New Zealand Gazette – 1900 – No. 81

Page 1739

✨ Land Sale Notices

Sept. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1739

Rural Lands in the Auckland 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 November, 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 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.

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

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Opotiki .. | Waiotahi* | 444A | .. | 42 2 15 | 2 0 0 | 86 0 0 | 2 0 | 2 3 0 | 1 7·2 | 1 14 5
Open land; partly reclaimed salt marsh. Adjoining Elliott’s holding.

Otamatea .. | Tokatoka.. | 45 | XI. | 50 0 0 | 2 5 0 | 112 10 0 | 2 3 | 2 16 3 | 1 9·6 | 2 5 0
" .. | " .. | 55 | " | 100 0 0 | 2 5 0 | 225 0 0 | 2 3 | 5 12 6 | 1 9·6 | 4 10 0
Section 45 raupo swamp, with some kahikatea bush; about two miles and a half from Raupo Wharf. Section 55 partly raupo swamp, cabbage-tree, and tea-tree; two miles and a half from Raupo.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Bay of Isl’ds | Kerikeri.. | 13 | XII. | 166 2 16 | 0 10 0 | 83 10 0 | 0 6 | 2 1 9 | 0 4·8 | 1 13 5
Volcanic stony land, covered with fern. Situated on Kerikeri Estuary, Bay of Islands Harbour.

Rodney .. | Tauhoa* .. | 211 | .. | 123 1 0 | 0 6 0 | 36 18 0 | 0 3·6 | 0 18 6 | 0 2·88 | 0 14 9
Open poor land, on main road. About two miles from post-office.

Hokianga .. | Waoku .. | 49 | IX. | 47 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 35 5 0 | 0 9 | 0 17 8 | 0 7·2 | 0 14 2
Fern and forest land, of good quality, partially cleared. Situated at Waimamaku.

Otamatea .. | Matakohе* | N.E.44 | .. | 65 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 32 10 0 | 0 6 | 0 16 3 | 0 4·8 | 0 13 0
| S.W.45 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ..
About 30 acres mixed forest; balance raupo swamp. Six miles from Matakohе.

Hobson .. | Tatarariki* | 36A,37A | .. | 72 2 0 | 0 10 0 | 36 10 0 | 0 6 | 0 18 3 | 0 4·8 | 0 14 8
" .. | " .. | 37B,39A | .. | 55 3 0 | 0 10 0 | 28 0 0 | 0 6 | 0 14 0 | 0 4·8 | 0 11 3
Open land. About five miles from Te Kopuru.

Tauranga .. | Otanewainuku | 1 | I. | 862 1 24 | 0 10 0 | 431 0 0 | 0 6 | 10 15 6 | 0 4·8 | 8 12 5
Open fern land of good quality, and well watered; undulating to broken, with two or three patches of mixed forest in gullies. Access by the Kaimai-Cambridge formed road traversing portion of the section. Situated eight miles from Tauranga and about twenty miles from Okoroire Hotel.

Waitemata | Waiwera* | S.114 | .. | 40 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 20 0 0 | 0 6 | 0 10 0 | 0 4·8 | 0 8 0
Broken land; open and scrubby forest; clay soil. Situated at Upper Waiwera.

Bay of Isl’ds | Kawakawa | 19 | XVI. | 238 0 0 | 0 5 0 | 59 10 0 | 0 3 | 1 9 9 | 0 2·4 | 1 3 10
" | " | 20 | " | 319 0 0 | 0 5 0 | 79 15 0 | 0 3 | 1 19 11 | 0 2·4 | 1 12 0
" | " | 21 | " | 324 0 0 | 0 5 0 | 81 0 0 | 0 3 | 2 0 6 | 0 2·4 | 1 12 5
Undulating to broken land of inferior quality, and well watered. About two miles from Kawakawa Railway-station.

Bay of Isl’ds | Ruapekapeka|* | 122 | .. | 236 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 88 10 0 | 0 4·5 | 2 4 3 | 0 3·6 | 1 15 5
" | " | 123 | .. | 155 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 58 2 6 | 0 4·5 | 1 9 1 | 0 3·6 | 1 3 3
Undulating to broken country; well watered. Three miles from Kawakawa Station.

Whangarei.. | Mangakahia | 24 | XI. | 725 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 362 10 0 | 0 6 | 9 1 3 | 0 4·8 | 7 5 0
Level and undulating land, from fair to good quality; about one-half kahikatea and mixed forest. Bounded by Mangakahia River and Otarao Stream. Access by bridle-track, from three to four miles from Hunter’s, Mangakahia.

Raglan .. | Whangape* | 141 | .. | 200 0 37 | 0 10 0 | 100 0 0 | 0 6 | 2 10 0 | 0 4·8 | 2 0 0
About 150 acres swamp, flax and raupo, easily drained; balance undulating tea-tree land, well watered. Access by Whangape Lake, eight miles from Churchill.

Mangonui .. | Rangaunu | 1 | VII. | 133 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 66 10 0 | 0 6 | 1 13 3 | 0 4·8 | 1 6 7
All open land, fronting Rangaunu Bay. Situated seven miles from Awanui Landing, and about sixteen miles from Mangonui.

Bay of Isl’ds | Punakitere | 2 | III. | 30 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 15 0 0 | 0 6 | 0 7 6 | 0 4·8 | 0 6 0
Open, inferior land, with some scrub and bush at north side. About two miles from Kaikohe.

Manukau .. | Awitu* .. | S.W.31 | .. | 48 3 0 | 0 12 0 | 29 8 0 | 0 7·2 | 0 14 9 | 0 5·76 | 0 11 9
Open tea-tree land generally; a little mixed bush at north-east corner. Situated at Awitu Settlement.

Rodney .. | Pakiri* .. | 121 | .. | 522 0 0 | 0 5 0 | 130 10 0 | 0 3 | 3 5 3 | 0 2·4 | 2 12 3
Very broken forest land. About four miles from Pakiri and Omaha.

Waitemata.. | Waiwera* | 265 | .. | 26 0 14 | 0 10 0 | 13 0 0 | 0 6 | 0 6 6 | 0 4·8 | 0 5 3
Open undulating land; inferior quality. Situated on Whangaparaoa Peninsula, three miles from Wade.

Parish.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this seventh day of September, one thousand nine hundred.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1900, No 81

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🗺️ Rural Lands in Auckland Land District Open for Sale or Selection

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated7 September 1900
KeywordsLand Sale, Auckland Land District, Land Act 1892, Rural Land, Lease in Perpetuity, Cash Price, Occupation with Right of Purchase
👩‍💼 Officials

Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, Governor
T. Y. Duncan, Minister of Lands

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