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 and south-easterly along the 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. 249, in red.—45 acres, more or less, situate in the Christchurch district, commencing at the junction of the southern side of the Great South Road with the northern boundary of the South Railway reserve; thence south-westerly along the northern boundary of said reserve a distance of about 68 chains 75 links; thence north-westerly at a right angle a distance of about 13 chains 40 links to the Great South Road before mentioned, and returning north-easterly along the southern side thereof to the commencing point, and numbered 249 in red on the map of the Chief Surveyor of the Province of Canterbury, setting out and describing the Christchurch district.

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.

No. 247, in red.—200 acres, near the Gorge, on the northern side of the north bank of the River Rakaia, fronting the river for a distance of about 50 chains, and running back northerly a distance, on the average, of about 40 chains, adjoining Section 523.

No. 248, in red.—200 acres on the southern side of the south bank of the River Rakaia, fronting the river for a distance of 50 chains, and running back southerly a distance, on the average, of 40 chains, eastward of and adjoining homestead pre-emptive right on run No. 148, and situate nearly opposite the ferry reserve on the north bank of the river.

VICTORIA, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, to ALEXANDER BACK, of Christchurch, in the Province of Canterbury, in the Southern District of the Colony of New Zealand, Sheriff, Greeting:

Whereas an action is now pending in our Supreme Court of New Zealand, in the Southern District, between ISAAC NORMANTON FAIRHURST, of Christchurch, in the Province of Canterbury aforesaid, merchant, plaintiff, and DANIEL EGAN, late of Christchurch aforesaid, contractor, now out of the said colony, defendant, and, in order that the plaintiff may proceed in the said action, we command you that you do retain and keep all and singular the moneys, and chattels, bills, bonds, and other property of whatsoever nature in the custody or under the control of you at the time of the service of this writ belonging to the above-named DANIEL EGAN, or to or in which such defendant shall at that time be legally or equitably entitled or otherwise beneficially interested, and all debts of every kind then due by you to such defendant, although the same or part thereof may be payable only at a future day. And, we further command you, that you in your own proper person be and appear before our said Court, or a Judge thereof, sitting at Chambers, at Christchurch aforesaid, on Friday, the Twenty-ninth day of August instant, at Eleven o’clock in the forenoon, then and there to be examined touching the premises.

THOS. WM. MAUDE,
Provincial Secretary.