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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 47

OTAGO.

All that piece or parcel of land in the Provincial
District of Otago, containing by admeasurement 1
rood, more or less, situate in the Town of Wyndham,
and being Section No. 1 of Block XV. of said town.
Bounded towards the North-west by the remaining
portion of the said Block XV., 351.2 links; towards
the North-east by Raglan Street, 73 links; towards
the South-east by Balaclava Street, 351.2 links; and
towards the South-west by Florence Street, 73 links:
be all the aforesaid linkages more or less. As a site
for a pound.

All that piece or parcel of land in the Provincial
District of Otago, comprising 1 acre, more or less,
being Section No. 29, Block I., Otara Survey District,
and bounded as follows, namely: Commencing at the
south-east corner of Section No. 2 of said block;
thence by a line running 367 links, bearing due
north; thence by a line running 300 links, bearing
due east; thence by a line running 300 links, bear-
ing due south; thence by a line running 307 links,
bearing 257° 24' 30", to starting point. As a site for
a cemetery.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this fifteenth day of June, one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-one.

WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.

SCHEDULE.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this second day of June, one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-one.

WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.

Changing the Purpose of a Portion of a Reserve.

ARTHUR GORDON, 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
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, Arthur Hamilton Gordon, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby,
in exercise and pursuance of the powers and autho-
rities vested in me by "The Public Reserves Act
Amendment Act, 1878," aforesaid, give notice of my
intention to change the specific purpose of that
portion of the reserve mentioned in the first column
of the Schedule hereto, and which is described in the
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.

Resignation by Mr. Oliver of the Office of Minister
for Public Works.

Private Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 25th May, 1881.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept resignation by

RICHARD OLIVER, Esq.,
of the office of Minister for Public Works.

F. P. MURRAY,
Private Secretary.

Resignation by Mr. Oliver of the Office of Executive
Councillor.

Executive Council Chamber,
Wellington, 25th May, 1881.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of

RICHARD OLIVER, Esq.,
as Member of the Executive Council of New Zealand.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 9th June, 1881.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

WILLIAM ARTHUR COMERFORD, Esq.,
to be the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and
Deaths, and also Vaccination Inspector, for the Dis-
trict of Balclutha.

THOMAS DICK,