Numb. 119.
1657
THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.
WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1879.

Monday, 1st December, to be observed as a Customs
Holiday at Nelson.

(L.S.) HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power vested
in me by "The Customs Regulation Act, 1858,"
I, Hercules George Robert Robinson, the Governor
of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare
that Monday, the first day of December next, shall
be kept as a holiday at the Customhouse at the
Port of Nelson.

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-fourth day of
November, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
nine.

H. A. ATKINSON.

Vesting Reserves.

HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-fifth day of November, 1879.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the lands mentioned in the Schedule
hereto were reserved for Provincial Govern-
ment purposes on the second day of July, one thou-
sand eight hundred and seventy-four, by the Super-

ERRATUM.—In New Zealand Gazette No. 113, of 6th November, 1879, at page 1569, for "Francis Jeffrey," read "Frederick
Thomas Duke Jeffery."

intendent of the Province of Canterbury: And
whereas by a warrant under the hand of the Go-
vernor, dated the eighteenth day of March, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine, the pur-
pose of the said reserves was charged to munici-
pal purposes: And whereas, in the opinion of the
Governor, it is expedient to vest the said lands
in the Corporation of the Borough of Ashburton :
Now, therefore, 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 the
exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him
by the sixth section of "The Public Reserves Act
Amendment Act, 1878," doth hereby declare that,
from and after the twenty-fifth day of November, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine, the said
reserves shall become vested in the Mayor, Coun-
cillors, and Burgesses of the said borough, in trust
for municipal purposes.

SCHEDULE.

ALL the several parcels of land within the Town of
Ashburton, as the same are respectively delineated
on the official map in the Provincial District Survey
Office, Christchurch, that is to say,—

2 roods, more or less, being Sections numbered 219
and 220. Bounded—North-eastward by Cameron
Street; South-westward by Sections numbered 217
and 218; North-westward by Park Street; and
South-eastward by Section numbered 221.

1 acre, more or less, being Sections numbered 417,
418, 423, and 424. Bounded—North-eastward by
Tancred Street; South-westward by Moore Street;
North-westward by Sections numbered 416 and 425;
and South-eastward by Sections numbered 419 and
422.

1 acre, more or less, being Sections numbered 434,
435, 450, and 451. Bounded—North-eastward by
Burnett Street; South-westward by Tancred Street;
North-westward by Sections numbered 433, 452; and
South-eastward by Sections numbered 436 and 449.