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✨ Land Sales and Pastoral Licenses

Dec. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1967

SCHEDULE.

Run No.	Area.	Locality.	Upset Annual Rental.	Term.
	Acres.		£ s. d.
9	18,000	Upper Kokatahi Valley	18 0 0	10 years from 1st March, 1900.
13	20,000	Poerua Valley	10 0 0	10 years from 1st March, 1899.
15	6,500	Totara Valley..	6 10 0	10 years from 1st March, 1900.
17	9,000	Waikupakupa Valley	9 0 0	10 years from 1st March, 1900.
28	24,000	Waitaha Valley	24 0 0	10 years from 1st March, 1900.
61	5,000	Waiho Valley..	5 0 0	10 years from 1st March, 1900.
69	10,000	Cascade Valley	5 0 0	10 years from 1st March, 1899.
118	2,200	Koitirangi ..	2 2 0	10 years from 1st March, 1899.

Run No. 9, 18,000 acres, Upper Kokatahi Valley: Principally bush-clad hillsides; all cattle country; easy of access by Browning, Kokatahi, and Toaroha River-beds from Main Road. About twenty miles from Town of Hokitika.

Run No. 13, 20,000 acres, Poerua Valley: Rough forest; steep mountain-faces for the most part; contains a few open islands on river-bed, also light scrub-covered strip along banks. Access by open river-bed from Main Road, distant one mile.

Run No. 15, 6,500 acres, Totara Valley, near Waiho: Comprises high terraces and spurs, covered with shaggy forest; only fitted for cattle. Access by open bed of Totara River from Main South Road.

Run No. 17, 9,000 acres: Takes in almost all the timbered watershed of the Waikupakupa River; cattle-feed only. Access from Ocean Beach and Main South Road.

Run No. 28, 24,000 acres: Occupies the upper valley of Waitaha River; mainly bush-covered slopes of adjoining mountains, with scrubby margin of flat land along banks of river. Access from Main South Road, via open river-bed.

Run No. 61, 5,000 acres: Principally steep sidlings and hummocky terraces, all covered with dense bush; cattle-feed only. Access from Main South Road.

Run No. 69, 10,000 acres, Cascade River: Chiefly cattle-feed, on slopes of bush-clad hills. Access by Barn Bay. Track from Main Road.

Run No. 118, 2,200 acres: Comprises almost the whole of Koitirangi Hill; limestone formation, and bush-feed. Close to Hokitika Road.

W. G. MURRAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, 17th October, 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 day of December, 1898.

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.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Otamatea | Tokatoka .. | 56 | XI. | 171 3 7 | 2 10 0 | 430 0 0 | 2 6 | 10 15 0 | 1 11·8 | 8 12 0
Rich reclaimed swamp land; about three miles from steamer-landing at Raupo Village, by steamer from Helensville or Dargaville.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Mangonui | Rangaunu .. | 8 | VIII. | 96 2 0 | 0 7 6 | 36 7 6 | 0 4·5 | 0 18 2 | 0 3·6 | 0 14 7
Open land, mostly wiwi swamp, with patches of good land; six miles from Taipa and ten miles from Mangonui.

Mangonui | Hohoura East| 8 | XI. | 46 1 11 | 0 5 0 | 11 10 0 | 0 3 | 0 5 9 | 0 2·4 | 0 4 7
Open sandy land on west side Hohoura Harbour.

Manukau.. | Karaka* .. | 111 | .. | 38 0 25 | 0 10 0 | 19 0 0 | 0 6 | 0 9 6 | 0 4·8 | 0 7 7
" .. | " .. | 114 | .. | 21 0 24 | 0 10 0 | 10 10 0 | 0 6 | 0 5 3 | 0 4·8 | 0 4 3
" .. | " .. | 115 | .. | 20 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 10 0 0 | 0 6 | 0 5 0 | 0 4·8 | 0 4 0
Open land, two miles and a half from Runciman.

Waikato .. | Whangama-rino* | 42 | .. | 41 1 8 | 0 10 0 | 20 10 0 | 0 6 | 0 10 3 | 0 4·8 | 0 8 3
Half forest and half open land, about ten miles from Ohinewai Railway-station.

Tauranga | Tepapa* .. | 539 | .. | 422 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 211 0 0 | 0 6 | 5 5 6 | 0 4·8 | 4 4 5
" .. | " .. | 572 | .. | 199 2 0 | 0 10 0 | 100 0 0 | 0 6 | 2 10 0 | 0 4·8 | 2 0 0
Section 539, forest and open land of fair quality; two miles from Oropi Post-office. Section 572, fern and scrub land; a mile and a half from Oropi.

Rotorua .. | Rotorua .. | 9 | VI. | 500 0 0 | 12 0 0 | 300 0 0 | 0 7·2 | 7 10 0 | 0 5·76 | 6 0 0
" .. | " .. | 7 | X. | 200 0 0 | 12 0 0 | 120 0 0 | 0 7·2 | 3 0 0 | 0 5·76 | 2 8 0
" .. | " .. | 8 | " | 200 0 0 | 12 0 0 | 120 0 0 | 0 7·2 | 3 0 0 | 0 5·76 | 2 8 0
" .. | " .. | 8A | " | 200 0 0 | 12 0 0 | 120 0 0 | 0 7·2 | 3 0 0 | 0 5·76 | 2 8 0
" .. | " .. | 9 | " | 200 0 0 | 12 0 0 | 120 0 0 | 0 7·2 | 3 0 0 | 0 5·76 | 2 8 0
" .. | " .. | 10 | " | 200 0 0 | 12 0 0 | 120 0 0 | 0 7·2 | 3 0 0 | 0 5·76 | 2 8 0
" .. | " .. | 2 | " | 200 0 0 | 12 0 0 | 120 0 0 | 0 7·2 | 3 0 0 | 0 5·76 | 2 8 0
" .. | " .. | 2A | " | 200 0 0 | 12 0 0 | 120 0 0 | 0 7·2 | 3 0 0 | 0 5·76 | 2 8 0
" .. | " .. | 3B | " | 200 0 0 | 12 0 0 | 120 0 0 | 0 7·2 | 3 0 0 | 0 5·76 | 2 8 0
" .. | " .. | 6A | " | 252 2 0 | 12 0 0 | 151 16 0 | 0 7·2 | 8 15 11 | 0 5·76 | 3 0 9
" .. | " .. | 7A | " | 200 0 0 | 12 0 0 | 120 0 0 | 0 7·2 | 3 0 0 | 0 5·76 | 2 8 0
All more or less mixed-forest lands; soil light, but fairly good; not well watered owing to the porous nature of the soil. Situated from three to four miles from Mamaku Railway-station (Rotorua), and known as the Maraeroa-Oturoa Block.

Parish.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1898, No 87

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

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🗺️ Schedule of Pastoral Licenses for Auction in Westland Land District

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated15 November 1898
KeywordsPastoral Licenses, Auction, Westland, Hokitika, Land Office
👩‍💼 Officials

W. G. Murray, Commissioner of Crown Lands

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

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated17 October 1898
KeywordsLand Sale, Land Selection, Auckland, Crown Lands, Land Act 1892
👩‍💼 Officials

Gerhard Mueller, Commissioner of Crown Lands

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