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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 68
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-first day of September, 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.
SOUTHLAND 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. s. d. | Per Acre. | Total Price. | Rent per Acre. | ||||
| Southland .. | Waikawa.. | 18 | III. | 271 3 0 | 7 6 | 101 18 2 | 0 4·5 |
| Part open and part bush land; situation good; access good; soil fair. Distant eleven miles from Waikawa Township. Burdened with £9 3s., valuation for improvements. | |||||||
| Southland .. | Waikawa.. | 21 | III. | 109 2 0 | 7 6 | 41 1 3 | 0 4·5 |
| Part open and part bush land; situation good; access good; soil fair. Distant ten miles from Waikawa Township. Burdened with £7 7s., valuation for improvements. | |||||||
| Southland .. | Forest Hill | 349 | .. | 164 0 0 | 10 0 | 82 0 0 | 0 6 |
| Bush land; situation fair; soil fair. Seven miles and a half from Limehills Railway-station. | |||||||
| Southland .. | Forest Hill | 392 | .. | 34 2 17 | 12 6 | 21 12 7 | 0 7·5 |
| Mostly bush land; bush of poor quality, and partly cut out; level land; soil fairly good. Six miles to Ryal Bush Railway-station, and eighteen miles from Invercargill. Burdened with £6 for survey-fee. | |||||||
| Southland .. | Oteramika | 6 | XII. | 214 2 0 | 5 0 | 53 12 6 | 0 3 |
| Open land; situation fair; access good; soil somewhat poor. Three miles and a half to Gorge Road Railway-station. | |||||||
| Southland .. | Oteramika | 8 | IX. | 91 2 30 | 8 4 | 38 4 1 | 0 5 |
| Bush country; heavy undergrowth; situation fair; access fair; soil fairly good. Distant three miles and a half from Gorge Road Railway-station. Burdened with £5, valuation for improvements. | |||||||
| Southland .. | Toetoes .. | 4 | X. | 298 3 37 | 10 0 | 149 10 0 | 0 6 |
| Undulating land; fair soil; mixed bush, of no commercial value. Distant about five miles from Fortrose. | |||||||
| Wallace .. | Longwood | 11 | XVI. | 293 1 10 | 8 9 | 128 6 6 | 0 5·25 |
| Hilly, bush land; soil fair; access bad. Seven miles and a half from Orepuki Railway-station. Burdened with £91 5s., valuation for improvements. |
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-ninth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.
WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Lands.
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-first day of September, 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.
SOUTHLAND 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. s. d. | Per Acre. | Total Price. | Rent per Acre. | ||||
| Southland .. | Otara .. | 8 | III. | 231 2 0 | 10 0 | 115 15 0 | 0 6 |
| Part open fern country, part bush land, heavily timbered with birch; soil fair; situation good. Distant seven miles from Fortrose. Burdened with £78 15s., valuation for improvements. | |||||||
| Southland .. | Otara .. | 10, 11 | V. | 471 1 23 | 8 4 | 196 9 2 | 0 5 |
| Nearly one-half of this area is bush-clad, the remainder is broken, open land; soil fair; access poor. Distant eleven miles from Fortrose. Burdened with £296 10s. 6d., valuation for improvements. | |||||||
| Southland .. | Otara .. | 31 | VI. | 209 1 0 | 8 10 | 92 8 5 | 0 5·3 |
| Mostly bush land, rough and broken in places, stony on ridges; general slopes fairly good; soil fair. Distant eleven miles from Fortrose. Burdened with £117 12s., valuation for improvements. | |||||||
| Southland .. | Toetoes .. | 15 | X. | 200 3 19 | 8 4 | 83 15 0 | 0 5 |
| Bush land, timber inferior; situation good; soil fair. Distant from Fortrose seven miles. Burdened with £265 13s., valuation for improvements. |
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-ninth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.
WM. HALL-JONES.
For Minister of Lands.
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NZ Gazette 1899, No 68
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🗺️ Rural Lands in Southland Land District Open for Sale or Selection
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey29 July 1899
Land sale, Land selection, Southland Land District, Cash purchase, Lease in perpetuity, Rural land, Second-class land
- Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, Governor
- W. M. Hall-Jones, For Minister of Lands