DEC. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1605

Vesting a Reserve in the West Tamaki Highway Dis-
trict Board.

ARTHUR GORDON, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
fifth day of December, 1881.
Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule
hereto was reserved for a gravel-pit: And
whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is ex-
pedient to vest the said land in the West Tamaki
Highway District Board:

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 fourth section of "The Public Reserves Act,
1881," doth hereby declare that, from and after the
day of the date hereof, the said reserve shall become
vested in the said West Tamaki Highway District
Board, in trust for a gravel-pit.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land situated in Section
No. 12, Parish of Waitemata, Suburbs of Auckland,
called Lot 57, and containing by admeasurement 8
acres 1 rood, more or less. Bounded towards the
North-west by Lot 50, 500 links; towards the East
by a road; towards the South-east by Lot 50 afore-
said, 600 links; and towards the West by Lot 50
aforesaid, 1400 links, to the point of commencement:
be all the aforesaid linkages more or less.

F. P. MURRAY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Vesting a Reserve in the School Commissioners of
the Taranaki District.

ARTHUR GORDON, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
fifth day of December, 1881.
Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities vested
in me by "The Special Powers and Contracts
Act, 1881," I, Arthur Hamilton Gordon, the Governor
of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the ad-
vice and consent of the Executive Council of the said
colony, do hereby declare that the land mentioned in
the Schedule hereto shall be vested, from the day
of the date hereof, in the School Commissioners of the
Taranaki Provincial District.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Provincial District of
Taranaki, containing by admeasurement 1 rood 1
perch, more or less, being Section No. 2309 on the
map of the Town of New Plymouth. Bounded
towards the North by Section No. 2308 on the afore-
said map, 230 links; towards the East by Baring
Terrace, 113 links; towards the South by Section
No. 2310 on aforesaid map, 230 links; and towards
the West by the Henui River.

F. P. MURRAY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Vesting Reserves in the Corporation of Ashburton.

ARTHUR GORDON, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
fifth day of December, 1881.
Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the lands mentioned in the Schedule
hereto were reserved for municipal purposes:
And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is
expedient to vest the said land in the Corporation of
the Borough of Ashburton:

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 fourth section of "The Public Reserves Act,
1881," doth hereby declare that, from and after the
day of the date hereof, the said reserves shall become
vested in the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of
the Borough of Ashburton, in trust for municipal
purposes.

SCHEDULE.

ALL the under-mentioned sections situate in the
Town of Ashburton, containing 1 rood each, viz.,
843, 844, 853, 854, 863, 874, 893, 894, 903, 904, 950,
964, 991, 1000, 1005, 1015, 1040, 1048, 1053, 1063,
1076, 1077, 1078, 1079, 1080, 1081, 1082, 1083, 1084,
1085, 1066, 1067, 1068, 1069, 1070, 1071, 1072, 1073,
1074, 1075, 1108, 1109, 1116, 1117, 1125, 1140, 1146,
1159, 1162, 1172, 1175, 1187, 1190, 1191, 1200, 1201,
1214, 1249, 1223, 1246, 1232, 1233, 1241, and 1242.

F. P. MURRAY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

NOTE.—This Order in Council is to be substituted for the
one which was erroneously issued on the 22nd November, under
"The Public Reserves Act Amendment Act, 1878."

Misnomers of certain Polling-places corrected.

ARTHUR GORDON, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
fifth day of December, 1881.
Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the seventy-fourth section of
"The Regulation of Elections Act, 1881," it
is enacted that, when any accidental or unavoidable
impediment, misfeasance, or omission happens, the
Governor in Council may take all such measures as
may be necessary for removing or rectifying the
same:

And whereas by the Governor's warrant appointing
polling-places for the various electoral districts within
the colony, which was dated the ninth day of Novem-
ber, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one, and
published in the New Zealand Gazette of the same
date, the places mentioned below in the second
column of the Schedule hereto were appointed
amongst the polling-places thereby fixed for the
electoral district mentioned in the first column of
the said Schedule: And whereas the places men-
tioned in the third column of the said Schedule are
the places which should have been so appointed,
instead of the places mentioned in the said second
column: And whereas it is expedient that such
appointments should now be properly made:

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