Section No. 7, 1083.7 links: be the aforesaid linkage more or less. For a public road.

WELLINGTON.

All that parcel of land situate in the Gorge Survey District, Provincial District of Wellington, containing approximately about 1,100 acres. Bounded towards the North-east by Sections Nos. 3, 4, and 5, Block II., Gorge District, 7022 links; towards the South-east by a forest reserve, about 17000 links; towards the South-west by the Manawatu River; and towards the North-west by Sub-division No. X. of the Manchester Block, 16653 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less; as the same is delineated on the map of the Orua County, and deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Wellington. For a forest reserve.

HAWKE'S BAY.

All that parcel of land in the Provincial District of Hawke's Bay, being Section No. 7, Block IX., Tahoraiti Survey District, containing 21 acres 3 roods 25 perches. For a road and gravel reserve.

All that parcel of land in the Provincial District of Hawke's Bay, being Section No. 23, Block IX., Tahoraiti Survey District, containing 8 acres. For a road and gravel reserve.

All that parcel of land in the Provincial District of Hawke's Bay, being Section No. 24, Block IX., Tahoraiti Survey District, containing 14 acres 1 rood. For a road and gravel reserve.

All that parcel of land in the Provincial District of Hawke's Bay, containing by admeasurement 5 acres, more or less, being Section No. 1, part of Section No. 53, Block VII., Woodville Survey District. Bounded towards the North-west by the Napier-Woodville Main Road, 504 links; towards the North-east by Section No. 53, 1000 links; towards the South-east by Section No. 53, 504 links; and towards the South-west by Section No. 53, 1000 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less. For a school site.

All those parcels of land situate in the Woodville Survey District, in the Provincial District of Hawke's Bay, and comprising Section No. 13, Block I., containing 50 acres; Section No. 14, Block I., containing 15 acres 1 rood 39 perches; Section No. 20, Block I., containing 26 acres 1 rood 5 perches; Section No. 45, Block I., containing 114 acres 3 roods 8 perches; Section No. 2, Block II, containing 75 acres 3 roods 30 perches; Section No. 18, Block II., containing 66 acres 2 roods 36 perches. For an endowment for primary education.

All that parcel of land in the Provincial District of Hawke's Bay, being Section No. 38, Block I., containing 15 acres. For a timber, gravel, and school-site reserve.

All that parcel of land in the Provincial District of Hawke's Bay, being Section No. 21, Block II., containing 15 acres 3 roods 38 perches. For a gravel and school-site reserve.

CANTERBURY.

All that parcel of land in the Provincial District of Canterbury, containing by admeasurement 1 acre and 14 perches, more or less, being Section No. 2667 (in red), situate in the Halswell Survey District. Bounded towards the West by the western boundary of the Little River Railway Reserve, 650 links; towards the East by the eastern boundary of said reserve, 75 links; towards the North-east by a line in line with the north-east boundary of Lot No. 32, subdivision of Rural Sections Nos. 5765, 5815, and 5843, 515 links; and towards the South-east by the south-east boundary of the above-mentioned sections, 340 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less; as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the District Survey Office, Christchurch. For a site for Road Board offices.

OTAGO.

All that parcel of land in the Provincial District of Otago, containing by admeasurement 5 acres 2 roods, more or less, situate in the Town of Wyndham, and being Section No. 62 of Block VI. on the map of said town. Bounded towards the North-west, North, North-east, South-east, and South-west by the Mimihau River, 1550 links, 340 links, 250 links, 720 links, 210 links, and 300 links; towards the East by Section No. 5 of Block I., Wyndham District, 269 links; towards the South by Section No. 61 of Block VI., Town of Wyndham, 550 links; and towards the West by said Section No. 61, 1150 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less. For a site for a pound.

All that parcel of land in the Provincial District of Otago, containing by admeasurement 6 acres and 1 perch, more or less, situate in the Township of Roxburgh, and being Section No. 1 of Block XXIV. of said township. Bounded towards

the North-west by Section No. 27 of same block, 982.6 links towards the North-east by a street-line, 670 links; towards the South-east by Tweed Street, 1186.5 links; towards the South-west by a street-line, 469.3 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less; and intersected by three water-races, also by tail-race reserve along creek. For a site for a reservoir.

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

J. BALLANCE,

Minister of Lands.

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 fourteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

J. BALLANCE,

Minister of Lands.