1188
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

the plan marked P.W.D. 7089, deposited in the office
of the Minister for Public Works at Wellington, in
the Provincial District of Wellington.

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
twenty-second day of August, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-nine.

J. MACANDREW.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Dog Registrars appointed.

(L.S.) HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance of the powers vested in me by "The
(Canterbury) Dog Nuisance Ordinance, Session
XVII., No. 3," "The (Canterbury) Dog Nuisance
Amendment Ordinance, 1862," and "The Abolition
of Provinces Act, 1875," I, Hercules George Robert
Robinson, the Governor of the Colony of New Zea-
land, do hereby appoint the persons whose names
appear in the first column of the Schedule hereto to
be the persons to register dogs for the places set
opposite their names respectively in the second
column of the said Schedule: And I do further
appoint the places mentioned in the third column of
the said Schedule to be the offices at which persons
shall register their dogs.

SCHEDULE.

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
twenty-seventh day of August, 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 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.

Warrant abolishing Polling-place.

HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME,
GREETING.

WHEREAS by "The Regulation of Elections
Act, 1870," it is enacted that it shall be law-
ful for the Governor, by warrant under his hand,
from time to time to appoint polling-places for each
electoral district within or within one mile of the
limits thereof, and to appoint any one of such polling-
places to be the principal polling-place for the district,
and all or any of such polling-places from time to
time to abolish, and, if he think fit, to appoint other
polling-places in lieu of those abolished, and that
every such warrant shall be published in the New
Zealand Gazette: Provided always that no polling-
place shall be appointed by the Governor under the
said Act, unless he shall be first satisfied that the
place to be appointed is more convenient than any
other for at least twenty electors to record their
votes thereat:

And whereas by warrant under the hand of the
Governor, bearing date the sixth day of December,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five,

The Schoolhouse, Wainui,