THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1085

Port Chalmers, Timaru, Wakapuaka, Wanganui,
Wellington, Westport, Reefton, Longford, Tophouse,
Havelock, Picton, White's Bay, Kekerangu, Kaikoura,
Cheviot, Kaiapoi, Dunsandel, Ashburton, Temuka,
Palmerston, Clyde, Tokomairiro, Clinton, Mataura,
Onehunga, Manukau Heads, Drury, Te Awamutu,
Mercer, Pukorokoro, Katikati, Tauranga, Ohinemutu,
Taupo, Tarawera, Gisborne, Wairoa, Waipukurau,
Porangahau, Wainui, Ti Nui, Masterton, Featherston,
Upper Hutt, Otaki, Foxton, Palmerston North,
Marton, Patea, Hawera, and Inglewood, where the
Sunday hours will remain as at present-viz., from
10 a.m. till 10.30 a.m., and from 5 p.m. till 5.30 p.m.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Waipukurau Highway District abolished.

HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

UNDER and in pursuance of the powers and
authorities vested in me by an Ordinance of
the Province of Hawke's Bay intituled "The High-
ways Act, 1871," and by "The Abolition of Provinces
Act, 1875," I, Hercules George Robert Robinson,
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby
notify that I do hereby abolish the highway district
constituted under the said "Highways Act, 1871,"
and named the Waipukurau Highway District.

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

G. S. WHITMORE.

Takapau Highway District constituted.

HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

UNDER and in pursuance of the power and
authorities vested in me by an Ordinance of
the Province of Hawke's Bay intituled "The High-
ways Act, 1871," and by "The Abolition of Pro-
vinces Act, 1875," I, Hercules George Robert Robin-
son, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand,
hereby notify that I do hereby create that portion of
the Provincial District of Hawke's Bay described in
the Schedule hereto a new highway district, under
the said "Highways Act, 1871," by the distinctive
name of the Takapau Highway District; and I declare
that the boundaries of the said district shall be those
described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

STARTS at the Waikopiro Stream, at the western
boundary of the Waipukurau District; follows down
the Waikopiro Stream to the western boundary of
Block No. LXIX., Porangahau District; following
along that boundary to the southern boundary of
Block No. CXX., Ruataniwha District; along the
southern and western boundaries of that block, and
the southern and western boundaries of Block No.
CCXXXIV., to the Makaretu River; thence up that
river to the eastern boundary of the Makaretu Re-
serve, and along the eastern boundary of that reserve
to the Tukipo River; thence down that river to its
junction with the Maharakeke Stream, at the western
boundary of the Waipukurau District; and along the
western boundary of that district to the starting point
at the Waikopiro Stream.

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

G. S. WHITMORE.

Waipukurau Highway District constituted.

HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

UNDER and in pursuance of the powers and
authorities vested in me by an Ordinance of
the Province of Hawke's Bay intituled "The High-
ways Act, 1871," and by "The Abolition of Provinces
Act, 1875," I, Hercules George Robert Robinson,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, hereby
notify that I do hereby create that portion of the
Provincial District of Hawke's Bay described in the
Schedule hereto a new highway district, under the
said "Highways Act, 1871," by the distinctive name
of the Waipukurau Highway District; and I declare
that the boundaries of the said district shall be those
described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

STARTS at the junction of the Tangituporo Stream
with the Tukituki River; follows up the Tangitu-
poro Stream to the northern boundary of the
Eparaima District; thence along the northern and
western boundaries of that district to the Taure-
kaitai Stream; up that stream and the Whatatuna
Stream to the southern boundary of Block No.
LXXXIII., Porangahau District; thence along the
southern boundary of that block to the Manga-
purakau Stream; following down that stream and
the Waikopiro Stream to the western boundary of
Block No. LXX.; along that boundary and the
northern boundary of Blocks Nos. LXX. and
LXXXIII. to the eastern boundary of Block No.
LXIX., and along that boundary to the Maharakeke
Stream; thence down that stream to its junction
with the Tukipo River; down that river to the Tuki-
tuki River, and down that river to the Main South
Road; thence along that road in a northerly direction
to the Waipawa River; down that river to its
junction with the Tukituki River; and down that
river to the starting point at the junction with the
Tangituporo Stream.

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

G. S. WHITMORE.

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
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