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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
that the Governor may from time to time, either by
general or particular description, and whether the
same has been surveyed or not, reserve from sale
temporarily, notwithstanding that the same may be
then held under pastoral license, any Crown lands
which in his opinion are required for any of the pur-
poses in the said section mentioned:

Now, therefore, I, James Prendergast, the Ad-
ministrator of the Government of the Colony of
New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the
powers and authorities vested in me by the said Act,
do hereby temporarily reserve from sale the land in
the Provincial District of Nelson described in the
Schedule hereunder written, for the purpose in the
said Schedule specified.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land containing by admeasure-
ment nineteen (19) acres, more or less, being Sec-
tion 251, Square 131, at Reefton, in the Provincial
District of Nelson. Bounded on the North by Sec-
tion 134, 2500 links, and by Section 133, 1450 links;
towards the South by an overflow of the Inangahua
River; and on the West by Section 130A, 415 links.
For a public abattoir.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Administrator of the Government, this
twenty-second day of March, one thou-
sand eight hundred and seventy-nine.

J. BALLANCE.

Land taken for Government Works at Timaru.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Minister for
Public Works, under the provisions of "The
Public Works Act, 1876," and "The Timaru Har-
bour Endowment Act, 1878," proposes to execute cer-
tain public works, to wit, the extension of the rail-
way station at Timaru, in the Colony of New Zealand,
and has caused a survey to be made and plans to be
prepared showing generally the nature of the works
proposed to be executed, and the lands required to
be taken for the same, together with the names of
the owners and occupiers of such lands, so far as the
same could be ascertained, and has caused copies of
such plans to be deposited in the railway station at
Timaru, and are there open for inspection and can be
seen at all reasonable hours for the period of forty
days: And notice is hereby also given that the land
so required to be taken as aforesaid is described in
the Schedule hereto: Notice is hereby further given
that the works proposed to be executed consist of
the extension of the railway station, with all re-
quisite works and appurtenances:

And notice is hereby further given that all persons
affected shall, and they are hereby required to, set
forth in writing any well-grounded objections to the
execution of snch works, or to the taking of such
lands, and to send such writing within forty days
from the first publication of this notice to the
Minister for Public Works, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Provincial District of Canter-
bury, in the Colony of New Zealand, situated on the
beach at Timaru, being part of Reserve No. 384 (in
red), being also part of the land vested in the Timaru
Harbour Board by "The Timaru Harbour Board
Endowment Act, 1878," and bounded as follows:
Commencing at a point in the southern boundary of
the said vested land, being ninety-five (95) feet from
the low-water mark, as described in the Schedule to
the said "Timaru Harbour Endowment Act, 1878;"
being also three hundred and forty (340) feet or
thereabouts in the line of the said southern boundary
from the north-western corner of Section No. one (1),
Rhodes Township, at the junction of Cain's Terrace
and Strathallan Street; thence westerly, following
the said southern boundary to high-water mark, a
distance of fifty (50) feet or thereabouts; thence
north-westerly along high-water mark, a distance of
one hundred and forty-five (145) feet or thereabouts
to the north side of road to goods shed; thence
south-westerly in a curved line along the said road to
the south-east corner of Section number twenty-
seven (27), in the township before mentioned; thence
northerly, following the foot of the original cliff and
cutting to a point distant two (2) chains north of
the engine-house; thence easterly, following a
straight line parallel to the first-described boundary
of this piece of land, a distance of twelve (12) feet,
to a point being one hundred and five (105) feet or
thereabouts distant in the same parallel straight
line from a point in the eastern boundary of Section
No. 110, Rhodes Township, thirteen (13) feet north-
ward from the south-eastern corner of that section;
thence south-easterly in a straight line to the com-
mencing point, in the manner delineated on the map
or plan marked P.W.D. 6916, deposited in the office
of the Minister for Public Works at Wellington.

Dated at Wellington, this 28th day of March,
1879.

J. MACANDREW,
Minister for Public Works.

Private Secretary appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 27th March, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to appoint
The Hon. HENRY STUART LITTLETON
to be His Excellency's Private Secretary.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Aide-de-camp appointed.

Private Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 27th March, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to appoint
Captain EDWARD BEAUCHAMP ST. JOHN, 35th
Regiment,
to be His Excellency's Aide-de-camp.

HENRY S. LITTLETON,
Private Secretary.

Levée at Government House.

Government House,
Wellington, 28th March, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment will hold a Levée at Government House
on Thursday, the 3rd of April, at 3 o'clock p.m.
Gentlemen attending the Levée will wear uniform
or evening dress, and are requested to provide them-
selves with two cards with their names thereon, one
card to be left on the table at the entrance-door, and
the other to be given to the Aide-de-camp.

By His Excellency's command.

BEAUCHAMP ST. JOHN,
Captain, A.D.C.

By Authority: GEORGE DIDSBURY, Government Printer, Wellington.