Land and Property Notices




Miller, Walter, sections 11 and 12, block IX, Hillend district

Morrison, Robert, section 48, block IX, Moeraki district

North, James, section 80, block I, Waikouaiti district

O’Donnell, Francis, section 37, block III, Kaitangata district

Oswald, Thomas, section 20, block IX, Hillend district

Oxley, Robert, section 37, block III, Otago Peninsula district

Paterson, Robert, section 4, block XIII, Hillend district

Pillans, F. S., section 6, block III, Waitahuna east district

Pew, George, section 21, block IV, Dunedin and East Taieri district

Rae, William, section 47, block VI, Hillend district

Rodgers, James, section 4, block III, Rankleburn district

Smith, James, sections 2 of 23, 24, 25, 42, block II, Waitahuna west district

Smith, James, section 6, block V, Waitahuna west district

Smith, James, section 7, block V, Waitahuna west district

Stevens, W. H., section 17, block IV, North Harbor and Blueskin district

Strangman, J. C., section 24, block I, Wyndham district

Strangman, J. C., section 35, block IV, Wyndham district

Sutherland, Davidson, section 1 of 45, block Y, Hawksbury district

Taylor, G. R., section 19, block VIII, Awamoko district

Teschemaker, William Henry, sections 1 to 9, 23 and 24, Block X, Oamaru district

Persons in whose favor Crown Grants have been signed, can only obtain them by calling at the Crown Grant Office, or by sending an Agent with an authority in the subjoined form, signed before a Justice of the Peace, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court, a Clergyman, or Postmaster.

J. T. THOMSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin,
14th Sept., 1870.

I, A. B., of __ hereby authorise C. D., of __ to receive from the Commissioner of Crown Lands the Crown Grant in my favor for section __, block __, District __, his receipt for which shall be binding on me,

Signature of Claimant.

Signed before me this __ day of __, 18__.

A Justice of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand.

LITHOGRAPH MAPS of the Province of Otago, and of the surveyed Towns, Blocks, and Districts therein, may be obtained at the Land Office, Dunedin; at Mr. Livingston’s, bookseller, Prince’s street; and at the agencies of Mr. Livingston, Oamaru; Mr. Smith, Waikouaiti; Mr. Stoddart, Hampden; Messrs. B. Hibbard and Co., Tokomairiro; and at the Survey Offices at Queenstown, Clyde, Naseby, and Lawrence, so far as relates to the Districts, &c., adjacent to them; but any map not on hand at any of the Survey Offices may be ordered through them.

All the surveyed Towns and Blocks have been lithographed—price 1s. each. The Districts now lithographed on a scale of 80 chains to an inch are Awamoko, Papakaio, Oamaru, Kauroo, Otepopo, and Moeraki—price 5s. each.

Survey Office,
Dunedin, 6th September, 1870.

NOTICE is hereby given, that Section 7, Block II, Fairfax Township, will be offered for sale by public auction, at the Survey Office, Tokomairiro, on Friday, the 23rd September, at noon.

J. T. THOMSON,
Chief Commissioner Waste Land Board.
Waste Land Board Office,
Dunedin,
7th September, 1870.

LAND open for sale on 18th May, 1870.—See Gazette published 19th May, 1870, which may be had at the various Survey and Police Stations throughout the Province, and at the Land Office, Dunedin.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the following allotments of Rural Land, with the Buildings and Improvements thereon, will be offered for sale by auction, as land of special value, in the Land Office, Dunedin, on Monday, the 19th September, 1870, at noon.

BLOCK III, KURIWAO DISTRICT.

Section 1, containing 25a 1r 24p Upset price, £80
Do 2, do 4a 3r 11p do £400
Do 3, do 10a 1r 15p do £70
Do 10, do 9a 3r 19p do 21s per acre.

Section 1 is partly fenced, and is now used as an accommodation paddock attached to the hotel.

The hotel, now occupied by Mr. Thomas Pollock, is situated on section 2, and consists of bar, dining-room, parlor, private room, four bed-rooms on the ground floor, and eight on the upper floor. The outbuildings connected with the hotel consist of nine stalled stable, with two loose boxes, cooking house, blacksmith’s shop, barn, and stockyard.

The Survey Office is situated on section 3, and contains four rooms, two on the ground floor and two upstairs, and will be sold along with the land.

Section 10 is unimproved.

The sections adjoin each other.

NOTICE is hereby given, that Section 2, Block XIV, Dunedin and East Taieri District, adjoining 73 and 74, Green Island Bush, and containing three acres one rood and thirty-six poles, will be offered for sale by public auction, in the Land Office, Dunedin, on Monday, the 19th day of September, 1870, at the upset price of £2 per acre, subject to valuation for improvements effected thereon, to be stated at sale.

Sale of Pastoral Lease of Runs, by Auction:
MONDAY, 19th SEPTEMBER.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the undermentioned Pastoral Leases of the country comprised within the following boundaries will be offered for sale by public auction, in the Waste Land Board Office, Dunedin, on Monday, the 19th day of September, 1870, immediately after the other land advertised to be offered at that time, at the upset price of a halfpenny per acre:

Run No. 438 comprises 35,000 acres, is estimated to carry 3000 sheep, and is bounded on the north by Run 350 and Wakatipu Depasturing District, Run No. 17; on the south by Crown Lands; on the east by Runs 17 and 18, Wakatipu Depasturing District; on the west by Run No. 324.

Run No. 439 comprises 9000 acres, is estimated to carry 1000 sheep, and is bounded on the north by Run 403, on the south by Run 227, on the east by summit of the Hawkdun Range, and on the west by Run No. 228.



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Otago Provincial Gazette 1870, No 687





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🗺️ Crown Grants Ready for Delivery (continued from previous page)

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
14 September 1870
Crown grants, Land delivery, Dunedin
17 names identified
  • Walter Miller, Crown Grant recipient
  • Robert Morrison, Crown Grant recipient
  • James North, Crown Grant recipient
  • Francis O’Donnell, Crown Grant recipient
  • Thomas Oswald, Crown Grant recipient
  • Robert Oxley, Crown Grant recipient
  • Robert Paterson, Crown Grant recipient
  • F. S. Pillans, Crown Grant recipient
  • George Pew, Crown Grant recipient
  • William Rae, Crown Grant recipient
  • James Rodgers, Crown Grant recipient
  • James Smith, Crown Grant recipient
  • W. H. Stevens, Crown Grant recipient
  • J. C. Strangman, Crown Grant recipient
  • Davidson Sutherland, Crown Grant recipient
  • G. R. Taylor, Crown Grant recipient
  • William Henry Teschemaker, Crown Grant recipient

  • J. T. Thomson, Commissioner of Crown Lands

🗺️ Notice of Sale of Section 7, Block II, Fairfax Township

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
7 September 1870
Land sale, Auction, Fairfax Township, Tokomairiro
  • J. T. Thomson, Chief Commissioner Waste Land Board

🗺️ Notice of Sale of Rural Land in Kuriwao District

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Land sale, Auction, Kuriwao District, Dunedin
  • Thomas Pollock (Mr), Hotel occupant

🗺️ Notice of Sale of Section 2, Block XIV, Dunedin and East Taieri District

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Land sale, Auction, Dunedin, East Taieri District

🗺️ Sale of Pastoral Lease of Runs by Auction

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Pastoral lease, Auction, Dunedin