Land Reserves for Drainage Payments




QUANTITY. | DESCRIPTION OF RESERVE. | PURPOSE TO WHICH IT HAS BEEN DEDICATED.

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20 0 0 | In the Lyttelton District, being bounded on the south by the road running through sections 2700, 2756, and 2877, on the east by the road west of Archies Peak road, on the north by the base of the hills (if allowed as a boundary on survey), and on the west by a line at right angles to the road first above mentioned, to include the required quantity, and numbered 9250. | Payment to W. R. and G. Rhodes for drainage in the Avon district, executed by them under contract with the Government.

20 0 0 | In Banks’ Peninsula, between Charteris and Purau Bays, bounded on the westward by section 2969, and a line drawn at right angles to the southern boundary of that section from a point on that boundary, being about one chain from the south-western corner thereof; on the southward by the road forming the southern boundary of section 6623; on the northward by section 2969, and also by a line distant forty chains from the aforesaid road, and at right angles to the eastern boundary of the before-mentioned section 2969; and on the eastward by a line parallel to the western boundary of the above quantity, and numbered 9251. | Payment to W. R. and G. Rhodes for drainage in the Avon district, executed by them under contract with the Government.

50 0 0 | In the Christchurch District, having twelve and a half chains frontage to the road north of section 8446, and running back in a northerly direction a distance of forty chains in a rectangular block, being sixteen and a half chains east of the cross road, and numbered 9029. | Payment to Netherton and Snell for work in formation and metalling on Sumner road, executed by them under contract with the Government.

38 0 0 | In the Mandeville District, having 950 links frontage on the road west of 8994, and extending back westerly forty chains in a rectangular block, the south-east corner of this section to be about one chain north-west of the north-west corner of 8522, and numbered 9021. | Payment to D. Milne for cutting the extension of the Rangiora main drain.

20 0 0 | In the Ashley District, bounded on the northward by the road forming the northern boundary of section 3798, and extending back southerly a distance on the average of forty chains, being bounded on the westward by the before-mentioned section 3798, and numbered 9276. | Payment to J. Ashworth for formation and drainage on the Amesbury road, executed by him under contract with the Government.

20 0 0 | In the Ashley District, having frontage to the road forming the southern boundary of section 6139, and extending back northerly a distance on the average of forty chains, being bounded on the eastward by the before-mentioned section 6139, and numbered 9277. | Payment to J. Ashworth for formation and drainage on the Amesbury road, executed by him under contract with the Government.

64 0 0 | In the Ashley District, having frontage to the road forming the south-western boundary of section 8000, and extending back north-easterly a distance on the average of forty chains, being bounded on the north-westward by a road branching from the one first mentioned, and running to the Kowai river, and numbered 9278. | Payment to J. Ashworth for formation and drainage on the Amesbury road, executed by him under contract with the Government.

30 0 0 | In the Ashley District, bounded on the northward by the road reserved along the south bank of the Kowai, on the south-westward by section 9278, on the north-west by the road forming the north-western boundary of said section, and on the eastward by a line at right angles to the general direction of the road first mentioned, so as to include the above quantity; subject to the drain reserve, twenty links wide, and numbered 9279.



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1866, No 1





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🗺️ Notification of Land Reserves for Payment of Drainage Contracts (continued from previous page)

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
23 December 1865
Land reserves, Drainage contracts, Canterbury Province, Waste Lands Regulations
6 names identified
  • W. R. Rhodes, Payment for drainage in the Avon district
  • G. Rhodes, Payment for drainage in the Avon district
  • Netherton, Payment for work on Sumner road
  • Snell, Payment for work on Sumner road
  • D. Milne, Payment for cutting the extension of the Rangiora main drain
  • J. Ashworth, Payment for formation and drainage on the Amesbury road