Land Reserves




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 telegraph 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 Rangitata to the southern
bank of the Orari—For road, railway,
and telegraph 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 de-
lineated on the Map of the Chief Sur-
veyor of the Province of Canterbury,
setting out and describing the rural
land in the Timaru District—For
road, railway, and telegraph 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-
graph 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 east-
ward by the South Road, and on the
westward by a line eighty chains dis-
tant 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 par-
ticularly for a ferry, road, and rail-
way.

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 Gover-
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 829, at a point being about
forty chains south-east of the south-
western corner of that section; sub-
ject, nevertheless, to the freehold land
purchased to date through which the
reserve above described may pass—
For a water-race, for the purpose of
supplying the inhabitants 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 Reserve
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
southern shore of Lake Sumner and
the slopes of the hills on the south
side of Hurunui Valley to the sum-
mit of the dividing range, a distance
of about twenty-two miles, subject to
land purchased and finally reserved
to date.—For railway purposes.



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1868, No 60





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🗺️ Temporary Land Reserve for Railway Purposes (continued from previous page)

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
14 December 1868
Land Reserve, Railway, Rakaia River, Temporary

🗺️ Land Reserve for Railway Purposes

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Land Reserve, Railway, Rangitata River, Orari River

🗺️ Land Reserve for Railway and Telegraph Purposes

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Land Reserve, Railway, Telegraph, Rangitata River, Orari River

🗺️ Land Reserve for Railway and Telegraph Purposes

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Land Reserve, Railway, Telegraph, Ashburton River, Rangitata River

🗺️ Land Reserve for Railway Purposes

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Land Reserve, Railway, Orari River, South Road

🗺️ Land Reserve for Provincial Government Use

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Land Reserve, Provincial Government, Harper River, Lake Selfe Valley

🗺️ Land Reserve for Provincial Government Use

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Land Reserve, Provincial Government, Wilberforce River

🗺️ Land Reserve for Water Race

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Land Reserve, Water Race, Pareora River, Timaru

🗺️ Land Reserve for Railway Purposes

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Land Reserve, Railway, Weka Pass, Waikari Valley, Hurunui River, Lake Sumner

🗺️ Land Reserve for Railway Purposes

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Land Reserve, Railway, Lake Sumner, Hurunui Valley