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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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Creek; and on the West by the Mata River: save and excepting 3,753 acres, more or less, now held in freehold tenure by the Crown.

NGATAWAKAWAKA.

All that parcel of land in the District of Poverty Bay, in the Provincial District of Auckland, known by the name of Ngatawakawaka, containing by admeasurement 1,657 acres, more or less. Bounded on the North by the Tauwhareparae Block; on the East by Te Marunga Block; on the South by the Matatuotonga Block; and on the West by the Waingaromia No. 2 Block: save and excepting 639 acres, more or less, now held in freehold tenure by the Crown.

MATATUOTONGA.

All that parcel of land in the District of Poverty Bay, in the Provincial District of Auckland, known by the name of Matatuotonga, containing by admeasurement 1,385 acres, more or less. Bounded on the North by the Ngatawakawaka Block; on the East by the Marunga Block; on the South by the Puremungahua Block; and on the West by the Parahika Block: save and excepting 585 acres, more or less, now held in freehold tenure by the Crown.

PUREMUNGAHUA.

All that parcel of land in the District of Poverty Bay, in the Provincial District of Auckland, known by the name of Puremungahua, containing by admeasurement 2,890 acres, more or less. Bounded on the North by the Matatuotonga and Te Marunga Blocks; on the East by the Takapau Block; on the South by the Arakihi Block; and on the West by the Parahika Block: save and excepting 1,428 acres, more or less, now held in freehold tenure by the Crown.

MANGARARA NO. 2.

All that parcel of land in the District of Poverty Bay, in the Provincial District of Auckland, known by the name of Mangarara No. 2, containing by admeasurement 164 acres, more or less. Bounded on the North by the Mangatotuna Creek; on the East by the Uawa No. 1 Block, the Tologa Bay Township Block, and the Mangarara Creek; and on the South and West by the Uawa River: save and excepting 83 acres, more or less, now held in freehold tenure by the Crown.

TATARAHAKE.

All that parcel of land in the District of Poverty Bay, in the Provincial District of Auckland, known by the name of Tatarahake, containing by admeasurement 21 acres, more or less. Bounded on the North by the Uawa No. 1 Block; on the East by the sea; on the South by the Uawa River; and on the West by the Tologa Bay Township Block: save and excepting 19 acres and 21 perches, more or less, now held in freehold tenure by the Crown.

WAINGAROMIA NO. 3.

All that parcel of land in the District of Poverty Bay, in the Provincial District of Auckland, known by the name of Waingaromia No. 3, containing by admeasurement 5,762 acres, more or less. Bounded on the North by the Waingaromia and the Waingaromia No. 1 Blocks; on the East by the Matai and Motumuka Streams; on the South by the Motumate Stream and the Waihora River; and on the West by the Haomatuku and Waingaromia Blocks: save and excepting 536 acres, more or less, now held in freehold tenure by the Crown.

TE UMUHAKU.

All that parcel of land in the District of Nuhaka, in the Provincial District of Auckland, known by the name of Te Umuhaku, containing by estimation 3,000 acres or thereabouts. Boundaries: Commencing at Te Pahio Ruapani, Te Kahika o Kinaki, thence to Hamia, thence to Mangakaiwharangi, thence to Takapu-o-te-Atakahaia, thence to Hinetama, thence to Te Whakamarumaru, thence to Te Weranga-o-Taruaria, thence to Kakewahine, thence to Te Pohatu-a-Taruna, thence to Takaratura, thence to Te Kaiawhi Tirohanga, thence to Te Pahi-o-Ruapani, the starting-point: save and excepting 396 acres, more or less, now held in freehold tenure by the Crown.

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

JOHN BRYCE.

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.

SCHEDULE.

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

Wm. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.

Polling-place appointed for Thorndon Electoral District.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

WHEREAS by “The Regulation of Elections Act, 1881,” it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time appoint, alter, and abolish polling-places for each electoral district within the limits thereof, and may appoint any one of such polling-places to be the principal polling-place of the district, and that no polling-place shall be appointed unless the Governor shall be first satisfied that the place to be appointed is more convenient than any others for at least twenty electors to record their votes thereat:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby abolish the existing polling-places for the Thorndon Electoral District, and do hereby appoint the following place to be the polling-place and the principal polling-place for the said Thorndon Electoral District, namely, —
The Volunteer Drill-shed.

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

EDWD. T. CONOLLY,
(in the absence of the Colonial Secretary.)