Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1855 – No. 15

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✨ Depasturing Licences



DEPASTURING LICENCES.

HEREBY Give Notice in accordance with the Regulations for Depasturing Cattle on the Waste Lands of the Crown, that the undermentioned persons have applied for Licenses for Runs in the Province of Canterbury.

No. Name. Acres. Situations and Boundaries.
54 Edwin Hare Dashwood 25,000 Waitangi River North, bounded on the North by the Tukatu, on the East by western boundary of Gibson’s Run, on the South by the Waitangi River, and Westward to the extent of 25,000 acres.
55 Herbert Meyer 25,000 Waitangi River North, bounded on the North by the Tukatu and Hakatamarea Rivers, on the East by Dashwood’s Run, on the South by the Waitangi River, and Westward to the extent of 25,000 acres.
56 James Knight Bruce 25,000 Waitangi River North, bounded on the North by the Hakatamarea River, on the East by Meyer’s Run, on the South by the Waitangi River, and Westward to the extent of 25,000 acres.
57 William Du Moulin 20,000 Between the Rivers Rangitata and Ashburton, bounded on the North by the River Ashburton, on the East by the licensed to Messrs Moorhouse and Russell Nos. 8 and 40, on the South by the River Rangitata, and on the West by the Snowy Mountains.
58 Robert W. Heron 25,000 On the Waitangi, bounded on the North by the Run Gazetted to John H. C. Sidebottom, on the East by the Snowy Mountains, on the South by the Waitangi, and on the West by the Snowy Mountains.
59 George Hodgkinson 25,000 Waitangi River North, bounded on the North and East by the Snowy Ranges, on the South by the Waitangi River, and on the West by the Hakatamarea River.
60 William G. Elwin 45,000 About 25 miles South of Timaru, bounded on the North by the Otaio, on the East by the Run of Mrs. Collier, on the South by the River Hook, and Westward to the extent of 45,000 acres.

William Guise Brittan,
Commissioner of Crown Lands, Canterbury.

Land Office, Christchurch, 1st June, 1855.

PRINTED BY J. WILLIS, AT THE "STANDARD" OFFICE, CHRISTCHURCH.




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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🗺️ Applications for Depasturing Licences in Canterbury

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
1 June 1855
Depasturing, Licences, Runs, Canterbury, Waitangi River, Rangitata River, Ashburton River
7 names identified
  • Edwin Hare Dashwood, Applied for depasturing licence
  • Herbert Meyer, Applied for depasturing licence
  • James Knight Bruce, Applied for depasturing licence
  • William Du Moulin, Applied for depasturing licence
  • Robert W. Heron, Applied for depasturing licence
  • George Hodgkinson, Applied for depasturing licence
  • William G. Elwin, Applied for depasturing licence

  • William Guise Brittan, Commissioner of Crown Lands, Canterbury