New Zealand Gazette – 1994 – No. 94

Page 2873

✨ Irrigation Scheme Sale



16 SEPTEMBER NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 2873

Tarras-Ardgour

1. Description

The Tarras and the Ardgour Schemes were combined for their sale. The schemes have separate intakes in the Lindis River gorge. Water is carried down the gorge in long concrete lined channels that have been prone to damage over the years. Irrigation is by border-dykes and wild flooding from contour ditches.

The Tarras irrigated area is 1,100 ha. The Ardgour irrigated area is 485 hectares within the lower end of the Lindis Valley. The construction of the Tarras and Ardgour schemes were made possible by the acquisition of mining privileges. The construction of the Ardgour scheme also resulted in a commitment in 1934 to maintain the priority of supply to land further down the Lindis Valley which was then owned by Beggs and Stackpole who had been irrigating since 1900. The commitment to the present irrigators under the 1934 Beggs/Stackpole agreement was retained by the Crown with the sale of the Tarras-Ardgour Scheme.

Both schemes were funded under the 1910 amendment to the Public Works Act 1908 with a 100% grant for off-farm works.

2. Previous Gazette References

Ardgour
25 January 1923, NZ Gazette No 7, Page 197

Tarras
9 August 1923, NZ Gazette No 62, page 2183
17 May 1928, NZ Gazette No 43, page 1649

3. Purchaser

Lindis Irrigation Ltd

4.
Effective Date 1.9.91

5.
Date of Purchase 11.9.91

6.
Date of Financial Statement 24.4.92


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🌾 Sale of Crown-Funded Irrigation Schemes (continued from previous page)

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Irrigation, Crown funding, Sale, Financial settlement, Tarras, Ardgour, Lindis River