1879.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1309

whereas it is expedient that the aforesaid natural
oyster-beds should be further temporarily closed :
Now, therefore, I, Sir Hercules George Robert
Robinson, the Governor of the Colony of New Zea-
land, in exercise and pursuance of the power and
authority in me vested by the said Act, do hereby
proclaim and declare that the natural oyster-beds at
Port Adventure, Stewart Island, shall be closed
against dredging for a further period of one year
from the twenty-second day of July, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-nine.
Given under the hand of His Excellency
Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson,
Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distin-
guished Order of Saint Michael and Saint
George, Governor and Commander-in-
Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony
of New Zealand and its Dependencies,
and Vice-Admiral of the same; and issued
under the Seal of the said Colony, at the
Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-third day of September, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-nine.
JAMES W. THOMSON,
Minister of Lands.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

for a distance of 1085.28 links; thence at a bearing
of 42° 22′ 15″ for a distance of 484.40 links; thence
at a bearing of 44° 1′ 7″ for a distance of 391.12
links; thence at a bearing of 351° 58′ 41″ for a
distance of 617.53 links; thence at a bearing of
75° 53′ 15″ for a distance of 698.5 links; thence at a
bearing of 175° 23′ 30″ for a distance of 385.39 links;
thence at a bearing of 95° 30′ 22″ for a distance of
227.7 links; thence at a bearing of 190° 10′ for a
distance of 100.3 links along portion of east boun-
dary of said section; thence at a bearing of 275°
30′ 22″ for a distance of 302.9 links; thence at a
bearing of 355° 23′ 30″ for a distance of 351.1 links;
thence at a bearing of 255° 53′ 15″ for a distance of
490.5 links; thence at a bearing of 171° 58′ 41″ for a
distance of 576.47 links; thence at a bearing of
224° 1′ 7″ for a distance of 438.48 links; thence at
a bearing of 222° 22′ 15″ for a distance of 484.1
links; thence at a bearing of 223° 36′ 7″ for a
distance of 1038.93 links; thence at a bearing of
92° 46′ 35″ for a distance of 109 links to starting
point, south-west corner of said section; the above
particulars being delineated on the map attached to
the memorial referred to.
Given under the hand of His Excellency
Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson,
Knight Grand Cross of the Most Dis-
tinguished Order of Saint Michael and
Saint George, Governor and Commander-
in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's
Colony of New Zealand and its Depen-
dencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same;
and issued under the Seal of the said
Colony, at the Government House, at
Wellington, this twenty-third day of
September, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
nine.
J. MACANDREW.
Approved in Council.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Land taken for Road in Section 205, Square 141,
Kawatiri District, County of Buller.
(L.S.) HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule
hereto is required to be taken under "The
Public Works Act, 1876," and "The Public Works
Act 1876 Amendment Act, 1878," for a certain work,
to wit, the construction of a road in Section two
hundred and five, Square one hundred and forty-one,
Kawatiri District, County of Buller:
And whereas the Buller County Council has
laid before the Governor the memorial and map
mentioned in and signed and certified as required
by the said Acts:
Now, therefore, I, Hercules George Robert Robin-
son, Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and
with the advice and consent of the Executive Coun-
cil of the said colony, in exercise and pursuance of
the powers and authorities in me vested by sections
twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four,
and twenty-five of "The Public Works Act, 1876,"
and by section twenty-eight of "The Public Works
Act 1876 Amendment Act, 1878," and of any other
power and authority enabling me in that behalf, do
hereby proclaim and declare that the land described
in the Schedule hereto is hereby taken for the
purposes of a road; and that, from and after the
twenty-fifth day of September, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-nine, the land so described shall
become absolutely vested in fee-simple in Her
Majesty, discharged from all mortgages, charges,
claims, estates, and interests of what kind soever,
for use as a road.
SCHEDULE.
ALL that piece or parcel of land containing by
admeasurement 3 acres 3 roods 8 perches, more or
less, situated in the Kawatiri District, County of
Buller, being part of Section 205, Square 141, as
shown on the Provincial maps of Nelson: Commencing
at a point on east side of Westport and Charleston
Road, at the south-west corner of aforesaid section,
and proceeding thence at a bearing of 9° 22' 12" for
a distance of 29.7 links along portion of west boun-
dary of said section; thence at a bearing of 43° 36' 7"

Changing the Purpose of a Portion of a Reserve.
HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this
sixteenth day of September, 1879.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS the land mentioned in the first
column of the Schedule hereto is a portion
of Section number two hundred and nineteen (in
red) reserved for a gravel-pit:
And whereas the said reserve is for one of the
purposes named in Part I. of the Schedule to "The
Public Reserves Act Amendment Act, 1878," and, in
the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient to
change the purpose of the portion of such reserve
referred to in the Schedule hereto to one of the
purposes named in the said Part I., as hereinafter
mentioned:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of
the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice
and consent of the Executive Council of the said
colony, and in exercise of the powers and authorities
vested in him by the sixth section of "The Public
Reserves Act Amendment Act, 1878," doth hereby
order and direct that the purpose of the portion of
the reserve mentioned in the the first column of the
Schedule hereto shall be changed from that of a
reserve for a gravel-pit, and doth hereby declare and