✨ Land Sales and Population Statistics
2048
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 93
Small Grazing-run, Auckland Land District, open for Selection.
District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 19th September, 1900.
NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-run will be open for lease on application at this office on Wednesday, the 21st day of November, 1900. In the event of more applications than one being received on the same day, priority of selection will be decided by ballot on the following day at 11 a.m.
Kawhia County: Kawhia Survey District, Block XVI.—Small Grazing-run No. 26; 3,039 acres; half-yearly rental, £17 1s. 11d. Term of lease, twenty-one years.
Comprises about one-half fern and manuka land, balance stunted forest; sandstone formation of inferior quality, except portion at west end; well watered, and situated about seventeen miles from Hangatiki Railway-station by surveyed road.
Forms of application and sale-plans may be obtained on application at this office.
GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
Kauri Timber, Auckland, for Sale by Public Auction.
District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 15th October, 1900.
NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned green and dry kauri timber, standing on State Forest Reserve situated in Block X., Whangarei Survey District, Whangarei County, will be offered for sale by public auction, at this office, on Friday, the 14th day of December, 1900, at 11 o’clock a.m.
SCHEDULE.
Fifty-eight green and 9 dry kauri-trees, containing 221,905 about superficial feet. Upset price, £166 8s. 6d.
Timber within one mile and a quarter of Whangarei Harbour.
Conditions of Sale.—Payment by cash or marked cheque on the fall of the hammer. Time allowed for removal, two years from date of sale.
GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
Rural Land in the Auckland Land District open for Sale or Selection.
District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, 15th October, 1900.
THE under-mentioned Crown land 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 Wednesday, the 12th December, 1900.
If more than one application be received on the same day, then the order of selection shall be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m., at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland.
SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.
First-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. | |||||
| A. R. P. £ s. d. | £ s. d. | s. d. | |||||
| Otamatea.. | Tokatoka.. | 38 | XV. | 100 0 0 | 2 10 0 | 250 0 0 | 2 6 |
Rich reclaimed-swamp land; very suitable for wheat-growing. Situated two miles and a half from Rāpo wharf on Northern Wairoa River.
GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
Population of the Colony.
RETURN of the Estimated Population (exclusive and inclusive of Maoris) of the Colony of New Zealand on the 30th September, 1900.
| Males. | Females. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Estimated population (exclusive of Maoris) on 30th June, 1900 | 399,895 | 360,542 | 760,437 |
| Increase during September quarter, 1900— | |||
| By Births | 2,568 | 2,454 | 5,022 |
| " Arrivals | 2,286 | 993 | 3,279 |
| 4,854 | 3,447 | 8,301 | |
| Decrease during September quarter, 1900— | |||
| By Deaths | 1,039 | 750 | 1,789 |
| " Departures | 1,874 | 894 | 2,768 |
| 2,913 | 1,644 | 4,557 | |
| Net increase during September quarter, 1900 | 1,941 | 1,803 | 3,744 |
| Estimated population (exclusive of Maoris) on 30th September, 1900 | 401,836 | 362,345 | 764,181 |
| Maori population, census, 1896* | 21,673 | 18,181 | 39,854 |
| Total estimated population of the colony on 30th September, 1900 | 423,509 | 380,526 | 804,035 |
*Later figures cannot be given, as the births and deaths of Maoris are not recorded.
Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 7th November, 1900.
E. J. VON DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.
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