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New Zealand Gazette – 1908 – No. 67

Page 2325

✨ Land Opening Notices

Aug. 27.] . THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2325

Section.	Block.	Area.	Cash Purchase: Total Price.	Occupation with Right of Purchase: Half-yearly Rent.	Renewable Lease: Half-yearly Rent.

HOKIANGA COUNTY.—OMANAI A PARISH.
	A. B. P.	£ s. a.	a s. a.	£ s. a.
23	.	59 0 0	I 40 0 0	I 1 0 0	0 16 0
Altitude, from 1ft. to 360ft. above sea-level. Undulating to broken, half fern country, half light mixed bush, comprising tarai re, puriri, to wai, with dense undergrowth of nikau and bush-ferns. Soil of fair second-class quality, on sandstone formation. Situated about five miles from Rawene by tidal water, or about fourteen miles by fair road.
WHANGAREI COUNTY.—TANGIHUA SURVEY DISTRICT.
S. 5	III	29 2 0	25 0 0	0 12 6	0 10 0
Altitude, rom 1,300 ft. to 1,400 ft. above sea-level. Undulating land, covered with mixed forest, comprising tarai re, to wai, rats, birch, dmu, and small kauri-trees, with light undergrowth of kiekie, toetoe, and ferns. Soil a mixed loam and clay from fair to good quality, on sandstone formation; water only obtainable by sinking. Situated about three miles from Maungakaramea. Post-office-over two miles formed road, balance unformed.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this nineteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and eight.
ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands
Opening Lands in Southland Land District for Sale or Selection.
PLUNKET, Governor.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by “The Land Act, 1908,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, having received the report of the Under-Secretary in this behalf, as provided in section one hundred and fifty-four of the said Act, do hereby declare that the lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on Wednesday, the twenty-eighth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and eight; 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 renewable lease; 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, 1908.”
SCHEDULE.
SOUTH LAND DISTRICT.—SOUTH LAND COUNTY.—OTERA-MIKA HUNDRED.
Second-class Land.
Section.	Block.	Area.	Cash Purchase: Total Price.	Occupation with Right of Purchase: Half-yearly Rent.	Renewable Lease: Half-yearly Rent.
---	---	---	---	---	---
		A. R. P.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.
33	III	61 3 1	82 10 0	0 16 3	0 13 0
42	.	86 0 0	45 0 0	1 2 6	0 18 0
44	"	100 0 0	50 0 0	1 5 0	1 0 0
46	"	100 0 0	50 0 0	1 6 0	1 0 0
48	.	100 0 0	50 0 0	1 6 0	1 0 0
64	.	64 3 15	27 10 0	0 13 9	0 11 0
66	"	79 2 22	37 10 0	0 18 9	0 15 0
67	"	102 2 0	52 10 0	1 6 3	1 1 0
68	"	110 0 13	66 0 0	1 8 0	1 2 0
69	"	102 2 0	52 10 0	1 6 3	1 1 0
70	"	190 0 10	70 0 0	115 0	1 8 0
Situated at Seaward Forest, the centre of the block being about three miles and a half from Kapuka Railway station. The land is mostly inferior end of a peaty nature. Mostly covered with light bush and manuka scrub. Access by partly formed road.
6	IV	37 3 3	46 0 0	1 2 6	0 18 0
Situated one mile and a quarter from Kapuka Railway station. Soil inferior; well watered; partly covered with light bush. Access by rail and partly formed road.
9	V	104 2 13	52 10 0	1 6 3	1 1 0
14	"	110 3 30	57 10 0	1 8 9	1 3 0
17	.	105 1 11	52 10 0	1 6 3	1 1 0
a4	.	53 3 35	a7 10 0	0 18 9	0 11 0
42*	"	77 1 39	40 0 0	1 0 0	0 16 0
.Weighted with £72, valuation for house, fencing, sheep yards, dp, and planting,
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Section.	Block.	Area.	Cash Purchase: Total Price.	Occupation with Right of Purchase: Half-yearly Rent.	Renewable Lease: Half-yearly Rent.
		A. B. P.	f s. a.	£ s. a.	£ s. d.
45	V	69 0 5	30 0 0	0 16 0	0 19 0
46		76 2 1	40 0 0	10 0	0 18 0
47	:	63 3 17	a7 10 0	0 18 9	0 11 0
51		102 3 11	63 10 0	1 6 3	1 1 0
52	:	98 0 25	50 0 0	1 5 0	1 0 0
73		101 2 26	52 10 0	1 6 3	1 1 0
74	:	101 a 26	52 10 0	1 6 8	1 1 0
75	"	94 0 28	47 10 0	13 9	019 0
76	"	74 3 16	37 10 0	0 18 9	0 16 0
Situated south of Seaward Forest, the centre of the block being about six miles from Kapuka Railway station. Land open, inferior, low-lying, wet and peaty in places. Access by partly formed rod.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-fourth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and eight.
ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands
Opening Land in Auckland Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.
PLUNKET, Governor.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one-hundred-and-fifty-fourth section of “The Land Act, 1906,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, having received the report of the Under-Secretary in this behalf, as in the said section is provided, do hereby declare that the rural land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on Wednesday, the twenty-eighth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and eight; and also that the land mentioned in the said Schedule may be selected on renewable lease only, in accordance with the provisions of section one hundred and thirty-five of the said Act, as they contain, or are supposed to contain, metals, minerals, or valuable stone; and I do hereby also fix the price at which the said land shall be leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said land shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1908.”
SCHEDULE.
AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—TAURANGA COUNTY.—TE PAPA PARISH.
Second-class Land.
Section.	Block.	Area.	Capital Value.	Half-yearly Rental.
---	---	---	---	---
		R. P.	£ s. d.	f s. a.
70	.	la; 2 0	120 0 0	2 8 0
Altitude, from 606 ft. to 806 ft. above sea-level. Undulating fern land; soil of fair quality, on volcanic formation; well watered. Situated about eighteen miles from Tauranga by dray-road.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-fourth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and eight.
ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands
Opening Lands in Nelson Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.
PLUNKET, Governor.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one-hundred-and-fifty-fourth section of “The Land Act, 1908,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, having received the report of the Under-Secretary 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 selection on Thursday, the twenty-ninth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and eight; and also that the lands mentioned in the said Schedule may be selected on renewable lease only, in accordance with the provisions of section one hundred and thirty-five of the said Act, as they contain, or are supposed to contain, metals, minerals, or valuable stone; and I do hereby also fix the prices at which the said lands shall be leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said lands shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1908.”

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VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1908, No 67

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🗺️ Land Opening for Sale or Selection: Hokianga County, Omanai a Parish

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated19 August 1908
KeywordsLand sale, Land selection, Hokianga County, Omanai a Parish, Second-class land
👩‍💼 Officials

Robert McNab, Minister of Lands

🗺️ Land Opening for Sale or Selection: Southland Land District, Otera-Mika Hundred

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated24 August 1908
KeywordsLand sale, Land selection, Southland Land District, Otera-Mika Hundred, Second-class land
👩‍💼 Officials

Plunket, Governor
Robert McNab, Minister of Lands

🗺️ Land Opening for Selection on Renewable Lease: Auckland Land District, Te Papa Parish

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated24 August 1908
KeywordsLand selection, Renewable lease, Auckland Land District, Tauranga County, Te Papa Parish, Second-class land
👩‍💼 Officials

Plunket, Governor
Robert McNab, Minister of Lands

🗺️ Land Opening for Selection on Renewable Lease: Nelson Land District

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
KeywordsLand selection, Renewable lease, Nelson Land District
👩‍💼 Officials

Plunket, Governor

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