Native Land Restrictions and Rural Land Sales




Jan. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 43

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land, situate at Petone, in the Provincial District of Wellington, known as Subdivision Q of Sections 2 and 3, Hutt District, being the whole of the land comprised in Land Transfer certificate of title dated the 29th day of January, 1897, Vol. lxxxvii., folio 43, containing the following restrictions: “Inalienable by sale or by mortgage, or by lease beyond twenty-one years, without the consent of the Governor.”

All that parcel of land, situate at Petone, in the Provincial District of Wellington, known as Subdivision G of Sections 1 and 2, Hutt District, being the whole of the land comprised in Land Transfer certificate of title dated the 8th day of October, 1886, Vol. xliii., folio 46, containing the following restrictions: “Inalienable by sale, or by lease beyond twenty-one years, without the consent of the Governor.”

All that parcel of land, situate at Petone, in the Provincial District of Wellington, known as Subdivision L of Sections 1 and 2, Hutt District, being the whole of the land comprised in Land Transfer certificate of title dated the 8th day of October, 1886, Vol. xliii., folio 47, containing the following restrictions: “Inalienable by sale, or by lease beyond twenty-one years, without the consent of the Governor.”

All that parcel of land, situate at Petone, in the Provincial District of Wellington, known as Lot A of Section 1, Block XIII., Belmont Survey District, being the whole of the land comprised in Land Transfer certificate of title dated the 8th day of October, 1886, Vol. xliii., folio 40, containing the following restrictions: “Inalienable by sale, or by lease beyond twenty-one years, without the consent of the Governor.”

All that parcel of land, situate at Petone, in the Provincial District of Wellington, containing 4 acres and 30 perches, more or less, known as Subdivision 9A of Sections 2 and 3, Hutt District, held under partition order of the Native Land Court dated the 1st day of March, 1888, in favour of Komene Paipa, and containing the following restrictions: “Inalienable by sale, or by lease for a longer period than twenty-one years, or by mortgage, except with the consent of the Governor being previously obtained to every such sale, lease, or mortgage.”

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

T. THOMPSON,
For the Native Minister.


Removal of Restrictions on Alienation of Native Land.

RANFURLY, Governor.

WHEREAS application has been made to the Governor by the owners of the land described in the Schedule hereto, praying that the restrictions on the alienation of such land contained in the Crown grant bearing date the twenty-first day of October, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, may be removed: And whereas inquiry has been duly made by the Native Land Court, and the said Court has recommended that such restrictions be removed: Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the fifty-second section of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” and in accordance with the recommendation of the Native Land Court, doth hereby order and declare that all restrictions imposed by the said Crown grant on the alienation of the said land are hereby removed.


SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land, containing 90 acres, more or less, situate in the Provincial District of Auckland, being the land known as Allotment No. 216A, Parish of Waipipi, held under Crown grant dated the 21st day of October, 1865, in favour of Takutai Castle, and containing the following restrictions: “Provided that no disposition of the said land shall be made by the grantee, either by way of sale or mortgage.”

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

T. THOMPSON,
For the Native Minister.


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-seventh 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.”


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.
Kawhia .. Mangaorongo 1 I. 173 2 16 10 0 87 0 0 0 6
All open land and flat; about 20 acres swamp; covered with fern and manuka; soil light, but fit for both agricultural and pastoral farming; section well watered. Access by made road from Otorohanga, distant four miles, and Kiokio Railway-station, about two miles.
Kawhia .. Mangaorongo 5 I. 74 0 29 10 0 37 0 0 0 6
Undulating land, covered with fern and manuka; suited for pastoral farming; soil light, but capable of carrying fair grass; land well watered; northern boundary fenced. Access by road from Otorohanga, distant about four miles; about two miles from Kiokio Railway-station.
Kawhia .. Mangaorongo 1 II. 334 1 18 15 0 250 10 0 0 9
About one-third undulating land, balance flat, a considerable portion being swampy, but easily drained; covered with fern and manuka; the soil is light, but would carry fair grass; well watered, and situated five miles from Otorohanga.
Kawhia and West Taupo Mangaorongo 2 II. 525 0 0 15 0 393 15 0 0 9
Undulating country, covered with fern and manuka; suited for agricultural or pastoral farming; well watered, and accessible by road, six miles from Otorohanga and four miles from Kiokio Railway-station.


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🪶 Removal of Restrictions on Alienation of Native Land (continued from previous page)

🪶 Māori Affairs
7 January 1899
Native land, Alienation restrictions, Land Transfer certificate, Petone, Hutt District, Belmont, Native Land Court, Governor's order
  • Komene Paipa, Landowner under partition order

  • T. Thompson, For the Native Minister

🪶 Removal of Restrictions on Alienation of Native Land

🪶 Māori Affairs
7 January 1899
Native land, Alienation restrictions, Crown grant, Waipipi Parish, Auckland, Native Land Court, Governor's order
  • Takutai Castle, Grantee under Crown grant

  • Ranfurly, Governor
  • T. Thompson, For the Native Minister

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

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Rural land, Sale, Selection, Auckland Land District, Kawhia, Mangaorongo, Land Act 1892, Occupation with right of purchase, Lease in perpetuity
  • Ranfurly, Governor