✨ Land Notices and Meteorological Observations
Otepopo
| District | Allotment | Acreage | Class of Land | Distance from nearest Town or Village | Distance from nearest Navigable River | Distance from nearest Public Road | Distance from nearest Bush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Section, Block | a. r. p. | miles from | miles from | miles | miles near | ||
| Otepopo | 19 IX | 92 1 0 | open | 4 Herbert | 3½ bush res. | ||
| do | 22 do | 44 2 25 | open & bush | 5 do | 3½ ad bush res. | ||
| do | 23 do | 125 3 7 | do | 5 do | 3 near bush res. | ||
| do | 24 do | 125 2 8 | do | 6 do | 3 next bush res. | ||
| do | 25 do | 126 1 20 | do | 6 do | 3 next bush res. | ||
| do | 26 do | 138 1 30 | do | 6 do | 3½ do | ||
| do | 27 do | 142 2 39 | do | 7 do | do partly bush | ||
| do | 47 do | 60 0 0 | do | 4½ do |
W. H. CUTTEN,
Chief Commissioner.
Waste Land Board Office,
Dunedin, 8th December, 1868.
Secretary of Land and Works Office,
Dunedin, 15th Dec., 1868.
IN CONFORMITY with the 29th Section of "The Gold Fields Act 1866," it is hereby notified that it is intended to grant Leases, for gold mining purposes, to the undermentioned:—
Robert Clements, Maori Point Company, Section 13, Block XI, Shotover, containing 2a. Or. 10p., subject to reservation and protection of water race belonging to Walter Gardiner and party.
John Quin, Hibernian Tunnelling Company, Section 26, Block XI, Shotover, containing 10 acres, subject to free access to and from, and reservation of all tenements and other holdings at present on the section.
N. C. Thompson, Happy Return Company, Section 28, Block XI, Shotover, containing 8 acres.
Peter Miller and party, Miller’s Claim, Section 29, Block II, Skipper’s Creek District, containing 8 acres, subject to reservation and protection of track from Maori Point to Stony Creek, where it crosses the section, and that there be free access to and from, and reservation of all tenements and other holdings at present on the section.
Ewan Duncan, Try Again Tunnelling Company, Section 3, Block VII, Skipper’s Creek, containing 10 acres, subject to reservation and protection of water race belonging to Watkins and party, and that free access be given to and from the tenements at present on the section, and that they be reserved from the lease.
Thomas Francis Roskruge and John Rowe Pasko, Cornish Quartz Mining Company, Section 8, Block II, Skipper’s Creek, containing 16a. 1r. 9p.
Bell and Smith, Cosmopolitan Company’s Claim at Twelve-mile Creek, Lake Wakatipu, containing 10 acres, being Section 12, Mid Wakatipu.
A. J. BURNS,
Secretary for Land and Works.
IRAQUAIR HUNDRED.—The following Allotments in Block IX, Maungatua Block, will be open for application on Monday, the 28th instant, viz.:—
Section 14, Block IX, 23a. 2r. 0p.
" 15, " X, 67a. 0r. 34p.
" 12, " 170a. 2r. 30p.
W. H. CUTTEN,
Chief Commissioner.
IRAQUAIR HUNDRED.—Notice is hereby given that, in terms of the 37th Clause of "The Otago Waste Lands Act 1866," the following Sections of Surveyed Lands in the Maungatua District will be offered for sale by public auction, in the Land Office, on Tuesday, the 19th day of January next, at 12 o’clock noon:—
Maungatua District
| Sec. | Block. | Acreage. | Sec. | Block. | Acreage. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IX | 81 0 15 | 2 | X | 140 2 15 |
| 2 | do | 61 0 7 | 3 | do | 185 2 0 |
| 3 | do | 193 0 0 | 4 | do | 83 0 0 |
| 4 | do | 208 1 15 | 5 | do | 110 0 0 |
| 5 | do | 110 1 15 | 6 | do | 95 1 0 |
| 6 | do | 111 3 10 | 7 | do | 100 3 0 |
| 7 | do | 118 2 0 | 8 | do | 184 0 22 |
| 8 | do | 102 3 0 | 9 | do | 162 1 36 |
| 9 | do | 111 0 0 | 10 | do | 228 1 20 |
| 10 | do | 116 0 0 | 11 | XI | 204 0 0 |
| 11 | do | 139 2 30 | 1 | do | 180 2 0 |
| 12 | do | 110 2 0 | 2 | do | 181 3 0 |
| 13 | do | 136 0 0 | 3 | do | 126 0 0 |
| 1 | X | 271 3 23 | 4 | do | 191 2 0 |
W. H. CUTTEN,
Chief Commissioner.
Waste Land Board Office,
Dunedin, 16th December, 1868.
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS taken at
DUNEDIN,
for the Month of NOVEMBER, 1868.
At 9.30 A.M. Daily.
Lat. 45° 52' 11" S. Long. 170° 31' 7" E.
Altitude above Sea, 550 feet.
Barometer (reduced to 32° Fah. and sea level).
Mean atmospheric pressure for month 29.882 inches
Highest pressure (on 8th) ... 30.482 ...
Lowest pressure (on 22nd) ... 29.296 ...
Range for month ... 1.186 ...
Temperature in Shade.
Approx. mean temperature for month 53.7 Fah.
Mean maximum temperature ... 62.3 ...
Mean minimum temperature ... 45.2 ...
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Otago Provincial Gazette 1868, No 584
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Sale by Auction of Crown Lands at the Upset Price of Ten Shillings Per Acre
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🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey16 December 1868
Land sale, Auction, Crown lands, Otepopo, Herbert
- W. H. Cutten, Chief Commissioner
🗺️ Grant of Gold Mining Leases
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey15 December 1868
Gold mining, Leases, Shotover, Skipper's Creek, Lake Wakatipu
9 names identified
- Robert Clements, Granted lease for gold mining
- John Quin, Granted lease for gold mining
- N. C. Thompson, Granted lease for gold mining
- Peter Miller, Granted lease for gold mining
- Ewan Duncan, Granted lease for gold mining
- Thomas Francis Roskruge, Granted lease for gold mining
- John Rowe Pasko, Granted lease for gold mining
- Bell, Granted lease for gold mining
- Smith, Granted lease for gold mining
- A. J. Burns, Secretary for Land and Works
🗺️ Land Allotments Open for Application
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey16 December 1868
Land allotments, Maungatua Block, Iraquair Hundred
- W. H. Cutten, Chief Commissioner
🗺️ Public Auction of Surveyed Lands
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey16 December 1868
Land sale, Auction, Maungatua District
- W. H. Cutten, Chief Commissioner
🎓 Meteorological Observations for November 1868
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