APRIL 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 427

SCHEDULE.

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 thirteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

Jos. A. TOLE,
(for the Minister of Lands.)

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

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

(I.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 eighth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister for Native Affairs.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

SCHEDULE.

Portions of Waotu North No. 2b Block, Waikato, containing together about 28 acres, proposed to be acquired by the Crown for educational and telegraph purposes, as delineated on the plan of the said block, deposited in the Survey Office, Auckland.

Order to take Land for the North Island Main Trunk Railway. Length about 210 miles.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this second day of April, 1885.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in me by “The Public Works Act, 1882,” and of all other powers enabling me in that behalf, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, order that a railway, having an average width of three hundred links, extending from a point on the right bank of the Puniu River, in the Provincial District of Auckland, to a point at the intersection of the railway-line from Foxton to New Plymouth Railway, situated in Section seven, Block three, Rangitoto Survey District, Provincial District of Wellington, shall be constructed on or through all lands held or occupied by Native owners; the total length being two hundred and ten miles or thereabouts: as delineated upon the plan marked P.W.D. 12069, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Fixing Shooting Season for Native and Imported Game, License Fee, &c., Hawke’s Bay District.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and “The Animals Protection Act Amendment Act, 1881,” I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby notify that Californian quail may be taken or killed within the Hawke’s Bay District, comprising the Counties of Hawke’s Bay, Waipawa, and Wairoa, from the first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, to the thirty-first day of August, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, both inclusive; and that cock-pheasants may be taken or killed in the said district from the first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, excepting within the County of Hawke’s Bay (subject nevertheless to the restrictions in the said Acts mentioned). And I do further notify that licenses to take or kill such game within the said district shall be issued on payment of the sum of twenty-one shillings each, and that licenses to sell such game shall be issued on payment of the sum of five pounds each; and the Chief Postmaster at Napier is hereby appointed to issue the said licenses. And I do further notify that native game (excepting tuis) may be taken or killed within the said district from the first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, to the thirty-first day of August, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, both inclusive.

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

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