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Suburban Lands.
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Suburban allotments of five acres in extent shall be laid off contiguous to the said town.
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Every such allotment, for the time being remaining unsold shall twice, at the least in every year be offered for sale by auction, at an upset price of one pound per acre, and sold to the highest bidder.
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No suburban allotment shall be sold otherwise than by auction.
Class B.
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Class B shall comprise 30,000 acres; and lands in this class to the extent of, not exceeding, 100 acres to each person, shall be sold at five shillings an acre to the first applicant.
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The Government shall have the right to take public roads, as specified under Class A; such right to be exercised in the same manner and within the same period, and with the same consequences to the grantee his heirs and assigns, in the event of the exercise of such right, and notice to him or them as specified in the regulations under said Class A.
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If the same piece of land shall be applied for by more than one person, upon the same day, the land so applied for shall be put up to auction at an upset price of five shillings an acre, and shall be sold to the highest bidder.
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Any person who shall have purchased and paid for 100 acres of land in Class B, and who shall be desirous of purchasing a further quantity, shall be permitted to do so at the rate of ten shillings per acre.
Class C.
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Class C shall comprise 60,000 acres, and shall be sold: as the Waste Land Board shall determine; either at public auction at an upset price of five shillings an acre, or to the first applicant at a fixed price of ten shillings an acre: Provided always that not more than 500 acres shall be sold to any one person, and that in the event of there being more than one applicant for the same land on the same day, then and in that case the land so applied for shall be put up to auction at an upset price of ten shillings an acre, and sold to the highest bidder.
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All land sold under this class shall be subject to the same conditions with respect to the right to take public roads, and the manner and time of exercising such right; and the consequences to the grantee, his heirs and assigns, in the event of the exercise thereof and notice to him or them as hereinafter are provided in the regulations respecting Class A.
Class D.
- Class D shall comprise all Mineral Lands, and shall be sold or otherwise disposed of in accordance with the provisions contained in Sections 52 to 63, inclusive, of the “Otago Waste Lands Act 1866.”
In all cases of the sale or other disposal of land in any of the said classes under these Regulations, the provisions of the “Otago Waste Lands Act 1866” shall, subject to those Regulations and to the provisions of the “Otago Settlement Act 1869,” be applied as far as circumstances will admit of.
William Fox,
Presiding.
Forsyth Gosling,
Clerk to the Executive Council.
Printed under the Authority of the Provincial Government of Otago by Mills, Dick & Co., Stafford Street, Dunedin, Printers to the said Provincial Government for the time being.
Otago Provincial Gazette 1870, No 664
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Schedule of Land Classification for Martin’s Bay
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🗺️ Lands, Settlement & SurveyLand Classification, Martin’s Bay, Free Grants, Settlement Conditions
- William Fox, Presiding
- Forsyth Gosling, Clerk to the Executive Council