790
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

The following list of books shall be read as an
addition to section one of the Order in Council, dated
the twenty-fourth day of September, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-eight, and authorizing the
use of certain class-books in public schools:—
Colonial Fourth Reading Book (Philip and Son).
Sortwell's Second Arithmetic (Philip and Son).
Bowden's Mental Arithmetic (Bowden and Sons).
First Geography (Philip and Son).
Hughes's Class Book of Modern Geography (Philip
and Son).
Bowden's Manual of New Zealand Geography
(Philip and Son).
Smith's Primary History of Britain (Murray).
History of England for Junior Classes (Nelson).
Richardson's Temperance Lesson Book (W. Tweedie
and Co.)
This regulation shall come into force upon the date
hereof.

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 Amend-
ment Act, 1878," it is, amongst other things,
enacted that the Governor may declare his intention
to make, change, exchange, or alter the dedication of
any public reserve now or hereafter vested in Her
Majesty or the Governor for any of the purposes
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 dedica-
tion, 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 Zea-
land, 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 purposes set opposite such description in the
third column of the said Schedule, and such lands
shall henceforth be deemed to be reserved and set
apart for such last-mentioned specific purposes, and
no other.

SCHEDULE.

| | links; Northward by a line 893 links in length, bearing 265° 20′ (true), drawn from a point on the eastern boundary 1065 links north of the north-east corner of Sec- tion 2692: and numbered 2401 (in red) on the official map in the Provincial Dis- trict Survey Office, Christ- church. | For a recrea- tion-ground. |
| | All that parcel of land, con- taining 30 acres, more or less, being part of the above-men- tioned Section numbered 283 (in red). Bounded Eastward by the Railway Reserve, 2970 links; Southward by a line 893 links in length, bear- ing 265° 20′ (true), drawn from a point on the eastern boundary 1065 links north of the north-east corner of Sec- tion 2692; Westward by the Main South Road, 2959 links; and Northward by a line parallel to the southern boundary and 2959 links distant therefrom: and num- bered 2402 (in red) on the official map in the Provincial District Survey Office, Christ- church. | |

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this fourth day of June, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-
nine.

ROBERT STOUT,
Minister of Lands.

Changing the Purpose of a Reserve.

HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

WHEREAS by "The Public Reserves Act Amend-
ment Act, 1878," it is, amongst other things,
enacted that the Governor may declare his intention
to make, change, exchange, or alter the dedication of
any public reserve now or hereafter vested in Her
Majesty or the Governor for any of the purposes
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 expe-
dient 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 dedica-
tion, 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 Zea-
land, 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