THE CANTERBURY WASTE LANDS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 2606, 12 May 1869, Page 3

THE CANTERBURY WASTE LANDS.

The following Return, published by the direction of the Provincial Government, shows the number of acres of land in each Road District in the Province, specifying the number of acres sold, number of acres reserved for Educational and Other Purposes, estimated number of acres of good arable land (not sold or reserved), number of acres of good quality grazing land, remaining after deducting the foregoing, number of acres of inferior quality grazing land, and number of acres worthless, or of little value; also of the amount of rent derived from Pasturage Licenses during current year; also of the expenditure previous to the establishment of Road Boards, and the amount paid to the Road Boards to 30th April, 1869.

Number of Acres Number of Acres of First and Second Expenditure. Total Number of Numb er of Acres Estimated Number of Acres of good Arable Class Grazing Land, exclusive of the forgoing. Worthless or of Rent derived from Pasturage Licenses Road Board District?. . Remarks. during current 1 Acres, Sold. Educational. Other Purposes Land not sold. Little Value. year. j First Class. Second Class. Road Board*. 30th April, 1869. Waipara... £ a. d. £ s. d. £ s. d . £ s. 1. 570,00# 82,213 6121 54,000 248.864 83,000 95,802 2385 17 11 12,389 7 11 6466 4 9 18,855 12 8 Kowai 295,000 52,529 480 1696 13,500 121,983 26,767 66,300 38,512 1306 19 10 8886 3 4 9777 1 2 18,663 4 6 Oust 75,000 24,941 948 80 6700 10,000 556 4 272 3 6 | 1939 6 4277 10 16 Oxford ... 493,799 13,781 823 3905 22,000 132,390 185,900 140,000 1494 4 1 6216 5 Mundeville and Rangiora ... 101,600 63,578 1311 3444 2500 17,088 1000 12,679 178 8 4 45,641 16 5 12,665 7 0 58,307 3 5 Town of Kaiapoi ... 700 661 39 8086 8 7 1675 0 0 9761 8 7 Avon 25,000 14,536 164 2000 7400 BOO 73 6 8 24,535 7 8 3800 4 4 28,385 12 0 Riccarton 11,000 9940 90 210 760 1 4 9 14,300 0 8 4082 10 0 18,382 10 8 Templeton 22,000 11.241 48 957 1000 6080 2674 41 0 2 6364 13 1 3728 15 0 10,093 8 1 Heathcote 22,000 10,614 936 5000 • •• 525 4925 106 9 5 50,276 0 0 6956 6 0 57,232 6 0 This consist* chiefly of hilly land, and although perhaps not strictly Spreydon 11,000 8S91 295 ... 44 2070 0 7 6 16,395 2 7 2481 5 0 18,876 7 7 agricultural, will (till be purchased at £2 per acre. Halswell... 15,000 5978 3 4500 3624 895 82 17 8 4587 9 7 2833 0 0 7420 9 7 The same remark* a* for the Heathcote District. Lincoln ... 24,000 20,718 128 300 2854 4 17 0 2775 10 4 6737 10 0 9513 0 4 Springs ... 63,000 28,878 261 2000 31,061 800 202 14 10 4493 15 0 10,575 0 0 15,068 15 0 Port Victoria 20,000 5815 865 3000 5698 3322 1300 57 111 5243 17 4 3502 0 0 8745 17 4} Port Levy 28,000 3503 4227 6400 12,070 • •• 1800 170 8 7 1627 0 0 398 6 8 1925 6 8/ These Districts contain a large proportion of timbered land, mostly on Pigeon Bay S3 000 7121 ««• 14 5200 6972 2193 1500 112 5 3 | 3884 0 1743 18 0 5627 18 ol the hill sides, although not strictly agricultural, is yet being purchased Okain’s Bay 36,000 4811 •t» 48 13,000 5290 10,451 2400 76 17 6 I at £2 per acre, being well suited for graning purpose*. Town of Akaroa and Wainui 61,000 16,523 150 1662 11,500 27,165 4000 216 6 0 7719 6 2 5612 10 0 13,331 16 2 1 Little River 106,000 15,682 75 220? 16,000 43.536 21,500 7000 556 16 6 2263 0 9 3772 10 0 603$ 10 9 ) Courtenay 152,499 34,143 3026 240 15,000 87,580 12,510 625 4 8 21 15 6 0 1631 6 0 3746 11 0 Ellesmere ... .... 120,000 69,940 983 1156 4500 42,065 ... 1356 307 lo 5 1059 6 0 12,372 19 3 13,432 6 3 Malvern... 283,499 21,324 640 2812 33,000 155,630 33,001? 42,093 1359 6 0 3338 5 0 1334 10 8 4672 15 8 Rakaia ... 573,000 14,700 613 230 37,000 231,789 47,650 241,921 1961 7 11 85 0 0 881 5 0 966 5 0 It is probable that if a Bridge is built over the Rakaia a considerable Ashburton 1,420,000 56,597 3702 3578 250,000 740,302 115,900 249,018 6946 4 3 3596 5 5 1939 0 3 5535 6 8 Geraldine 812,000 50,020 2998 3160 200,000 260,529 137,425 157,868 3656 18 10 3610 17 11 7865 0 0 11,475 17 11 amount of land will be purchased. Town of Timaru ... 460 186 274 1587 17 4 2315 0 0 3902 17 4 Levels Waimate 170.000 595.000 43,643 41,000 591 2028 511 5286 88,000 120,000 27,860 216,360 208,300 9395 2026 699 10 3 3404 S 6 J- 21,128 1 11 12,988 10 0 34,116 11 11 Mount Cook 2 553,470 9168 ... 2140 32,000 291,500 1,030,850 1,187,512 7602 19 8 595 13 3 2321 3 0 2916 18 3 Totals 8,693,027 742,375 18,416 46,790 948,100 2,742,457 1,964,716 2,230,173 - 33,903 10 11 258,424 19 8 134,733 13 1 393,158 12 9