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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District]

Gough's Bay Estate

Gough's Bay Estate, near Akaroa. This estate is the property of Mr. V. V. Masefield, and contains 1000 acres. The land was taken up from the Crown in 1865, when it was all in its native state. Mr. Masefield paid as much as £3 10s per acre for felling the bush, and for his first grass seed he had to pay as high as one shilling and twopence per pound. For his first two cows he paid £20 each, and as high as £1 10s for a 100lb. bag of flour, which he had some difficulty in getting to Gough's Bay. Now Mr. Masefield has good roads on and to his property, and all the land is clear except patches of bush left to temper summer's heat and winter's cold. The other improvements on Gough's Bay estate consist of a good dwellinghouse and the required outbuildings, with an excellent garden and orchard. The house is beautifully situated, and overlooks one of the prettiest bays in the peninsula—a bay whose neighbourhood at one time supported a large number of Maoris.