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| QUANTITY | DESCRIPTION OF RESERVE | PURPOSE TO WHICH IT HAS BEEN DEDICATED |
|---|---|---|
| A. R. P. | ||
| 30 0 0 | In the Ashley District, being bounded on the east by the road reserved along the western bank of the river Karetu, on the west by a creek running into the Karetu, and on the north and south by lines at right angles to the road above mentioned; to include the quantity; the north-east corner of this section to be about eleven chains south of the cutting; subject to a road, and numbered 8512. | Payment to Claney and Peters for formation and drainage of Amesbury road, executed by them under contract with the Government, and transferred to John McFarlane. |
| 70 0 0 | In the Ashley District, being a rectangular block of land, thirty chains north to south, and 2,384 links from east to west, being about three quarters of a mile west of Mr. McFarlane's house, to include a spring; the northern boundary of this section is intended to be about one chain north of the spring; subject to a road, and numbered 8518. | Payment to Claney and Peters for formation and drainage of Amesbury road, executed by them under contract with the Government, and transferred to John McFarlane. |
| 30 0 0 | In the Ashley District, being bounded on the south by the road south of 8268, on the north by 8244, on the west by a line at right angles to the said road, drawn from a point on the same, being six chains north-east of the south-east corner of 7929, and on the east by a line parallel to the western boundary, to include the required quantity, and numbered 8514. | Payment to Claney and Peters for formation and drainage of Amesbury road, executed by them under contract with the Government, and transferred to John McFarlane. |
| 20 0 0 | In the Ashley District, being bounded on the north by the Lower Saltwater Creek Road, on the west by a line in continuation of the eastern boundary of 2882, on the south by the road reserved along the high bank of the river Ashley, and on the east by a line at right angles to the first-mentioned road, to include the required quantity, and numbered 8515. | Payment to Claney and Peters for formation and drainage of Amesbury road, executed by them under contract with the Government, and transferred to John McFarlane. |
| 50 0 0 | In the Mandeville District, having frontage of twelve and a half chains on the west side of the road running between sections 4995 and 4996, and extending back westerly forty chains, in a rectangular block; the north-east corner of this section to be forty-two chains from the junction of the above-mentioned road with the road north of 4996, and numbered 8516. | Payment to W. White for bridge across the Wairewa, executed by him under contract with the Government. |
| 50 0 0 | In the Mandeville District, being bounded on the west by the road passing between 4995 and 4996, on the east by the road running through section 4995, on the north by a line at right angles to the first-mentioned road, drawn from a point being forty chains south of its junction with the road last mentioned, and on the south by a line parallel to the northern boundary, to include the required quantity, and numbered 8517. | Payment to W. White for bridge across the Wairewa, executed by him under contract with the Government. |
| 28 0 0 | In the Ashley District, being bounded on the north-east by a road south-west of section 6160, on the south-east by gravel-pit reserve 257, on the south by Stony Creek, and on the north-west by section 8750, and numbered 8797. | Payment to Robert Herbertson for bridge over Saltwater Creek, executed by him under contract with the Government. |
| 25 0 0 | In the Waipara District, being a square block of land half a mile east of the north road, and about twenty-five chains south-east of 8198, to include a portion of the land known as Fiddler's Green; subject to a road, and numbered 8059. | Payment to Robert Herbertson for bridge over Saltwater Creek, executed by him under contract with the Government. |
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Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1866, No 1
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Notification of Land Reserves for Payment of Drainage Contracts
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🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey23 December 1865
Land reserves, Drainage contracts, Canterbury Province, Waste Lands Regulations
- Claney, Payment for formation and drainage of Amesbury road
- Peters, Payment for formation and drainage of Amesbury road
- John McFarlane, Transferred payment for formation and drainage of Amesbury road
- W. White, Payment for bridge across the Wairewa
- Robert Herbertson, Payment for bridge over Saltwater Creek