New Zealand Gazette – 1901 – No. 28

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✨ Land Sales and Selections

Mar. 14.
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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Rural Land in the Wellington Land District open for Sale or Selection.

District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington, 13th March, 1901.

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 Tuesday, the 30th April, 1901.

If more than one application be received on the same day, then priority of selection shall be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m., at the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—MASTERTON REFORM BLOCK.

First-class Surveyed 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.
Pahiatua ..	Makuri ..	18	XI.	A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d.	300 0 0	1 0 0	300 0 0

Weighted with £81 10s. for improvements.

This section is situated on the North Range Road; the access is from Makuri, which is about seventeen miles distant, nine miles being dray-road and eight miles bridle-track. The section comprises easy spurs on road-frontage, rising steeply to 2,500 ft. on back line. The soil is of medium quality, resting on papa formation. The forest is of a mixed character, comprising rimu, rata, tawhero, and birch on ridges, with an undergrowth of supplejack, mahoe, rangiora, &c. The section is watered by a small creek at present. The elevation ranges from about 1,800 ft. to 2,500 ft. above sea-level. The improvements comprise felling and grassing, 70 acres; fencing, 20 chains: total, £81 10s.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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

District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, 13th March, 1901.

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 Wednesday, the 8th May, 1901.

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 at this office on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND 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.
Bay of Islands and Whangarei	Hukerenui ..	29	IX.	A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d.	450 0 0	0 10 0	225 0 0

More or less broken land and forest-clad. About five miles from Towai.

Mangonui | Rangaunu .. | 7 | VIII. | 114 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 42 15 0 | 0 4·5 | 1 1 5 | 0 3·6 | 0 17 2 |

Open land, mostly wiwi swamp, with patches of good land. About three miles from Taipa and eight miles from Mangonui.

Tauranga.. | Maketu .. | 9A | V. | 131 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 65 10 0 | 0 6 | 1 12 9 | 0 4·8 | 1 6 3 |

About three-fourths open land, balance mixed forest and broken; soil good and well watered. Six miles from Te Puke Post-office.

Waitemata | Paremoremo Parish | 216 | .. | 48 0 0 | 0 7 0 | 16 16 0 | 0 4·2 | 0 8 5 | 0 3·36 | 0 6 9 |

Generally open land; a few acres scrubby bush. About four miles from Lucas’s Creek Post-office at head of Paremoremo Creek. Subject to payment of £10 for clearing and grassing.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1901, No 28

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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🗺️ Rural Land in Wellington Land District Open for Sale or Selection

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated13 March 1901
KeywordsCrown Land, Sale, Selection, Occupation with Right of Purchase, Lease in Perpetuity, Ballot, Masterton Reform Block, Pahiatua, Makuri, First-class Surveyed Land
👩‍💼 Officials

J. W. A. Marchant, Commissioner of Crown Lands

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

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated13 March 1901
KeywordsCrown Land, Sale, Selection, Occupation with Right of Purchase, Lease in Perpetuity, Ballot, Second-class Land, Bay of Islands, Whangarei, Hukerenui, Mangonui, Rangaunu, Tauranga, Maketu, Waitemata, Paremoremo
👩‍💼 Officials

Gerhard Mueller, Commissioner of Crown Lands

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