THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 713

1876," the Governor might from time to time, by
Order in Council, direct that any part of the colony
to be defined therein should be a rabbit district for
the purposes of "The Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1876:"

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 vested in him
by the firstly hereinbefore recited Act, doth hereby
order and direct that that part of the colony described
in the Schedule hereto shall, from and after the date
hereof, be and the same is hereby constituted a
district for the purposes of "The Rabbit Nuisance
Act, 1876," and shall be named and known as the
Awhea Rabbit District, and the boundaries of
such district shall be those defined in the Schedule
hereto. And with the like advice and consent His
Excellency doth hereby order that the first election
of Trustees for the said district shall be held on the
twenty-first day of June next, at the hour of twelve
noon, at the residence of W. A. Hodge, Awhea Dis-
trict.

SCHEDULE.

THE Awhea Riding, in the County of Wairarapa
East, bounded towards the North-east by Wainuioru
Riding; towards the South-east and South-west by
the ocean and Palliser Bay, between the Pahauo River
and the Hurupi Stream; and towards the North-
west by the Wairarapa West County.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Validation, &c., of Valuation Lists for Wanganui-
Waitotara Highway Board.

HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-seventh day of May, 1879.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it is expedient to validate certain
proceedings taken in the preparation of valua-
tion lists for the several wards of the Wanganui and
Waitotara Highway District, and to regulate the
place for the sitting of the Assessment Court for
the purpose of inquiring into such objections as have
been or may yet be made as to the incorrectness of
any rateable values therein, and for the purpose of
extending the time within which notices of such
valuations may in certain cases be made:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by
and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council of the Colony of New Zealand, and in pur-
suance of the power and authority vested in him by
the second section of "The Temporary Powers Act,
1878," and of every other power and authority him
enabling thereunto, doth hereby validate the five
valuation lists for the wards numbered one to five
inclusive, comprised in the Wanganui and Waito-
tara Highway District (constituted under "The
Highways Act, 1874," Province of Wellington, Session
XXVII., No. 10), against any objection as to the non-
transmission of the said lists to the local body, or as
to the same not having been open for public inspection
at the office of such local body, or as to the absence of
notification as to such lists being open for inspection,
or as to the irregularity or insufficiency of any public
notification relating thereto, or as to the omission
to give any notice of the valuations therein contained,
or as to anything otherwise affecting the said lists
which have been returned to the Assessment Court

for the said district for completion under the provi-
sions of "The Rating Act, 1876."

And His Excellency the Governor, by and with
the advice and consent, and in pursuance of the
power and authority aforesaid, doth by this regulation
validate the said lists accordingly; and doth hereby
declare that the Assessment Court appointed to be
held for the said district in the Town of Wanganui
(not being a place in such district) may be adjourned,
to be held at such convenient time and place in such
district as the Judge of such Assessment Court may
appoint; and that the said Court, at any sitting
thereof, upon any ratepayer showing that he has
been prejudiced by the absence of any notice directed
to be given, may order that notice and opportunity
of inspection shall be given, and may adjourn such
Court for such time or times as may be expedient,
and may at any such adjournment inquire into any
objection which may in the meantime have been
made regarding the incorrectness of any valuation
contained in such lists, and may give effect thereto
in like manner as if such objection had been made in
due course.

And doth hereby further declare that the lists
when amended as before provided, and initialled and
signed by the Judge, shall be the valuation roll for
the said district, and shall remain in force until a
fresh roll is made in the following year, as provided
by section thirty of "The Rating Act, 1876."

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Changing the Purpose of a Portion of a Reserve.

HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

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 Go-
vernor, be expedient to change the purpose of such
reserves or any part thereof from the purpose or pre-
sumed 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 Governor 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," afore-
said, change the specific purpose of part 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.