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Publication details: Luckie and Collins, 1872, Nelson

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Copy of Return showing the extent, position, description, and approximate value of the Native reserves of the Province of Canterbury, New Zealand.

	Locality.	Extent.	Character of Reserve.	Estimated Value:
				£ acre.	Total.
				£	£
1	Kaiapoi	2,640	2140 acres open grass land	10	21,400
			500 acres bush	48	24,000
2	Kaikanui	5	Open Terrace land	5	25
3	Rapaki	856	Hilly, open, fern land and bush	2	1,712
4	Port Levy	1,361	Hilly, open, fern land and bush	5	6,805
5	Purau	10	Open, fern land	10	100
6	Wairewa	400	280 acres of bush, and 120 acres fern and flax land	2	800
7	Wainui	400	Nearly all bush land	3	1,200
8	Onuku	400	Nearly all bush land	2	800
9	Taumutu	80	Open grass land	2	160
10	Arowhenua	580	150 acres bush land	30	4,500
			430 acres open grass land	10	4,300
11	Timaru	20	Open grass land	20	400
12	Witireia	187	Open grass land	2	374
13	Waiteruati	17	Open grass land	2	34
14	Waimatemate	40	15 acres bush land	15	225
			25 acres open grass land	5	125
15	Old Kaiapoi Pa	about 5	Open grass land	10	50
	Grand Total	7,001				£67,010

Walter Buller.

Christchurch, October, 1861.