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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 77

Section 11, Block VI.; 85 acres

Section 11, Block VI.; 85 acres.

Agricultural and pastoral land, at an elevation varying between 150 ft. and 250 ft. above sea-level. This section comprises about 52 acres of agricultural land and 33 acres of pastoral land. The agricultural portion consists of flat terrace and rich alluvial land; about 28 acres have been cultivated and are now in English grass, the remainder being in tussock, native grasses, and flax. The pastoral portion is good hill land and terrace-face, in tussock and native grasses, with a sprinkling of English grass and clover. Watered by the Needles River. Situated on the Needles Road, not far from the proposed township, and fourteen miles from Seddon; Railway-station by the main Blenheim-Kaikoura Road, and its new deviation (one mile and a half unformed). The improvements (which are included in the price of the section) consist of 24 chains of subdivisional fencing, valued at £12.