Dec. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1717

again on the South-east by the Manatawi Creek; on the South-west by the adjoining land, 3133 links; again on the South-west by the Punipuni Creek; and on the West, North-west, and North by the Ihuraua Creek: excepting thereout 5 acres of land now used by Natives for a burial-ground, shown on the plan drawn on the Memorandum of Transfer, and thereon coloured green, with a right of road, 50 links wide, from the public road to the piece of land hereby reserved along the Te Hoi Creek, as shown on the plan on the Memorandum of Transfer, and thereon coloured yellow.

Notice under “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1883.”

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

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto is vested in certain aboriginal natives of New Zealand, subject to certain restrictions on the alienation of such land, and application has been made for the removal of such restrictions:

It is hereby notified that it is the intention of His Excellency the Governor, immediately after the expiration of sixty days from the publication of this notice in the Gazette and in the Kahiti, to remove the said restrictions on the alienation of the said land.

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 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 Dunedin, this twenty-eighth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister for Native Affairs.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece of land situated in the District of Wellington, containing 2 acres 2 roods 10 perches, be the same a little more or less, being that piece of Native land called or known by the name of Orangikaupapa number 5, and numbered 3336, and being the whole of the land comprised in Crown grant, Register-book, Volume xxi., folio 229. And also all that piece of land situated in the County of the Hutt, containing 3 acres and 7 perches, be the same a little more or less, and being the lot numbered 10 on the plan of the Orangikaupapa Native Reserve, and being the whole of the land comprised in the certificate of title, Register-book, Volume xxi., folio 234.

Notice of Intention to change the Purpose of a Portion of a Reserve.

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 reserves or any part thereof from the purpose or presumed purpose 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 Class 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, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” aforesaid, declare my intention to change the specific purpose of a portion of the reserve described in the first column of the Schedule hereto, the area of which is described in the second column of the said Schedule, to the specific purpose set opposite such description in the third column of the said Schedule.

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SCHEDULE.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this third day of December, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.

ROBERT STOUT,
(for the Minister of Lands.)

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Fixing Sitings of the District Courts of Nelson and Westland.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority in this behalf enabling me, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby fix and appoint that sittings of the District Courts of Nelson and Westland, for civil and criminal business, shall be held as follows, from and after the first day of January next, in lieu of those previously fixed and appointed:—

Nelson District.

In the Courthouse, Nelson, on the 8th January, 12th February, 30th March, 20th April, 28th May, 25th June, 30th July, 24th August, 28th September, 15th October, 23rd November, 10th December.

Westland District.

In the Supreme Courthouse, Hokitika, on the 22nd January, 9th March, 7th May, 9th July, 3rd September, 2nd November.

In the Courthouse, Greymouth, on the 26th January, 12th March, 11th May, 13th July, 7th September, 5th November.

In the Courthouse, Reefton, on the 30th January, 19th March, 15th May, 17th July, 10th September, 10th November.

In the Courthouse, Westport, on the 4th February, 23rd March, 20th May, 22nd July, 16th September, 16th November.

Provided that in case any of the days so fixed as aforesaid shall happen to be a holiday, then the Court appointed for that day shall be held on the first day thereafter not being a holiday.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this thirteenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.

P. A. BUCKLEY,