New Zealand Gazette – 1899 – No. 17

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✨ Land Sale Notices

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 17

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-ninth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine; 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.”

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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.
				A. R. P.	Per Acre.	Rent per Acre.	Rent per Acre.
				s. d.	Total Price.	Half-yearly Rent.	Half-yearly Rent.
Whangarei..	Opuawhanga	17	XIII.	1,006 3 15	7 6	377 12 6	0 4·5
" ..	"	13	XIV.		7 6	344 12 6	0 4·5
" ..	"	12	"	919 0 0
" ..	Whangarei	3	IV.

Chieﬂy broken forest land, medium quality; from one mile and a half to two miles and a half from Ngunguru Harbour and Post-office. Originally part of Toiroa Block.

Waikato .. | Kirikiriroa* | 52A | .. | 229 0 0 | 10 0 | 114 10 0 | 0 6 | 2 17 3 | 0 4·8 | 2 5 10
" .. | " | 58, 59 | .. | 117 3 25 | 10 0 | 59 0 0 | 0 6 | 1 9 6 | 0 4·8 | 1 3 8
" .. | " | 61A | .. | 209 0 0 | 10 0 | 104 10 0 | 0 6 | 2 12 3 | 0 4·8 | 2 1 10

Sections 52A, 61A, open swamp land, with patches of tea-tree; the swamp can easily be drained from north-east corner. Sections 58, 59, open land; about 58 acres fair swamp, 60 acres tea-tree and gorse, balance open. These sections are on the main formed road, from three miles and a half to four miles from Hamilton Township.

Hokianga .. | Waoku .. | 38 | IX. | 50 0 0 | 10 0 | 25 0 0 | 0 6 | 0 12 6 | 0 4·8 | 0 10 0

Situated in Waimamaku Settlement, on the main Pakanae-Opanoni Road; has been partly cleared of the forest.

Raglan .. | Karioi* .. | N.W. 55 | .. | 53 1 0 | 12 6 | 38 2 6 | 0 7·5 | 0 16 7 | 0 6 | 0 13 3
" .. | " .. | 49, W. 45 | .. | 220 1 0 | 10 0 | 110 0 0 | 0 6 | 2 15 0 | 0 4·8 | 2 4 0
" .. | " .. | N.W. 48 | .. | 39 0 0 | 10 0 | 19 10 0 | 0 6 | 0 9 9 | 0 4·8 | 0 7 16
" .. | " .. | 43 | .. | 129 3 0 | 12 6 | 81 5 0 | 0 7·5 | 2 0 8 | 0 6 | 1 12 6
" .. | " .. | N. 10 | .. | 42 2 0 | 10 0 | 21 10 0 | 0 6 | 0 10 9 | 0 4·8 | 0 8 8
" .. | " .. | S. 10 | .. | 21 2 0 | 10 0 | 11 0 0 | 0 6 | 0 5 6 | 0 4·8 | 0 4 5

Undulating to broken bush land; fair light soil, and well watered. Situated from four to five miles from Raglan.

Rotorua .. | Rotorua .. | 3 | II. | 968 0 0 | 8 0 | 387 4 0 | 0 4·8 | 9 13 7 | 0 3·84 | 7 14 10
" .. | " .. | 4 | III. | | 10 0 | 181 10 0 | 0 6 | 4 10 9 | 0 4·8 | 3 12 7
" .. | " .. | 3 | " | 363 0 0 | | | | | | |

All more or less broken forest land; good light soil, and fairly well watered, fronting formed branch road. Section 3, Block III., is on main Rotorua-Oropi coach-road, ten miles from Ngongotaha.

Parish.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-eighth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

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Rural Lands in the Southland 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-ninth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine; 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.”

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1899, No 17

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🗺️ Rural Lands in Auckland District Open for Sale or Selection (continued from previous page)

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated28 January 1899
KeywordsLand sale, Land selection, Auckland District, Whangarei, Waikato, Hokianga, Raglan, Rotorua, Cash price, Occupation with right of purchase, Lease in perpetuity
👩‍💼 Officials

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

🗺️ Rural Lands in Southland District Open for Sale or Selection

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated28 January 1899
KeywordsLand sale, Land selection, Southland District, Cash price, Occupation with right of purchase, Lease in perpetuity
👩‍💼 Officials

Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, Governor

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