New Zealand Gazette – 1903 – No. 95

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✨ Land Sales and Selections

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 95

County.	District.	Section.	Block.	Area.	Cash Price.	Occupation with Right of Purchase: Rent, 5 per Cent.	Lease in Perpe'uity: Rent, 4 per Cent.
				A. R. P.	Per Acre.	Total Price.	Rent per Acre per Annum.
					£ s. d.	£ s. d.	s. d.
Southland	Otara ..	28	VI.	131 1 0	0 13 2	86 8 2	0 7·9

Southland	Invercargill Hundred	117	XX.	5 2 8	0 10 0	2 15 6	0 6

Southland	Waikawa ..	50	VII.	63 3 13	0 12 6	40 0 0	0 7·5

Situated about three miles from Tokonui Gorge by partly formed road to within a quarter of a mile of section. Poor clay soil; well watered; land partly open, balance covered with bush of no commercial value, being mostly kamahi, with some red and white pine; scrub heavy.

Situated about ten miles from Town of Invercargill; formed road to within one mile and a quarter of section, no road remainder of distance. Soil sandy loam; worked-out bush land, containing some scattered black-pine and kamahi, suitable only for firewood; scrub light.

Weighted with £21, valuation for grassing and fencing.

Situated about three miles from Waikawa Township; access by good formed road to within 5 chains of section. Soil inferior and peaty; about 15 acres cleared, balance covered with light bush, chiefly kamahi and manuka, fit only for fencing or firewood; scrub heavy.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this ninth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and three.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
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 twenty-fourth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and four; 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.
				A. R. P.	Per Acre.	Total Price.	Rent per Acre per Annum.
					£ s. d.	£ s. d.	s. d.
Hokianga ..	Waoku ..	7	XII.	203 0 29	0 13 6	137 0 6	0 8·1
" ..	" ..	8	"	190 1 24	0 12 6	118 15 0	0 7·5
" ..	" ..	9	"	200 0 0	0 15 0	150 0 0	0 9

Broken and undulating forest land of fair quality; well watered. Situated within Auckland Special Settlement Block and fronting Hokianga-Opanake Road, about twenty-two miles from Opanake Railway-station. Some grassing has been done on Section 7.

| Hokianga .. | Waoku .. | 4 | XVI. | 200 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 125 0 0 | 0 7·5 | 3 2 6 | 0 6 | 2 10 0 |
| " .. | " .. | 6 | " | 201 2 0 | 0 13 0 | 131 6 0 | 0 7·8 | 3 5 8 | 0 6·2 | 2 12 6 |
| " .. | " .. | 7 | " | 200 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 125 0 0 | 0 7·5 | 3 2 6 | 0 6 | 2 10 0 |
| " .. | " .. | 11 | " | 203 2 0 | 0 15 0 | 153 0 0 | 0 9 | 3 16 6 | 0 7·2 | 3 1 3 |
| " .. | " .. | 13 | " | 200 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 150 0 0 | 0 9 | 3 15 0 | 0 7·2 | 3 0 0 |
| " .. | " .. | 16 | " | 200 0 0 | 0 13 0 | 150 0 0 | 0 7·8 | 3 15 0 | 0 6·2 | 3 0 0 |
| " .. | " .. | 17 | " | 196 2 0 | 0 12 6 | 123 2 6 | 0 7·5 | 3 1 7 | 0 6 | 2 9 3 |
| " .. | " .. | 25 | " | 200 0 0 | 0 13 0 | 130 0 0 | 0 7·8 | 3 5 0 | 0 6·2 | 2 12 0 |
| " .. | " .. | 26 | " | 200 0 0 | 0 14 0 | 140 0 0 | 0 8·4 | 3 10 0 | 0 6·72 | 2 16 0 |
| " .. | " .. | 27 | " | 218 1 24 | 0 14 6 | 158 1 0 | 0 8·7 | 3 19 0 | 0 6·96 | 3 3 3 |
| " .. | " .. | 28 | " | 218 1 0 | 0 14 6 | 158 1 0 | 0 8·7 | 3 19 0 | 0 6·96 | 3 3 3 |
| " .. | " .. | 29 | " | 204 3 0 | 0 15 0 | 153 15 0 | 0 9 | 3 16 11 | 0 7·2 | 3 1 6 |

Broken and undulating lands of fair quality, covered with mixed forest; situated in the Auckland Special Settlement Block, from eighteen to twenty-five miles from Opanake, with frontage to Opanake-Taheke and Waimamaku-Taheke Roads. Section 11 is weighted with £34 10s., valuation for house and grassing. Some grassing has been done on Sections 27 and 28.

| Hokianga .. | Waipoua .. | 8 | XI. | 100 0 0 | 1 10 0 | 150 0 0 | 1 6 | 3 15 0 | 0 1·24 | 3 0 0 |

About 20 acres mixed forest-land, balance of section cleared and grassed; situated in the Mangatu Settlement, and fronts main Opanake-Taheke Road, about six miles from Opanake Railway-station.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eleventh day of December, one thousand nine hundred and three.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1903, No 95

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🗺️ Rural Lands in Southland Land District Open for Sale or Selection (continued from previous page)

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated9 December 1903
KeywordsSouthland Land District, Rural Land, Land Sale, Land Selection, Lease in Perpetuity, Cash Sale, Occupation with Right of Purchase, Second-class Land, Otara, Invercargill Hundred, Waikawa, Poor Clay Soil, Sandy Loam, Peaty Soil, Bush Land, Scrub
👩‍💼 Officials

T. Y. Duncan, Minister of Lands

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

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated11 December 1903
KeywordsAuckland Land District, Rural Land, Land Sale, Land Selection, Lease in Perpetuity, Cash Sale, Occupation with Right of Purchase, Second-class Land, Hokianga County, Waoku, Waipoua, Forest Land, Mixed Forest, Grassing, Fencing, Auckland Special Settlement Block, Opanake Road
👩‍💼 Officials

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

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