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at the junction of Gibson’s
Quay and Fitzgerald-street, following a northerly direction along
Fitzherbert-street, a distance of two
chains eighty links; thence westerly
at a right angle, a distance of two
chains ninety-five links; thence
southerly, at a right angle, a distance
of three chains thirty-nine links; and
returning along Gibson’s quay to
the commencing point, a distance of
three chains five links—For a Custom
House, and for general purposes in
connection with the Customs service.

No. 394, in red.—Five hundred and
sixty acres, more or less, situate in
the Upper Waimakariri District,
commencing at a point on the southern bank of the Waimakariri, the
same being about 5¼ miles distant from
and west of the confluence of the said
river with the stream forming the
eastern boundary of Run No. 383;
thence following a straight line, in a
southerly direction, a distance of
sixty chains; thence westerly, at a
right angle, a distance of eighty
chains; thence at a right angle
northerly, a distance of thirty chains;
thence again at a right angle westerly,
a distance of one hundred and sixty
chains; thence northerly, at a right
angle, a distance of ten chains; thence
again at a right angle, easterly, to
the bank of the river Waimakariri
above mentioned; and from thence
returning along the same to the
commencing point—For the uses of
the Provincial Government, and other
public purposes, and particularly for
the depasturing of stock when travelling.

No. 395, in red.—Ten acres, more or less,
situate in the Mandeville District,
commencing at the junction of the
Oxford and Ohoko Road with the
Rangiora and Waimakariri Road,
following along the last-mentioned
road, in a southerly direction, a distance of eleven chains twenty links;
thence, at a right angle, north-westerly, a distance of eighteen chains
sixty links to the road first above
mentioned; and from thence, returning along the same to the commencing point—For a gravel-pit.

No. 403, in red.—Nine hundred and twelve
acres, more or less, situate in the
Upper Waimakariri district, bounded
on the northward by the northern
bank of the Waimakariri forming the
southern boundary of the Bealey
Township, on the southward by Reserve No. 394 (in red), and on the
westward and eastward respectively
by lines being the continuation of the
western and eastern boundaries of
that reserve. Note.—The above
reserve is the river-bed of the Wai-
makariri south of the Bealey township, and includes the land over

which the ferry is to cross—For the
uses of the Provincial Government,
and particularly for a ferry reserve.

No. 422, in red.—Fifteen acres, more or
less, situate in the Bealey town, commencing at a point on the western
bank of the River Bealey, the same
being one chain fifty links south-east
of the south-eastern corner of section
No. 32, thence westerly following a
line parallel to and one chain distant
from the southern boundary of that
section, a distance of ten chains
seventy links, thence southerly at a
right angle a distance of nine chains
fifty links to the northern bank of
the Waimakariri, following that bank
in the south-easterly direction to the
western bank of the river Bealey
before mentioned, and from thence
returning along the same to the
commencing point—For the uses of the
Provincial Government and other
public purposes, and particularly for
a ferry.

No. 423, in red.—One acre three roods,
more or less, commencing at a point
on the northern boundary of the
Bealey town, where it is crossed by
the eastern side of the West Coast
Road, following that road in a northerly direction a distance of eight
chains, thence easterly at a right
angle a distance of two chains, thence
southerly again at a right angle a
distance of nine chains sixty links to
the boundary before mentioned, and
from thence returning along the same
to the commencing point—For the
uses of the Provincial Government,
and for other public purposes, and
particularly for a police station.

No. 424, in red.—Four hundred and
seventy-five acres, more or less, situate
in the Malvern district, commencing
at the intersection of the road north-
west of the Gorge-hill estate with the
Tramway Reserve, following that reserve in a south-easterly direction a
distance of forty-two chains fifty
links, thence south-westerly following
a straight line to a point on the
southern bank of the River Hawkins,
the same being twenty-six chains
west of the north-western corner of
section No. 8040, thence south-westerly following a line parallel to the
north-western boundary of that section, a distance of forty chains, thence
westerly following a straight line to
the south-eastern corner of section
No. 3719, following northerly along
the eastern boundary of that section
to the road first before-mentioned,
and from thence returning along that
road to the commencing point—For
the uses of the Provincial Government, and particularly as a depot for
police purposes.

No. 425, in red.—Sixty-five acres, more or
less, situate in the Malvern district,