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veyor of the Province of Canterbury,
setting out and describing the rural
land in the Timaru District—For
road, railway, and telegraphic pur-
poses.

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 de-
scribing the runs between the Rivers
Ashburton and Rangitata before men-
tioned—For road, railway, and tele-
graphic 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 bound on the east-
ward by the South Road, and on the
westward by a line eighty chains dis- ant from and parallel to that road—
For railway purposes.

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 nor-
therly a distance of sixty chains, in a
rectangular block, including the river
bed of the Harper—For the uses
of the Provincial Government, and
particularly for a ferry, road, and
railway.

No. 407, in red.—Two thousand acres
(more or less), situate in the river-
bed of the Wilberforce, being bounded
on the north-west by reserve in
red No. 405, extending on either side
of the fords, being a rectangular block,
about sixty-eight chains from north to
south, and about three hundred
chains from east to west, including
the river bed of the Wilberforce—For
the uses of the Provincial Govern-
ment, and particularly for a ferry,
road, and railway.

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
Surveyor of the province of Canter-
bury, setting out and describing the
rural land in the Timaru district, and
situated on the northern bank of the
river Pareora, about thirty-five chains
in a northerly direction from the con-
fluence of a small stream, with the said
river; thence following the centre line
before-mentioned, as indicated by a
red line on the map above referred to,
until it meets the road forming the
south-west boundary of section 8299,
at a point being about forty chains
south-east of the south-western corner
of that section; subject, nevertheless,
to the freehold land purchased to date
through which the reserve above de-
scribed may pass—For a water-race,
for the purpose of supplying the in-
habitants of Timaru with water from
the river Pareora.

No. 868, in red.—All that tract of land,
three chains wide, commencing at
the end of the present Railway Re-
serve through the Weka Pass across
the Waikari Valley, thence passing
east of Horsley Downs to the Gorge
of the Hurunui, thence along the
Valley of the Hurunui to Lake Sumner,
a distance of about forty-and-a-half
miles, subject to land purchased and
finally reserved to date—For railway
purposes.

No. 869, in red.—All that tract of land,
forty chains in width, commencing at
the western end of Reserve No. 868 in
red; thence following along the south-
ern shore of Lake Sumner and the
slopes of the hills on the south side of
Hurunui Valley to the summit of the
dividing range, a distance of about
twenty-two miles, subject to land pur-
chased and finally reserved to date—
For railway purposes.

No. 915 in red.—Three acres, three roods,
more or less, situate in the Ellesmere
District, bounded on the northward by
Hart’s road, on the south-eastward by
section 7716, and on the south-west-
ward by the Taumutu and Bridge’s
road—For a gravel pit.

EDWD. JOLLIE,
Secretary for Public Works.

CHRISTCHURCH:

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