THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Governor 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 pub-
lished 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 Wellington
that the land in such notification mentioned--that is
to say, so much and such part of the Province of
Wellington as is included between two lines parallel
to and at a distance of a chain from the line of
Electric Telegraph laid down in the said Province
from Cook Strait to Wellington, from Wellington to
the Hutt, from the Hutt to Mungaroa, from Munga-
roa to Featherston, from Featherston to Masterton,
and from Masterton to Tauheru, from Tauheru to
Maungapakaheha, from Maungapakaheha to Castle
Point, and from Tinui to the River Waimata, or
along so much of the said line as is within the
Province of Wellington-was required for the pur-
pose 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 purposes 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 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
Wellington:

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.

545

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
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 consent of his Executive Council of the
Colony, and in exercise of the powers aforesaid, did
notify under his hand to the Superintendent of the
Province of Canterbury that the land in such notifi-
cation mentioned--that is to say, so much and such
part of the Waste Lands of the Crown in the said
Province of Canterbury as is included between two
lines drawn on each side of, parallel to, and at a
distance of a chain from the line of Electric Telegraph
established in the said Province, from the Waitaki
River to the Waiho River, from the Waiho River to
the Rakaia River, from the Rakaia River to Christ-
church, and from Christchurch to the Kowai River,
and from the Kowai River to the Hurunui 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 published 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 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 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 Canterbury:

Now, therefore, His Excellency Sir George Ferguson
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