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APPENDIX.
Appendix A.
REPORT OF CROWN LANDS COMMISSIONER.
Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 10th April, 1875.
Sir,—
I have the honor to furnish, for your information, the subjoined Report relative to the operations of the Crown Lands and Survey Departments for the financial year commencing 1st April, 1874, and ending 31st March, 1875.
LAND OFFERED AT AUCTION.
During the financial year there have been three sales by public auction of Crown Lands, the total area thus submitted to competition being 117,811 acres, exclusive of a few small town allotments in the Te Aro Pa reserve.
The first auction sale was held on the 28th April, 1874, the lands offered consisting of town, suburban, and rural sections in the township of Palmerston, in the Manawatu District; also, sections in the Karere Block; 1,800 acres in the Waikupa reserve, on the left bank of the Wanganui River; land in the Horikiwi Valley District, and in the Rangitumau Block, Wairarapa. The total amount of land offered at this sale was 10,172 acres.
The second auction sale took place on the 26th October, 1874, when lands in the Parae Karetu and Waitotara Blocks, West Coast; also in the Tupurupuru, Rangitumau, Taratahi, Akiteo, and Pahaua Blocks, Wairarapa and East Coast Districts, were submitted to public competition. Some town sections in Palmerston; land in the Hutt and Mungaroa Districts; also on the left bank of the Wanganui River, were offered at this sale. The total put up to auction on this occasion amounted to 100,898 acres.
The third and last sale during the financial year was held on the 25th February, 1875. The lands offered consisted of fourteen building sites, situated in the Te Aro Pa reserve, City of Wellington; pastoral country in the East Coast District; and agricultural land in the Taratahi Plain Block, Wairarapa District. The most important part of the lands offered at this sale was a large number of town and suburban sections, situated in the township of Bunnythorpe, Manawatu District. The total amount offered at this sale was 6,741 acres.
CROWN LANDS SOLD DURING 1874-5, THE FINANCIAL YEAR.
The total amount of Crown lands sold during the financial year commencing 1st April, 1874, and ending 31st March, 1875, was 117,594a. 0r. 14½p. Of this amount, 74,618a. 0r. 14½p. were surveyed before the sale, while 42,976 acres, also sold, have still to be surveyed. The lands thus sold may be classified as follows:—
| A. | R. | P. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Town Lands | 396 | 3 | 26½ |
| Suburban | 1,313 | 1 | 4 |
| Rural | 89,538 | 3 | 24 |
| Pastoral | 26,345 | 0 | 0 |
Total ... 117,594 0 14½
AVERAGE PRICES REALISED.
As the result of a careful calculation, I find that, taking an average of the prices realised for the amount of land sold during the financial year, the following figures may be relied upon as accurate, viz.:—
Town sections realised an average price of £24 1s. per acre; suburban sections, £3 4s. 5d. per acre, while rural and pastoral sections, taken together, show an average of 13s. 6d. per acre. The highest prices realised were those obtained for the town and suburban sections in the township of Bunnythorpe, Manawatu District.
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Wellington Provincial Gazette 1875, No 11
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🗺️ Report of Crown Lands Commissioner
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey10 April 1875
Crown Lands, Auction, Sales, Wellington, Manawatu, Wairarapa, Wanganui River, Horikiwi Valley, Rangitumau Block, Parae Karetu Block, Waitotara Block, Tupurupuru Block, Taratahi Block, Akiteo Block, Pahaua Block, Hutt District, Mungaroa District, Te Aro Pa Reserve, Bunnythorpe, Palmerston, Karere Block, Waikupa Reserve, East Coast District, Taratahi Plain Block
- Crown Lands Commissioner