Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1869 – No. 20

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OF THE NUMBER OF ACRES OF LAND IN EACH ROAD DISTRICT IN THE PROVINCE, SPECIFYING THE NUMBER OF ACRES SOLD, NUMBER OF ACRES RESERVED FOR EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER PURPOSES, ESTIMATED NUMBER OF ACRES OF GOOD ARABLE LAND (NOT SOLD OR RESERVED), NUMBER OF ACRES OF GOOD QUALITY GRAZING LAND, REMAINING AFTER DEDUCTING THE FOREGOING, NUMBER OF ACRES OF INTERIOR QUALITY GRAZING LAND, AND NUMBER OF ACRES WORTHLESS, OR OF LITTLE VALUE; ALSO OF THE AMOUNT OF RENT DERIVED FROM PASTURAGE LICENSES DURING CURRENT YEAR; ALSO OF THE EXPENDITURE PREVIOUS TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ROAD BOARDS, AND THE AMOUNT PAID TO THE ROAD BOARDS TO 30TH APRIL, 1869.

ROAD BOARD DISTRICTS. Total Number of Acres. Number of Acres Sold. Number of Acres Reserved. Estimated Number of Acres of good Arable land not sold. Number of Acres of First and Second Class Grazing Land, exclusive of the foregoing. Worthless or of Little Value. Rent derived from Pasturage Licenses during current year. EXPENDITURE.
Educational. Other Purposes. First Class. Second Class. Previous to the establishment of Road Boards.
Walpara ... 570,000 82,213 480 6121 54,000 248,864 63,000 95,802
Rowai ... 285,000 62,629 1696 13,600 121,983 66,300 38,512 2395 17 11
Cust ... 75,000 24,941 80 949 2700 26,767 10,000 5564
Oxford ... 498,798 13,781 823 3906 22,000 132,390 189,900 149,930
Mandeville and Rangiora 101,600 63,878 1311 3444 2500 17,088 1000 12,679
Town of Kaiapoi 700 661 39
Avon ... 25,600 14,836 164 2000 7400 900
Riccarton ... 11,000 9940 90 210 760
Templeton ... 22,000 11,241 48 957 1000 6080 2674
Heathcote ... 22,000 16,614 936 5000 625 4925
Spreydon ... 11,000 8691 295 44 2070
Halswell ... 15,000 5978 3 4500 3624 695
Lincoln ... 24,000 20,718 128 300 2400
Springs ... 63,000 28,878 261 2000 81,061 3,322 800
Fort Victoria 20,000 5815 865 3000 6698 1300
Port Levy ... 28,000 8603 4227 6400 12,010 1800
Pigeon Bay ... 23,000 7321 14 3200 5372 2,163 1560
Okain’s Bay 56,000 4811 48 15,000 5290 10,451 2400
Town of Akaroa and Wainui 61,000 16,523 150 1682 11,500 27,165 4000
Little River 106,000 15,682 75 2207 16,000 49,536 21,500 7000
Courtney ... 152,498 54,143 3028 240 13,000 57,556 12,510
Ellesmere ... 120,000 69,940 583 3160 4500 22,065 1356
Malvern ... 258,499 21,324 640 2812 33,000 155,630 33,000 42,093
Rakata ... 573,000 14,700 613 230 37,000 231,789 47,660 241,018
Ashburton ... 1,420,000 56,897 3702 3578 260,000 740,302 118,900 219,921
Geraldine ... 812,000 50,020 2908 3160 200,000 368,529 137,425 137,868
Town of Timaru 460 186 274
Levels ... 170,000 42,643 501 511 88,000 27,860 9385
Waimate ... 595,000 41,000 2028 5586 120,000 216,360 208,300 2028
Mount Cook 2,565,410 9163 2440 32,000 1,030,550 1,187,512
Totals ... 8,093,027 742,375 16,416 46,790 948,100 2,742,457 1,964,716 2,230,173
  • This consists chiefly of hilly land, and although perhaps not strictly agricultural, will still be purchased at £3 per acre.

† These Districts contain a large proportion of timbered land, mostly on the hill sides, and although not strictly agricultural, is yet being purchased at £2 per acre, being well suited for grazing purposes.

‡ It is probable that if a Bridge is built over the Rakata a considerable amount of land will be purchased.




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