1879.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1225

hundred and twenty-four, and one hundred and
twenty-five of "The Public Works Act, 1876," and
in exercise of every other power and authority
enabling me in that behalf, do hereby proclaim and
declare that the middle line of the said portion of
the said railway shall be from a point situate on
Waterloo Quay, opposite Macdonald Street, City of
Wellington, to a point in Section number two,
Porirua District, all within the Provincial District of
Wellington, Colony of New Zealand, as defined and
set forth in the Schedule hereto. The said middle
line and the land through which the same passes are
set forth in the map and plan marked P.W.D. 7244,
and authenticated for the purposes of this Procla-
mation by the signature of the Honorable George
Stoddart Whitmore, Minister acting for the Minister
for Public Works, and which said map and plan is
deposited in the office of the Registrar of the Supreme
Court at Wellington, in the Provincial District of
Wellington.

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
expedient to change the purpose of such reserves or
any part thereof from the purpose or presumed pur-
pose 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.

| Description and
Purpose of Reserve. | Area of which the Purpose is
intended to be Changed. | Intended
Purpose. |
|---|---|---|
| All that parcel
of land in the
Town of Invercar-
gill, in the South-
land division of
the Provincial
District of Otago,
containing by ad-
measurement one
(1) acre one (1)
rood and five (5)
perches, more or
less. Bounded
towards the North
by the Reserve for
Public Gardens,
granted to the
Superintendent of
Southland, four
hundred and
forty-two (442)
links; towards the
East by Leven
Street, three hun-
dred (300) links;
towards the South
by Spey Street,
four hundred and
thirteen (413)
links; and towards
the West by the
Oreti Railway Re-
serve, three hun-
dred and one
(301) links. As a
site for Supreme
Court. | All that piece or parcel of
land in the Southland division
of the Provincial District of
Otago, being part of Supreme
Court Reserve, Town of In-
vercargill, containing by ad-
measurement three (3) roods
nineteen (19) perches, more
or less, and bounded as fol-
lows: On the North by Pub-
lic Gardens Reserve, a distance
of two hundred and ninety
(290) links; on the East by
Leven Street, a distance of
three hundred (300) links; on
the South by Spey Street, a
distance of two hundred and
ninety (290) links; and on the
West by other part of Su-
preme Court Reserve, 300
links. | For a drill-
shed. |

COMMENCING at a point situate on Waterloo Quay,
opposite Macdonald Street, City of Wellington, said
point being within the limits of deviation of portion
of the railway from Wellington to Masterton, as
described in a Proclamation dated the 18th Sep-
tember, 1872, and published in the New Zealand
Gazette No. 49, of the 25th September, 1872; pro-
ceeding thence in a generally northerly, westerly,
and easterly direction for a distance of 4 miles 48
chains or thereabouts, and passing in, into, through,
or over the following lands, &c.: City of Wellington,
Harbour District, Sections Nos. 2, 3; Kaiwarra Dis-
trict, Sections Nos. 31, 8, 7, 4, 5, 9, 6, and N.R.;
Porirua District, Section No. 1; and terminating at
a point in Section No. 2, Porirua District aforesaid;
all within the Provincial District of Wellington,
Colony of New Zealand; and including all adjoining
and intervening places, lands, roads, reserves, streams,
and watercourses; in the manner delineated on the
map and plan marked P.W.D. 7244, signed by the
Honorable George Stoddart Whitmore, Minister
acting for the Minister for Public Works, deposited
in the office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court
at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wel-
lington; the total length being 4 miles 48 chains or
thereabouts.

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

G. S. WHITMORE,
Minister acting for the Minister for
Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Changing the Purpose of a Portion 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

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

J. MACANDREW,
(for the Minister of Lands.)