New Zealand Gazette – 1899 – No. 5

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✨ Crown Land Sales

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 5

Rural Lands in the Otago Land District open for Sale or Selection.

Crown Lands Office, Dunedin, 14th 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 Monday, the 27th day of February, 1899.

If more than one application be received for the same section on the same day, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

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. Half-yearly Rent.	Rent per Acre. Half-yearly Rent.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d.

Tuapeka .. | Crookston | 40-42 | VIII. | 31 1 34 | 1 10 0 | 46 10 0 | 1 6 | 1 3 3 | 1 2·4 | 0 18 7
Open, flat, agricultural land, soil good; watered; altitude, 800 ft. above sea-level. Situated five miles and a half from Heriot Railway-station. Valuation for improvements, £15 15s.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Clutha .. | Catlin’s .. | 31 | II. | 289 1 34 | 0 12 6 | 180 12 6 | 0 7·5 | 4 10 4 | 0 6 | 3 12 3
Rather steep bush section, well watered, sunny aspect. Situated about four miles from Hunt’s Road Railway-station. Valuation for improvements, £654 2s.

Clutha .. | Catlin’s .. | 5 | VI. | 241 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 150 12 6 | 0 7·5 | 3 15 4 | 0 6 | 3 0 3
Bush land, rough, well watered. Situated about seven miles from Owaka Railway-station.

Clutha .. | Glenomaru | 42 | VI. | 187 1 20 | 0 12 6 | 116 17 6 | 0 7·5 | 2 18 5 | 0 6 | 2 6 9
Fair bush land, lying well to the sun, well watered. Situated about four miles from Hunt’s Road Railway-station. Valuation for improvements, £16 10s.

Clutha .. | Rimu .. | 2 | XIII. | 311 0 14 | 0 15 0 | 233 5 0 | 0 9 | 5 16 8 | 0 7·2 | 4 13 4
" .. " .. | 15 | " | 119 0 32 | 0 15 0 | 89 5 0 | 0 9 | 2 4 8 | 0 7·2 | 1 15 8
Level bush land, of fair quality, well watered. Situated about twenty-three miles from Owaka Railway-station. Valuation for improvements: Section 2, £15; Section 15, £39.

Vincent .. | Tarras .. | 1 | III. | 171 1 21 | 0 7 0 | 59 17 0 | 0 4·2 | 1 9 11 | 0 3·36 | 1 8 11
" .. " .. | 2 | " | 180 2 15 | 0 7 0 | 63 7 0 | 0 4·2 | 1 11 8 | 0 3·36 | 1 5 4
" .. " .. | 13 | " | 19 0 8 | 0 12 0 | 11 8 0 | 0 7·2 | 0 5 8 | 0 5·76 | 0 4 7
Dry land, shingly. Situated about one mile from Wakefield.

Clutha .. | Tautuku .. | 13 | I. | 236 2 32 | 0 7 6 | 88 17 6 | 0 4·5 | 2 4 5 | 0 3·6 | 1 15 7
" .. " .. | 17 | " | 7 1 0 | 0 10 0 | 3 10 0 | 0 6 | 0 1 9 | 0 4·8 | 0 1 5
Level bush land, of medium quality; watered. Situated about twenty-three miles from Owaka Railway-station.

Clutha .. | Tautuku .. | 3 | II. | 504 1 20 | 0 7 6 | 189 0 0 | 0 4·5 | 4 14 6 | 0 3·6 | 3 15 7
" .. " .. | 4 | " | 64 2 0 | 0 7 6 | 24 7 6 | 0 4·5 | 0 12 2 | 0 3·6 | 0 9 9
Fair bush sections, well watered, large portions swampy. Situated about twenty-three miles from Owaka Railway-station. Valuation for improvements, Section 3, £978 0s. 6d.; Section 4, £73 7s. 6d.

Clutha .. | Tautuku .. | 13, 14 | IV. | 61 0 16 | 0 10 0 | 30 10 0 | 0 6 | 0 15 3 | 0 4·8 | 0 12 2
Fair bush land, portion swampy. Situated about eighteen miles from Owaka Railway-station. Valuation for improvements, £33 5s.

Clutha .. | Tautuku .. | 21 | VIII. | 85 3 18 | 0 10 0 | 43 0 0 | 0 6 | 1 1 6 | 0 4·8 | 0 17 2
Level bush land of fair quality, well watered. Situated about twenty-one miles from Owaka Railway-station.

Clutha .. | Tautuku .. | 18 | XII. | 165 0 10 | 0 5 0 | 41 5 0 | 0 3 | 1 0 8 | 0 2·4 | 0 16 6
" .. " .. | 23 | " | 172 3 27 | 0 5 0 | 43 5 0 | 0 3 | 1 1 8 | 0 2·4 | 0 17 4
" .. " .. | 24 | " | 151 1 8 | 0 5 0 | 37 15 0 | 0 3 | 0 18 11 | 0 2·4 | 0 15 1
" .. " .. | 26 | " | 134 0 35 | 0 5 0 | 33 10 0 | 0 3 | 0 16 9 | 0 2·4 | 0 19 5
" .. " .. | 27 | " | 110 2 22 | 0 5 0 | 27 15 0 | 0 3 | 0 13 11 | 0 2·4 | 0 11 1
" .. " .. | 28 | " | 207 0 18 | 0 5 0 | 51 15 0 | 0 3 | 1 5 11 | 0 2·4 | 1 0 9
" .. " .. | 29 | " | 190 3 33 | 0 5 0 | 47 15 0 | 0 3 | 1 3 11 | 0 2·4 | 0 19 1
" .. " .. | 30 | " | 155 2 8 | 0 5 0 | 39 0 0 | 0 3 | 0 19 6 | 0 2·4 | 0 15 7
" .. " .. | 31 | " | 148 3 28 | 0 5 0 | 37 5 0 | 0 3 | 0 18 8 | 0 2·4 | 0 14 11
" .. " .. | 33 | " | 114 0 13 | 0 5 0 | 28 10 0 | 0 3 | 0 14 3 | 0 2·4 | 0 11 5
" .. " .. | 34 | " | 143 0 16 | 0 5 0 | 35 15 0 | 0 3 | 0 17 11 | 0 2·4 | 0 14 4
" .. " .. | 35 | " | 184 3 2 | 0 5 0 | 46 5 0 | 0 3 | 1 3 2 | 0 2·4 | 0 18 6
" .. " .. | 36 | " | 92 1 4 | 0 5 0 | 23 0 0 | 0 3 | 0 11 6 | 0 2·4 | 0 9 2
" .. " .. | 37 | " | 148 0 8 | 0 5 0 | 37 0 0 | 0 3 | 0 18 6 | 0 2·4 | 0 14 10
" .. " .. | 38 | " | 88 0 32 | 0 5 0 | 22 0 0 | 0 3 | 0 11 0 | 0 2·4 | 0 9 10
" .. " .. | 39 | " | 118 0 24 | 0 5 0 | 29 10 0 | 0 3 | 0 14 9 | 0 2·4 | 0 11 10

Bush land, growing chiefly red-pine, komahi, and ironwood; watered. The centre of this block is about thirty miles distant from Owaka Railway-station and thirteen miles from Waikawa Steamboat Wharf, both by dray-road. Mail from Waikawa every Tuesday and Saturday. There is a school and also a dairy factory on the adjoining Block No. XI.

Clutha .. | Woodland .. | 19 | V. | 317 2 0 | 0 5 0 | 79 10 0 | 0 3 | 1 19 9 | 0 2·4 | 1 11 10
" .. " .. | 21 | VI. | 228 1 9 | 0 7 6 | 85 10 0 | 0 4·5 | 2 2 9 | 0 3·6 | 1 14 2
" .. " .. | 5 | VII. | 25 1 0 | 0 5 0 | 6 5 0 | 0 3 | 0 3 2 | 0 2·4 | 0 2 6
" .. " .. | 6 | " | 31 2 0 | 0 5 0 | 8 0 0 | 0 3 | 0 4 0 | 0 2·4 | 0 3 2
" .. " .. | 9 | " | 23 2 0 | 0 7 6 | 9 0 0 | 0 4·5 | 0 4 6 | 0 3·6 | 0 3 7
" .. " .. | 15 | " | 132 3 0 | 0 15 0 | 99 15 0 | 0 9 | 2 9 11 | 0 7·2 | 1 19 11
" .. " .. | 7 | VIII. | 225 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 84 7 6 | 0 4·5 | 2 2 2 | 0 3·6 | 1 13 9
" .. " .. | 12 | " | 194 3 0 | 0 7 6 | 73 2 6 | 0 4·5 | 1 16 7 | 0 3·6 | 1 9 3
" .. " .. | 15 | " | 169 2 0 | 0 10 0 | 85 0 0 | 0 6 | 2 2 6 | 0 4·8 | 1 14 0
" .. " .. | 3 | X. | 38 2 0 | 0 10 0 | 19 10 0 | 0 6 | 0 9 9 | 0 4·8 | 0 7 10
" .. " .. | 14 | " | 264 2 0 | 0 7 6 | 99 7 6 | 0 4·5 | 2 9 8 | 0 3·6 | 1 19 9
" .. " .. | 22 | " | 119 1 33 | 0 10 0 | 59 10 0 | 0 6 | 1 9 9 | 0 4·8 | 1 3 10
" .. " .. | 32 | " | 95 2 0 | 0 7 6 | 36 0 0 | 0 4·5 | 0 18 0 | 0 3·6 | 0 14 5
" .. " .. | 14 | XI. | 177 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 66 7 6 | 0 4·5 | 1 13 2 | 0 3·6 | 1 0 7
" .. " .. | 16 | " | 154 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 57 15 0 | 0 4·5 | 1 8 11 | 0 3·6 | 1 3 1
" .. " .. | 17 | " | 142 2 0 | 0 7 6 | 53 12 6 | 0 4·5 | 1 6 10 | 0 3·6 | 1 1 5

All bush sections, broken, well watered. Situated from four to twelve miles from Owaka Railway-station. Valuations for improvements are as follows:—Block V.—Section 19, £102: Block VI.—Section 21, £75: Block VII.—Section 5, £12; Section 6, £10; Section 9, £9; Section 15, £120: Block VIII.—Section 15, £6: Block X.—Section 3, £14; Section 14, £25; Section 22, £10; Section 32, £50: Block XI.—Section 14, £283 9s. 6d.; Section 16, £6; Section 17, £15.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1899, No 5

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🗺️ Crown Lands in Otago District Open for Sale or Selection

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated14 December 1898
KeywordsCrown Land, Sale, Selection, Otago, Perpetuity Lease, Ballot, Agricultural Land, Bush Land, Railway-station, Dunedin
👩‍💼 Officials

J. P. Maitland, Commissioner of Crown Lands

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