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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 24

And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is
expedient to vest the said land in the said Ashburton
Agricultural and Pastoral Association (incorporated):

Now, therefore, the Governor of the Colony of
New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of
the Executive Council of the said colony, and in
exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him
by the sixth section of "The Public Reserves Act
Amendment Act, 1878," doth hereby declare that,
from and after the ninth day of March, one
thousand eight hundred and eighty, the said reserve
shall become vested in the said Ashburton Agricul-
tural and Pastoral Association (incorporated).

SCHEDULE.

All that piece or parcel of land in the Provincial
District of Canterbury, containing 20 acres, more or
less, being Section No. 2275 (in red). Bounded
towards the North-east by Section No. 2064 (in red),
19 chains 50 links ; towards the North-west by Sec-
tion No. 350 (in red), 21 chains ; towards the South-
west by Section No. 350 (in red), 14 chains 15 links ;
and towards the South-east by a road-line for a dis-
tance of about 7 chains: as the same is delineated
on the plans deposited in the Survey Office, Christ-
church.

Forster Goring,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Defining the Purpose of and Vesting Reserves.

Hercules Robinson, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
fourth day of March, 1880.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS the Reserves H, B, and C, and L
(Town Belt), Town of Wanganui, were granted
respectively on the twenty-fourth day of December,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, the
ninth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-four, the twenty-fourth day of August, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, and the third
day of June, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
one, to the Superintendent of the Province of Wel-
ington, in trust for the purpose of public utility to
the Town of Wanganui and its inhabitants: And
whereas, in my opinion, there is some doubt or
uncertainty as to the meaning of the words "public
utility," the purpose for which the lands described in
the Schedule hereto were reserved and set apart and
granted:

Now, therefore, I, Sir Hercules George Robert
Robinson, the Governor of the Colony of New Zea-
land, by and with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of the said colony, and in the
exercise of the powers and authorities conferred
upon me by the seventh section of "The Public
Reserves Act Amendment Act, 1878," do hereby
declare and define that the purpose for which the
said land shall, from and after the day of the date
hereof, be dedicated shall be for municipal purposes ;
and in pursuance of the powers and authorities con-
ferred upon me by the sixth section of the said Act,
and by and with the like advice and consent, I do
further order and declare that the said lands shall,
from and after the day of the date hereof, vest in
the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough
of Wanganui, for municipal purposes only.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land situate in the Town of
Wanganui, Provincial District of Wellington, being
Reserve H, Reserve B, and part of Reserve C
(Cook's Gardens), estimated to contain 15 acres 2

roods 24 perches, more or less. Bounded towards
the North-east by St. Hill Street 1600 links and 100
links, by part of Reserve C (conveyed to Freemasons)
250 links, 100 links, and 250 links, and by the Wes-
leyan Reserve 250 links and 100 links; towards the
South-east by Ridgway Street, 600 links; towards the
South-west by Sections Nos. 221, 222, 223, 224, 225,
226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236,
237, and 238, and the abutment of Maria Place, 1900
links; and towards the North-west by Sections Nos.
213, 214, 215, 216, 217, and 218, and the abutment
of Nixon Street, 850 links.

Also all that parcel of land in the said town and
district, being Reserve L (Town Belt), estimated to
contain 302 acres 2 roods, more or less. Bounded
towards the North by Asylum Road 7960 links, by
Churton Street 1093 links, and by Churton's Creek
1650 links; towards the East by London Street
13725 links, and by a public road on the bank of the
Wanganui River 4731 links; towards the South by
a public road, 10600 links; and towards the West by
a public road, 14367 links.

Forster Goring,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Changing the Purpose of a Reserve.

Hercules Robinson, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
ninth day of March, 1880.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the first
column of the Schedule hereto was reserved
for purposes of County Government on the fifth day
of July, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two :

And whereas the said reserve is for one of the
purposes named in Part I. of the Schedule to "The
Public Reserves Act Amendment Act, 1878," and,
in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient to
change the purposes of such reserve to another of
the purposes named in the said Part I., as hereinafter
mentioned :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of
the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice
and consent of the Executive Council of the said
colony, and in exercise of the powers and authorities
vested in him by the sixth section of "The Public
Reserves Act Amendment Act, 1878," doth hereby
order and direct that the purpose of the reserve
mentioned in the first column of the said Schedule
hereto shall be changed from that of a reserve for
a gravel-pit, and doth hereby declare and define the
purposes of the said reserve to be those specified
in the second column of the said Schedule, the same
being one of the purposes named in Part I. of the
Schedule to the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

Area of which the Purpose is intended
to be Changed.

All that parcel of land in the Provincial
District of Westland, containing by ad-
measurement 2 roods 14 perches, more or
less, and being Section No. 77 (in red),
situate in the Town of Goldsborough.
Bounded on the Northward by Stewart
Street, 247 links and 59 links; on the
Westward by Stewart Street, 60 links; on
the Southward by Barff Street, 360 links ;
and on the Eastward by a straight line, 98
links, and by a road reserve along the
middle branch of the Waima Creek.

Intended Purposes.

Police and other
Government pur-
poses.

Forster Goring,
Clerk of the Executive Council.