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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District]

Horsley Down

Horsley Down is the name of the large pastoral property which was worked for many years by the late Mr. J. D. Lance. The Government bought about 4000 acres of the estate for closer settlement. This land has been subdivided, and is now held under leases in perpetuity. It is being rapidly cultivated, and pretty homesteads are springing up in all directions. A public school has recently been built at the settlement, which is three miles from Hawarden, a postal village. Sheep farming is the principal industry at Horsley Down, which is in the Waipara riding of the county of Ashley. At the census of 1901 there was a population of sixty-six.