LAND SALES.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5497, 8 November 1878, Page 3

LAND SALES.

There was a large attendance at Mr. B. J. Duncan's laud sale on October 17, which took place at his rooms, Panama-street. 64 sections of land situated in Featherston, ranging from £25 to £149. Some sold by the foot at from £2 2s. to £2 ss. per foot. The proceeds of the sale realised about £3500. A considerable portion of the land was disposed of privately after the sale, and brought about £2OOO. Three roods and four perches of Government land in Carlyle was auctioned on Oct. 19, and fetched up to £lO 17s. per foot, being at the rate of £2600 per acre. Stuart, of Wellington, bought two front sections ; all the rest were local buyers. Two acres of back sections realised £2741.

There was a large attendance at T. Kennedy Macdonald and Oo.’a sale, in the Exchange Land Mart, on October 21, when the following properties were disposed of: The Pakuratahi Hotel, W. V. Jackson, £I4OO ; section in Palmerston, to Mr. Knudsou, £9 ; 54J acres in Patea district, Mr. J, McLean, £5 per acre, £272105j section in Auatin-street, Mr J. Robinson, £175 j two houses, Douglas Wallacestreet, £250. The total amount realised was £2106 10s. The reserves not being reached, the other properties were withdrawn. At The sale of Crown lands held at Napier on Tuesday, October 15th, by the Commissioner, the license to occupy a block of 1872 acres of land, at Tarawera, was knocked down to Mr. Evan Griffiths for the sum of £Bl per year. Three suburban sections at Havelock, Nos. 50, 61, and 62, realised respectively £5, £26, and £4. Three town sections in the Borough of Napier were put up, but only one, No. 607, found a purchaser in Mr. Lyndon for £326. Out of thirteen sections in the township of Clive twelve were sold at an advance of rather more than £l, on the vipset price of £6 10s, The eleven town sections at Mahia were passed, with the exception of three, which were knocked down to Mr. Knowles at the upset price.; The Blackhead town sections found no buyers. A good many Tarawera town sections were sold, some realising about £3 advance on the upset price. ; Rural sections Wdodville, Haroto, and Whakarnatapu realised well. Total for leases,/£12,100; and for sales, £3076 15s. 6d. ] A Gazette of October 17 shows the laudjsales in the Province of Wellington during the month

to have amounted to 262 a. lr. 26p. The price realised in cash was £702 12s. 6d., and in scrip £790, a total of £1492125. 6d.—The hours during which goods may be unshipped and landed, and bonding warehouses open for the reception and delivery of goods, are declared to be in future, from the Ist day of October to the Ist day of April, from 7 o’clock in the morning until 4 o’clock in the afternoon, except on Saturdays, when no goods shall be landed after X p.m ; and from 8 o’clock in the morning until 4 o’clock in the afternoon from the Ist of April until the Ist October, with the same restriction on Saturdays. Bonded warehouses are to be open from 8 a.m. till 5 p.m. from October 1 till April 18, and from 9 a.m. till 5 p.m. during the rest of the year, except on Saturdays, when they close at 1 p.m.—The following gentlemen are gazetted' as duly elected commissioners for the Johnsonville Local Board District;—Charles Austin, William Henson Saunders, John Bannister. Thomas Bowler, and Francis Taylor. The preparation of electoral rolls under the Counties Act is ordered by the Governor.—We notice that patents have been taken out for an improvement in wire tramways, and for the manufacture of patent artificial stone.—The Christchurch Sun Company is declared fairly wound up. We hope it may rise again. A supplement to the New Zealand Qattiit of the 10th October contains the notification of the payment of money on and entry into negotiations for the purchase or acquisition of native lands in the. North Island, Upon calculation we find that the whole amount withdrawn from sale amounts to 909,891 acres. The largest and moat important blocks in on© piece are in Auckland—the Middle Tauhara, 106,080 acres ; Kaingaroa, 143,700 acres; Tararua, in the Provincial District of Wellington, 103,000 acres; and Kaitaugawhenua, partly iu Wellington and partly iu the Provincial District of Taranaki, 200,000 acres. The last-named block is probably one of the most valuable in the colony, and we hope that a sale may be successfully negotiated. Messrs. J. H. Bethune & Co.’s sale of town and country land took place on ‘Wednesday. It was very successful, the attendance large, and bidding spirited. The undermentioned properties realised as follows: Town acre. No. 350, Austin-street, subdivided into ten allotments, sold at from £6 to £2 5s per foot. Town acre, 929, Adelaide-read, subdivided into ten allotments, sold at from £2 15s to £2 per foot. Town acre, 866, Coromandel-stceet, £275. Country sections, Nos. 16 and 18, Tukapu District, containing 216 acres, sold at 30s per acre. Allotment No. 5, Waiwetu-voftd, Hutt, 150 links to main-road, £IBO. Allotment No. Qi ditto, 112 links to main-road, £IOO. Eight sections township of Woodville, from £45 to £3O each. Seventy shares Colonial Bank of Now Zealand, 50s to 57s Od per share. Ten shares Public Hall Company. 35s per share. One hundred shares Northern Land and Building Company, 30s. per share. . Six Hutt Grand Stand Debentures, £5 15s each. One Grand Stand Debenture, Basin Reserve, £5 6s. Four Government Land Scrip, £B2 10s each. Total of sale £4OOO. ,

Mr. J. H. Wallace’s sale of Loxley Hall Estate took place on Thursday, the attendance being good. The following prices were realised:—Lot 1, £159 7s 6d; 2. £l5O ; 3. £ll3 15s; 4. £IGG ss; 5. £9O ;0. £99; 7, £123 15s ;8, £143 10s :9, £30210s ; 10, £130; 11, £BO ; 12, £sßlos ; 13. £52; 14, £45 10s ; 15, £39 ; Id, £172 ; 17, £45 7s Od; 18. £4l 6s; 19, withdrawn; 20, £52 10s. Total amount of sale, £2105. Mr. Guildford’s property was withdrawn at £375. Publia Hall shares were sold at 32s Od. MARTON, October 20.

Messrs. Harris Bros, report the results of their great land sale as follows:—Marton—Sub-section K, Broadway, £125, Monro; sub-section J, Broadway, £SO, Monro; sub-section I, Broadway, £SO, C. McDonald; sub-section F, Bond-street, £2O, Monro: sub-section C. £2O; sub-section B. Bond and Hair streets, £27 10s, Monro: sub-section H. with four roomed house, £125, W. G. Watt; sub-section G, with sit-roomed house. £250, Lyon and Levy: sub-section E, Lambertstreet, £25. Heme’s; sub-section D, Lambert-street, £23. Parker: sub-sectiou A, Lambert and Hair streets, £35, Uiegin; section 124, Broadway and Bond streets, with four-roomed house, £lO5, C. J. Monro; section 13, Broadway, with shop and two rooms, leasehold, £l2O, W. Q. Watt; section 7, Broadway, leasehold £SO, W. G. Watt; section 45, Bond-street, £2O, Morrison ; section 71. Oxford-street, £27, Bain ; section 72, Oxford-street, £27, Bain. Block 17—Section 93, Follett-street, £39, Smith: section 94, Follettstreet, £3l, Bell: section 05, Follett-street, £3l, Bain: section 90, Follett-street, £3B, Waters; section 97. Grey-street, £27, G. Slight: section 03, Pukepapa, £33, Bett; section 99, £3B, Belt; section 100, Grey-Street, £27, G. Slight; section 101. Greystreet, £2B, J. Danahay ; section 102, Pukepapa, £34, Bett; section 103, Pukepapa, £29, Beaven ; section 104, Grey-street, £3O, Beaven : section 105, Pukepapa, £3O, Beaven: section 100, Grey-street, £3l, Beaven ; section 107, Grey-street, £45, Wilton ; section 10S, Grey-street, £SS. Wilton; section 109, Groy-strect. £42, Watt; section 110, Grey-street. £3O, Watt; section 111. Grey-street, £44, Watt: section 17 and parts of 15 and 16, Signal-street, £2lO, Watt ; section 17, with glass-house, £l4O. Nicholson. Black 17—Sub-section 62a, Eollett and Stewart streets, £3B, Bosselman; sub-section 62b, Stewart-street, £23. Lowe ; sub-section 43a, Stowart-street. £29. Moucroiff; section 43n, Stewart-street, £33, J. Follett; section 28, William-street, £39. Bain; section 47, William-street, £29, G. Slight; section 4S, Williamstreet, £3O, G. Slight: section 23. WoUington-road. £3l, JDes Forges ; section 23, Wellington-road, £3l, Dr. Skerman : section 54, Beaven-street, £24, Mason; sectiou 64a, Boaven-stroet, £25, Rogers: section 58, Eusseii-street, £25, Bain ; sectiou 68a, Russo U-street, £25, Smith: section 67, Eusseii-street, £26, E. J. Harris; section 58. Eusseii-street, £26, E. J. Harris; sub-section 10, High-street, 33ft allotment, £BO, Fulton; sub-section 10, 33ft, High-street, £75, Stevenson and Stewart; section 13, High-street, £125, Eoss ; sub-section 51a, Eoss-street, £l9, Bosselman; sub-section 61b, Eoss-street. £lB, Nelson; sub-section 610, Beaven and Eoss streets, £23, Fulton: sub-section 52a, Beaven and Eoss streets. £27,’ Fulton; sub-sec-tion 52n, Beaven and Eoss streets. £23, Homes; subsection 620. Beaven-street, £24, Bell: section 2 at the railway station, with store and four-roomed house, £260, Signal: section 3, railway station, £l3O, E. J. Harris: section 4, railway station. £l3O. Thurston: section 1, railway station, £IOO, W. Morrison: section 121, Pukepapa-road, £35, Fulton; section 130, Puko-papa-road, £BS, Russell. Total amount realised, £3654 10s. Since our sale of 25th May we consider property in Marton has increased quite 60 per cent. We were glad to notice many purchasers from a distance, and many of our townspeople held orders to buy for absent friends. Altogether the sale was an unqualified success, and proves that the demand for Marton sections is greater than the supply.