✨ Land Reserves Notices
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 describing the
runs between the Rivers Ashburton
and Rangitata before mentioned—
For road, railway, and telegraph
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 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. 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 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...
cated 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. 916, 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
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🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey4 November 1869
Land Reserves, Railway, Telegraph, Road, Rakaia, Ashburton, Orari, Rangitata, Harper River, Wilberforce, Timaru, Weka Pass, Hurunui, Lake Sumner, Christchurch, Waimakariri
Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1869, No 50