Land Reserves and Gravel Pits




No. in
Red. | QUANTITY,
more or less. | DESCRIPTION. | REMARKS.
--- | --- | --- | ---
1430 | 5 0 0 | Situate in the Malvern District, having 5 chains frontage to the road forming the north-west boundary of section No. 11,140, and extending south-easterly 10 chains in a rectangular block south-west of and adjoining the said section 11,140. | For a gravel pit.
1431 | 5 0 0 | Situate in the Malvern District, bounded on the north-westward by the Dalethorpe Road, on the eastward by the road forming the western boundary of section No. 15,219; on the south-eastward by a line parallel to and 10 chains distant from the north-west boundary, and on the south-westward by a line at right angles to the last described boundary, so as to contain the above quantity. | For a gravel pit.
1432 | 5 0 0 | Situate in the Malvern District, bounded on the eastward by sections Nos. 10,684 and 10,688; on the north-westward by the continuation of the road forming the southern boundary of section No. 12,444; and on the south-westward by a line at right angles to said road, so as to include the above quantity. | For a gravel pit.
1483 | 5 0 0 | Situate in the Malvern District, having 5 chains frontage to the Dalethorpe Road, and extending northerly therefrom 10 chains in a rectangular block, the eastern boundary being in a line with the eastern boundary of section No. 6005. | For a gravel pit.
1484 | 24 0 0 | Situate in the Ellesmere District, bounded on the north-westward by Feready’s Road, on the north-eastward by section 7340; on the south-westward by section 14,458; and on the south-eastward by sections 7339 and 7966. | For the purposes of a cemetery.
1485 | 43 0 0 | Situate in the Ellesmere District, bounded on the north-eastward by section 7966; on the south-eastward by Harman’s Road; on the north-westward by section 14,458; and on the south-westward by reserve No. 351 (in red). | For the purposes of a cemetery.

Public Works Office,
Christchurch, December 30, 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. 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 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...



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1873, No 3





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🗺️ Land Reserves for Gravel Pits

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Land Reserves, Gravel Pits, Malvern District

🗺️ Land Reserves for Cemetery

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
Land Reserves, Cemetery, Ellesmere District

🗺️ Temporary Land Reserves for Railway and Road Purposes

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
30 December 1872
Land Reserves, Railway, Road, Telegraph, Rakaia, Rangitata, Orari, Ashburton
  • His Honor the Superintendent