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| NO. IN RED. | QUANTITY. | DESCRIPTION. | REMARKS. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 189 | A. R. P. 0 2 30 more or less | Bounded on the northward and southward by section 186, on the east by a road, and on the westward by the road reserved along high-water mark. | Old block house, German Bay. |
| 203 | 2 0 0 more or less | Situate in the Town of Timaru, being sections 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, and 136, containing one rood each, having a frontage of six chains upon North street; sections 147 and 148, containing one rood each, having a frontage of two chains upon Heaton street; the said sections being numbered 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 147, and 148, on the map of the Chief Surveyor of the Province of Canterbury, setting out and describing the Town of Timaru aforesaid. | For Government offices, lockup, jail, and public pound. |
| 204 | 2 2 11 more or less | Being bounded on the north by North street, on the east by Rose street, on the south by Heaton street, and on the west by the Boulevard on the town boundary, in the Town of Timaru. | For a hospital, Timaru. |
| 205 | 64 0 0 more or less | Situate near Lake Pearson, in the valley of the Upper Waimakariri, commencing at the point where the road to Pearson’s crosses the Craigie burn, extending along the road south-westerly a distance of forty chains on each side of the road, and numbered 205, in red. | As an endowment for a classical school, as mentioned in the Resolutions of the Provincial Council of 12th and 19th December, 1865. |
| 631 | ... | All that tract of land three chains wide, extending from the southern boundary of section No. 3753 to the River Waitangi, the centre line of which commences at a point on the southern boundary of section No. 3753, situate about fourteen chains forty links from the southern corner of that section; thence following a line southerly which is pegged out upon the ground, and which crosses the banks of the following rivers at the undermentioned points, the intermediate angles and curves, being more particularly delineated and described on the railway plans and maps, viz.: Crossing the southern bank of the Otaio, about thirty-three chains forty links east of trig. pole No. 21. Crossing the south bank of the Makikihi, about forty-nine chains fifty links west of trig. pole No. 14. Crossing the Waituna, about five chains east of the South Road. Crossing the north bank of the Waihau, about thirteen chains south-west of trig. pole No. 3. Crossing the northernmost terrace of the Waitangi, about eighty-four chains fifty links south-west of trig. pole No. 29. |
The Great Southern Railway. |
| 632 | ... | All that tract of land three chains wide, the centre line of which commences at a point on the Great Southern Railway, situate at the peg marked 131 miles 10 chains, nearly opposite the lagoon; thence south-westerly, following a line in continuation of the last straight portion of the Great Southern Railway, a distance of two miles seventy chains seventy-seven links; thence south-westerly following a curve of eighty chains radius, a distance of twenty-six chains 33 links; thence following a straight line south-westerly a distance of one mile sixty-three chains seventy-seven links to a point about two hundred and fifty-four chains fifty links west of trig. pole 30; thence southerly following a curve bending easterly of eighty chains radius, a distance of sixty-five chains eighty-eight links; and thence in a straight line to the Waitangi River. | Alternative line of Great Southern Railway, near the Waitaki. |
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Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1866, No 4
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Confirmation of Land Reserves
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🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey13 January 1866
Land reserves, German Bay, Timaru, hospital, classical school, Great Southern Railway, Waitangi River