✨ Postal and Land Sale Notices
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Postal.
LETTER BOXES PLACED ON BOARD MAIL STEAMERS.
General Post Office,
Auckland, 10th February, 1864.
NOTICE is hereby given that arrangements have been made for fixing a Letter Box on the Poop (in such place as will be most accessible to the Public) of each of the steamers belonging to the Inter-Colonial Royal Mail Company and the New Zealand Steam Navigation Company, for the reception of inter-provincial letters, prepaid by postage stamps, after mails are closed at the Post Offices.
G. ELLIOTT ELLIOTT,
Secretary.
22nd February, 1864.
Sale of Valuable Building Allotments in the Town of Wellington, New Zealand.
UNDER authority of an Act, Session III, No. 14, of the Provincial Council of Wellington, intituled “Harbour Reserves,” and of an Act, Session VIII, No. 3, intituled “Harbour Reserves Amendment” Notice is hereby given that the following Allotments of Land, situated in the Town of Wellington, will be offered for sale at Public Auction, at the Office of the Provincial Treasury, at Wellington, on Wednesday the 1st day of June, 1864, at one o’clock p.m., at the upset prices affixed in the subjoined Schedule:—
Immediate payment in cash of one-tenth of the purchase money shall be the condition of any such sale by auction, and the remaining nine-tenths of the purchase money must be paid by the purchaser within one calendar month next after the time of such sale by auction, or the one-tenth of the purchase money which has been deposited will be forfeited, and the original contract for the sale of the land will thenceforward be null and void.
Any further conditions will be published either on, or before, the day of sale. In the mean time, information may be obtained, and plans inspected, on application at the Office of the Provincial Secretary, Wellington.
J. WOODWARD,
Acting Provincial Secretary.
Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 24th February, 1864.
SCHEDULE
Of upset prices of land on the Eastern side of Lambton Quay, opposite to the premises of Messrs. J. Joseph & Co.
TO BE SOLD ON WEDNESDAY, 1ST JUNE, 1864.
| No. of Lot. | Frontage in feet | No. of feet in front | Price per foot | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lamb on Quay. | 53 ft. 4 in. | £5 0 | This Section has a frontage of 75 feet to an intended street. |
| 2 | Do. | 50 ft. 8 in. | £5 0 |
Printed under the authority of the Government of the Province of Wellington, by Joseph Bull, Printer for the time being for such Government.
Wellington Provincial Gazette 1864, No 9
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🚂 Letter Boxes on Mail Steamers
🚂 Transport & Communications10 February 1864
Postal, Letter Boxes, Mail Steamers, Inter-Colonial Royal Mail Company, New Zealand Steam Navigation Company
- G. Elliott Elliott, Secretary
🗺️ Sale of Building Allotments in Wellington
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey24 February 1864
Land Sale, Auction, Wellington, Harbour Reserves, Building Allotments
- J. Woodward, Acting Provincial Secretary