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Town Lands —continued. A. E. P. 34. Agent's House and Offices, Immigration Barracks, &c. ... 1 228 35. Exchange and Post Office ... ... ... ... 0 10 36. Town Hall ... ... ... ... ... ... 0 10 37. Police Court ... ... ... ... ... ... 0 10 38. Gaol ... ... ... ... ... ... 0 10 Rural Lands. 21. Botanical Gardens ... ... ... ... ... 23 0 0 22. Cattle Market ... ... ... ... ... 7 2 0 23. Abattoir ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 0 0 24. Town Eeserve ... ... ... ... ... 897 0 0 25. Government Domain ... ... ... ... ... 64 2 0 39. Store at Sumner ... ... ... ... ... 035 41. The Ferry House ... ... ... ... ... 0 10 Total ... ... ... 1,002 2 27 Town Land. a. b. p. 44. Wharf, Christchurcli ... ... ... ... ... 0 0 25 Mural Lands. 47. Heathcote Ferry West ... ... ... ... 0 10 47a. Heathcote Ferry Wharf ... ... ... ... 0 1 12 ,q' > Land for Ferry over the Courtenay ... ... 0 2 0 57. Land for Canal between the Heathcote and Halswell ... 29 1 24 58. Land for Canal between the Heathcote and Purarekanui ... 45 0 0 59. Land for Canal between the Avon and the Sea ... ... 28 3 0 62. Land to be selected as a Landing-place for Sheep, " to be taken within one year from the date hereof (27th February, 1852) out of No. 62, described in the annexed map" ... ... 200 0 0 Total ... ... ... ... ... 304 1 21 From the Provincial Treasurer's account, I find that Eeserve No. 5, containing 3 roods and 28 perches, for a gaol, was sold to W. Wilson, on the 20th February, 1856, for £105. Reserve No. 9, containing 16 perches, and Eeserve No. 10, containing 16 perches, and Reserve No. 15, containing 1 rood and 18 perches, have been, under an Ordinance of the Superintendent and Provincial Council of Canterbury, Session XXX., No. 6, conveyed to and are still vested in the Corporation or City Council of Christchurch, upon the trusts mentioned in the Ordinance. Eeserve No. 11, containing 3 acres, for a hospital, upon examination of its position and boundaries on the map of Christchurch, I know to be occupied, by the Provincial Council Chamber and other public buildings of the Province. Eeserve No. 16, of 30 perches, for " Association store," appears from the Treasurer's Account, to have been sold to A. Adley, for £100, on 6th March, 1856. Eeserve No. 29, for a hospital, has been sold to Mr. Eobert Latter, 22nd February, 1856, for £125. Eeserve No. 31, for Custom House, containing 2 perches 32 roods, is vested in the Superintendent of the Province, and is the site of the Lyttelton Custom House in Lyttelton. Eeserve No. 32, for wharves and store, containing 1 acre and 10 perches, in Lyttelton, has been and is still vested in the Superintendent, and has been leased to A. J. Alport, at a rental of £50 per annum for years, from 1856. The rent forms part of the Provincial revenue. Eeserve No. 33, for boat-house, &c, containing 1 rood and 27 perches, in Lyttelton, has been sold to I. T. Cookson for £500, on 5th September, 1856. Eeserve 34, for agent's house and offices, emigration barracks, &c, containing 1 acre 2 roods 28 perches, in Lyttelton, has been conveyed to the Borough Council of Lyttelton. Eeserve 35, for exchange and post office, and Eeserve 36, for town hall, in Lyttelton, each containing one rood, have also been conveyed to the same Borough Council (under the Municipal Corporation's Eeserves Ordinance, Session XXX., No. 6), upon the trusts mentioned in the Ordinance. Eeserve No. 37, for police court, still in the hands of the Superintendent, and Eeserve No. 38, for a gaol. These each contain 1 rood, and they are both occupied by the gaol. The sales and lettings above referred to have been effected under the Canterbury Eeserves Ordinance, Session V., No. 2. Eeserve No. 21, for a botanical garden, containing 23 acres (near Christchurch), has been sold to different parties, as I learn from an authorized map in the Survey Office of the Province, on which the reserve is divided into different portions, comprising altogether the whole, and on which the names of the different purchasers are placed. I have no doubt the purchases were completed. This sale authorized by Ordinance, Session V., No. 2. Eeserve No. 22, for cattle market, containing 7 acres 2 roods, and No. 23, for abattoir, containing 2 acres, within Christchurch, have been also sold, as appears by the same means. This was under the Canterbury Association's Eeserve Amendment Ordinance, Session VIII., No. 11. Eeserve No. 24 has (with the exceptions after mentioned) been sold in different portions to about 173 purchasers, for sums amounting in the gross to £27,695 14s. This reserve contained 897 acres. The exceptions were provided for by this and other Ordinances, and comprised Hagley Park; the town belt, and land which the Superintendent was thereby authorized to