 | 0 4·8 | 0 12 0
Heavy mixed-forest lands; fairly good soil; about eight miles from Matakohe.

Bay of Isl’ds | Hukerenui.. | 13 | VI. | 50 0 0 | 0 7 0 | 17 10 0 | 0 4·2 | 0 8 9 | 0 3·36 | 0 7 0
Open land; more than half swamp; on main coach-road at Hukerenui.

Bay of Isl’ds | Hukerenui.. | 35 | V. | 92 1 0 | 0 10 0 | 46 0 0 | 0 6 | 1 3 0 | 0 4·8 | 0 18 6
" .. | " .. | 36 | " | | | | | | |
Level and undulating land, with some swamp; partly improved; near Towai, and close to main north road.

Mongonui | Takahue .. | 24 | XI. | 60 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 25 0 0 | 0 6 | 0 12 6 | 0 4·8 | 0 10 0
Mostly forest land, at one time partly improved; two miles from Takahue Post-office.

Rodney .. | Ahuroa* .. | N. 9 | .. | 42 3 32 | 0 10 0 | 21 10 0 | 0 6 | 0 10 9 | 0 4·8 | 0 8 8
" .. | " .. | S.E. 11 | .. | | | | | | |
Broken forest land, of fair quality; accessible by formed road; about four miles from Puhoi Post-office.

Waitemata | Kaukapakapa* | W. 103 | .. | 52 2 20 | 0 7 0 | 18 11 0 | 0 4·2 | 0 9 3 | 0 3·36 | 0 7 6
One-half high tea-tree, balance tea-tree scrub; inferior land; about two miles from Kaukapakapa Railway-station.

Rotorua .. | Rotorua .. | 3A | X. | 200 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 150 0 0 | 0 9 | 3 15 0 | 0 7·2 | 3 0 0
Open and mixed-forest land; good soil, and well watered; situated within the Maraeroa-Oturoa Block, about six miles from Ngongotaha Railway-station. Subject to £160 for house, fencing, grassing, garden, and orchard.

Waikato .. | W’ngamarino* | 457 | .. | 346 0 0 | 0 8 0 | 138 8 0 | 0 4·8 | 3 9 2 | 0 3·84 | 2 15 5
" .. | " .. | 496 | .. | 23 3 35 | 0 10 0 | 12 0 0 | 0 6 | 0 6 0 | 0 4·8 | 0 4 10
Section 457, about 200 acres fern slopes, balance heavy mixed forest; rather broken, but well watered; twenty miles from Wairangi. Section 496, open, undulating agricultural land; 30 ft. above sea-level; situated in middle of swamp; soil, decomposed pumice; a quarter of a mile from Waikare Lake.

Mongonui | Ahipara .. | 3 | I. | 423 1 5 | 0 12 0 | 253 16 0 | 0 7·2 | 6 6 11 | 0 5·76 | 5 1 6
One-fourth heavy raupo swamp; balance open, undulating to flat land; wet and swampy; situated about four miles from Kaitaia Post-office.

Hokianga .. | Mangamuka | 29 | IX. | 43 1 20 | 0 10 0 | 21 10 0 | 0 6 | 0 10 9 | 0 4·8 | 0 8 8
All broken land; about 5 acres forest, remainder open; medium clay soil; situated nearly opposite Rawene.

Hokianga .. | Mangamuka | 1 | XIII. | 514 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 257 0 0 | 0 6 | 6 8 6 | 0 4·8 | 5 2 10
Undulating to broken land of medium quality; covered with forest, containing totara, puriri, rimu, and maire; situated on Tapuae Estuary of Hokianga Harbour; about two miles by water.

Hobson .. | Maungaru.. | 11 | VIII. | 100 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 62 10 0 | 0 7·5 | 1 11 8 | 0 6 | 1 5 0
Half open land—fern and tea-tree, remainder mixed forest; soil fair, and well watered; situated near Wairoa River and Tangiteroria Wharf.

Hobson .. | Tekuri .. | 19 | II. | 69 3 0 | 0 7 0 | 24 10 0 | 0 4·5 | 0 12 3 | 0 3·6 | 0 9 10
Open land; on Taingahe Creek, Wairoa River, about three miles below Tikinui.

Piako .. | Aroha .. | 18 | XII. | 100 2 32 | 0 15 0 | 75 15 0 | 0 9 | 1 17 10 | 0 7·2 | 1 10 4
About 40 acres swamp, balance open; light soil, but fairly good; three miles and a half from Te Aroha Railway-station.

Whakatane | Waiawa .. | 1 | XV. | 1282 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 641 0 0 | 0 6 | 16 0 6 | 0 4·8 | 12 16 5
All forest land; about 200 acres flat, balance broken; good soil; situated on main Opotiki-Gisborne Road, about twenty miles from Opotiki.

Hobson .. | Tatarariki .. | 47A | .. | 237 2 17 | 0 10 0 | 119 0 0 | 0 6 | 2 19 6 | 0 4·8 | 2 7 8
" .. | " .. | 47B | .. | | | | | | |
Open land; near West Coast sandhills; four miles from Tikinui Wharf, Wairoa River.

Parish.

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

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands,

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1898, No 77

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🗺️ Declaration of rural lands in Auckland Land District open for sale or selection under Land Act 1892

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated18 October 1898
KeywordsLand Act 1892, Rural land, Auckland Land District, Sale, Selection, Lease in perpetuity, Cash price, Occupation with right of purchase
👩‍💼 Officials

Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, Governor
John McKenzie, Minister of Lands

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