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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Land temporarily reserved in the Provincial District
of Canterbury.

HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

WHEREAS by the one hundred and forty-fourth
section of " The Land Act, 1877," it is enacted
that the Governor may from time to time, either by
general or particular description, and whether the
same has been surveyed or not, reserve from sale
temporarily, notwithstanding that the same may be
then held under pastoral license, any Crown lands
which in his opinion are required for any of the pur-
poses in the said section mentioned:

Now, therefore, I, Sir Hercules George Robert
Robinson, the Governor of the Colony of New Zea-
land, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and
authorities vested in me by the said Act, do hereby
temporarily reserve from sale the land in the Provin-
cial District of Canterbury described in the Schedule
hereunder written, for the purpose in the said Sche-
dule specified.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Mairaki Survey District,
Provincial District of Canterbury, containing 68
acres, more or less. Bounded-Southward by a
line in line with the southern side of the road north
of Sections 33035 and 20783; Westward by the
western bank of the River Okuku; Northward by a
line parallel to and 20 chains distant from the
southern boundary; and Eastward by the eastern
bank of the River Okuku: and numbered 2415 (in
red) on the official map in the Survey Office, Christ-
church. For the site of a bridge over the River
Okuku, and for protective works in connection
therewith.

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

JAMES W. THOMSON,
Minister of Lands.

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
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 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,"
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.

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

JAMES W. THOMSON,
Minister of Lands.

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
intention 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

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

JAMES W. THOMSON,
Minister of Lands.

Judges of Assessment Courts under "The Rating Act, 1876," appointed.

HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of all powers and authorities vested in me by "The Rating Act, 1876,"
I, Hercules George Robert Robinson, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby
appoint the persons named in the Schedule hereto to be the Judges of the Assessment Courts for the
districts placed opposite their names.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-fourth day of July, one thou-
sand eight hundred and seventy-nine.

G. S. WHITMORE.