✨ Land Sale and Road Board Financials
Province of Canterbury
Describing the Town of Greymouth aforesaid, commencing at a point on the Eastern boundary of Section 57 seventeen feet from the South-East corner thereof, thence Northerly along the Eastern boundary of Sections 57 and 56 a distance of thirty feet, and extending back Westerly in a rectangular block sixty-six feet to the Western boundary of the said sections. To be sold after the expiration of Three Calendar Months from this date, unless the above Judgment debts be sooner paid. And the nature of the Estate or interest of the Execution Debtor in such lands intended to be sold is Freehold; And further that such lands, or the Estate or interest of the said Execution Debtor therein, have been taken in execution at the suit of the said Execution Creditor.
The time and place fixed for such intended sale is Monday, the twenty-fourth day of May, 1869, at 12 o’clock noon, at the Auction Room of G. W. Binney, of Wharf Street, at Hokitika, in the County of Westland; and Gerard George FitzGerald is the name of the Sheriff under whose authority such sale is advertised; and the name and address of the Solicitor for the Execution Creditor is Arthur Robert Guinness, of Albert Street, Greymouth aforesaid; whose agent at Hokitika aforesaid is Samuel Munckley South, Solicitor, Hamilton Street, Hokitika aforesaid.
Dated this fifteenth day of February,
A.D. 1869.
G. G. FitzGerald,
Sheriff.
Statement of Receipts and Expenditure of Paroa Road Board from 1st October to 31st December, 1868.
Receipts
| 1868. | £ s. d. | |
|---|---|---|
| October 1 | To Balance from 30th September,... | 0 3 10 |
| to | ||
| Dec. 31. | Surplus Revenue received from County | 500 0 0 |
| Treasury ... | ||
| 75 per cent. on Sale of Lands in Grey | 69 18 9 | |
| District | ||
| £569 18 9 | ||
| £570 2 7 |
Expenditure
| 1868. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 1 | By Arnold Road ... | 350 0 0 | |
| to | Arnold Track ... | 3 9 0 | |
| Dec. 31. | New River Trunk Road—Repairs ... | 22 4 0 | |
| Repairs to Paroa Bridge ... | 2 0 0 | ||
| General Survey Expenses ... | 21 13 11 | ||
| Contingencies ... | 95 0 0 | 399 6 11 | |
| Salaries, 1st October to 31st December | 5 4 2 | ||
| Petty Cash ... | |||
| Expenses of Elections ... | 45 17 0 | 146 1 2 | |
| Balance ... | 24 14 6 | ||
| £570 2 7 |
Audited and found correct.
G. Winter,
County Treasurer.
Printed by Joseph Parke Klein, authorised Printer for the time being of the "County of Westland Gazette."
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🗺️ Notice of Land Sale in Greymouth
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey15 February 1869
Land Sale, Auction, Execution Debtor, Freehold, Greymouth, Hokitika
- Gerard George FitzGerald, Sheriff overseeing sale
- Arthur Robert Guinness, Solicitor for Execution Creditor
- Samuel Munckley South, Agent Solicitor at Hokitika
- G. G. FitzGerald, Sheriff
🏗️ Financial Statement of Paroa Road Board
🏗️ Infrastructure & Public WorksReceipts, Expenditure, Road Board, Paroa, Grey District
- G. Winter, County Treasurer
Westland Provincial Gazette 1869, No 9