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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District]

South Waimakairi River Board

South Waimakairi River Board. Officials for 1902: Messrs: R. W. England (chairman), H. W. Peryman, C. F. Carpenter, Thomas Gapes, Charles Burgess, W. E. Samuels, J. Glanville, R. M. Taylor, and C. F. Money; and Mr. H. Allison (secretary). This board, which was established about 1868, has jurisdiction over the country which is affected by the overflow of the Waimakariri River, and comprises the City of Christchurch, Boroughs of Sydeuham. Linwood, Woolston, St. Albaus, and New Brighton, and part of the Avon, Riccarton, Templeton, Courtenay, Tai Tapu, Springs, Lincoln, Halswell, Spreydon, and Heathcote Road Boards Districts. The south bank of the river, extending from the Estuary to a point about twenty-five miles from its mouth, is the particular care of this body, which generally conserves the interests of property-owners from damage by floods, there being three principal overflow channels, or old river beds, within the district.