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No. 317, in red.—All that tract of land, being a strip of land half a mile wide, as marked on the plan of the Railway Commissioners, and coloured green thereon, dated 6th February, 1864, extending from the thirty-first mile peg to Section No. 5800—For road, railway, and telegraphic purposes.

No. 318, in red.—All that tract of land, being half a mile wide, on each side of the present railway reserve, as marked on the plan of the Railway Commissioners, dated 6th February, 1864, extending from the northern bank of the Ashburton, to the southern bank of the Orari—For road, railway, and telegraphic purposes.

No. 349, in red.—All that tract of land, one mile wide, lying between the Rivers Rangitata and Orari, the centre line of the same being a right line drawn from a point on the northern bank of the Rangitata aforesaid, one mile above McDonald’s crossing, to a point on the western side of the south railway reserve, about thirty chains to the southward of trig. station 4 (save and except the freehold land), as the same is more particularly delineated on the map of the Chief Surveyor of the Province of Canterbury, setting out and describing the rural land in the Timaru District—For road, railway, and telegraphic purposes.

No. 350, in red.—All that tract of land, one mile wide, lying between the Rivers Ashburton and Rangitata, the centre line of the same being a right line drawn from the south-western corner of section 4354 on the South road to a point on the northern bank of the Rangitata aforesaid, one mile above McDonald’s crossing, save and except the freehold land, and the reserve for railway purposes numbered 318, in red, as the same is more particularly delineated and described on the map of the Chief Surveyor of the Province of Canterbury, setting out and describing the runs between the Rivers Ashburton and Rangitata before mentioned—For road, railway, and telegraphic purposes.

No. 389, in red.—All that tract of land, one mile wide, extending from the southern bank of the Orari to section No. 5961, being bounded on the eastward by the South Road, and on the westward by a line eighty chains distant from and parallel to that road —For railway purposes.

No. 396, in red.—Forty-two acres, more or less, situate in the Mandeville District, bounded on the northward by the Rangiora Main Drain, on the westward by section 7654, and on the eastward by section 4298—For railway purposes.

No. 397, in red.—Seven hundred and eighty-nine acres, more or less, situate in the Mandeville District, commencing at a point on the Oxford and Ohoka road, the same being the south-western corner of section 8117, following westerly along the said road to the eastern boundary of section 3816; thence northerly along the eastern boundary line of sections 3816, 4281, and 4372; thence westerly along the northern boundary of the last-mentioned section to the south-eastern corner of section 6254; following northerly along the eastern boundary thereof to I. P. R. D. on Run No. 3; thence easterly, following along the southern boundary line of the said pre-emptive and of 3809, and a line in continuation of the same to the north-western corner of section 5000; thence southerly along the western boundary of that section, a distance of nine chains ninety links; thence easterly, along the southern boundary line of sections 5000 and 4099, to the north-western corner of the aforesaid section 8117; and from thence returning along the western boundary thereof, to the commencing point, subject to the road forming the western boundary of section 5000 —For railway purposes.

No. 398, in red.—One hundred and sixty-two acres, more or less, situate in the Oxford District, commencing at a point on the road, the same being the north-eastern corner of section 5869, following southerly and westerly along the eastern and southern boundaries of that section to the road forming its western boundary, following southerly along that road a distance of fifty chains; thence easterly, at a right angle, to the north-eastern side of the road separating sections 6251 and 7037, following north-westerly along the last-mentioned road to the western side of the road forming the western boundary of section 4671, following northerly along that road to the road first mentioned, and from thence returning along the same to the commencing point; subject nevertheless to the continuation of the road passing through section 4579, and also to sections 6611, 6375, and 8316—For railway purposes.

No. 399, in red.—All that tract of land, one mile wide, extending from sections 4525 and 7405, in the Oxford District, to the gorge of the Waimakariri, above trig. station O 84, and more particularly delineated on the map of the Chief Surveyor, setting out and describing the rural land in the Oxford District, save and except the freehold land purchased to date —For line of railway.