Taranaki Provincial Gazette – 1867 – No. 6

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✨ Land Sale Regulations



  1. No such notification of any sale of town lands or of any sale of suburban allotments shall be published until a map of the lands to be sold, signed by the Chief Surveyor of the Province, and Crown Lands Commissioner of the Province, shall have been laid open for public inspection in the Land Office, New Plymouth.

  2. Every auction sale of land shall be held by the Commissioner in open Court, as hereinbefore provided.

  3. The upset price of the town allotments shall be as follows:—

    For corner lots, fronting the River Waitara, £30 each.
    For other corner lots, £15 each.
    For intermediate lots, £20 each.
    For the remaining lots, £10 each.

Suburban Allotments.

  1. The Governor shall at once make such suburban reserves as he may think fit under the powers conferred by “The New Zealand Settlements Act Amendment Act, 1866,” section V.

  2. The remaining lots, or such of them as the Colonial Secretary may from time to time direct, shall be offered for sale in the same manner as the town allotments.

  3. The upset price of suburban allotments shall be not less than £3, nor more than £5 per acre, as the Colonial Secretary may direct.

General provisions.

  1. The purchaser of any lot shall, immediately upon having knocked down to him, deposit with the Commissioner one-tenth of the purchase money, and shall pay the balance within one calendar month or forfeit his deposit.

  2. In case of doubt as to the highest bidder for any lot, or in case the person to whom a lot has been knocked down shall fail to make the deposit above required, the Commissioner shall at once put up the lot again.

  3. The Colonial Secretary may order any lot to be withdrawn at any time before it is put up.

  4. When any lot has been put up and not bought, it shall remain open for purchase for cash at the upset price at the Land Office, Taranaki, for twelve months, unless withdrawn in the meantime by the Colonial Secretary.

Printed and published, under the authority of the Provincial Government, by G. W. Woon of the Town of New Plymouth, Government Printer for the time being.




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🗺️ Order in Council regarding New Zealand Settlements (continued from previous page)

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Land sales, Regulations, Town allotments, Suburban allotments, Waitara, Taranaki