Westland Provincial Gazette – 1871 – No. 25

Page 157

✨ Land Sales and Appointments

No. 25 157

THE COUNTY OF
WESTLAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

HOKITIKA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1871.

IT is hereby notified, in accordance with the provisions of section forty-three of “The Westland Waste Lands Act, 1870,” that the land described in the schedule hereunto annexed is open for sale.

By order of the Waste Lands Board,

G. G. FITZGERALD,
Chief Commissioner.

SCHEDULE.

BLOCK LXX. (RURAL).

ARAHURA DISTRICT.

Comprising land between the Rangiriri and Taipo Rivers: Bounded on the westward by the eastern boundary of Block V. (rural); on the northward by the Teremakau River; on the eastward by the Taipo River; and on the southward by the foot of the high terraces between the Taipo and Wainihinihi Rivers, and by a straight line from the last mentioned river to the east boundary of Block V. (rural); said line to be fifty (50) chains south of and generally parallel to the Christchurch Road.

Subject to roads, reserves, and gold workings.

AUCTION SALE OF WASTE LANDS OF THE CROWN, UNDER “THE WESTLAND WASTE LANDS ACT, 1870.”

WE, the undersigned, Commissioners of the Waste Lands Board of the County of Westland, in accordance with the provisions of section thirty-four of “The Westland Waste Lands Act, 1870,” do hereby notify that Friday, 22nd December next, at noon, in the Wardens’ Court, Goldsborough, is fixed as the time and place when a sale of improved and unimproved sections of the Town of Goldsborough shall take place.

If any person has made improvements to the value of twenty pounds sterling upon any section, the occupier shall be entitled to purchase said section at the upset price.

All unimproved sections will be put up to auction.

G. G. FITZGERALD,
Chief Commissioner.

C. HOOS,
H. H. LAIMAN,
H. W. BARBOR,
} Commissioners.

County Chairman’s Office,
Hokitika, 21st November, 1871.

THE County Chairman directs it to be notified for general information that CHARLES DANYERS PRICE, Esq., has been appointed a Mining Surveyor for the County of Westland. The appointment to date from the 1st instant.

A. E. TENNANT,
County Secretary.

Printed by GEORGE TILBROOK and JOSEPH IVESS, authorised printers for the time being of “The County of Westland Gazette.”

VUW Te Waharoa — Westland Provincial Gazette 1871, No 25

The Westland Provincial Council was based at Hokitika and met at the Supreme Court House (depicted) from 1868-1875.

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🗺️ Land Open for Sale Under Westland Waste Lands Act

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated22 November 1871
KeywordsLand sale, Waste Lands Act, Arahura District, Westland
👩‍💼 Officials

G. G. Fitzgerald, Chief Commissioner

🗺️ Auction Sale of Waste Lands in Goldsborough

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated21 November 1871
KeywordsAuction, Waste Lands, Goldsborough, Westland
👩‍💼 Officials

G. G. Fitzgerald, Chief Commissioner
C. Hoos, Commissioner
H. H. Laiman, Commissioner
H. W. Barbor, Commissioner

🗺️ Appointment of Mining Surveyor

Domain🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Dated21 November 1871
KeywordsAppointment, Mining Surveyor, Westland
👱🏽 Names

Charles Danyers Price (Esquire), Appointed Mining Surveyor

👩‍💼 Officials

A. E. Tennant, County Secretary

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