Wellington Provincial Gazette – 1870 – No. 22

Page 127

✨ Land Sale and Shipping Statistics

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Proclamation.

By His Honor William Waring Taylor Esquire Deputy Superintendent of the Province of Wellington in the Colony of New Zealand.

WILLIAM WARING TAYLOR, Deputy Superintendent of the Province of Wellington do hereby in pursuance of the regulations in this behalf proclaim and notify that the several allotments of land situate in the Waitotara district in the Province of Wellington and specified in the Schedule hereto except such as may be reserved under the provision hereinafter mentioned will be put up for sale by public auction at the Crown Lands Office in the town of Wellington on Friday the ninth day of December one thousand eight hundred and seventy at one o’clock in the afternoon.

If at any time during the sale it may appear to the Commissioner of Crown Lands beneficial or expedient for the public service to reserve from sale either of the sections specified in the said Schedule or to vary the order in which they are to be put up he is hereby authorised to do so.

Given under my hand and issued under the Public Seal of the Province of Wellington at Wellington this first day of November one thousand eight hundred and seventy.

W. Waring Taylor,
Deputy Superintendent.

By His Honor’s Command,
A. Follett Halcombe,
Provincial Secretary.

SCHEDULE.

No. of Section.	Contents.	Upset Price per Acre.
	A. R. P.	£ s. d.
63	208 0 0	0 5 0
66	258 0 0	0 5 0
67	319 0 0	0 5 0
68	286 0 0	0 5 0
69	251 0 0	0 5 0
70	267 0 0	0 5 0
71	220 0 0	0 5 0
72	200 0 0	0 5 0
73	229 0 0	0 5 0
74	313 0 0	0 5 0
75	238 0 0	0 5 0

Note.—The balance of purchase money for sections Nos. 63 and 66, not having been paid, the deposit became forfeited, and they are again put up to public auction.

Comparative Shipping Return.

COMPARATIVE RETURN of Arrivals and Departures at the Port of Wellington, between the Quarters ending September 30th, 1869 and 1870.

	1869.		1870.		1869.		1870.
	Ships.	Tons.	Ships.	Tons.	Ships.	Tons.	Ships.
Arrivals From					Departures To
Great Britain	2	1187	2	1507	Great Britain	1	1000
New South Wales	24	10760	16	5638	New South Wales	20	9008
Tasmania	...	...	...	...	Tasmania	...	...
Other Ports	18	9684	12	6222	Other Ports	10	10708
Coastwise	104	14048	116	17951	Coastwise	103	15081
Totals	148	35679	146	31318	Totals	143	35797

Wellington, 6th October, 1870.

JOHN HOLLIDAY,
Harbour Master.

Printed under the authority of the Government of the Province of Wellington, by Thomas M’Kenzie, Printer for the time being to such Government.

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🗺️ Land Sale Proclamation for Waitotara District

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated1 November 1870
KeywordsLand sale, Auction, Waitotara district, Wellington province
👩‍💼 Officials

William Waring Taylor, Deputy Superintendent
A. Follett Halcombe, Provincial Secretary

🚂 Comparative Shipping Return for Wellington Port

Domain🚂 Transport & Communications
Dated6 October 1870
KeywordsShipping, Arrivals, Departures, Wellington port, 1869-1870
👩‍💼 Officials

John Holliday, Harbour Master

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