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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 83

of some respectable witness; and that such petition
shall set forth accurately the boundaries of the
locality to which such petition may refer; and also
that, on the receipt of any such petition, the Gover-
nor may, by Proclamation, declare that the provisions
of the said Act shall come into force within such
locality, and that the same shall be a town district
under the said Act; and, further, that such Procla-
mation shall accurately define the boundaries of the
district in accordance with the description contained
in the petition, and shall declare the name by which
such district shall thereafter be known:

And whereas a petition has been presented to the
Governor, by the inhabitants of the locality men-
tioned and described therein, praying that such
locality may be constituted a town district under the
said Act:

And whereas not less than two-thirds of the num-
ber of resident householders in the said locality have
concurred in the said petition, and it is expedient
that a Proclamation should be issued under the said
Act for the purposes hereinafter set forth:

Now, therefore, I, James Prendergast, the Admin-
istrator of the Government of the Colony of New
Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and
authority vested in me by the hereinbefore in part
recited Act, do hereby proclaim and declare that the
provisions of the said Act shall come into force
within the locality or district mentioned and described
in the Schedule hereto (the same being the locality
mentioned and set forth in the said petition, so pre-
sented as aforesaid), and that the same shall be a
town district under the said Act; and, in further
pursuance and exercise of the said power and
authority, I do hereby declare that the said district
shall hereafter be known by the name of "The
Linwood Town District;" and I do appoint that the
Board of Commissioners of the said district shall
consist of seven in number.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Provincial District of Canter-
bury, situated in the Christchurch Survey District,
and bounded towards the North by the River Avon
to a point in line with the south-western boundary-
line of Section No. 326 ; towards the North-east by
a right line to and by said boundary-line to a point
in line with the north-western boundary-line of
Section No. 347; towards the South-east by a right
line to and by said boundary-line and by Section
No. 84 and its north-western boundary-line produced
to Section No. 48; towards the South-west by said
Section No. 48 and by Sections Nos. 62 and 13 to the
East Town Belt of the City of Christchurch; towards
the West by the East Town Belt and the production
of its eastern boundary-line to the River Avon: as
the same is delineated on the plans in the District
Survey Office, Christchurch.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
James Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice,
the Administrator of the Government of
Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand
and its Dependencies; and issued under
the Seal of the said Colony, at the
Government House, at Wellington, this
second day of October, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-two.

H. A. ATKINSON.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Changing the Purpose of a Reserve.

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

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

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE
GOVERNMENT IN COUNCIL.

WHEREEAS the land mentioned in the first column
of the Schedule hereto was reserved for Pro-
vincial Government purposes:

And whereas the said reserve is for one of the
purposes named in Class I. of the Schedule to "The
Public Reserves Act, 1881," and, in the opinion of
the Administrator of the Government, it is expedient
to change the purpose of such reserve to another of
the purposes named in the said Class I., as herein-
after mentioned:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Adminstrator
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 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 Provincial Government purposes, 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 Class I. of the Schedule
to the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

| Description of Land Reserved. | Purpose to which
Changed. |
|---|---|
| All that piece or parcel of land in the Provincial District of Southland, contain- ing by admeasurement 1 rood, more or less, being Section No. 10 of Block I., on the map of the Town of Otautau. Bounded towards the South-west by the main road, 100 links: towards the North-west by Section No. 9 of said block, 250 links; towards the North-east by Section No. 15 of said block, 100 links; and towards the South-east by Section No. 11 of said block, 250 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less. | For a site for a town hall. |
| All that piece or parcel of land in the Provincial District of Southland, con- taining by admeasurement 1 rood, more or less, being Section No. 11 of Block I., on the map of the Town of Otautau. Bounded towards the South-west by the main road, 100 links; towards the North-west by Section No. 10 of said block, 250 links; towards the North-east by Section No. 14 of said block, 100 links; and towards the South-east by Section No. 12 of said block, 250 links: be all the afore- said linkages more or less. | For a site for an athenæum. |

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council,