✨ Land Selection Report
NEW ZEALAND
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE,
(PROVINCE OF WELLINGTON).
Published by Authority.
All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signature thereto annexed, are to be considered as Official Communications made to those persons to whom they relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.
HENRY BUNNY,
Provincial Secretary.
VOL. XXI. THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1874. No. 16.
Report of Mr. Calcutt on the Selection of Blocks of Land to be set apart for Special Settlements in the Province of Wellington.
Wellington, 28th May, 1874.
Sir,—
Referring to the letter of His Honor the Superintendent of Wellington of date 24th April last to yourself, relative to setting apart land for immigrants, and to your answer thereto of 29th April, which letters you did me the honor to request me to peruse, and referring also to your verbal instructions to me to report on the general nature of the land to be shown to me by some officer to be appointed by the Provincial Government of this Province, I have the honor to state that, accompanied by J. G. Holdsworth, Esq., Crown Lands Commissioner for the Province, and Mr. A. W. Carkeek, of the Provincial Survey Staff, I travelled from Wellington via Featherston, Greytown, and Masterton, through the Wairarapa to the commencement of the Seventy Mile Forest; thence to the Scandinavian settlement at Mauriceville, on to the Manawatu River; thence through a portion of the Napier Province to the Manawatu Gorge (crossing which river at this point this Province is again entered), and on to the town of Palmerston, and to report as follows:—
1st. That with the exception of two open plains of about 800 acres and 400 acres respectively, situate in the Manawatu-Wairarapa No. 3 Block, the whole of the country pointed out to me is dense forest.
2nd. That from the commencement of the Seventy Mile Bush (nine miles from Masterton), forty miles of which are in this Province, the whole of the land may be said generally to be of very good soil—the greater portion excellent—while some of it, in my opinion, is as good as possibly can be found anywhere, or can in any way be desired, consisting, as it does, in a material degree, of deep loam, resting on limestone. The general outline and contour of the country is excellent for the purposes of settlement, possessing every necessary advantage of water supply, and for the making of good roads, and with the single exception of the land being at present heavily timbered, I can imagine no piece of country better fitted for the settlement of a large number of persons. That such will be the case, and that too within a comparatively short time, if the lands are judiciously opened up, I have no doubt whatever.
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Wellington Provincial Gazette 1874, No 16
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🗺️ Report on Land Selection for Special Settlements
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey28 May 1874
Land selection, Special settlements, Wellington Province, Seventy Mile Forest, Manawatu River
- Calcutt (Mr), Author of the report
- J. G. Holdsworth (Esquire), Crown Lands Commissioner for the Province
- A. W. Carkeek (Mr), Provincial Survey Staff
- Henry Bunny, Provincial Secretary