THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 789

proclaim and declare that the lands described in
the Schedule hereto annexed, and shown on the plan
marked P.W.D. 7013, deposited in the office of the
Minister for Public Works at Wellington, are hereby
taken for the purposes of a railway; and that, from
and after the tenth day of June, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-nine, the said lands 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 rail-
way.

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

J. T. FISHER,
Minister acting for the Minister for
Public Works.

Approved in Council.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in Section numbered fifty-
seven (57), Block seven (VII.), of the Waipahee
Survey District, in the Provincial District of Otago,
and Colony of New Zealand, containing by admeasure-
ment three (3) acres and thirty-eight (38) poles:
Commencing at a point on the south-eastern boundary
of said Section 57 (which point bears 250° 48', and is
distant 393 links from the south-east corner of said
Section 57), and extending thence in a south-westerly
direction in a curvilinear line with a radius of 59
chains 60 links for a distance of 339 links, thence
again in a south-westerly direction bearing 261° 24'
a distance of 909 links, thence again in a south-
westerly direction in a curvilinear line with a radius
of 40 chains 40 links a distance of 1685 links, thence
again in a south-westerly direction in a line bearing
237° 30′ a distance of 822.9 links. Bounded
towards the North-west by other part of Section 57,
thence in a north-easterly direction bearing 70° 48′
a distance of 434.6 links; bounded towards the
South-east by a railway reserve, thence again in a
north-easterly direction bearing 57° 30′ a distance of
400 links, thence again in a north-easterly direction
in a curvilinear line with a radius of 39 chains 40
links a distance of 1643.5 links, thence again in a
north-easterly direction bearing 81° 24' a distance of
672 links; bounded towards the South-east by other
part of said Section 57, and thence again in a north-
easterly direction bearing 70° 48' a distance of 587
links to the point of commencement; bounded towards
the South-east by said railway reserve.

Also all that other parcel of land in Section 58,
Block VII., in the said survey district, containing
by admeasurement two (2) acres two (2) roods and
six (6) poles, more or less: Commencing at the
south-west corner of said Section 58, and extending
thence in a due north direction a distance of 121
links. Bounded on the West by Block XIII. of
the said survey district, thence in a south-easterly
direction in a curvilinear line with a radius of 30
chains 40 links a distance of 1568.7 links, thence
in a south-easterly direction bearing 131° 22', 325.8
links; bounded on or towards the North-east by
other part of said Section 58, and thence in a north-
westerly direction bearing 295° 48' a distance of 1811
links to the point of commencement; bounded
towards the South-west by the said railway reserve.

The aforesaid linkages being more or less, and the
land being more particularly delineated on the map
marked P.W.D. 7013, deposited in the office of the
Minister for Public Works at Wellington.

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

Changing the Purpose of Reserves.

HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
fourth day of June, 1879.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the lands mentioned in the first
column of the Schedule hereto were reserved
under the Land Regulations of the Province of Can-
terbury for public purposes:

And whereas the said reserves are for one of the
purposes named in Part I. of the Schedule to "The
Reserves Act Amendment Act, 1878," and,
in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient to
change the purpose of such reserves to another 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 reserves mentioned in the first
column of the said Schedule hereto shall be changed
from that of reserves for public purposes, and doth
hereby declare and define the purpose of the said
reserves to be that specified in the second column of
the said Schedule, the same being one of the purposes
named in Part I. of the Schedule to the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulation as to Class-books for Public Schools.

HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
tenth day of June, 1879.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

BY virtue of the powers and authorities vested in
me by "The Education Act, 1877," I, Sir
Hercules George Robert Robinson, the Governor of
the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice
and consent of the Executive Council of the said
colony, do hereby make the following regulation
respecting the class-books to be used in public
schools, that is to say,—