New Zealand Gazette – 1902 – No. 25

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✨ Game Licenses, Land Selection

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 25

hundred and two, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and two, both inclusive (subject, nevertheless, to the restrictions in the said Acts mentioned). And I do further notify that licenses to sell native game shall be issued on payment of the sum of five pounds each; and the Chief Postmaster at Hokitika is hereby appointed to sign and issue the said licenses.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and two.

J. G. WARD.

Shooting Season for Imported and Native Game, License Fee, &c., Whangarei District.

RANFURLY, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby notify that cock pheasants may be taken or killed within the Whangarei District,

consisting of the Counties of Whangarei, Hobson, and Otamatea, from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and two, to the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and two, both inclusive (subject, nevertheless, to the restrictions in the said Acts mentioned). And I do further notify that licenses to take or kill such game within the said district shall be issued on payment of the sum of ten shillings each; and the Postmasters at Whangarei, Waipu, Hikurangi, Mangaturoto, Paparoa, Pahi, Matakoe, Dargaville, Te Kopuru, Aratapu, and Tokatoka are hereby appointed to sign and issue the said licenses.

And I do further declare that native game, excepting tui, huia, white heron, and crested grebe, may be taken or killed within the abovementioned district from the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and two, to the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and two, both days inclusive.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and two.

J. G. WARD.

Rural Lands in the Auckland Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

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 selection on and after the thirteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and two; and that the lands mentioned in the said Schedule may be selected on lease in perpetuity only, in accordance with the provisions of section one hundred and twenty-one of the said Act, as they contain or are supposed to contain metals, minerals, or valuable stone; and I do hereby also fix the prices at which the said lands shall be leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said lands shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—KAWHIA COUNTY.

Second-class Land.

Survey District.	Section.	Block.	Area.	Lease in Perpetuity: Rent, 4 per cent.
				Rent per Acre.	Half-yearly Rent.
Kawhia South	3	I.	A. R. P. s. d.	0 10·32	£ s. d. 10 3 0
"	4	"	366 0 0	0 10·32	7 17 4
Altitude from 150 ft. to 900 ft. Broken pastoral lands, with mixed forest; well watered; soil fair. About two miles from Kawhia Harbour by graded road.
Kawhia South	2	VI.	261 0 0	0 7·2	3 18 4
Pastoral land; soil fair. Distant nine miles from Kawhia Harbour.
Kawhia South	3	IX.	1,264 0 0	0 8·64	22 15 1
All heavy forest, consisting of rimu, rata, kahikatea, tawa, and mahoe; good soil; well watered; sandstone and limestone formation; undulating and broken. Elevation from 50 ft. to 900 ft.
Kawhia South	1	X.	1,235 0 0	0 10·2	25 18 8
"	2	"	684 0 0	0 9·12	13 0 0
Section 1 contains about 50 acres light bush and manuka scrub, balance heavy forest; well watered; good soil; sandstone and limestone formation; forest contains rimu, rata, tawa, mahoe, and kohekohe. Elevation 50 ft. to 950 ft. Section 2 contains heavy forest country; the forest comprises rimu, rata, mahoe, and tawa; good soil; well watered; sandstone formation. Elevation 100 ft. to 950 ft.
Maungamangero	1	III.	1,348 0 0	0 10·56	29 13 2
Altitude 800 ft. All heavy tawa forest; soil very good, and well watered. About twenty-five miles from Te Kuiti. Frontage to main Kawhia–Mahoenui Road, which is in course of construction.
Maungamangero	3	VI.	367 0 0	0 9·6	7 7 5
Mixed forest, containing rata, rimu, and tawa; limestone formation; part broken, part undulating; well watered.
Maungamangero	12	VII.	887 0 0	0 7·92	14 13 4
"	13	"	746 0 0	0 9·12	14 3 6
Altitude from 500 ft. to 1,000 ft. Mixed forest, containing rata, rimu, and tawa; land broken, but well watered, and suited for pastoral purposes, being mostly good limestone soil.
Maungamangero	1	XI.	1,088 0 0	0 9·12	20 13 6
"	2	"	1,097 0 0	0 9·12	20 16 10
Altitude from 500 ft. to 1,000 ft. Very broken limestone country; well watered, and suited for pastoral purposes; covered with mixed bush, containing rata, rimu, and tawa. Situated about twenty-five miles from Kawhia Harbour, and about fifteen miles from Mahoenui Settlement.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-sixth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and two.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1902, No 25

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🌾 Shooting Season for Native Game, License Fee, &c., Westland District (continued from previous page)

Domain🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Dated21 March 1902
KeywordsShooting season, Native game, License fees, Westland, Lake Mahinapua, Mahinapua Creek
👩‍💼 Officials

J. G. Ward

🌾 Shooting Season for Imported and Native Game, License Fee, &c., Whangarei District

Domain🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Dated21 March 1902
KeywordsShooting season, Native game, Imported game, License fees, Whangarei, Postmasters, Counties of Whangarei Hobson Otamatea
👩‍💼 Officials

Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, Governor
J. G. Ward

🗺️ Rural Lands in the Auckland Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated26 March 1902
KeywordsLand selection, Lease in perpetuity, Rural lands, Auckland Land District, Kawhia County, Metals and minerals, Survey details, Rent rates
👩‍💼 Officials

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

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