THE WELLINGTON AND MANAWATU RAILWAY CO.'S LAND SALE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2601, 18 May 1887, Page 2

THE WELLINGTON AND MANAWATU RAILWAY CO.'S LAND SALE.

The attendance at Meslrt'T. K. Macdonald and Co"s auction rooms on Friday afternoon was very large, the spacioifs saleroom being filled by upwards of 600.pcrsons t tho majority of whom appeared to be; of the yeoman class, who were more than likely to become bona tide settlers. Upwards of iIOO persons came from the North, and tho visitors from Christchurch. Otago, Nelson, and other parts was proportionally large. .'Jjhe directors of tho company and (he auctioneers, and indeed the inhabitants of the province generally, arc to be congratulated upon'the success whioh attended yesterday's .auction sale, Every section submitted was Quitted, and only 11 allotments in the township of Manukau were passed m. The bidding was spirited and competition was keen throughout the sale. The auctioneer opened tho proceedings by reading the conditions of sale and making a few preparatory remarks. Ho said that tho company's engineer had ascertained by a series oi experiments that their locomotives could bo run with 'firewood in the place of coal, and that It cords of firewood would produce as much steam as a ton of coal. The directors had therefore decided to purchase for cash, firewood along the line from settlers who had purchased sections from the company and who were willing to sell their wood at reasonable prices, and it was probable that the company would take from £ISOO to £2OOO worth of wood pet annum from the settlers. The sale then proceeded. The following is a complete schedule of the land sold, together with the names of tho buyers and the purchase money, Agiucultdiul Laxds, Makokab

Total, 12 sections, containing 72a - h ~ 3i- 18p, averaging lis 7d •• r per awe £480.6 10 Making a grand total of .92 sections, containing JB4si 'if ■ % for .. £10,962 8 2

From Urn above summary .it will, ie seen that the total area con Wined 'dTicultural sections submitted and sold was °3750a lr sp, realising £9878 10s4d, or an average of £2l2s 8d per acre. In tlie.vtownship o! Manukau 38 town allotments, containing 22a lv sp, realised £(503, or an average of £27 8s 2d por acre; and 12 suburban allotments, oontainiug 72a 1 3r 18p, realising £4BO 0s 10d, or an average of £(j lis Gd per acre; the total sales amounting to £10,9C2 3s 2d.

a, li. p. Buyer . S a. D. 93 3 4 W. Sl'Ciiptoqk , 257 17 7 92 3 22 Geo. Boothby , 255 8 10 61 3 17' Ann Whiloy 255 '2 8 ■19 2 37 Anne Coleridge ,, 130 15 2 ' 49 3 4 Anno Coleridge .. 149 6 6 G5 2 0 SamuclP, Hanson,. 15511 3 59 0 27 Joseph Morris 125 14 9 82 0 27 jj. Wilson 1G4 G 9 118 '2 1 33, Wilson 251 16 7 118 110 Hi Wilson ... .. 251 9 11 '96 0 15 E.Wilson .. .. J6G 8 4 102 3 2-1 T. EijbV ... .. 14119 9 117 3 3 Robert Coneys . i 161 18 8 107 1 15 Robert Coneys i • 147 18 0 163 2 20 L, A. Abraham ,, 245 8 9 111 1 28 L, A, Abraham ■ .. 167 2 8 04 3 2 T.JBevan ,, 121 8 7 58 3 14 Austin 6, Leooh .. • 117 13 6 98..1 6 HemySp)t ,, ■ 300 18 0 28 .3 25 John Henson 138 3 8 26 2 23 John Henson (l .130 11 .0 30 3 2 H. Henson.. ., 157 13 2 31 3 10. H.Henson.. ,, 162 18 3 127 0 17 N. A, Henderson .. 381 6 4 21 0 0 E, Skerrott ,, 110 5 0 8 3G 0 8 A, Corteck .. ,, 16614 85 2 32 A. Corteck., 165 2 3 9 79. 3 lo, A, Houghton 339 G 80 0 .0 A. Houghton .. .330 0 0 93 0 31 A. Houghton.279 11 7 91 3 4 A. Houghton 229 8 9 145 2 0 Geo. Powell 38118 9 134 0 28 Geo. Powell 352 4 4 31 5 0 C. Rickard 146 16 11 ,11 .0 31 Ah Gee Kin 6111 4 '7P 14 jQmeg Staples ,, 332 13 5 it 8 8 Ah Gee Kin' 1 . 92 17 10 1 8 Jwi\C3 Staples 42516 9 173 Q 28 J. Death J 389 12 10 142.2 39 J.S.Bruce.. 499 12 0 167 0 4 W.H.Bennett ... 605 9 4 279 1 37 .„ ' iv. 419 4 5 Totalr-42 sections, 3750a Irfip VfldltRinf An A.n MfiYMa 4*910a 0<4 per acre, equals 5878 16 i

TOWKSHIP OF Manakau, Town Allotments. \ o 10 W, Smith .. 1C 0 0 o 10 W. Smith >13 10 0 0 10 W. T. M'Farlane „ io 10 0 0 1 0: W. T. M'Farlane 1010 0 0 10 J. Morris 6 0 0 0 10 J. Morris • ,, 6 0 0 0 1 0 W. Bell 10 10' 0 0 1 0 W.Bell 10 10 0 0 120 R. Coneyg 9 0' 0 0 1 20 R, Coneys ■ .v 7 0 0 0 2 5 E. Coneys„ • 7 0 0 0 2 :0 H.Salllvaa .. 1010: 0 0 '2','0 •H.'Suliivan • .. . . 10 10 0 0 2-0 H-. SulHvcn .. 1310 0 '0. .2;;0.V-H.,8)jDrv(m ., • 1310 0 0 2 ■ 0 F. Meenkin .. 1510 0 0 1-0 YT;-T: M'Farlane 26 O 0 0 1 0 J. E.Anderson■ • .16.10. 0 0 1 0. . Palmeraton & Scott . . 0 0; 1. 0 Palmeraton & Scott .. 12 "I k 0 0-2 0 F.Meonkin ,, .. '15 10 0 0 2; O F. Meenkin 15 10 0 0 10 Palmerston & Scott V. 12 0 0 , 0 1 0, Palmerston & Scott 12 0 0. * 1 0 0 Thomas Walsh . 22 0 ■o' 1.0 0 T. Stratten 20 0 0 10 0 J.F. Anderson,. 20 0 0 10 0 J. Myers 24 0 0 1 0 0 J. Myers ,, 32 0 01 0 0 W.T.M'Farlane: 20 0 0"' 10 0 C, Sweney 21 0 0 1 0 0 O. SwenCy .. ,, 2o 0 o . 10 0 H. Freeman ,, 21 0 0 10 0 H.Freeman ,, 20.0 0 10 0 Charles SweneyV 2'f' 0 0: 1 0 0 N. A. Anderson... 2210 0 1 0 0 C. Swenoy .. .. ... ■20' 0 0 1 0 0/H.Freeman ■;/ 20 0 0

Total 38 sections 22a : lr' 5p,' tivoragin j £27 8a 2d per acre . .£CfiB 0 0. Township of. Makdkau. Suburban Allotments, , 4 3 2G A, Coleridge ,, .; 44" 4 3. 6 0 10 (i. Smith 31 16 7 10 0 27 N. A. Anderson .. 4118 11 6 0 .0 A..LufI ■ „ ,, 83 0 0. 7 0 32 AijlfM ... 4G,l6»o' : 1 16 B. A.'Grecnlees, .. lno o 1 2 11 W. C, Mills.. , ,, 1516. 0 1 211 W.aMpi B ;., : 6 3 17 P. Mesnidn • 57 <8* 7 3 2 J. Plimmer , 62 2^ 8 3 36. B, T, Gilmour .'',, 58 6 9 10 3 0 W.Eglintou v.y .6116 0