New Zealand Gazette – 1904 – No. 5

Page 173

✨ Land Sale Listings

JAN. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 173

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT—continued.

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.

Second-class Heavy-bush Land—continued.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d.
Manukau | Otai* .. 102 .. | 582 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 291 0 0 | 0 6 | 7 5 6 | 0 4 8 | 5 16 5

Undulating to broken forest country; well watered. The soil is of fair quality, consisting of a clay on sandstone sub-soil, and will make excellent sheep country when cleared. The bush contains totara, rimu, rata, and some odd kauri-trees. The block is within twenty-one miles of Papakura Railway-station (distant nineteen miles from Auckland), and fourteen miles from Clevedon Post-office and the Wairoa steamer-landing, where there is steam communication with Auckland twice weekly. There is a cart-road from Papakura to within three miles of the section.

Ohinemuri | Hapuakobe 2 IV. | 451 0 0 | 0 17 0 | 383 7 0 | 0 10·2 | 9 11 9 | 0 8·1 | 7 13
" " 3 " | 570 0 0 | 0 17 0 | 484 10 0 | 0 10·2 | 12 2 3 | 0 8·1 | 9 13 10
" " 5 " | 463 0 0 | 0 17 0 | 393 11 0 | 0 10·2 | 9 16 10 | 0 8·1 | 7 17 6
" " 7 " | 508 0 0 | 0 17 0 | 431 16 0 | 0 10·2 | 10 15 11 | 0 8·1 | 8 12 9

Broken and undulating, with small flats near streams; nearly all heavy mixed forest; soil generally speaking a good bush loam.

Ohinemuri | Piako .. 2 XVI. | 436 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 436 0 0 | 1 0 | 10 18 0 | 0 9·6 | 8 14 5
" " .. 3 " | 464 0 0 | 1 0 0 | 464 0 0 | 1 0 | 11 12 0 | 0 9·6 | 9 5 8
" " .. 8 " | 460 0 0 | 0 17 0 | 391 0 0 | 0 10·2 | 9 15 6 | 0 8·1 | 7 16 5

Sections 2 and 3, undulating and broken; good soil; mixed forest, with a fair sprinkling of puriri. Section 8 somewhat broken; good soil; all mixed forest.

Ohinemuri | Waitoa .. 5 V. | 335 2 0 | 0 15 0 | 252 0 0 | 0 9 | 6 6 0 | 0 7·2 | 5 0 10
" " .. 6 " | 318 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 238 10 0 | 0 9 | 5 19 3 | 0 7·2 | 4 15 5

Broken land; half open land in each section, half mixed forest, consisting of rata, rimu, tawa, pukatea, and kohe.

Opotiki .. | Waiawa .. 1 X. | 214 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 80 5 0 | 0 4·5 | 2 0 2 | 0 3·6 | 1 12 10
" .. " .. 1 XIV. | 389 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 145 17 6 | 0 4·5 | 3 8 0 | 0 3·6 | 2 18 7

All mixed-forest land, generally broken, but with some level and undulating land in section.

Opotiki .. | Waiotahi .. 457 .. | 625 0 0 | 0 5 0 | 156 5 0 | 0 3 | 3 18 2 | 0 2·4 | 3 2 6
" .. | Waioeka .. 369 .. | 155 2 0 | 0 10 0 | 78 0 0 | 0 6 | 1 19 0 | 0 4·8 | 1 11 3

Broken forest land of fair quality; situated from seven to eight miles from Opotiki by bridle-road.

Otamatea | Mareretu* .. 18A .. | 12 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 4 10 0 | 0 4·5 | 0 2 3 | 0 3·6 | 0 1 10

Poor soil, undulating forest land. Six miles from Tokatoka.

Otamatea | Matakoehe* .. | S.E. 107| .. | 20 1 0 | 0 5 0 | 5 0 0 | 0 3 | 0 2 6 | 0 2·4 | 0 2 0

Nearly all undulating forest lands of medium quality.

Raglan .. | Karioi* .. S. 10 .. | 21 2 0 | 0 10 0 | 11 0 0 | 0 6 | 0 5 6 | 0 4·8 | 0 4 5
" .. " .. N.W. 48 .. | 39 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 19 10 0 | 0 6 | 0 9 9 | 0 4·8 | 0 7 10
" .. " .. N.W. 55 .. | 53 1 0 | 0 12 6 | 33 2 6 | 0 7·5 | 0 16 7 | 0 6 | 0 13 3

Undulating to broken bush land; fair light soil, and well watered. Situated from four to five miles from Raglan.

Raglan .. | Pirongia* .. 373 .. | 332 0 0 | 0 11 0 | 182 12 0 | 0 6·6 | 4 11 4 | 0 5·28 | 3 13 1

Broken to undulating land; half mixed forest, tawhero, half fern; soil, a light clay, poor to fair in quality.

Rodney .. | Pakiri* .. 109 .. | 8 2 0 | 0 9 0 | 4 1 0 | 0 5·5 | 0 2 1 | 0 4·32 | 0 1 7

Broken forest land, sandstone and clay soil, well watered; only accessible by very rough pack-track from eight to ten miles from Matakana Landing.

Thames .. | Thames .. 4 III. | 280 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 140 0 0 | 0 6 | 3 10 0 | 0 4·8 | 2 16 0
" .. " .. 8 " | 543 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 271 10 0 | 0 6 | 6 15 9 | 0 4·8 | 5 8 8

Section 4, mixed-forest land; about 30 acres level, balance undulating to broken; well watered. Section 8, about 50 acres fern land, balance mixed bush, some of it has been burnt; land undulating to broken; well watered. These lands lie about eleven miles from Shortland.

Thames .. | Thames .. 4 V. | 129 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 64 10 0 | 0 6 | 1 12 3 | 0 4·8 | 1 5 10

Undulating to broken land, from fair to inferior quality, about three-fourths mixed bush, the balance being open fern land; situated about nine miles from Shortland.

Thames .. | Thames .. 6 VI. | 343 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 128 12 6 | 0 4·5 | 3 4 4 | 0 3·6 | 2 11 6
" .. " .. 8 " | 360 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 180 0 0 | 0 6 | 4 10 0 | 0 4·8 | 3 12 0
" .. " .. 9 " | 411 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 205 10 0 | 0 6 | 5 2 9 | 0 4·8 | 4 2 3

Section 6, all mixed-forest land, broken and stony; soil of fair quality. Section 8, all mixed-bush land, generally broken. Section 9, mixed bush and fern land; soil fair to good quality. All these lands are well watered, and are situated about ten miles from Shortland.

Thames .. | Whitianga .. 1 XII. | 473 0 0 | 0 6 0 | 141 18 0 | 0 3·6 | 3 13 6 | 0 2·88 | 2 16 10
" .. " .. 2 " | 609 0 0 | 0 6 0 | 182 14 0 | 0 3·6 | 4 11 5 | 0 2·88 | 3 13 0
" .. " .. 1 XIII. | | | | | | | |

Broken land of indifferent quality; partly mixed forest and part by open land; situated about one mile up Hikuwai Stream, Tairua, and about one mile from Tairua Post-office.

Whangarei | Mangakahia .. 26 IV. | 41 3 0 | 0 5 0 | 10 10 0 | 0 3 | 0 5 3 | 0 2·4 | 0 4 3
" .. " .. 27 " | 33 0 0 | 0 5 0 | 8 5 0 | 0 3 | 0 4 2 | 0 2·4 | 0 3 4

Undulating, with fair soil, covered with mixed forest; most of the sections contain some kauri.

Whangarei | Mangapai* .. | S.E. 123| .. | 33 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 16 10 0 | 0 6 | 0 8 3 | 0 4·8 | 0 6 9

Broken forest land of fair quality.

Whangarei | Opuawhanga.. 19 I. | 331 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 124 2 6 | 0 4·5 | 3 2 1 | 0 3·6 | 2 9 8
" .. " .. 20 " | 438 0 0 | 0 7 6 | 164 5 0 | 0 4·5 | 4 2 2 | 0 3·6 | 3 5 9

Mixed-forest land, very broken; well watered; soil inferior to fair. Section 20 contains about twenty green kauri-trees. Situated about ten miles from Whakapara Railway-station and two miles from Helena Bay Post-office.

Whangarei | Opuawhanga 15 VIII. | 224 0 0 | 0 10 0 | 112 0 0 | 0 6 | 2 16 0 | 0 4·8 | 2 4 10

About 50 acres open land; broken, but soil fair. About nine miles from Hikurangi Railway-station.

Whangarei | Opuawhanga S. 6 XII. | 74 3 23 | 0 7 6 | 28 2 6 | 0 4·5 | 0 14 1 | 0 3·6 | 0 11 3

Broken land, covered with mixed forest; situated nine miles from the Hikurangi Railway-station.

Parish.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1904, No 5

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🗺️ Schedule of Rural Land in Auckland Land District Available for Sale or Selection (continued from previous page)

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated16 January 1904
KeywordsLand sale, Land selection, Heavy-bush land, Rural land, Auckland Land District, Cash purchase, Occupation with right of purchase, Lease in perpetuity, Land classification, Land area

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