Land Sales and Notices




Applications endorsed “Application for land, open 3rd July, 1871,” may be posted, addressed to “The Chief Commissioner of the Waste Land Board, Dunedin,” so as to arrive on or before the date above mentioned.

In case of two applications for the same land on the same day, the portion so applied for will be put up to auction.


3RD JULY, MONDAY, NOON.

THE FOLLOWING TOWN LANDS will be sold by Auction, at the Land Office, Invercargill, on Monday, the 3rd day of July, at 12 o’clock noon:—

Section 7, Block I, Gore
Section 8, Block I, Gore
Section 5, Block I, Gore
Section 9, Block I, Gore
Section 7, Block III, Wallace Town
Section 19, Block III, Wallace Town
Section 20, Block III, Wallace Town.


5TH JULY, WEDNESDAY, NOON.

SECTION 21, BLOCK I, RIVERTON, will be sold by Auction, at the Court House, Riverton at 12 o’clock noon, on Wednesday, the 5th July proximo, Area, 15 poles. Upset price, £4 14s. Subject also to a valuation of £200 for buildings erected thereon.


MONDAY, 10th JULY.—LAND OPEN.

10,200 ACRES.—Notice is hereby given that the Hundred of Strath Taieri, comprising the above area, including Sections 1 to 11, 23, 24, 35 to 43, Block 4. Sutton District, Sections 1A to 7, 16 to 31, part 32, 39 to 55 and 71, Block 9; and 1 to 5 Block 10, Strath Taieri District, Surveyed into lots of from 50 to 100 Acres each, will be open for application at the Land Office, Dunedin, on and after Monday, the 10th of July next.

Lithographed Maps of the Blocks surveyed, price 1s. each, may be had at the Land Office, Dunedin, and the Survey Office, Naseby, where also application forms may be obtained, and every information as to the limits of the Hundred.

Applications endorsed “Application for land open 10th July” may be posted addressed to “The Chief Commissioner of the Waste Land Board, Dunedin” so as to arrive on or before the day above-mentioned.

J. T. THOMSON,
Chief Commissioner.

Land Office, Dunedin.


MONDAY, 10th JULY—NOON.

5,590 ACRES—Notice is Hereby Given that Sections 3 to 6, 9 to 60, Block 3. Sections 9, 11, 13, 14, 16 and 17, Block 4. Sections 1 to 6 and 2, Block 6, Waipahi District, will be offered for sale by Public Auction, at the Crown Hotel, Balclutha, on Monday the 10th day of July next at noon, at the upset price of £1 per acre.


MONDAY, 17th JULY—NOON.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that Section 41, Block XII, Coneburn District, containing 27a 3r 28p, formerly a Ferry Reserve, will be offered for sale by public auction, in the Survey Office, Queenstown, on Monday, the 17th July next, at noon, at the upset price of £4 per acre, subject to a valuation for improvements made thereon.

J. T. THOMSON,
Chief Commissioner.

Waste Lands Board,
13th June, 1871.


MONDAY, 17th JULY—NOON.

13 SECTIONS.—Notice is hereby given, that Sections 300, 321, 322, 316, 319, 318, 348, 350, 351, 376, 377, 378, and 379, Port Chalmers, will be offered for sale by Public Auction, at the Land Office, Dunedin, on Monday, the 17th day of July next, at noon, at the upset price of £12 10s each.

J. T. THOMSON,
Chief Commissioner.

Waste Lands Board Office,
Dunedin, 13th June, 1871.


TWO SCOTCH ONE POUND NOTES, of old dates, were put into one of the numbers of Hansard for 1869, then in the Superintendent’s Office, by his Honor the Deputy-Superintendent. The whole of the numbers of Hansard for 1869, have since been lent or taken from the Superintendent’s Office. Any person, therefore, having in their possession the Hansard, above-mentioned, is requested to look carefully through the same for the Missing Notes, and if found, to hand them to the Honourable Captain Fraser, Dunedin, who will give a suitable reward for the same.

June 14, 1871.


IMMIGRATION MONEY.—Several parties having neglected to pay Immigration Money as promised, Notice is hereby given that if said sums are not paid forthwith, Legal Proceedings will be adopted to recover the same.

JOHN LOGAN,
Immigration Agent.

11th April, 1871.


NOTICE.

NEW MAP of the re-united Province of Otago, which includes Stewart’s Island, now ready for sale at Land Office, and the various agencies—price 10s. 6d.


ELECTION OF ROAD BOARDS.—Notice is hereby given that in pursuance of the “Otago Roads Ordinance 1865,” the annual meetings of persons liable to be rated are hereby appointed to be held at the times and places within the several Districts after-mentioned, for the purpose of electing qualified persons to serve as members of the several Local Boards for the ensuing year.

Name of District. Date of Meeting. Place of Meeting and Hour.
1 Abbotsford Friday, June 23 Kaikorai Hotel, at 3 o’clock p.m.
2 Adamsthorpe " Mr Jasper Black’s, at noon.
3 Ahuriri " Mr John McCall Smith’s, at noon
4 Akatore " Mr John Hall’s, at noon.
5 Allday " Schoolhouse, at 1 p.m.
6 Anderson’s Bay " Schoolhouse, at noon.
7 Aparima Saturday, June 24 Mr Macintosh’s, Otautau flat, noon.
8 Ashley Downs Friday, June 23 Mr Geo. Gibson’s, at 12 o’clock.
9 Awamoa " M. Holmes, Esq.’s, at 3 o’clock, p.m.
10 Beaconsfield " Kilimok Hotel, at 3 o’clock p.m.
11 Blueskin " Schoolhouse, at 3 o’clock p.m.
12 Blue Mountain " Schoolhouse, Palmerston, at noon.
13 Breadalbane. " Mr Smith’s Hotel, at noon.
14 Brighton Saturday, June 24 Mr H. Williams’s, at noon.


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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Otago Provincial Gazette 1871, No 740





✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🗺️ Applications for Land in Lower Hawea District

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Land Application, Lower Hawea District, Dunedin, Waste Land Board

🗺️ Sale of Town Lands by Auction

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Land Sale, Auction, Gore, Wallace Town, Invercargill

🗺️ Sale of Section 21, Block I, Riverton

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Land Sale, Auction, Riverton, Court House

🗺️ Opening of Hundred of Strath Taieri for Land Applications

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
13 June 1871
Land Application, Strath Taieri, Dunedin, Survey Office
  • J. T. Thomson, Chief Commissioner

🗺️ Public Auction of Land in Waipahi District

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Land Sale, Auction, Waipahi District, Balclutha

🗺️ Public Auction of Section 41, Block XII, Coneburn District

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
13 June 1871
Land Sale, Auction, Coneburn District, Queenstown
  • J. T. Thomson, Chief Commissioner

🗺️ Public Auction of Sections in Port Chalmers

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
13 June 1871
Land Sale, Auction, Port Chalmers, Dunedin
  • J. T. Thomson, Chief Commissioner

🏛️ Lost Scotch One Pound Notes

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
14 June 1871
Lost Notes, Hansard, Superintendent’s Office, Dunedin
  • Honourable Captain Fraser

🛂 Notice to Pay Immigration Money

🛂 Immigration
11 April 1871
Immigration Money, Legal Proceedings, Dunedin
  • John Logan, Immigration Agent

🗺️ New Map of Otago Province

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Map Sale, Otago Province, Land Office

🏘️ Election of Road Boards

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Road Boards, Election, Otago Roads Ordinance, Local Boards