New Zealand Gazette – 1904 – No. 8

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✨ Crown Land Sales

JAN. 28. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 313

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT—continued.

County	District	Section	Area (A. R. P.)	Cash Price (Per Acre)	Occ. (Rent per Acre per Annum)	Lease (Rent per Acre per Annum)
Mangonui	Mangataniwha*	W. 86	29 0 0
		N.W. 105	44 0 0
		S.E. 116	22 0 0
		S.E. M. 121	34 0 0	0 7 6	0 4 5	0 3 6
		S.E. 122 & N.W. 123	60 0 0
		125	39 2 0

Unsurveyed Second-class Heavy-bush Land—continued.

All mixed forest.

County	District	Section	Block	Area (A. R. P.)	Cash Price (Per Acre)	Cash Price (Total Price)	Occ. (Rent per Acre per Annum)	Occ. (Half-yearly Rent)	Lease (Rent per Acre per Annum)	Lease (Half-yearly Rent)
Mangonui	Mangataniwha East*			1,150 0 0	0 10 0		0 6		0 4 8

All very broken, forest land, well watered, mostly chocolate-coloured soil; situated close to and adjoining the Fern Flat Settlement, about fourteen miles from Mangonui.

County	District	Section	Area (A. R. P.)	Cash Price (Per Acre)	Occ. (Rent per Acre per Annum)	Lease (Rent per Acre per Annum)
Mangonui	Mangataniwha East*	E. 8 & 9	97 0 0
	Ditto	14	57 0 0
		S.E. 13 & N.E. 15	54 0 0
		16	75 0 0	0 7 6	0 4 5	0 3 6
		17	76 0 0
		E. 19	40 0 0
		S.E. 25	35 0 0
		N.W. 28	40 0 0
		S.E. 29	33 0 0
		32	96 0 0	0 5 0	0 3	0 2 4

All mixed-forest land.

County	District	Section	Block	Area (A. R. P.)	Cash Price (Per Acre)	Cash Price (Total Price)	Occ. (Rent per Acre per Annum)	Occ. (Half-yearly Rent)	Lease (Rent per Acre per Annum)	Lease (Half-yearly Rent)
Mangonui	Takahue		XII.	550 0 0	0 12 6		0 7 5		0 6
	Mangataniwha		IX.

Broken forest land; situate about two miles from Victoria Valley Post-office.

County	District	Section	Block	Area (A. R. P.)	Cash Price (Per Acre)	Cash Price (Total Price)	Occ. (Half-yearly Rent)	Lease (Rent per Acre per Annum)	Lease (Half-yearly Rent)
Mangonui	Takahue	26	X.	530 0 0	0 10 0	265 0 0	6 12 6	0 4 8	5 6 0
		27		550 0 0	0 10 0	275 0 0	6 17 6	0 4 8	5 10 0
		28		660 0 0	0 10 0	330 0 0	8 5 0	0 4 8	6 15 0
		29		878 2 0	0 10 0	439 5 0	10 19 7	0 4 8	8 15 8
		30		509 0 0	0 10 0	254 10 0	6 7 3	0 4 8	5 1 10
		31		520 0 0	0 10 0	260 0 0	6 10 0	0 4 8	5 4 0
		5	XIV.	635 0 0	0 10 0	317 10 0	7 18 9	0 4 8	6 7 0
		10		537 2 0	0 10 0	268 15 0	6 14 4	0 4 8	5 7 6

Broken forest lands of fair quality; pastoral; well watered; containing scattered kauri, totara, puriri, rimu, and kahikatea. Situated from three to eight miles from Takahue Post-office.

County	District	Section	Block	Area (A. R. P.)	Cash Price (Per Acre)	Cash Price (Total Price)	Occ. (Rent per Acre per Annum)	Occ. (Half-yearly Rent)	Lease (Rent per Acre per Annum)	Lease (Half-yearly Rent)
Mangonui	Waitarau*	M. 4		40 0 0	0 7 6		0 4 5		0 3 6
		N. 6		50 0 0

Open and bush land.

County	District	Block	Area (A. R. P.)	Cash Price (Per Acre)	Occ. (Rent per Acre per Annum)	Lease (Rent per Acre per Annum)
Opotiki	Waioeka	IV., VII., VIII., XI., XII., XV., XVI.	80,352 0 0	0 15 0	0 9	0 7 2
	Waioeka South	III., IV., VII., VIII.
	Urutawa	I., II., V., VI., VII., IX., X., XI., XIII., XIV.
	Motu	I., V.

This land is part of the Oamaru Block, lying to the southward of the Opotiki confiscation boundary-line, and situated from eleven to thirty miles from the sea-coast. The land is, generally speaking, very broken, the higher peaks and ridges ranging from 2,000 ft. to 3,000 ft. above sea-level. The soil is poor on the tops of these ridges and spurs, towai or black-birch being the prevailing timber. Along the valley of the Waioeka River, from the Opato Stream southwards, the slopes are easier, and the soil is of better quality, and, generally speaking, the country becomes less broken as the sources of the rivers are approached. With the exception of the ridges and spurs mentioned above, the block is fairly good pastoral country, the quality of the soil being good, though broken, and the block is well watered throughout.

County	District	Section	Block	Area (A. R. P.)	Cash Price (Per Acre)	Cash Price (Total Price)	Occ. (Rent per Acre per Annum)	Occ. (Half-yearly Rent)	Lease (Rent per Acre per Annum)	Lease (Half-yearly Rent)
Opotiki	Opotiki		X.	6,714 0 0	0 10 0 to 1 5 0		0 6 to 1 3		0 4 8 to 1 0
	Waioeka		I., II.

Altitude, from 100 ft. to 2,400 ft. above sea-level; broken land, in many cases steep, covered with mixed forest consisting of tawa, rimu, rata, &c., with a little totara; the undergrowth is thick, with much supplejack in places; soil fairly good, except where towai or black-birch is found growing along tops of ridges; about 200 acres of first-class land in Block II., Waioeka Survey District; well watered. Access from the Waiotahi River Road, seven miles from Ohiwa Harbour and sixteen miles from Opotiki; from the Waioeka River Road; or by means of a 6 ft. road now being formed into the block, eight miles from Opotiki.

County	District	Section	Block	Area (A. R. P.)	Cash Price (Per Acre)	Cash Price (Total Price)	Occ. (Rent per Acre per Annum)	Occ. (Half-yearly Rent)	Lease (Rent per Acre per Annum)	Lease (Half-yearly Rent)
Opotiki	Opotiki		XI., XII.	9,770 0 0	0 9 0		0 5 4		0 4 32
	Waioeka		III., IV.

Altitude, from 100 ft. to 2,400 ft. above sea-level; very broken and steep in places; covered with mixed forest, chiefly tawa, with patches of towai or black-birch; well watered; soil fair for the most part, but poor on tops of ridges. Land is suitable for sheep if taken up in large areas. The block is situated from seven to twelve miles south of Opotiki, and can be approached either by the Waioeka River Road, the Otara River Road, or by road up the Tutaetoko Stream.

Parish.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1904, No 8

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

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated28 January 1904
KeywordsCrown land, Rural land, Sale, Selection, Auckland, Heavy-bush, Light-bush, Scrub, Swamp, Land Act 1892, Bush and Swamp Crown Lands Settlement Act 1903

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