New Zealand Gazette – 1901 – No. 62

Page 1355

✨ Land Sales and Immigration Statistics



JUNE 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1355

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

District Lands and Survey Office, Hokitika, 1st May, 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 Friday, the 2nd August, 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 on the following day, at 11 a.m., at the District Lands and Survey Office, Hokitika.

SCHEDULE.
WESTLAND 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.
A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Per Acre. Total Price. Rent per Acre. Half-yearly Rent. Rent per Acre. Half-yearly Rent.
Westland .. Whitcombe Pass 932 I. 281 0 0 1 10 0 421 10 0 1 6

Very rich red soil, 5 ft. deep to gravel; ribbonwood and vines; very open, and intersected with patches of open pakihis laid down in English grass; well watered; on road-frontage there is an area of 18 acres recently cleared and laid down in English grass. Weighted with £36 as valuation for improvements.

| Westland .. | Whitcombe Pass | 933 | I. | 418 0 0 | 1 10 0 | 627 0 0 | 1 6 | 15 13 6 | 1 2·4 | 12 10 10 |

All very rich red soil, lightly timbered with ribbonwood and vines; about 30 acres cleared some years ago, and now in excellent English grass; soil in many places 5 ft. deep. Weighted with £10 as valuation for improvements.

W. G. MURRAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

RETURN of IMMIGRATION to and EMIGRATION from the COLONY of NEW ZEALAND during the MONTH of MAY, 1901, showing the Places from which Persons arrived and to which they departed, and the Ports of Arrival and Departure.

ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES FROM AND TO DIFFERENT PLACES.

Countries. ARRIVALS. DEPARTURES.
Adults. Children.
M. F.
United Kingdom .. 97 59
Queensland .. .. ..
Victoria .. 194 110
New South Wales .. 742 258
Western Australia .. .. ..
South Australia .. .. ..
Tasmania .. 75 36
Fiji .. 10 4
Other British possessions .. 295 2
Pacific Islands .. 18 5
Other foreign ports .. 30 20
Totals, May, 1901 .. 1,461 504
Totals, May, 1900 .. 484 244
  • From Cook Islands, 6; Capetown, 293. † From Friendly Islands, 5; Navigators, 8; Society, 12. ‡ For Friendly Islands, 9; Navigators, 1. § From San Francisco. || For San Francisco, 95; Monte Video, 4.

ARRIVALS AT AND DEPARTURES FROM DIFFERENT NEW ZEALAND PORTS.*

Ports. ARRIVALS. DEPARTURES.
Adults. Children.
Kaipara .. .. ..
Auckland .. 481 47
Wellington .. 776 81
Lyttelton .. .. ..
Dunedin .. 293 ..
Invercargill .. 415 64
Totals, May, 1901 .. 1,965 192
Totals, May, 1900 .. 728 116

CHINESE.—Arrivals—At Auckland, 1. Departures—From Wellington, 12.

  • It is important to mention that, in the returns from which this table is made up, immigrants to the colony are all counted at the first port of arrival, and emigrants at the final port of departure.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 25th June, 1901.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.



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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

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

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
1 May 1901
Land sale, selection, Westland Land District, Whitcombe Pass, cash purchase, occupation with right of purchase, lease in perpetuity
  • W. G. Murray, Commissioner of Crown Lands

🛂 Return of Immigration to and Emigration from New Zealand for May 1901

🛂 Immigration
25 June 1901
Immigration statistics, emigration statistics, arrivals, departures, monthly return, May 1901, ports, countries
  • E. J. von Dadelszen, Registrar-General