and sixty chains, and extending back northerly 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 Government, 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 Canterbury, 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 confluence 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 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 summit of the dividing range, a distance of about twenty-two miles, subject to land purchased and finally reserved to date—For railway purposes.

No. 946, in red.—Two hundred and forty-two acres, more or less, situate in the Christchurch District, commencing at the junction of the road forming the eastern boundary of section 2209, with the road forming the northern boundary of section 2782; thence north-easterly, following the latter road to the terrace forming the north-western boundary of section 2819; following the said terrace north-easterly to the road forming the north-western boundary of section 461; thence north easterly along that road to section 2812; thence following the south-western boundary of that section to section 2818; thence following the terrace forming the southern boundary of that section to the eastern boundary of section 2197; thence following that boundary and the southern boundary of the same section to the road first mentioned; and from thence returning along the same to the commencing point—For purposes of protective works in connection with the overflow of the River Waimakariri.

No. 947, in red.—Eleven thousand four hundred acres, more or less, situate in the Christchurch District, commencing at a point on the Harewood road by Riccarton, the same being the north-western corner of section 7597, following westerly along the southern side of that road to a point in line with the western side of the road forming the western boundary of section 11,068; thence northerly, following the said road to the River Waimakariri; thence following up the river to the high bank or terrace forming the north-eastern boundary of section 7344; thence south-easterly, following the said terrace along the northern boundary of sections 7364, 3708, 2806, 3765, and 6458, to the Coal road on the western side of Reserve 842 (in red), following that road to where it is intersected by the terrace forming the northern boundary of section 5194, following the said terrace in an easterly direction by the northern boundary of sections 5194, 2645, and 2998, to the road forming the northern boundary of section 7718; thence south-easterly, following that road to section 6152; thence north-easterly, following the north-western boundary of that section to the south-eastern boundary of section 7741; following that boundary, the southern and north-western boundaries of the same section, and a line in continuation of the last-mentioned boundary to section 7850; thence north-westerly, following the south-western boundary of the latter section to its westernmost corner; and from thence returning