JAN. 15.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 23

7. All questions shall be determined by the majority
   of votes of the members of the Board present at a
   meeting.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Reservation of Land for the Purpose of granting it
to the Corporation of the Borough of Gisborne.

HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
tenth day of January, 1880.
Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and au-
thority vested in him by the three hundred and
fiftieth section of "The Municipal Corporations Act,
1876," and upon the request of the Borough of Gis-
borne, His Excellency the Governor, by and with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council of
the Colony of New Zealand, doth hereby order that
the land described in the Schedule hereto shall be
and the same is hereby reserved out of the waste
lands of the Provincial District of Auckland, for the
purpose of granting the same to the Corporation of
the Borough of Gisborne.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Provincial District of
Auckland, being Section No. 118, Patutahi Survey
District, and containing by admeasurement 1,000
acres, more or less. Bounded towards the North
by Section No. 119 of said survey district; towards
the East and South by a road; and towards the
West by Section No. 117 of said survey district and
a road: as the same is delineated on the plan de-
posited in the Survey Office, Auckland.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Changing Purpose of Reserve.

HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
tenth day of January, 1880.
Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the provisions and requirements of
the eighth section of "The Public Reserves
Act Amendment Act, 1878," have been duly com-
plied with in respect of the lands described in the
first column of the Schedule hereto: And whereas
notices in the Gazette have been duly published for
four consecutive weeks, and laid before both Houses
of the Assembly, as provided by the ninth section of
the said Act: And whereas no resolution of either
House of Assembly has been passed that such House
does not concur in the intention declared in any
such notices:

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 exercise
and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested
in me by the ninth section of the Act aforesaid, do
hereby define the change of purpose of the lands
described in the first column of the Schedule hereto
to be from that named in the second column of the
Schedule to those named in the third column of the
Schedule hereto respectively.

SCHEDULE.
| First Column. | Second Column. | Third Column. |
|---|---|---|
| All that area in the Horo- | Road, tram- | For a ceme-
rata Survey District, Provin- | way, and other | tery. |
cial District of Canterbury, | purposes of the |
containing 20 acres, more or | Provincial Go- |
less. Bounded-Northward | vernment. |
by a road line, 1160 links; |
Eastward by Section 1288 (in |
red), 1970 links; Southward |
by the River Wakaepa; and |
Westward by Section 2407 |
(in red), 1700 links: and |
numbered 2408 (in red) on |
the official map in the Pro- |
vincial District Survey Office, |
Christchurch. |
| Also all that area in the | Road, tram- | For a recrea- |
| Hororata Survey District, | way, and other | tion-ground. |
| Provincial District of Canter- | purposes of the |
bury, containing 100 acres, | Provincial Go- |
| more or less. Bounded- | vernment. |
| Northward by a road line, |
| 4825 links; Eastward by |
| Section 1288 (in red), 1700 |
| links; Southward by the River |
| Wakaepa; and North-west- |
| ward by a road line, 1500 |
| links: and numbered 2407 |
| (in red) on the official map in |
the Provincial District Survey |
| Office, Christchurch. |

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Authorizing the taking and laying down of Roads
over Land granted in the Auckland Provincial
District.

HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

WHEREAS by "The Native Lands Act, 1873,"
and "The Native Land Act Amendment Act,
1878 (No. 2)," it is enacted that, from and out of
any land which may have heretofore been or may
be granted under the provisions of any of the Acts
repealed by "The Native Lands Act, 1873," or of
that Act, it shall be lawful for the Governor, at any
time thereafter, to take and lay off for public pur-
poses one or more line or lines of road or railway
through the said lands: Provided that the total
quantity of land which may be taken for such line or
road shall not be more than after the rate of
five acres in every one hundred acres: Provided
always that this power shall cease and determine at
the expiration of fifteen years from the date of the
grant of the said land:

And whereas it is expedient that a fit and proper
person should be authorized to take and lay down
roads over the land specified in the Schedule hereto :

Now, therefore, I, Hercules George Robert Robin-
son, Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in
exercise and pursuance of all powers and authorities
enabling me in this behalf, do hereby authorize

SIDNEY WEETMAN, Esq.,
District Surveyor of Auckland, to take and lay down
roads over the land specified in the Schedule hereto,
and for that purpose to exercise all such powers as
by the said Act may be exercised by a person legally
authorized in that behalf under the said Act.