Land Reserves Notices




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No. 467, in red.—All that tract of land,
one chain wide, extending from the
northern bank of the Kowai, in a
northerly direction, along the side of
the terrace, and passing through sec-
tions 4769, 2912, 4074, 4739, 5071,
7050, and 7054, and terminating at
the northern boundary of the latter
section; subject nevertheless to the
freehold land purchased to date—For
the uses of the Provincial Govern-
ment, and particularly for a road and
railway.

No. 468, in red.—All that tract of land,
twenty chains wide, extending from
the northern boundary of section
7054, and passing in a northerly
direction on the western side of the
Waimakariri and Steven’s Creek;
thence by the northern base of
Purple hill, and between Lake Sarah
and Sugar Loaf hill, crossing the
Waimakariri at the northern branch;
thence following westerly along the
flat on the north bank of the Waima-
kariri to the township of Bealey;
subject nevertheless to the freehold
land purchased to date—For the uses
of the Provincial Government, and
particularly for a road and railway.

No. 702, in red.—Nine hundred and thirty
acres, more or less, situate in the
Christchurch district, being the old
river bed, bounded on the east by
the road west of section No. 3201,
on the west by reserve in red No.
325, and Bealey road, and on the
northward by the high bank of the
old river bed forming the southern
boundary line of sections 2919, 2603,
2552, 2342, 2343, on the southward
by the high bank forming the northern
boundary of sections Nos. 6099,
4911, 4910, 4842, 4634, 4069, and
2861; subject nevertheless to Re-
serves Nos. 325 and 326 (in red) and
to section 8005—For a rifle range.

No. 732, in red.—All that tract of land,
being thirty-three feet in width on
either side of the line of Telegraph
poles, and extending from the western
boundary of section No. 8437 on the
Kowai to the top of Arthurs Pass,
subject nevertheless to freehold land
and to reserves previously made—
For provincial telegraph purposes.

No. 733, in red.—All that tract of land,
being thirty-three feet in width on
either side of the line of Telegraph
poles, and extending from the top of
Arthurs Pass to the Town of Hoki-
tika, subject nevertheless to freehold
land and to reserves previously made
—For provincial telegraph pur-
poses.

No. 740, in red.—All that tract of land,
two and a half chains wide, the centre
line of which commences at a point
marked A on the map of the Chief

chains from east to west—For the
uses of the Provincial Government,
and particularly for a ferry.

No. 417, in red.—All that tract of land,
one mile wide, extending from the
north-western boundary of reserve
No. 410 (in red), to the streams
flowing from Lake Heron into the
Rakaia—For the uses of the Provin-
cial Government, and particularly for
a road.

No. 418, in red.—The riverbed of the
southern branch of the Rakaia, and
flats, on either side from the Lake
Heron stream, to the valley leading
to Whitcombe’s Pass, and that valley
to the top of the Pass, being thirty
chains in width—For the uses of the
Provincial Government, and particu-
larly for a road.

No. 435, in red.—All that tract of land,
three chains wide, situate in the
Malvern District, the centre line of
the same commencing at a point on
the Coal Tramway Reserve, being
about ninety-six chains south-east of
the intersection of the said reserve
by the Dalethorpe and Kowai Road;
thence north-westerly, following a
curve of forty chains radius a distance
of about forty chains; thence north-
easterly, following a straight line a
distance of ninety chains; thence
northerly, following a curve of eighty
chains radius to the foot of the high
bank or terrace forming the north-
eastern boundary of section 5177,
save and except the freehold land
purchased to date—For the uses of
the Provincial Government, and par-
ticularly for a railway.

No. 457, in red.—All that tract of land,
three chains wide, running from the
Coal Tramway Reserve to the Dale-
thorpe and Kowai road, the northern
boundary being south of, and parallel
to, and twenty chains distant from
the Little Racecourse hill and Kowai
road—For the uses of the Provincial
Government, and particularly for a
railway.

No. 459, in red.—All that tract of land,
half a mile wide, extending from the
river Acheron to reserve No. 408
(in red), and bounded on the south-
westward by the northern bank of
the Rakaia—For the uses of the Pro-
vincial Government, and particularly
for a railway.

No. 460, in red.—All that tract of land,
half a mile wide, extending from re-
serve No. 405 to reserve No. 414
(in red), and bounded on the north-
eastward by the Wilberforce branch
of the Rakaia—For the uses of the
Provincial Government, and particu-
larly for a railway.



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🗺️ Temporary Land Reserves for Public Purposes (continued from previous page)

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
12 January 1867
Land reserves, railway purposes, ferry, road, Kowai, Waimakariri, Bealey, rifle range, telegraph, Arthurs Pass, Hokitika, ferry, Rakaia, Lake Heron, Whitcombe's Pass, Malvern District, Dalethorpe, Kowai Road, Acheron