Land Descriptions and Prices




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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WESTLAND DISTRICT.
trict; alluvial, flat, covered with grass, flax, and scrub; access by Haast Pass horse-track.
Block CLXVI., 500 acres; price, 10s. per acre; south side of Waiho River, between river and Run 61, Waiho Survey District; flat land, light sandy soil, lightly timbered; access by horse-track to Gillespie’s.
Block CLXVII., 1,000 acres; price, 10s. per acre; south side Karangarua River, one mile from sea-coast; flat thin soil, light forest; access by beach and up the river-bed.
Block CLXVIII., 1,000 acres; price, 10s. per acre; bounded by sea-coast, by Cascade River, and Run 69; flat land, covered by flax and scrub, slightly swampy; access by Cascade seaport.

Sec- Block. Area. Cash Price per Acre. Sec- Block. Area. Cash Price per Acre.

CANTERBURY DISTRICT.

First Class.

ASHLEY COUNTY.
WAIPARA AND WAIKARI SURVEY DISTRICTS.
Reserve 198.
A. R. P.
5 | IV. | 45 0 17 | 60/
6 | " | 50 0 0 | 40/
Section 5, light land of fair quality; 6, light land of inferior quality. Junction of Waitohi and Hurunui Rivers, 3 miles from Medbury Railway-station.

TEVIOTDALE SURVEY DISTRICT.
Reserve 89.
15–27 | IX. | 3 1 21 |
28–33 | " | 2 1 24 | 300/
47–49 | " | |
34–36 | " | 4 0 10 |
Superior land on River Kowai, about 2 miles south of Amberley; suitable for private residences.

ASHBURTON COUNTY.
SPAXTON SURVEY DISTRICT.
Pudding Hill Reserve.
35795 | I. | 50 0 0 |
35796 | I., II. | 50 0 0 |
35797 | " | 50 0 0 | 30/
35798 | " | 50 0 0 |
35799 | II. | 47 1 0 |
35800 | VI. | 30 2 27 |
35801 | " | 34 1 10 | 40/
35802 | " | 34 2 18 |
35803 | " | 41 0 3 | 50/
35804 | " | 47 2 30 |
35811 | X. | 50 0 0 |
35812 | " | 50 0 0 | 40/
35813 | " | 50 0 0 |
35814 | " | 50 0 0 |
35815 | " | 50 0 0 |
35816 | " | 50 0 0 |
35817 | X., | 50 0 0 |
XIV. | | | 30/
35818 | X., | 50 0 0 |
XIV. | | |
35819 | XIV. | 50 0 0 |
Sections 35795 to 35799, light stony land, on the Pudding Hill Stream, about 6 miles from Methven; 35800 to 35804, light land, fair quality, originally on Mr. Chapman’s run, situated near the Pudding Hill Stream, about 5 miles from Methven; 35811 to 35815, light stony land, on Gould and Cameron’s run, on the north side of the River Ashburton, about 6 miles from Methven; 35816 to 35819, light stony land, originally on Gould and Cameron’s run, on the north side of the River Ashburton, about 6½ miles from Methven.

HINDS SURVEY DISTRICT.
Reserve 1371.
12 | IX. | 44 3 15 |
13 | " | 235 0 10 |
14 | " | 307 0 0 | 30/
15 | " | 316 0 0 |
16 | " | 307 0 0 |
17 | " | 311 0 0 |
Sections 12 to 16, light land, poor soil, railway reserve along main south line, about 3½ miles from Hinds Railway-station; 17, light land, poor soil, railway reserve along main south line, about 2½ miles from Ealing Railway-station.

HINDS AND RANGITATA SURVEY DISTRICT.
A. R. P.
18 | IX., | 312 0 0 | 30/
VIII. | | |
Light land, poor soil, railway reserve along main south line, about 2½ miles from Ealing Railway-station.

19 | VIII. | 306 0 0 |
21 | " | 94 3 26 | 30/
Light land, poor soil, railway reserve along main south line, about 2½ miles from Ealing Railway-station.

RANGITATA SURVEY DISTRICT.
HINDS SURVEY DISTRICT.
Reserve 1381.
9 | V., IX. | 314 2 23 |
10 | IX. | 80 0 0 | 30/
11 | V., IX. | 195 0 33 |
Light land, poor soil. Railway reserve along main south line, about 3½ miles from Hinds Railway-station.

RANGITATA SURVEY DISTRICT.
12 | VIII. | 242 3 0 |
13 | " | 39 1 38 | 30/
14 | " | 316 1 36 |
15 | " | 114 2 36 |
Light land, poor soil. Railway reserve along main south line, about 3 miles from Ealing Railway-station.

Reserve 1650.
3 | VIII. | 349 0 26 |
4 | " | 79 1 22 | 30/
5 | " | 88 0 12 |
6 | " | 68 2 0 |
Light land, poor soil. Railway reserve along main south line, about 1½ miles from Ealing Railway-station.

HINDS SURVEY DISTRICT.
Reserve 350.
70 | I. | 95 3 31 |
72 | " | 114 2 6 |
75 | " | 120 0 0 | 40/
76 | " | 200 0 13 |
77 | " | 150 0 0 |
78 | " | 149 3 38 |
79 | " | 104 3 30 |
80 | " | 238 2 20 |
81 | " | 234 2 0 |
Light land, fair quality. Old railway reserve, between Hinds and Rangitata, about 4 miles from Hinds Railway-station.

HINDS AND RANGITATA SURVEY DISTRICT.
82 | I., III. | 247 3 4 | 30/
83 | " | 247 1 37 |
Light land, inferior quality. Old railway reserve, between Hinds and Rangitata, about 7 miles from Hinds Railway-station.

CANTERBURY DISTRICT.
RANGITATA SURVEY DISTRICT.
A. R. P.
84 | III. | 293 1 7 |
85 | " | 150 0 24 |
86 | " | 166 2 2 | 30/
86A | " | 160 0 0 |
87 | " | 233 1 26 |
88 | " | 226 3 18 |
89 | " | 278 0 8 |
Light land, inferior quality. Old railway reserve, between Hinds and Rangitata, about 7 miles from Hinds Railway-station.

Reserve 350.
90 | II., | 254 2 11 |
III. | | |
91 | II., | 270 3 12 |
III. | | |
V. | | |
92 | II., V. | 147 3 32 |
93 | II. | 164 3 10 |
94 | " | 298 3 8 | 30/
95 | II., V. | 294 1 18 |
96 | " | 191 2 15 |
97 | II. | 241 2 5 |
98 | I., II., | 280 0 8 |
IV., V. | | |
99 | IV., V. | 136 0 17 |
100 | IV. | 208 0 36 |
101 | I., IV. | 279 0 17 |
102 | " | 199 2 6 |
103 | IV. | 200 0 5 |
104 | " | 213 0 0 |
105 | I., IV. | 218 3 10 |
Light stony land, inferior quality. Old railway reserve, between Hinds and Rangitata, 7 miles from Ealing.

SHEPHERD’S BUSH SURVEY DISTRICT.
35790 | VII. | 50 0 0 |
35791 | " | 50 0 0 | 40/
35792 | " | 50 0 0 |
35793 | " | 43 0 0 |
Fair land, part stony, on south branch of Hinds River, about 3 miles from Mayfield
35775 | IV. | 40 1 34 |
35776 | " | 50 0 0 |
35777 | " | 50 0 0 |
35778 | " | 50 0 0 |
35779 | " | 50 0 0 |
35780 | " | 49 3 32 |
35781 | IV., | 50 0 0 |
VIII. | | |
35782 | IV. | 50 0 0 |
35783 | " | 50 0 0 | 40/
35784 | " | 50 0 0 |
35785 | IV., | 50 0 0 |
VIII. | | |
35786 | IV., | 50 0 0 |
VIII. | | |
35787 | IV., | 50 0 0 |
VIII. | | |
35788 | VIII. | 50 0 0 |
35789 | " | 50 0 0 |
Light stony land, on plains north of the River Hinds, about 1 mile from Mayfield.
35764 | XI. | 50 0 0 |
35765 | " | 50 0 0 |
35766 | " | 50 0 0 |
35767 | " | 50 0 0 |
35768 | " | 50 0 0 |
35769 | " | 50 0 0 | 40/
35770 | " | 31 3 7 |
35771 | " | 50 0 0 |
35772 | " | 50 0 0 |
35773 | " | 50 0 0 |
35774 | " | 50 0 0 |
Stony on surface with 8in. to 10in. below the surface, on plains south of the River Hinds, about 3 miles from Mayfield.



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Land descriptions, Prices, Westland, Canterbury, Ashley County, Waipara and Waikari Survey Districts, Teviotdale Survey District, Ashburton County, Spaxton Survey District, Hinds Survey District, Rangitata Survey District, Shepherd’s Bush Survey District