Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Christchurch, 28th July, 1862.

H IS Honor the Superintendent directs it to be notified for public information, that in pursuance of the powers vested in him by the Waste Land Regulations, now in force within the Province of Canterbury, he has made the following Reserves of Land under the 19th clause of the said Regulations, temporarily, until the next Session of the Provincial Council, for public purposes:

No. 225, in red.—About 1000 acres in the South Ellesmere district, commencing near the head of the Wai-Kewai stream; thence south-easterly along and bounded by the said stream, subject to Messrs. Bealey’s purchases to the extent of the acreage, for the Municipality of the Town of Lyttelton.

No. 226, in red.—About 1000 acres in the South Ellesmere district, north-west of and adjoining the foregoing Mr. Bridge’s and Messrs. Coker and Ell’s purchases, extending across the heads of the Omuku, Ohihia, and Wai-kewal streams, and subject to prior selections (Mr. Fereday’s 40a.) for the Municipality of the Town of Lyttelton.

No. 227, in red.—About 1000 acres in the South Ellesmere district, bounded by and adjoining the purchases of Messrs. Coker and Ell, Jollie and Lee, and subject to Cryer’s purchases for the Municipality of the Town of Lyttelton.

No. 228, in red. to No. 241, in red.—Reserved under clause 21 of the Waste Lands Regulations.

No. 242, in red.—250 acres in a valley to the southward of Port Levy, situate about a mile to the south-eastward of the hill, called Rhodes’ Sugar Loaf; commencing about half a mile south of Section 2093, and extending up the valley southward about three-quarters of a mile across the valley, about half-a-mile from east to west, for public purposes.

No. 243, in red.—West Coast (exclusive of Reserve 171 and Township Reserve No. 118).—200,000 acres, more or less, situate on the west coast of the Province of Canterbury, being bounded on the north-west by the sea coast, from the mouth of the River Grey to the mouth of the Teramakao, and by the River Grey from its mouth to the junction of the Kota-ura-Haoka; on the north-east by the boundary line between the Provinces of Nelson and Canterbury to the Saddle dividing the head waters of Teramakao, from the head waters of the Hurunui; and on the southward and south-westward by the Teramakao to the sea.

No. 244, in red.—1060 acres, more or less, situate in the Ashburton district, commencing at a point on the north-western side of the road and Railway Reserve, 16 chains north-east of the 52nd Mile Peg; thence north-westerly in a straight line to the south-eastern corner of H. P. R. on Run No. 99; thence south-westerly along south-eastern boundary of said P. R. to the north-eastern bank of the River Ashburton, following the said bank south-easterly to the western corner of the Township Reserve; thence north-easterly along north-western and north-eastern boundaries of said reserve to the road and railway reserve before mentioned, and returning north-easterly along said reserve to the commencing point, subject to Improvement P. R.’s A. B. and D. on Run No. 99, and also to Sections Nos. 3128 and 4109.

No. 245, in red.—3600 acres, more or less, situate in the Ashburton district, commencing at the south-eastern corner of H. P. R. on Run No. 98; thence south-easterly at an angle of 75° with the south-eastern boundary of said H. P. R., a distance of about 3 miles 36 chains; thence south-easterly at an angle of 140°, a distance of about 3 miles 46 chains to the north-eastern bank of the River Ashburton; thence northerly and north-westerly along the said bank to the southern corner of the Township Reserve, following north-easterly along the south-eastern boundary of said township to the south-western boundary of aforesaid P. R., and returning south-easterly and north-easterly along the boundaries of said P. R. to the commencing point.

No. 246, in red.—5340 acres, more or less, situate in the Ashburton district, commencing at the 55-mile Peg on the reserve for road and railway; thence southerly along the eastern side of said reserve a distance of about 86 chains; thence south-easterly at an angle of 96½° a distance of about 5 miles 4 chains; thence north-easterly at a right angle to the southern bank of the River Ashburton, following north-westerly along the said bank and the top of the terrace to the eastern boundary of Section 4354; thence southerly and westerly along the eastern and southern boundaries of said section to the commencing point.

THOS. WM. MAUDE,
Provincial Secretary.