THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 471

Changing the Purpose of a Portion of a Reserve.

HERCULES ROBINSON,
Administrator of the Government.

WHEREAS by "The Public Reserves Act
Amendment Act, 1878," it is, amongst other
things, enacted that the Governor may declare his in-
tention to make, change, exchange, or alter the dedi-
cation of any public reserve now or hereafter vested
in Her Majesty or the Governor for any of the pur-
poses named in Part II. of the Schedule to the said
Act, whether the same be granted or not; and, in the
case of any reserves made under the authority of
section one hundred and forty-four of "The Land
Act, 1877," if it shall, in the opinion of the
Governor, be expedient to change the purpose
of such reserves or any part thereof from the
purpose or presumed purpose for which it was
set apart to any other purpose, or if it shall, in the
opinion of the Governor, be expedient to exchange
any of the land comprised in such reserve for other
land of equal value, to be dedicated to one or more
purposes named in the said Part II., the Governor
may, by notice in the Gazette, declare his intention
to make such change, exchange, or dedication, as the
case may be, and in such notice declare the manner
and terms in which the same is intended to be so
made:

Now, therefore, I, Sir Hercules George Robert
Robinson, the Administrator of the Government of
the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby, in exercise
and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested
in me by "The Public Reserves Act Amendment Act,
1878," aforesaid, change the specific purpose of the
reserve described in the first column of the said
Schedule hereto 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 reserved and set apart for such last-mentioned
specific purpose, and no other.

SCHEDULE—continued.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Administrator of the Government, this
first day of April, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-nine.

J. BALLANCE,
(for the Minister of Lands.)

SCHEDULE.

Registrars of Dogs, &c., appointed for County of Waimea.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 3rd April, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to make the following
appointments of persons to issue dog tickets, and of
places where a supply of such tickets shall be kept,
within the County of Waimea:-

For the Suburban North Highway District:
CHARLES HENRY MARTIN to issue dog tickets,
and his residence at Wakapuaka to be the place
where such tickets shall be kept.

For the Upper Motueka Highway District:
DAVID LINDSAY to issue dog tickets, and his
residence at Stanley Brook to be the place
where such tickets shall be kept.

For the Sub-districts of Stoke, Waimea East, and
Waimea West, of the Waimea Highway Dis-
trict: THOMAS J. R. OXLEY to issue dog tickets,
and the Waimea County Council Offices, at Nel-
son, to be the place where such tickets shall be
kept.

For the Motueka Riding: EDWARD FOWLER to
issue dog tickets, and his residence at Spring
Grove to be the place where such tickets shall
be kept.

G. S. WHITMORE.

Revising Officer appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 3rd April, 1879.

IT is hereby notified that His Honor Mr. Justice
Johnston has reported that he has appointed
EDWARD JAMES LEE, Esq.,
to be Revising Officer for the Electoral Districts of
Cheviot, Ashley, Kaiapoi, Avon, Heathcote, Christ-
church City, Selwyn, Coleridge, Timaru, Geraldine,
Gladstone, Akaroa, Lyttelton, Grey Valley, Hoki-
tika, and Totara.

G. S. WHITMORE.