Mar. 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 447

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

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

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the lands described in the Schedule hereto are vested in certain aboriginal natives of New Zealand, subject to certain restrictions on the alienation of such lands, and applications have 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 lands.

SCHEDULE.

All that piece of land situated in the Parish of Waiotahi, Opotiki Survey District, containing 20 acres, more or less, and being Allotment No. 10 of the said parish, and comprising the whole of the land mentioned and included in certificate of title, Vol. xviii., folio 204, of the Register-book.

All that piece of land situated in the Parish of Waiotahi, Opotiki Survey District, containing 21 acres, more or less, and being Allotment No. 9 of the said parish, and comprising the whole of the land mentioned and included in certificate of title, Vol. xviii., folio 252, of the Register-book.

All that piece of land situated in the Parish of Waiotahi, Opotiki Survey District, containing 20 acres, more or less, and being Allotment No. 64, and comprising the whole of the land mentioned and described in certificate of title, Vol. xviii., folio 102, of the Register-book.

All that piece of land situated in the Parish of Waiotahi, Opotiki Survey District, containing 20 acres, more or less, and being Allotment No. 68 of the said parish, and being the whole of the land included and described in certificate of title, Vol. xviii., folio 149, of the Register-book.

All that piece of land situated in the Parish of Waiotahi, Opotiki Survey District, containing 22 acres, more or less, and being Allotment No. 355 of the said parish, and comprising the whole of the land mentioned and included in certificate of title, Vol. xviii., folio 186, of the Register-book.

All that piece of land situated in the Parish of Waiotahi, Opotiki Survey District, containing 20 acres, more or less, being Allotment No. 346 of the said parish, and being the whole of the land included and described in certificate of title, Vol. xviii., folio 190, of the Register-book.

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 eighteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.

Wm. ROLLESTON,
(for the Minister for Native Affairs.)

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

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 the Government House, at Wellington, this eleventh day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.

JOHN BRYCE,
Minister for Native Affairs.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

SCHEDULE.

Allotments Nos. 14 and 28 of the Parish of Matata, containing respectively 1,660 acres and 1,160 acres, as delineated on plans of the Bay of Plenty District, deposited in the Survey Offices at Tauranga, Auckland, and Wellington.

Notice of Intention to change the Purpose 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 the reserve described in the first column of the Schedule hereto to the specific purpose set opposite such description in the second column of the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

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

Wm. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.

Trustees appointed for the Maintenance of the Petane Public Cemetery.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS
Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the sixth section of “The Cemeteries Act, 1882,” I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the several persons whose names are specified in the first column of the Schedule hereto to have the control and management of the public cemetery specified in the second column of the said Schedule.