THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
927

Appointing a Day for Election of a Member for the
Helensbrook Subdivision, Tokomairiro Road Board.

(L.S.) HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by section ten of "The Otago Roads
Ordinance 1871 Amendment Ordinance, 1874,"
it is enacted that, if from any cause whatever, the
persons entitled to vote at any election for any sub-
division of any district shall fail or neglect to hold an
election of members of the District Board of such
district on the day appointed by the said Ordinance
for that purpose, it shall be lawful for the Superin-
tendent, by Proclamation in the Gazette, to appoint
a day for the holding of such election, and an election
may be held upon the day so appointed, and the
election so held shall for all purposes whatsoever be
deemed to have been duly held on the day appointed
by the said Ordinance for holding the same: And
whereas the powers and authorities vested in the
Superintendent by the said section are, by "The
Abolition of Provinces Act, 1875," now vested in the
Governor: And whereas the persons entitled to
vote in the election of members for the Helensbrook
Subdivision of the Tokomairiro Road District failed
on the day appointed by "The Otago Roads Ordi-
nance, 1871," to hold an election:

Now, therefore, I, Hercules George Robert Robin-
son, Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pur-
suance and exercise of the powers and authorities
vested in me by the said Ordinance and Act, do hereby
proclaim and appoint that an election shall be held
on the first day of August, one thousand eight hun-
dred and seventy-nine, of a member of the Tokomai-
riro Road Board for the Helensbrook Subdivision of
the said Tokomairiro Road District.

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

G. S. WHITMORE.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Changing the Purpose of a Portion of a Reserve.

HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Auckland, this
twenty-fifth day of June, 1879.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the first column
of the Schedule hereto was reserved for pur-
poses of the Provincial Government of Canterbury:
And whereas the said reserve is for one of the pur-
poses named in Part I. of the Schedule to "The
Public Reserves Act Amendment Act, 1878," and, in
the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient to change
the purpose of the portion of such reserve referred
to in the Schedule hereto 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 portion of
the reserve mentioned in the second column of the
Schedule hereto shall be changed from that of a
reserve for Provincial Government purposes, and
doth hereby declare and define the purposes of the
said portion of such reserve to be that specified in
the third column of the said Schedule, the same
being one of the purposes named in Part I. of the
Schedule to the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

| Description and
Purpose of Reserve. | Area of which the Purpose is
intended to be Changed. | Intended
Purpose. |
|---|---|---|
| Section 1262 (in
red), 13 acres, in
the Ashburton
District, Provin-
cial District of
Canterbury. For
the uses of the
Provincial Go-
vernment and for
other public pur-
poses, and parti-
cularly for a police
station. | All that area in the Hinds
Survey District, Provincial
District of Canterbury, con-
taining three (3) acres, more
or less. Bounded North-
westward by the Southern
Railway Reserve, 894 links;
South-westward by a road
line, 340 links; North-east-
ward by Section 4391; and
South-eastward by a line
parallel to the north-westeru
boundary and 325 links
distant therefrom: and num-
bered 2406 (in red) on the
official map in the Provincial
District Survey Office, Christ-
church. | For a public
pound. |

CHARLES M. MEYSEY THOMPSON,
(for the Clerk of the Executive Council.)

Changing the Purpose of a Reserve.

HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
fifth day of July, 1879.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the first column
of the Schedule hereto was reserved for a
gravel pit on the twentieth day of June, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-two:

And whereas the said reserve is for one of the pur-
poses named in Part I. of the Schedule to "The
Public Reserves Act Amendment Act, 1878," and, in
the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient to change
the purpose of such reserve to another of the pur-
poses named in the said Part I., as hereinafter men-
tioned:

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 reserve men-
tioned in the first column of the said Schedule hereto
shall be changed from that of a reserve for a gravel
pit, and doth hereby declare and define the purpose
of the said reserve 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.

| First Column. | Second Column. |
|---|---|---|
| Section 1340 (in red), being 5 acres, in
the Mandeville District, Provincial Dis-
trict of Canterbury. | For a cemetery. |

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.