THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1087

Land temporarily reserved in the Provincial District
of Nelson.

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
purposes in the said section mentioned:

Now, therefore, I, Sir Hercules George Robert
Robinson, the Governor of the Colony of New
Zealand, 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 Provincial District of Nelson described in the
Schedule hereunder written, for the purpose in the
said Schedule specified.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land, situate in the Provincial
District of Nelson, being Section No. 101, Town of
Milnthorpe, containing by admeasurement 2 acres,
more or less. Bounded Northward by a public road;
Eastward by high-water mark of Te Parapara Inlet;
and Southward by Section No. 52 as the same is
delineated on the plan of the Milnthorpe Suburban
Sections, deposited in the office of the Chief Sur-
veyor at Nelson. For a landing-place.

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

JAMES W. THOMSON,
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 reserve 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 purpose set opposite such description in the
second 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.

Town of Wanganui, containing by ad-
measurement one (1) rood, more or less.
Bounded towards the North-east by Nixon
Place, 200 links; towards the South-east
by Taupo Quay, 125 links; towards the
South-west by Section No. 29, 200 links;
and towards the North-west by Section
No. 28, 125 links. As a site for a custom-
house. | As a site for
Harbour Board
offices. |

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

JAMES W. THOMSON,
Minister of Lands.

Appointing Mr. A. Mackay to select and set apart
Waste Lands in Otago and Canterbury under "The
Middle Island Half-caste Crown Grants Act, 1877."

HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

BY virtue and in pursuance of the power and
authority in me vested by the third section of
"The Middle Island Half-caste Crown Grants Act,
1877," and of all other powers and authorities en-
abling me in that behalf, I, Sir Hercules George
Robert Robinson, the Governor of the Colony of
New Zealand, do hereby appoint and authorize

Mr. ALEXANDER MACKAY

to be a person to select and set apart portions of the
waste lands of the Crown, situate within the Provin-
cial Districts of Otago and Canterbury, for the pur-
pose of the same being granted to any half-caste
claimants named in Schedules A and B to the said
Act, and in accordance with the provisions thereof.

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; at the
Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-eighth day of July, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-nine.

JOHN SHEEHAN.

"Highways Act, 1871," brought into Operation within
the Waipukurau Highway District.

HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

WHEREAS by an Act of the Provincial Council
of Hawke's Bay intituled "The Highways
Act, 1871," it is, amongst other things, enacted that
the Superintendent might, from time to time, on the
requisition of five voters, by notification in the Pro-
vincial Government Gazette, bring that Act into
operation in any district, and thereupon, but not
previously, that Act should come into and remain in
full operation therein; and in such notification the
day, hour, and place of meeting for the first meeting
of ratepayers for such district should be appointed:
And whereas, under the provisions of the said Act, a
portion of the Provincial District of Hawke's Bay