✨ Land and Survey Notices
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APPROXIMATE RETURN of all Lands in the Province of Wellington open to the Public for Selection and Purchase.
| District | Acres | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Wellington and Country Districts | 100,000 | |
| Wanganui | 54,000 | |
| Wairarapa and East Coast | 1,192,000 | A large proportion of this land is very rough and broken, and totally unfit for Agricultural purposes. |
| Ahuriri | 1,000,000 | |
| Total | 2,446,000 |
ROBERT PARK,
Chief Surveyor.
For the Commissioner,
DAVID LEWIS,
Chief Clerk.
Chief Land Commissioner’s Office,
Wellington, 13th November, 1857.
TO SURVEYORS.
Chief Land Commissioner’s Office,
Wellington, 17th December 1857.
THE Trigonometrical Survey of the Wairarapa Valley being now completed, the Government is prepared to Contract for the Survey of certain purchased blocks in the said Valley and on the East Coast.
Specifications, with Copies of the Applications for the Land requiring Survey may be inspected at the Land Office in Wellington on and after Monday next the 21st inst. Tenders under cover indorsed “Wairarapa Survey,” to be sent to the Undersigned by noon on the 6th January next.
WILLIAM FOX,
Chief Land Commissioner.
TO LAND PURCHASERS IN THE RANGITIKI AND TURAKINA DISTRICTS.
THE SELECTED SECTIONS in the above districts having been Surveyed, Notice is hereby given that the Government is prepared to put the Owners or their Agents in possession and to point out the boundaries &c.
Purchasers not availing themselves of this notice before the 1st May, next, will not be entitled to the services of a Government Surveyor in discovering the boundaries of their land, and no further Survey of the same will be executed by the Government in case of any lines or other marks becoming eradicated.
WILLIAM FOX,
Chief Land Commissioner.
Wellington, 26th Nov., 1857.
Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 17th December, 1857.
TENDERS will be received, at this Office for the erection of a Look-out at the Hutt, until noon of Tuesday the 29th Inst.
Plans and specifications may be seen at the above Office, or at the Office of the Provincial Engineer, who will be prepared to indicate the exact site to intending Contractors.
WILLIAM FITZHERBERT,
Provincial Secretary.
Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 18th December 1857.
HIS HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT has been pleased to appoint Captain James Davies, to be Pilot of this Port, vice Captain Dougherty, deceased. The appointment to date from this day.
By His Honor’s command,
WILLIAM FITZHERBERT,
Provincial Secretary.
Printed by McKenzie & Muir, Willis-street, Wellington.
Wellington Provincial Gazette 1857, No 25
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🗺️ Approximate Return of Lands in Wellington Province
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey13 November 1857
Land, Wellington, Survey, Acres
- Robert Park, Chief Surveyor
- David Lewis, Chief Clerk
🗺️ Tenders for Survey of Wairarapa Valley
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey17 December 1857
Survey, Wairarapa, Tenders, Land
- William Fox, Chief Land Commissioner
🗺️ Notice to Land Purchasers in Rangitiki and Turakina
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey26 November 1857
Land, Rangitiki, Turakina, Survey
- William Fox, Chief Land Commissioner
🏗️ Tenders for Erection of a Look-out at the Hutt
🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works17 December 1857
Tenders, Look-out, Hutt, Construction
- William Fitzherbert, Provincial Secretary
🚂 Appointment of Port Pilot
🚂 Transport & Communications18 December 1857
Appointment, Port Pilot, James Davies
- James Davies (Captain), Appointed Pilot of the Port
- William Fitzherbert, Provincial Secretary