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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 8816—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 34, 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.
No. 401, in red.—All that tract of land, half a mile wide, extending from the Southern line of Railway to the Gorge of the Rakaia, the centre line of which branches from the line of railway above-mentioned, at twenty-nine miles, ten chains, and runs in a north-westerly direction, for a distance of about twenty-five miles to a bridge, situate twenty-five chains north of Lake Constance, exclusive of reserve No. 400—For a line of railway.
No. 404, in red.—All that tract of land, being thirty chains in width, lying on either side the stream, and extending from the Wilberforce to Browning’s Pass—For the uses of the Provincial Government, and for other public purposes.
No. 405, in red.—Two thousand acres (more or less), commencing at a point on the western bank of the Wilberforce, the same being about one hundred chains north-west of the Boulderstone Gulley, following the said bank in a north-westerly direction a distance of four hundred and eighty chains, and extending back in a south-westerly direction, a distance of about forty chains, in a rectangular block—For the uses of the Provincial Government, and particularly for a road and railway.
No. 406, in red.—One thousand acres (more or less), on either side of the Harper River, commencing at a point at the foot of the Sheep Range, on the southern side of the Lake Selfe Valley, the same being sixty chains east of the Harper; following westerly along the foot of the Sheep Range, and a line in continuation of the same, a distance of one hundred and sixty chains, and extending back northerly a distance of about sixty-two chains.
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Temporary Land Reserves for Public Works
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🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works10 April 1868
Land reserves, railway, road, telegraphic purposes, Canterbury
Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1868, No 17