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An Epitome of Official Documents Relative to Native Affairs and Land Purchases in the North Island of New Zealand

[No. 17.]

page 9

No. 17.

Government Notice.- Exchange of Land.

[Extract from New Zealand Gazette.] Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland, 6th September, 1843.

His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government directs it to be notified that, by a despatch recently received from the Eight Hon. the Secretary of State for the Colonies, he is instructed that Her Majesty's Governinent has consented to allow all claimants who have established their titles to land in this colony, before the Commissioners appointed to investigate their claims, the option of exchanging their land for grants in the unoccupied portions of the district in which the Town of Auckland is situated, especial reference being had to the proportional values which have been established in the colony for town, suburban, and country allotments.

Claimants who are in the above position, and whose names will appear in the Supplement to the Government Gazette of this day's date, are accordingly informed that applications from parties desirous of availing themselves of this indulgence will be received at this office until the 31st day of December next.

By His Excellency's command.

William Connell,
(For the Colonial Secretary.)

Teems and Conditions relative to Exchange of Land.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland, 26th September, 1844.

In order to carry into effect the notice formulated in the Government Gazette of the 13th instant relative to the exchange of land in the more remote districts of this colony, by claimants who may have established their titles to the same before the Commissioners, for grants in the unoccupied portions of the district in which the Town of Auckland is situated, His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government has been pleased to direct the publication of the following, terms and conditions under which claimants will be permitted to obtain that indulgence.

Claimants whose revised awards have appeared in the Supplement to the Government Gazette of the 6th instant will be divided into three classes, as follows:—

  • Those entitled to less than 50 acres.
  • Those whose awards amount to 50 acres, and do not exceed 320 acres.
  • Those entitled to upwards of 320 acres.

Claimants of the 1st class will be allowed to make selections cm the Eiver Tamaki, from a block of land set apart for that purpose, at the rate of acre for acre, to the extent of the revised award.

Claimants of the 3rd class will be allowed in a similar manner to select lands in the District of Papakura and on the Wairoa.

Claimants of the 2nd class will be allowed credit for so many pounds sterling as shall be equal to the number of acres to which they may be entitled, on any purchase they may effect at the Government land sale to take place on the 18th and 19th days of December next.

To afford claimants of this last-mentioned class an early opportunity of availing themselves of this arrangement, country lands in the vicinity of Auckland, on the Eiver Tamaki, will, on the 18th and 19th oi December next, be offered "at public auction, at an upset price of one pound per acre. Particulars will appear in the next Government Gazette.

Claimants whose lands are situated within the County of Eden will not be entitled to the above mentioned privileges.

Provided in all cases that the land to be exchanged shall contain the whole claim, or series of, claims in cases where they are contiguous, and form a solid block; that the land to be exchanged bo equal in amount to the quantity awarded, and of a fair average value: such not being the case, a proportionate deduction will be made.

Applications from claimants of the 1st and 3rd classes will be received at the omco of the Colonial Secretary, when, on the report of the Surveyor-General as to the average value of the land, they will be placed in immediate possession of their grants.

Applications from claimants of the 2nd class who may propose to avail themselves of these conditions are to be forwarded to the office of the Colonial Secretary on or before the 9th December next.

Plans of the lands open for selection by claimants of the 1st and 3rd classes may be seen at the office of the Surveyor-General.

By His Excellency's command.

William Connell,
(For the Colonial Secretary.)