Land Reserves Proclamation




No. IN
RED. | QUANTITY,
more or less. | DESCRIPTION. | REMARKS.
--- | --- | --- | ---
1358 | 20000 0 0 | Commencing on the eastern bank of the Waitangi River, at a point situate about sixty-two chains south-east of the southernmost corner of Run No. 186; thence following a line bearing S. 71 deg. 30’ E. (mag.), a distance of three miles fifty-four chains to a stream, thence south-easterly following the said stream a distance measured in a straight line of about three miles fourteen chains to the forks; thence southerly following up the southern tributary of the said stream a distance measured in a direct line of three and three-quarters miles; thence N. 86 deg. W. (mag.), a distance of six miles thirty chains to the river above-mentioned; and from thence returning along the same to the commencing point. | Endowment for School of Technical Science and other Educational purposes, contemplated by “The Canterbury Museum and Library Ordinance, 1872.”

1359 | 30000 0 0 | Situate east of the River Tekapo, commencing at the north-western corner of Run No. 225 on the eastern bank of the above-mentioned river; thence following along the northern boundary of that run and the northern tributary of the stream, which forms part of the northern boundary thereof, a distance altogether of about seven miles twenty-six chains measured in a direct line; thence following a straight line a distance of five miles seventy-six chains to the south-west corner of Run No. 296; following the western boundary of that run to the stream, being the south boundary of Run No. 290; following the said stream to the aforesaid river; and from thence returning along the same to the commencing point. | Endowment for School of Technical Science and other Educational purposes, contemplated by “The Canterbury Museum and Library Ordinance, 1872.”

Public Works Office,
Christchurch, June 20, 1872.

HIS Honor the Superintendent directs it to be notified that he has made the following Reserves, temporarily, under the 19th clause of the Waste Lands Regulations, viz. :-

No. 288, in red.—One thousand two hundred and eighty acres (more or less), situate on the north bank of the Rakaia, bounded on the south by the Rakaia; on the east by the Ferry Reserve, No. 96 (in red), and a line in continuation of the western boundary thereof; on the west by a line at right angles to the river; and on the north by a line parallel to and distant one mile from the river.—For railway purposes.

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, 1869, extending from the 31st mile peg to section No. 5800.—For road, railway, and telegraph purposes.

No. 849, 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 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.



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1872, No 35





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🗺️ Proclamation of Land Reserves (continued from previous page)

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
20 June 1872
Land Reserves, Proclamation, Canterbury Province, Railway, Road, Telegraph
  • HIS Honor the Superintendent