New Zealand Gazette – 1904 – No. 48

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✨ Land Sales and Selections

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 48

selector disposes of his interest in the land the rent so conceded shall be paid by him in full, and thereupon the Land Board may remit such instalments of rent payable by the incoming tenant, not exceeding in the aggregate the amount of rent previously conceded to the selector, as the Board shall think fit.

SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

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 per Annum.

First-class Light-bush Land.

Southland | Winton Hundred | 26 | VIII. | A. R. P. 19 3 35 | £ s. d. 1 5 0 | £ s. d. 25 0 0 | s. d. 1 3 | £ s. d. 0 12 6 | s. d. 1 0 | £ s. d. 0 10 0

Situated about two miles and three-quarters from Winton Railway-station; access by good summer road. Soil good; well watered; land flat, part being lowlying and wet. Bush land, recently cut out by sawmillers, the remaining timber comprising a few red- and white-pine saplings, and the balance kamahi; all suitable for firewood. The whole of the land is covered with heavy undergrowth.

Southland | Winton Hundred | 43 | VIII. | 97 2 0 | 1 0 0 | 97 10 0 | 1 0 | 2 8 9 | 0 9 6 | 1 19 0

Light-bush land, bush consisting of white- and red-pine saplings, with large kamai fit for fencing and firewood; heavy undergrowth. Situation fair; access bad. Distance from Winton Township four miles. Character of soil good to fair.

Second-class Light-bush Land.

Southland | Invercargill Hundred | 98 | XXII. | 32 1 15 | 0 10 0 | 16 5 0 | 0 6 | 0 8 2 | 0 4·8 | 0 6 6

" | Ditto | 99 | " | 46 2 36 | 0 10 0 | 23 10 0 | 0 6 | 0 11 9 | 0 4·8 | 0 9 5

" | " | 100 | " | 39 1 26 | 0 10 0 | 19 15 0 | 0 6 | 0 9 11 | 0 4·8 | 0 7 11

Section 98 is weighted with £15—valuation for house £10, and stable and shed £5.

Bush consists of red- and white-pine saplings, with large kamahi, fit only for fencing and firewood; heavy undergrowth. Situation bad; access bad; soil inferior; well watered. Distance from One-tree Point Railway-siding three miles; fair summer road.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this second day of June, one thousand nine hundred and four.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Lands in Southland 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 described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on and after the third day of August, 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 lands 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.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

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 per Annum.

First-class Land.

Southland | Invercargill Hundred | 78 | VII. | A. R. P. 4 2 0 | £ s. d. 5 0 0 | £ s. d. 22 10 0 | s. d. 5 0 | £ s. d. 0 11 3 | s. d. 4 0 | £ s. d. 0 9 0

Access good; well watered; good heavy soil, mostly flat, all in strong red tussock. Distance from One-Tree Point Railway-station, half a mile.

Second-class Land.

Southland | Eyre | 82 | .. | 308 2 0 | 0 7 6 | 115 13 9 | 0 4·5 | 2 17 10 | 0 3·6 | 2 6 4

Weighted with £49 8s., valuation for fencing.

Situation fair; access bad; good summer road to the section; character of soil inferior, clay formation; no bush. Distance from Mossburn Railway-station, four miles.

Wallace .. | Waiau | 60 | I. | 196 2 27 | 0 10 0 | 98 10 0 | 0 6 | 2 10 0 | 0 4·8 | 1 19 5

Weighted with £39, valuation for fencing.

Inferior open land; south of the road the soil is good, but is covered with heavy tutu and flax; north of the road the soil is light and shingly. Distance from Eastern Bush, about four miles.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this second day of June, one thousand nine hundred and four.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1904, No 48

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🗺️ Rural lands in Southland Land District open for sale or selection (continued from previous page)

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated2 June 1904
KeywordsLand Act 1892, rural land, sale, selection, lease in perpetuity, light-bush land, local rate exemption, rent deferral, selector
👩‍💼 Officials

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

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