Section 10, Block IX.; 397 acres.

Agricultural and pastoral land, at an elevation varying between 150 ft. and 1,000 ft. above sea-level. This section comprises 240 acres of good agricultural downs, cultivated, and now in clover and grass three years old; and 157 acres of pastoral hills and gully-faces, very little of which is ploughable. The pastoral portion remains in its native state, and is covered with tussock, native grasses, and fern. Probably there is permanent water in the Mirza Creek. Situated on the main road between Kaikoura and Blenheim, and sixteen miles and a half distant from Seddon Railway-station. The improvements (which are included in the price of the section) consist of 178 chains of boundary and other fencing, valued at £79 6s. (Note.—The public shall have the free right of ingress, egress, and regress over the main road now in use, which passes through the section, until the road-deviation has been formed and opened for traffic.)