✨ Rural Lands for Sale or Selection
1554
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 59
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 seventeenth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and two; 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.
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. | |||||
| Mangonui .. | Takahue .. | 4 | XI. | 48 3 19 | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | s. d.* |
| " .. | " .. | 5 | " | 48 3 21 | 0 15 0 | 36 15 0 | 0 9 |
| Chiefly open land of good quality. Situated in Takahue Settlement, about ten miles from Kaitaia. | |||||||
| Bay of Isl’ds | Omapere .. | 3 | XV. | 18 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 9 0 0 | 0 6 |
| Undulating agricultural land; volcanic soil; watered by the Mangakawhara Stream. About one mile from Kaikohe. | |||||||
| Bay of Isl’ds | Kaeo .. | 17 | XVI. | 252 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 94 10 0 | 0 4·5 |
| About one-third open land, balance mixed forest; clay soil, and well watered. About eight miles from Waimate North. | |||||||
| Bay of Isl’ds | Kerikeri .. | 2 | XII. | 101 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 37 17 6 | 0 4·5 |
| Flat scoria land of fair quality, covered with rough grass and fern. Situated on Kerikeri Inlet, about eight miles by water from Russell. | |||||||
| Hokianga .. | Waoku .. | 17 | V. | 110 2 0 | 0 8 0 | 44 8 0 | 0 5 |
| " .. | " .. | 18 | " | 192 1 0 | 0 10 0 | 96 0 0 | 0 6 |
| Broken land, covered with mixed forest; of good quality. About seven miles from Omanaia Post-office, and about thirteen miles from Rawene. | |||||||
| Hokianga .. | Whangape | 13 | VII. | 49 2 0 | 0 10 0 | 25 0 0 | 0 6 |
| " .. | " | 37 | " | 33 1 6 | 0 15 0 | 24 15 0 | 0 9 |
| Undulating forest land of fair quality. Situated within the Herekino Settlement, from two to three miles from Herekino Post-office. | |||||||
| Hokianga .. | Punakitere | 9,10 | V. | 71 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 35 10 0 | 0 6 |
| " .. | " | 15 | " | 47 3 0 | 0 15 0 | 36 0 0 | 0 9 |
| Nearly all open land; a little forest on Sections 9 and 10; soil volcanic, and of good quality. Situated about five miles from Taheke Post-office. | |||||||
| Hobson .. | Waipoua .. | 24 | XIII. | 107 2 0 | 0 7 6 | 40 10 0 | 0 4·5 |
| About 15 acres light mixed bush, balance open land; soil of fairly good quality, but broken. About six miles from Opanake Railway-station. | |||||||
| Whangarei | Owhiwa* | {S.W.} | .. | 91 1 0 | 0 7 6 | 34 2 6 | 0 4·5 |
| About 40 acres fern land, balance mixed forest. About six miles from Parua Bay. | |||||||
| Whangarei | Opuawhanga | 38 | VI. | 423 2 0 | 0 7 6 | 159 0 0 | 0 4·5 |
| Very broken forest land. About four miles from Whananaki Post-office. | |||||||
| Whangarei | Opuawhanga | 15 | VIII. | 224 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 112 0 0 | 0 6 |
| " .. | " | 16 | " | 244 2 29 | 0 7 6 | 91 17 6 | 0 4·5 |
| Section 15, about 50 acres open land; Section 16, half open fern land, balance mixed forest; broken, but soil fair. About nine miles from Hikurangi Railway-station. | |||||||
| Whangarei | Opuawhanga | 23 | IX. | 360 3 4 | 0 10 0 | 180 10 0 | 0 6 |
| Broken land of fair quality, covered with mixed forest, and well watered. Situated on sea-coast, about three miles south of Whananaki Harbour. | |||||||
| Otamatea.. | Hukatere | 6 | I. | 102 1 24 | 0 5 0 | 25 10 0 | 0 3 |
| About 20 acres mixed forest, balance open land; inferior soil. About 5 acres covered with rough grass. Seven miles from Matakahe. | |||||||
| Otamatea.. | Hukatere | 10c | II. | 394 1 14 | 0 5 0 | 98 10 0 | 0 3 |
| Broken land, generally open, with clumps of mixed forest. Six miles from Matakahe. | |||||||
| Waitemata | Okura* .. | 66 | .. | 171 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 128 5 0 | 0 9 |
| " .. | " .. | 68 | .. | 74 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 55 10 0 | 0 9 |
| Generally poor land, with patches of good soil in gullies. About three miles from Wade Village; frontage to Weiti River. | |||||||
| Manukau .. | Otau* .. | 94 | .. | 834 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 417 0 0 | 0 6 |
| Forest land of fair quality, mostly broken. Situated fourteen miles from Clevedon. | |||||||
| Manukau .. | Waipipi* .. | 251 | .. | 142 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 106 10 0 | 0 9 |
| " .. | " .. | 252 | .. | 166 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 124 10 0 | 0 9 |
| " .. | " .. | 253 | .. | 100 3 0 | 0 15 0 | 75 15 0 | 0 9 |
| " .. | " .. | 254 | .. | 93 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 69 15 0 | 0 9 |
| " .. | " .. | 254A | .. | 92 3 11 | 0 15 0 | 69 15 0 | 0 9 |
| Generally good soil, with more or less swamp in each section; well watered; Sections 252, 253, each contain some mixed bush and scrub, with a few kauri-trees. Situated about two miles from Te Toro Wharf. |
*Parish.
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NZ Gazette 1902, No 59
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🗺️ Declaration of rural lands in Auckland Land District open for sale or selection
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- Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, Governor of the Colony of New Zealand