SEPT. 28.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1341

SCHEDULE.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Vesting Reserves in the Selwyn County Council.

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-first day of September, 1882.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE
GOVERNMENT IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the lands mentioned in the Schedule
hereto were reserved for an abattoir, a water-
race, a quarry, and for gravel-pits respectively: And
whereas, in the opinion of His Excellency the Ad-
ministrator of the Government, it is expedient to vest
the said lands in the Chairman, Councillors, and In-
habitants of the County of Selwyn :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Administrator
of the Government 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 Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the
County of Selwyn, in trust, for the purposes noted
against each respectively.

SCHEDULE.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Notification that Her Majesty has relinquished Nego-
tiations in respect of certain Native Lands in the
North Island.

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

IN pursuance of the provisions of "The Govern-
ment Native Land Purchases Act, 1877," and
"The Government Native Land Purchases Act
Amendment Act, 1878," it is hereby notified that
Her Majesty the Queen has relinquished negotiations
in respect of the blocks of Native land in the North
Island which are more particularly described and
mentioned in the Schedule hereto, except where
otherwise specified in the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

TAUTEHERE.

ALL that parcel of land in the District of Hokianga,
in the Provincial District of Auckland, known by the
name of Tautehere, containing by admeasurement
693 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the North
by the Otangaroa Block and a line, 5532 links;
towards the North-east and East by lines, 18623
links; and towards the South-west and West by lines,
22022 links.

WAIHOU WEST NO. 3.

All that parcel of land at Waihou, in the District
of Thames, in the Provincial District of Auckland,
known by the name of Waihou West No. 3, contain-
ing by admeasurement 277 acres, more or less.
Bounded towards the North by the Waihou West
No 1 Block, 3425 links; towards the East and South-
east by the Waihou River, 8850 links; towards the
South by the Waihou West No. 4 Block, 1940 links
and towards the West by a line, 7925 links.

TAPATAI.

All that parcel of land in the District of Tau-
ranga, in the Provincial District of Auckland,
called or known by the name of Tapatai, containing
by estimation 4,000 acres, bounded as follows: Com-
mencing at the junction of the Kumikumi Rivulet
with the Wairoa River; thence by the Wairoa River
to the Mangatarata Stream at its junction with the
Wairoa River; thence by a line crossing Wai Haupapa
Stream to Tirakarakatahi; thence to Te Mapu, cross-
ing Mangakaiwhiria Stream; thence to Te Pakuru;
thence to Hohiriro; thence to Okura Parakore,
crossing the Ngaumuwahine Stream; thence to Te
Whanautangao Kiharoa; thence to the source of the
Ngaumuwahine Stream; thence to Ngamangatotara;
thence to the base of the Kaikai Karoro Hill; thence
to Te Waerenga-a-te-Whawhai, crossing the Manga-
kaiwhiria Stream; thence to Te Whakamarake; thence
to extreme boundary of Te Matai, crossing the Manga-
tarata Stream; and thence to the starting point at Te
Kumikumi.

POHOKURA.

All that parcel of land in the Ngatimaru District, in
the Provincial District of Taranaki, known by the
name of Pohokura, containing by estimation 50,000
acres. Boundaries commencing at a point where the
Mangaehu Stream intersects the northern boundary
of the Mangaotuku Block; thence in a northerly
direction by the said Mangaehu Stream to its source;
thence in a westerly direction to the confiscation-
line; thence in a south-westerly direction by the said
confiscation-line to the Te Wera Block; and thence
in an easterly direction by the Te Wera, Mangaere,
and Mangaotuku Blocks to the first point mentioned.

TAUMATAMAHOE.

All that parcel of land in the Ngatimaru District,
in the Provincial District of Taranaki, containing by
estimation 100,000 acres, or thereabouts, known by