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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 18

pose, 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 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
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. |
|---|---|---|
| Part of Re-
serve No. 283
(in red), 77
acres, in the
Timaru Dis-
trict, Provincial
District of Can-
tonbury. For the
purpose of a
railway station. | All that parcel of land in
the Geraldine Survey Dis-
trict, Provincial District of
Canterbury, containing 12
acres 1 rood, more or less,
being part of Section No.
283 (in red). Bounded—
Eastward by the Southern
Railway Reserve; South-
ward by a line bearing
265° 20′ true, drawn from a
point on the western bound-
ary of the said reserve, 4035
links north of the north-
eastern corner of Section
2692; Westward by the
Main South Road; North-
ward by a line parallel
to the southern boundary,
and 1149 links distant there-
from; and North-eastward
by a road line: and num-
bered 2449 (in red) on the
official map in the Survey
Office, Christchurch. | For a recrea-
tion-ground. |

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this eleventh day of February,
one thousand eight hundred and eighty.

H. A. ATKINSON,
(for the 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
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," afore-
said, change the specific purpose of the reserve de-
scribed 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. |
|---|---|---|
| Allotment No. 9,
Manutahi South,
in the Provincial
District of Tara-
naki. For a block-
house. | All that parcel of land in the
Provincial District of Taranaki,
containing by admeasurement
3 acres 3 roods 2 perches, more
or less, being part of south-wes-
tern portion of Section num-
bered 9 on the map of the Ma-
nutahi Settlement, Hawera
Survey District. Bounded to-
wards the North-east by a
public road, 830 links; to-
wards the South-east by other
part of Section 9, 453 links;
towards the South-west by
Section 8, 830 links; and to-
wards the North-west by a
public road, 454 links. | For a
recreation-
ground. |
| | All that parcel of land in the
Provincial District of Taranaki,
containing by admeasurement
2 acres 2 roods 27 perches,
more or less, being part of the
south-western portion of Sec-
tion numbered 9 on the map
of the Manutahi Settlement,
Hawera Survey District.
Bounded towards the North-
east by a public road, 590 links;
towards the South-east by a
public road, 452 links; to-
wards the South-west by Sec-
tion 8, 590 links; and towards
the North-west by other part
of Section 9, 453 links. | As a site
for a
police sta-
tion and
paddock. |

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this seventh day of February,
one thousand eight hundred and eighty.

H. A. ATKINSON,
(for the Minister of Lands.)

Claims under "The Manawatu Land Orders Act,
1877."

HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR.

PURSUANT to "The Manawatu Land Orders Act,
1877," I, David Lewis, a Commissioner under
the Ordinance of the Legislative Council, Session
XI., No. 15, do, with respect to the claims specified
in the first column of the Schedule hereto, report to
the effect set forth in the second column of such
Schedule.