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Jan. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 27
about 400 acres very precipitous limestone land with good soil; well watered. Section 2: Altitude, 600 ft. to 1,800 ft.; all heavy mixed forest; rough sandstone country; very fair soil; about 300 acres near middle of section fairly good and easy country. Section 3: Altitude, 700 ft. to 1,400 ft.; heavy mixed forest; moderately rough sandstone country; fair soil. Section 4: Altitude, 800 ft. to 1,500 ft.; heavy mixed forest; rough sandstone country; fair soil; well watered. Fencing-timber scarce on these sections. Situated from twenty-two to twenty-eight miles from Kawhia, and from twenty-four to twenty-eight miles from Te Kumi Railway-station; access by main road and Pomarangei Road.
| Section. | Block. | Area. | Lease in Perpetuity: Rent, 4 per Cent. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rent per Acre per Annum. | |||
| 8 | VI. | 1,364 0 0 | 0 8·36 |
| 9 | VI. | 1,456 0 0 | 0 8·36 |
| 11 | VI. | 1,105 0 0 | 0 7·2 |
| 12 | VI. | 996 0 0 | 0 9·6 |
Altitude, from 400 ft. to 1,000 ft. above sea-level. Mostly broken, covered with mixed forest, comprising rata, rimu, tawa, and tawhiri; papa formation; soil good; well watered. There is some limestone on the eastern side of Section 8, and some good undulating land at the northern end of Section 12. The land is suitable for pastoral purposes only. Present access by pack-track; about twelve miles from Paemako Post-office, and from there twenty-one miles by dray-road from Te Kuiti Railway-station.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-third day of December, one thousand nine hundred and two.
C. H. MILLS,
For Minister of Lands.
Trustees for the Miller’s Flat Public Cemetery appointed.
RANFURLY, Governor.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the sixth section of “The Cemeteries Act, 1882,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the several persons whose names are specified in the first column of the Schedule hereto to be Trustees to provide for the maintenance and care of the public cemetery specified in the second column of the said Schedule.
SCHEDULE.
| Names of Trustees. | Name of Public Cemetery, and Description of Land. |
|---|---|
| John Kerr, John Sellars, John Pringle, Peter Shiels, and Robert Richardson. | MILLER’S FLAT. All that parcel of land in the Otago Land District, containing by admeasurement 3 acres 3 roods 5 perches, more or less, being Section No. 63, Block III., Benger Survey District. Bounded towards the north-west by Section No. 17, 700 links; towards the north-east by Section No. 18, 550 links; towards the south-east by Section No. 18, 677 links; and towards the south-west by a road line, 550 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin. |
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this thirtieth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and two.
C. H. MILLS,
For Minister of Lands.
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 fourth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and three; 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. | Half-yearly Rent. | |||||
| A. R. P. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | s. d. | ||||
| Hokianga | Mangamuka | 5 | XV. | 122 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 61 0 0 | 0 6 |
| Land of good quality; well watered; covered with mixed forest and high tea-tree. Access only by the Wairere, an inlet of the Hokianga Harbour; about six miles from Kohukohu by water. | |||||||
| Tauranga | Te Papa* | 562 | .. | 48 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 24 0 0 | 0 6 |
| Half open, half forest land, containing tawa, rimu, rata, pukatea; soil good; well watered by two streams. Situated one mile and a half from Oropi. | |||||||
| Kawhia | Orahiri | 6 | X. | 272 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 204 0 0 | 0 9 |
| About 40 acres forest, balance open land; limestone formation; good soil; well watered. About eight miles from Hangatiki Railway-station. | |||||||
| Bay of Islands | Kerikeri | 13 | XII. | 166 2 16 | 0 10 0 | £3 10 0 | 0 6 |
| Volcanic, stony land, covered with fern. Fronts Kerikeri Inlet, Bay of Islands; about seven miles from Russell by water. | |||||||
| Whakatane | Matata* | 158A | .. | 1,000 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 375 0 0 | 0 4·5 |
| Half heavy forest, half open land; soil of medium quality. About two miles from Matata. | |||||||
| Rotorua | Rotoiti | 5 | I. | 707 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 353 10 0 | 0 6 |
| Light soil, covered with light forest; undulating land; will take grass well, having a warm north-east aspect. Distant about five miles from Hamurana on the north shore of Rotorua Lake. Hamurana is six miles from Rotorua Township by water. |
- Parish.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-third day of December, one thousand nine hundred and two.
C. H. MILLS,
For Minister of Lands.
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Rural Lands in Auckland District open for selection on lease in perpetuity
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🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey23 December 1902
Land selection, Lease in perpetuity, Rural land, Auckland, Kawhia, Land auction, Metals and minerals
- C. H. Mills, For Minister of Lands
🏘️ Appointment of Trustees for Miller’s Flat Public Cemetery
🏘️ Provincial & Local Government30 December 1902
Cemetery, Trustees, Maintenance, Otago, Miller’s Flat, Public land
- John Kerr, Appointed Trustee
- John Sellars, Appointed Trustee
- John Pringle, Appointed Trustee
- Peter Shiels, Appointed Trustee
- Robert Richardson, Appointed Trustee
- Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, Governor of the Colony of New Zealand
- C. H. Mills, For Minister of Lands
🗺️ Rural Lands in Auckland Land District open for Sale or Selection
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey23 December 1902
Land sale, Land selection, Cash price, Right of purchase, Lease in perpetuity, Auckland Land District, Hokianga, Tauranga, Kawhia, Bay of Islands, Whakatane, Rotorua
- Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, Governor of the Colony of New Zealand
- C. H. Mills, For Minister of Lands