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Railway Reserve, about thirty chains
to the southward of Trig. Station 4
(save and except the freehold land),
as the same is more particularly
delineated on the Map of the Chief
Surveyor of the Province of Canterbury, setting out and describing the
rural land in the Timaru District—
For road, railway, and telegraph
purposes.

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. 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 wide, 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 2312; 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 running
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, 8765, and 6453, to
the Coal road on the western side of
Reserve 342, in red; following up