New Zealand Gazette – 1899 – No. 4

Page 77

✨ Crown Land Sales and Leases



Jan. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 77

Land in Merrivale Estate, Southland, for Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 10th January, 1899.

THE under-mentioned Crown land will be opened for application upon lease in perpetuity, at this office, on Thursday, the 23rd March, 1899, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” and “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894,” and its amendments.

SCHEDULE.

WALLACE COUNTY.—MERRIVALE ESTATE.—FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Survey District. Sec-tion. Block. Area. Rent per Acre. Half-yearly Rent.
Waiau 14 VIII. A. R. P. s. d. £ s. d.
129 1 0 5 2·1 16 14 6

Open, undulating; limestone formation; permanent water; fifteen miles from Otautau; two miles and three-quarters from dairy-factory reserve and school-site; altitude, 350 ft. to 450 ft. Improvements existing at date of purchase of the estate: 13 chains wire fence and gorse hedge on main road, and 73 chains subdivision fences; value, £21. No cash payment will be required for these improvements; the section, however, is burdened with £14 valuation for fencing erected by the former lessee, which amount must be deposited with the application.

D. BARRON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, 10th January, 1899.

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 Monday, the 27th day of March, 1899.

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.
Hokianga .. Mangamuka 64 X. 126 3 8 0 15 0 95 5 0 0 9
" .. " 67 " 90 2 16 0 15 0 68 5 0 0 9
Open and mixed-forest land of fair quality. Access by good cart-road; three miles from Kohukohu.
Kohukohu.. Waipoua .. 24 XI. 336 3 0 0 10 0 168 10 0 0 6
Undulating to broken land; volcanic clay, and well watered; covered with mixed forest. Situated between Katui and Mangatu Settlements; access by dray-road to Kaihu Railway-station.
Raglan .. Awaroa .. 2 VI. 508 1 0 0 10 0 254 0 0 0 6
" .. " 3 " 560 0 0 0 10 0 280 0 0 0 6
Limestone land; well watered, and covered with heavy mixed forest. Adjoins the Glen Murray Estate, and accessible by formed horse-road.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Rural Lands in Canterbury open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, 31st December, 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 Tuesday, the 21st February, 1899.

If more than one application be received for the sections on the same day, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m., at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Surveyed 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.
Mackenzie Opawa { 36052, VI., } 2,000 0 0 1 0 10 2,083 6 8 1 0½
" " Part VII.,
36058 XI.
" " .. X. 570 0 0 0 15 7½ 445 6 3 0 9⅞
These sections are situated between the Rocky Gully and Pareora Rivers, the distances from both Albury and Cave being about ten miles to Section 36052, and about twelve miles to Section 36055. They comprise open hilly country, generally rough and rocky, and difficult of access, the whole being of exclusively pastoral character, and liable to heavy falls of snow in winter. The sections are weighted with valuations for improvements as follows: Sections 36052 and 36058, £382, for hut, boundary and subdivision fencing, and surface-sowing; Section 36055, £100, for hut and boundary and subdivision fencing.
Mackenzie Opawa .. 36059 I. 1,600 0 0 0 18 9 1,500 0 0 0 11¼
This section is situated on the east side of Exe Creek, between the Tengawai and Opawa Rivers, at a distance of about nine miles westward from Albury Railway-station, and comprises open hilly country of pastoral character, ranging up to an elevation of about 2,800 ft. above sea-level. The section is weighted with a valuation of £632 for improvements, consisting of dwellinghouse, outbuildings, sheep-yards, boundary and subdivision fencing, &c.
Mackenzie Opuha .. 36290B XIV. 314 2 9 0 16 8 262 2 8 0 10
This section forms part of the Ashwick Flat Block, lying on the south side of the South Opuha River, about eight miles northward from the Fairlie Terminus Railway-station, and comprises open, flat, stony land of inferior quality. The section is weighted with a valuation of £157 2s. 11d. for improvements, consisting of dwellinghouse, fencing, &c.

SIDNEY WEETMAN,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.



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🗺️ Crown Land in Merrivale Estate, Southland, for Lease

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
10 January 1899
Crown Land, Lease in Perpetuity, Merrivale Estate, Southland, Land Act 1892
  • D. Barron, Commissioner of Crown Lands

🗺️ Rural Lands in Auckland Land District for Sale or Selection

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
10 January 1899
Crown Land, Sale, Selection, Auckland Land District, Land Act 1892
  • Gerhard Mueller, Commissioner of Crown Lands

🗺️ Rural Lands in Canterbury for Sale or Selection

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
31 December 1898
Crown Land, Sale, Selection, Canterbury, Land Act 1892, Ballot
  • Sidney Weetman, Commissioner of Crown Lands