New Zealand Gazette – 1899 – No. 16

Page 459

✨ Land Sales and Leases

Feb. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 459

Rural Lands in the Otago Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

Crown Lands Office, Dunedin, 14th December, 1898.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned land will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity on and after Wednesday, 1st March, 1899.
If there be more than one application received for the same section on the same day, then the priority of selection will be decided by ballot, at this office, on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.
Second-class Land.

County.	District.	ection.	Block.	Area.	Lease in Perpetuity: Rent, 4 per Cent.
					Rent per Acre per Annum.
				A. R. P.	s. d.
Taieri ..	Dunedin and East Taieri	46	II.	60 0 0	0 3·6
" ..	Silver Peak ..	16	I.	6 0 0	0 8·4
" ..	Dunedin and East Taieri	47	II.	6 2 35	0 7·2
" ..	Ditto ..	57	"	15 2 21	0 7·2

" Sections 46 and 16: Broken land, portion covered with fern and portion well grassed; situated adjacent to Taioma Railway-station; these sections are grouped, and offered as one allotment. Sections 47 and 57: Level to undulating and steep rising land; altitude, from 200 ft. to 600 ft. above sea-level; soil fair; partly agricultural; well watered; situated within three-quarters of a mile from Taioma Railway-station. Section 57 is weighted with valuation for improvements, £72 14s.

Maniototo .. | Maniototo .. | 9 | XVII. | 370 0 0 } | 0 8·4 | 10 12 10
" .. | " .. | 7 | XI. | 238 1 28 } | | |

Open agricultural land; water on Section 7. Situated about one mile from Komako Railway-station. These sections are grouped, and offered as one allotment. Valuation for improvements, £161 2s.

Taieri .. | Silver Peak .. | 12 | I. | 39 0 0 | 0 4·8 | 0 7 10
" .. | " .. | 13 | " | 7 1 3 | 0 6 | 0 1 9

" Section 12: Open broken section, rising to 975 ft. above sea-level; portion fern land; well watered; accessible by road, one mile from Taioma Railway-station. Section 13: Rather rough land; well watered; situated within half a mile from Taioma Railway-station.

Bruce .. | Table Hill.. | 21 | III. | 133 1 0 | 0 3·6 | 0 19 11
" .. | " .. | 29 | " | 109 2 20 | 0 3·6 | 0 16 6
" .. | " .. | 49 | " | 75 2 0 | 0 3·6 | 0 11 5

Rough hilly faces; well watered. Situated about four miles from Mount Stewart Railway-station.

Lake .. | Upper Wakatipu .. | 32 | I. | 95 1 16 | 0 6 | 1 3 9
" .. | " .. | 33 | " | 49 3 37 | 0 4·8 | 0 10 0
" .. | " .. | 34 | " | 50 0 0 | 0 4·8 | 0 10 0
" .. | " .. | 35 | " | 50 0 0 | 0 4·8 | 0 10 0
" .. | " .. | 36 | " | 55 1 35 | 0 4·8 | 0 11 0

Level land; soil of fair quality. Situated about four miles above the head of Lake Wakatipu. Valuation for improvements: Section 32, £178; Section 33, £9; Section 34, £7 4s.; Section 36, £14 8s.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Runs in the County of Ashburton for Lease by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, 12th January, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned pastoral runs will be offered for lease by public auction at the time and place hereunder noted.

SCHEDULE.
CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.
Pastoral Licenses under Part VI. of “The Land Act, 1892.”

Run No.	Name of Station.	County.	Area.	Upset Annual Rental.	Term of License.
			A. R. P.	£ s. d.
103	McRae’s Station ..	Ashburton	1,688 0 0	50 0 0	10 years.
106	Anama Station ..	"	7,000 0 0	350 0 0	14 "
107	Shepherd’s Bush Station ..	"	7,300 0 0	310 0 0	14 "
203	Part of Clent Hills Station	"	1,500 0 0	35 0 0	10 "

(To be offered at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on Monday, the 27th February, 1899, at 12 noon.)

Run No. 103, McRae’s Station, Ashburton County: Situate about four miles from Springburn Railway-station, on the south-eastern slopes of Mount Somers. The upper half is rough broken rocky country, is comparatively low country, fairly well grassed, and easy of access. The run is bounded on three sides by forest, and intersected by deep gullies covered with birch forest. Altitude from 2,000 ft. to 3,000 ft. above sea-level.

Run No. 106, Anama Station, Ashburton County: Situate about twelve miles from Mount Somers Railway-station, up the southern branch of the Ashburton River, and two miles southerly from it. It occupies the eastern slopes of the Moorhouse Range, near its termination. High pastoral country, though the lower slopes are good tussock hills.

Run No. 107, Shepherd’s Bush Station, Ashburton County: Situate about seven miles from Mount Somers Railway-station, and at the southern end of the Moorhouse Range, between it and the Rangitata River, which bounds it for a distance of six miles. High pastoral country, running up to 4,500 ft. above sea-level.

Run No. 203, part of Clent Hills Station, Ashburton County: Situate about seventeen miles from Mount Somers Railway-station, up the south branch of the Ashburton River, to the east side of which it has a frontage both above and below a piece of freehold which cuts into the run. Eastern portion flat and partly swamp; western portion low hills. There are two small lakes within the run, known as Maori Lakes.

S. WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1899, No 16

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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🗺️ Rural Lands in Otago Land District Open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated14 December 1898
KeywordsCrown land, Lease in perpetuity, Otago, Taieri, Maniototo, Bruce, Lake, Ballot, Land Act 1892
👩‍💼 Officials

J. P. Maitland, Commissioner of Crown Lands

🗺️ Pastoral Runs in Ashburton County for Lease by Public Auction

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated12 January 1899
KeywordsPastoral lease, Auction, Ashburton, McRae’s Station, Anama Station, Shepherd’s Bush Station, Clent Hills Station, Land Act 1892
👩‍💼 Officials

S. Weetman, Commissioner of Crown Lands

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