544 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Majesty or dispose of in such other manner as for the
public interest may seem best, such of the Waste
Lands of the Crown in any of the Provinces of New
Zealand as may be required for the purposes therein
mentioned; and that all such exceptions shall be
deemed to have been made whenever the Governor,
by writing under his hand, shall have notified to the
Superintendent of the Province in which any land so
excepted is situate that the same is required for any
of the purposes aforesaid, and such notice shall have
been published in the New Zealand Gazette: And
whereas by warrant or notification in writing, bearing
date the twenty-ninth day of November, one thou-
sand eight hundred and sixty-seven, and published
in the New Zealand Gazette on the sixth day of
December, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
seven, His Excellency Sir George Grey, the then
Governor, by and with the advice and consent of
the Executive Council of the Colony, and in exercise of
the powers aforesaid, did notify, under his hand, to the
Superintendent of the Province of Otago that the
land in such notification mentioned—that is to say,
so much and such part of the Waste Lands of the
Crown in the said Province of Otago as is included
between two lines drawn on each side, parallel to,
and at a distance of one chain from the line of Electric
Telegraph established in the said Province from
the Mataura River to Popotuna, from
Popotuna to the Molyneux River, from the Molyneux
River to Dunedin, and from Dunedin to the Waitaki
River—was required for the purposes of the Electric
Telegraph: And whereas by “The Electric Telegraph
Reserves Release Act, 1868,” it is enacted that it shall
be lawful for the Governor, by Order in Council pub-
lished in the New Zealand Gazette, from time to time
to release and discharge from the purposes of the
Electric Telegraph, for which the same have been
reserved, any of the lands described in the notifica-
tions or warrants particularly specified in the Schedule
to the said Act, and thereupon the lands so from time
to time released may be excepted or reserved from
sale for other purposes, or may be sold or otherwise
disposed of or dealt with in accordance with the laws
and regulations relating to the sale or disposal of the
Waste Lands of the Crown for the time being in
force within the Province wherein such lands are
situate, as if the same had not been reserved for the
purposes of the Electric Telegraph: And whereas it
is expedient to release certain parts of the said
Reserve in the Province of Otago:

Now, therefore, His Excellency Sir George Fergu-
son Bowen, the Governor of New Zealand, in exercise
and in pursuance of the power and authority in that
behalf vested in him, doth hereby, with the advice
and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony,
order that the said exception and reservation shall
not apply to so much of the said line of Telegraph as
is placed on any Public Road, and doth hereby
release and discharge from the purposes of the said
Electric Telegraph so much of the said Waste Lands
so reserved and excepted as aforesaid as is included
between two lines drawn on each side of, parallel to,
and at a distance of a chain from that part of the
line of Telegraph established as aforesaid which is
placed on any Public Road.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twentieth day of November, 1868.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by “The Waste Lands Act, 1858,”
it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the
Governor, by Order in Council, at any time and from time to
time, to except from sale, and either reserve to Her
Majesty or dispose of in such other manner as for the
public interest may seem best, such of the Waste
Lands of the Crown in any of the Provinces of New
Zealand as may be required for the purposes therein
mentioned; and that all such exceptions shall be
deemed to have been made whenever the Governor,
by writing under his hand, shall have notified to the
Superintendent of the Province in which any land so
excepted is situate that the same is required for any
of the purposes aforesaid, and such notice shall have
been published in the New Zealand Gazette: And
whereas by warrant or notification in writing, bearing
date the twenty-ninth day of November, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-seven, and published
in the New Zealand Gazette on the sixth day of
December, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
seven, His Excellency Sir George Grey, the then
Governor, by and with the advice and consent of
the Executive Council of the Colony, and in exercise of
the powers aforesaid did notify, under his hand, to the
Superintendent of the Province of Nelson that the
land in such notification mentioned—that is to say,
so much and such part of the Waste Lands of the
Crown in the said Province of Nelson as is included
between two lines drawn on each side, parallel to,
and at a distance of a chain from the line of Electric
Telegraph established in the said Province from the
Hurunui River to the Waiau River, and from the
Waiau River to the Conway River, and from the
boundary of the Province between Havelock and
Nelson to Nelson—was required for the purpose of the
Electric Telegraph: And whereas by “The Electric
Telegraph Reserves Release Act, 1868,” it is enacted
that it shall be lawful for the Governor, by Order in
Council published in the New Zealand Gazette, from
time to time to release and discharge from the pur-
poses of the Electric Telegraph, for which the same
have been reserved, any of the lands described in the
notifications or warrants particularly specified in the
Schedule to the said Act, and thereupon the lands
so from time to time released may be excepted or
reserved from sale for other purposes, or may be sold
or otherwise disposed of or dealt with in accordance with the
disposal of the Waste Lands of the Crown for the
time being in force within the Province wherein such
lands are situate, as if the same had not been
reserved for the purposes of the Electric Telegraph:
And whereas it is expedient to release certain parts
of the said Reserve in the Province of Nelson:

Now therefore, His Excellency Sir George Fergu-
son Bowen, the Governor of New Zealand, in exercise
and in pursuance of the power and authority in that
behalf vested in him, doth hereby, with the advice
and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony,
order that the said exception and reservation shall
not apply to so much of the said line of Telegraph
as is placed on any Public Road, and doth hereby
release and discharge from the purposes of the said
Electric Telegraph so much of the said Waste Lands
so reserved and excepted as aforesaid as is included
between two lines drawn on each side of, parallel to,
and at a distance of a chain from that part of the
line of Telegraph established as aforesaid which is
placed on any Public Road.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twentieth day of November, 1868.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by “The Waste Lands Act, 1858,”
it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the
Governor in Council, at any time and from time to