THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 629

the third column in the said Schedule, the Governor
did, in pursuance of the provisions of the one hundred
and forty-eighth section of "The Land Act, 1877,"
cause previous notices of such intended change to be
inserted in the New Zealand Gazettes of the twenty-
first, twenty-eighth, and thirtieth of March, and the
eleventh of April, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-eight respectively:

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, do hereby, in exercise and pursuance
of the powers and authorities vested in me by "The
Land Act, 1877," change the specific purpose of the
reserve described in the second column of the said
Schedule to the specific purpose set opposite such
description in the third column of the said Schedule,
and such land shall henceforth be deemed to be re-
served and set apart for such last-mentioned specific
purpose, and no other.

should be changed to the specific purpose specified in
the third column in the said Schedule, the Governor
did, in pursuance of the provisions of the one hundred
and forty-eighth section of "The Land Act, 1877,"
cause previous notices of such intended change to be
inserted in the New Zealand Gazette of the eleventh,
eighteenth, and twenty-fifth of April, and the second
of May, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
eight respectively:

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, do hereby, in exercise and pursuance
of the powers and authorities vested in me by "The
Land Act, 1877," change the specific purpose of the
reserve described in the second column of the said
Schedule to the specific purpose set opposite such
description in the third column of the said Schedule,
and such land shall henceforth be deemed to be re-
served and set apart for such last-mentioned specific
purpose, and no other.

SCHEDULE.

| Description and
Purpose of
Reserve. | Area of which the Purpose is
intended to be Changed. | Intended Purpose. |
|---|---|---|
| Part of Block
No. 57, Wai-
pawa, in the
Provincial Dis-
trict of Hawke's
Bay, 4 acres 2
roods. Reserve
for public pur-
poses. | All that parcel of land
situate at Waipawa, in the
Provincial District of
Hawke's Bay, containing by
admeasurement four (4) acres
two (2) roods, more or less,
being part of Block fifty-
seven (57) on the plan of the
Waipawa Block. Bounded
towards the North by part of
Block No. 57, nine hundred
(900) links; towards the
East by part of the same
Block No. 57, five hundred
(500) links; towards the
South by a public road, nine
hundred (900) links; and
towards the West by a public
road, five hundred (500)
links. | For recrea-
tion purposes. |

| Description and
Purpose of
Reserve | Area of which the Purpose is
intended to be Changed. | Intended Purpose. |
|---|---|---|
| Sections
marked O and
P, 2 roods,
Town of Ash-
burton, Provin-
cial District of
Canterbury.
For municipal
purposes. Pro-
vincial Govern-
ment Gazette,
No. XX., Vol.
XI., 1864, page
85. | All that piece or parcel of
land in the Town of Ashbur-
ton, in the Provincial Dis-
trict of Canterbury, contain-
ing two (2) roods, more or
less, being Section No. 769
(in red). Bounded towards
the North-east by Section
No. 238, for a distance of
two (2) chains; towards the
Northwest by Baring
Square, for a distance of
two (2) chains fifty (50)
links; towards the South-
east by Section No. 228, for
a distance of two (2) chains
fifty (50) links; and towards
the South-west by Havelock
Street, for a distance of two
(2) chains: as the same is deli-
neated on the plans deposited
in the Provincial District
Survey Office, Christchurch. | As a site for
Ashburton
County Coun-
cil Offices. |

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this fifteenth day of May, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-
eight.

J. MACANDREW.

Changing the Purpose of a Reserve.

NORMANBY, Governor.

WHEREAS by "The Land Act, 1877," it is,
amongst other things, enacted that it shall be
lawful for the Governor to change the specific pur-
pose for which any land has theretofore been set
apart as a reserve, or to make such change in respect
of a portion only of such reserve; but no change
shall be made in the specific purpose for which any
such reserve shall have been set apart until after a
public notice of such intended change has been in-
serted in the Gazette for four consecutive weeks:

And whereas the piece of land described in the
first column of the Schedule hereto was heretofore
set apart as a reserve for the specific purpose specified
in the said column: And whereas it being con-
sidered expedient that, as regards the land reserved
as aforesaid, which is described in the second column
of the Schedule hereto, the said specific purpose

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this fifteenth day of May, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-
eight.

J. MACANDREW.

Appointing Place for holding Licensing Courts.

NORMANBY, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of all powers and au-
thorities enabling me in this behalf, I, George
Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby
appoint that sittings of the Licensing Court for the
Licensing District of Maerewhenua shall, until other-
wise ordered, be held at Messrs. Borton and McMas-
ter's Woolshed at Maerewhenua.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this fifteenth day of May, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-
eight.

G. S. WHITMORE,
(for the Minister of Justice.)