Public Works Office,
Christchurch, June 18, 1873.

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
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. 349, 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 free-
hold 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. 359, 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 east-
ward 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 2812; thence
following the south-western boundary
of that section to section 2815;
thence following the terrace forming
the southern boundary of that section...