SALE OF TOWN LAND WITHOUT AUCTION
IN PARTICULAR CASES.
An Ordinance approved by the Government in 1858, further provides that in particular cases, where considered advisable, the Waste Land Board may, with the approval of the Superintendent and Executive Council, sell " Town Lands" without auction. The following are the important clauses.
1. In all cases wherein parties shall apply by Petition to the Waste Land Board, setting forth the circumstances of their case, it shall he lawful for the Waste Land Board, with approval of the Superintendand and Executive Council first obtained, to sell Town Land, except lands within the limits of the Towns of Dunedin and Port Chalmers, without exposing the same to auction, at such price as shall he fixed by the Waste Land Board and approved of as aforesaid, such price not being less than the upset price, if such land had been exposed to sale by auction.
2. If any Trustees for any religious body shall so apply for liberty to purchase a site for a Church or other buildings for religious purposes in any Town, it shall be lawful for the Waste Land Board, with the approval of the Superintendent and Executive Council first obtained, to sell to such Trustees for such, purposes not exceeding one acre of land in any Town, without exposing the same to auction, at such prices as would have formed the upset price if the land had been exposed to sale by auction.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 139, 26 April 1862, Page 7
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243SALE OF TOWN LAND WITHOUT AUCTION Otago Daily Times, Issue 139, 26 April 1862, Page 7
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