Numb. 90.

THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1883.

Land taken for a Street in the Borough of Sydenham,
Canterbury.

(L.S.) WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by "The Municipal Corporations Act 1876,"
it is enacted that the Council of a borough con-
stituted under that Act may take any land within the
borough for any of the purposes of that Act in the manner
provided by the Second Part of "The Public Works Act,
1876": And whereas that part of "The Public Works Act,
1876," has been repealed by "The Public Works Act, 1882"
(hereinafter called "the said Act"), and other provisions have
by the said Act been substituted: And whereas the Coun-
cil of the Borough of Sydenham, requiring to take the land
described in the Schedule hereto for the purposes of a street,
has laid before me the memorial, accompanied by a map, and
also the statutory declaration as required by the said Act:
Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and
pursuance of the powers and authorities in me vested by
the said Act, and of every other power and authority in any
wise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and
declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto is
hereby taken for the purposes of a street, and that, from and
after the day of the date hereof, the said land shall become
vested in fee-simple in the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses
of the Borough of Sydenham, discharged from all mortgages,
charges, claims, estates, or interests of what kind soever,
for use as a street.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land, containing by admeasure-
ment 9\frac{1}{4} perches, more or less, being portion of subdivision of
Rural Section No. 72, in the Christchurch Survey District,
being part of Lot No. 754, commencing at the south-western
corner of said lot. Bounded as follows: Westerly by western
boundary of said lot, 125 links; Northerly, by St. Mary's
Square, 96 links; South-easterly by a line, 158 links, to
commencing point: be all the aforesaid linkages more or
less, and the same being more particularly delineated on the
map attached to the memorial above referred to.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir William
Francis Drummond Jervois, Lieutenant-General
in Her Majesty's Army, Knight Grand Cross of
the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael
and Saint George, Companion of the Most
Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and

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Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's
Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and
Vice-Admiral of the same; and issued under the
Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House,
at Wellington, this thirty-first day of August, in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-three.

WALTER W. JOHNSTON,
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Trustee appointed for Alexandra Cemetery.

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
vested in me by the sixth section ion of "The Cemeteries
Act, 1882," I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

EDWARD JONES

to be a Trustee, in the place of William Kinnearney, who
has left the district, to provide for the maintenance and care
of the Alexandra Cemetery, in conjunction with the other
persons appointed by warrant under the hand of His Excel-
lency the Governor on the eighteenth day of February, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this thirty-first day of August, one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-three.

WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.

Notice of Intention of Exchange of Land.

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

WHEREAS by "The Public Reserves Act, 1881," 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 Class 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