New Zealand Gazette – 1899 – No. 47

Page 1087

✨ Land Sale Notices

Jun 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1087

Rural Lands in the Otago 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 second day of August, 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.

OTAGO 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.

Tuapeka .. | Crookston | 32 to 37 | VIII. | 18 0 13 | 1 0 0 | 18 0 0 | 1 0 | 0 9 0 | 0 9·6 | 0 7 2
Open, flat, agricultural land; soil good; watered; situated about five miles and a half from Heriot Railway-station.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Maniototo.. | Blackstone | 67 to 70, and 72 | I. | 242 2 0 | 0 10 0 | 121 10 0 | 0 6 | 3 0 9 | 0 4·8 | 2 8 7
Open undulating land of medium quality; dry; situated on the main road about two miles from Blackstone Hill Post-office, and adjacent to the proposed Otago Central Railway. Valuation for improvements, payable with application or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, £44 3s. 6d.

Clutha .. | Catlin’s .. | 17 | II. | 94 3 30 | 0 12 6 | 59 7 6 | 0 7·5 | 1 9 8 | 0 6 | 1 3 9
Bush land of medium quality; well watered; situated about six miles from Owaka Railway-station. Valuation for improvements, payable with application or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, £247 15s.

Clutha .. | Catlin’s .. | 14 | VIII. | 118 1 8 | 0 7 6 | 44 5 0 | 0 4·5 | 1 2 2 | 0 3·6 | 0 17 8
Bush land, broken, well watered; situated about six miles from Owaka. Valuation for improvements, payable with application or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, £183 15s.

Clutha .. | Glenomaru | 24 | V. | 236 0 19 | 0 7 6 | 88 10 0 | 0 4·5 | 2 4 3 | 0 3·6 | 1 15 5
Bush land of medium quality, part swampy; situated about seven miles from Owaka. Valuation for improvements, payable with application or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, £186.

Clutha .. | Glenomaru | 37 | VI. | 247 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 185 5 0 | 0 9 | 4 12 8 | 0 7·2 | 3 14 1
Fair bush section, well watered; situated about four miles from Owaka Railway-station. Valuation for improvements, payable with application or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, £80.

Tuapeka .. | Greenvale | 13 | XIII. | 318 3 28 | 0 7 6 | 119 12 6 | 0 4·5 | 2 19 10 | 0 3·6 | 2 7 11
Open land of poor quality, soil light, well watered; situated about four miles from Kelso. Valuation for improvements, payable with application or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, £363 13s.

Clutha .. | Rimu .. | 4 | XIII. | 213 3 4 | 0 12 6 | 133 15 0 | 0 7·5 | 3 6 11 | 0 6 | 2 13 6
" .. | " .. | 8 | " | 209 1 30 | 0 15 0 | 156 15 0 | 0 9 | 3 18 5 | 0 7·2 | 3 2 8
" .. | " .. | 12 | " | 92 2 24 | 0 15 0 | 69 15 0 | 0 9 | 1 14 11 | 0 7·2 | 1 7 11
" .. | " .. | 16 | " | 142 2 0 | 0 15 0 | 107 5 0 | 0 9 | 2 13 8 | 0 7·2 | 2 2 11
" .. | " .. | 22 | " | 88 2 32 | 0 15 0 | 66 15 0 | 0 9 | 1 13 5 | 0 7·2 | 1 6 8
All bush land, bush consisting chiefly of kamai, pine, birch, and ribbonwood; soil fair; well watered; situated about twenty-three miles from Owaka and twelve miles from Tautuku Bay. Valuations for improvements, payable with application or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, are as follow: Section 4, £193 17s.; Section 8, £377 16s. 6d.; Section 12, £60; Section 16, £97 10s.

Clutha .. | Warepa .. | 3 | VII. | 196 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 98 0 0 | 0 6 | 2 9 0 | 0 4·8 | 1 19 2
" .. | " .. | 4 | " | 257 0 24 | 0 10 0 | 128 10 0 | 0 6 | 3 4 3 | 0 4·8 | 2 11 5
" .. | " .. | 5 | " | 260 1 0 | 0 10 0 | 130 0 0 | 0 6 | 3 5 0 | 0 4·8 | 2 12 0
" .. | " .. | 6 | " | 320 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 120 0 0 | 0 4·5 | 3 0 0 | 0 3·6 | 2 8 0
" .. | " .. | 7 | " | 319 2 0 | 0 7 6 | 120 0 0 | 0 4·5 | 3 0 0 | 0 3·6 | 2 8 0
" .. | " .. | 8 | " | 317 3 29 | 0 7 6 | 119 5 0 | 0 4·5 | 2 19 8 | 0 3·6 | 2 7 8
" .. | " .. | 7 | IX. | 198 0 34 | 0 7 6 | 74 5 0 | 0 4·5 | 1 17 2 | 0 3·6 | 1 9 8
" .. | " .. | 8 | " | 198 3 31 | 0 7 6 | 74 12 6 | 0 4·5 | 1 17 4 | 0 3·6 | 1 9 10
" .. | " .. | 9 | " | 195 2 13 | 0 7 6 | 73 10 0 | 0 4·5 | 1 16 .9 | 0 3·6 | 1 9 5
" .. | " .. | 10 | " | 219 0 28 | 0 7 6 | 82 2 6 | 0 4·5 | 2 1 1 | 0 3·6 | 1 12 10
" .. | " .. | 11 | " | 209 1 19 | 0 7 6 | 78 7 6 | 0 4·5 | 1 19 2 | 0 3·6 | 1 11 4
All open country of poor quality, well watered; situated from eight to ten miles from Waitapeka Railway-station. Valuations for improvements: Block VII., Section 4, £6 15s.; Section 5, £21 3s.: Block IX., Section 11, £45; Section 8, £4 10s.

Clutha .. | Woodland | 11, 12 | V. | 368 3 30 | 0 7 6 | 138 7 6 | 0 4·5 | 3 9 2 | 0 3·6 | 2 15 4
" .. | " | 18 | " | 241 0 0 | 0 5 0 | 60 5 0 | 0 3 | 1 10 2 | 0 2·4 | 1 4 1
" .. | " | 23, 24 | VII. | 222 0 0 | 0 5 0 | 55 10 0 | 0 3 | 1 7 9 | 0 2·4 | 1 2 2
" .. | " | 20, 23 | X. | 261 3 0 | 0 10 0 | 131 0 0 | 0 6 | 3 5 6 | 0 4·8 | 2 12 5
" .. | " | 24 | " | 262 2 0 | 0 10 0 | 131 10 0 | 0 6 | .3 5 9 | 0 4·8' | 2 12 7
All bush land, well watered; situated from eight to twelve miles from Owaka Railway-station. Valuations for improvements, payable with application or immediately the result of the ballot is declared, are as follow: Sections 11 and 12, £175; Section 18, £33 10s.; Sections 23 and 24, £295 10s.; Sections 20 and 23, £477 10s.; Section 24, £101 15s.

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

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Lands.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1899, No 47

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🗺️ Rural lands in Otago Land District open for sale or selection

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated24 May 1899
KeywordsLand Sale, Selection, Otago, Perpetuity Lease, Cash Purchase, Rural Land, Surveyor-General
👩‍💼 Officials

Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, Governor
Wm. Hall-Jones, For Minister of Lands

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