New Zealand Gazette – 1900 – No. 24

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✨ Land Sale Notices



Mar. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 645

Rural Lands in the Taranaki 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 sixteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred; 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 land shall be sold, occupied, or leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said land shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI 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. Half-yearly Rent. Rent per Acre. Half-yearly Rent.
A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d.
Stratford .. Huiroa .. 9 VIII. 460 0 0 0 15 0 345 0 0 0 9
Weighted with £160, valuation for improvements, to be paid on approval of application. Rough pastoral land; small portion flat; papa formation; well watered. Timber comprises rata, rimu, &c. Access by Autawa Bridle-road from Tarata Township, about seven miles; also by Douglas Road from Stratford, and across Waitara River. About 80 acres felled and grassed.
Stratford .. Huiroa .. 13 VIII. 435 0 0 0 15 0 326 5 0 0 9
Fair pastoral land; papa formation; well watered. Timber comprises tawa, tawhero, rimu, with dense undergrowth. Access by Autawa Bridle-road from Tarata Township, about ten miles; also by Douglas Road from Stratford, and across Waitara River.
Clifton .. Huiroa .. 23 IV. 627 0 0 1 0 0 627 0 0 1 0
Weighted with £10, valuation for improvements, which must be paid with approval of application. Good soil, upon volcanic formation; well watered. The timber consists of tawa, tawhero, rimu, kahikatea, &c., with usual undergrowth. Access by Junction and Toro Roads; distant from Tarata Township six miles and a half.
Clifton .. Ngatimaru 5 III. 200 0 0 1 0 0 200 0 0 1 0
Weighted with £22 10s., valuation for improvements, which must be paid with approval of application. Pastoral land of fair quality; a small portion flat; papa formation; well watered. Timber comprises rimu, tawa, rata, &c., and usual undergrowth. Access by Junction Road; distant from Purangi Township four miles and three-quarters.
Stratford .. Ngatimaru 24 V. 445 0 0 0 15 0 333 15 0 0 9
Rough pastoral country; papa formation; well watered. Timber comprises rata, rimu, tawa, &c., and usual undergrowth. Access by Tunupo Bridle-road, and across Waitara River; about six miles from Purangi Township.
Clifton .. Mimi .. 18, 19 IV. 202 0 0 1 18 6 388 17 0 1 11·1
Fair pastoral land; papa formation; well watered; 90 acres felled and grassed, balance in bush, consisting of rata, rimu, tawa, &c., with usual undergrowth. A small flat on Section 18, and whare on each section. Access by Hutiwai Bridle-road; about two miles from Tongaporutu Township.
Clifton .. Mimi .. 3 VII. 190 0 0 1 0 0 190 0 0 1 0
Pastoral country, fair to good; small flats near Mimi Stream; papa formation; well watered. Timber comprises rimu, rata, tawa, towai, and dense undergrowth; kahikatea on flats. Access by Mokau Road; about fourteen miles and a half from Urenui; open for wheel traffic.
Clifton .. Mimi .. 6 VIII. 102 0 0 1 13 0 168 6 0 1 7·8
A small portion flat, balance rough pastoral country; papa formation; well watered; 36 acres felled and grassed, with a hut. Timber comprises rimu, rata, &c., with usual undergrowth. Access by Mokau Dray-road; about five miles from Tongaporutu Township.
Clifton .. Mimi .. 5 XIII. 100 0 0 1 1 0 105 0 0 1 0·6
Rough pastoral country; papa formation; well watered; 14 acres felled and grassed, balance forest consisting of rimu, rata, tawa, &c., with usual undergrowth; small hut erected. Distant from Tongaporutu about fourteen miles.
Clifton .. Mimi .. 8 XIII. 100 0 0 1 18 6 192 10 0 1 11·1
Weighted with £45, valuation for improvements at late selector’s own cost, to be paid upon approval of application. Rough pastoral country; papa formation; well watered; about 60 acres felled and grassed, three huts, garden and fencing, balance forest consisting of rimu, rata, tawa, &c., and usual undergrowth. Distant from Tongaporutu Township about fourteen miles.
Stratford .. Omona .. 20 II. 200 0 0 1 0 0 200 0 0 1 0
Rough pastoral land; papa formation; well watered; covered with forest consisting of rata, rimu, tawa, &c., and the usual undergrowth. Access by Tututawa Road; about twenty-one miles from Stratford. Weighted with £8, valuation for improvements, which must be paid on approval of application.
Taranaki .. Egmont .. 8 V. 212 0 0 0 15 6 164 6 0 0 9·3
Almost flat land, of fair quality, broken by several streams; volcanic formation. The timber is chiefly tawhero, with rata and rimu, also tawa, kohekohe, mahoe, &c., with the usual undergrowth. Access by Carrington Road from New Plymouth, about twelve miles, partly by a metalled dray-road.
Taranaki .. Egmont .. 10 V. 210 0 0 0 17 6 183 15 0 0 10·5
Almost flat land, of fair quality, broken by several streams; volcanic formation. The timber is chiefly tawhero, with a little rimu and rata, also tawa, kohekohe, mahoe, &c., and the usual undergrowth. Access by Carrington Road from New Plymouth, about twelve miles and a half, partly by a metalled dray-road.
Stratford .. Pouatu .. 16 XV. 580 0 0 0 15 0 435 0 0 0 9
Rough pastoral land, covered with forest consisting of tawa, tawhero, matai, miro, and usual undergrowth; a little rimu and kahikatea may be found in the valleys. The formation is papa, and well watered. Access by Putikituna Road, which is cleared from Ohura Road to Tangarakau River, and in course of formation; access also by Wanganui and Tangarakau Rivers. Distance from Strathmore Township about thirty-five miles.
Patea .. Opaku .. 2 XII. 1,000 0 0 0 10 0 500 0 0 0 6
Weighted with £22 10s., valuation for improvements, to be paid with approval of application. Rough pastoral land, covered with forest consisting of rata, rimu, tawa, &c., and usual undergrowth; soil good, lying upon a papa formation; well watered. Access by Mataimoana Road, which is formed as a bridle-road, and distant from Waverley about seventeen miles.


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🗺️ Declaration of Rural Lands in Taranaki Land District Open for Sale or Selection

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
29 March 1900
Land sale, Land selection, Taranaki Land District, Rural land, Land Act 1892, Cash price, Lease in perpetuity, Surveyor-General
  • Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, Governor of the Colony of New Zealand