1018
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 51

delineated on the official map in the office of the Chief
Surveyor, Blenheim.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Notification that Her Majesty has relinquished Negotiations
in respect of Matawhitia Block.

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

IN pursuance of the provisions of "The Government Native
Land Purchases Act, 1877," and "The Government
Native Land Purchases Act Amendment Act, 1878," it is
hereby notified that Her Majesty the Queen has relinquished
negotiations in respect of the block of Native land in the
North Island which is more particularly described and men-
tioned in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.
MATAWHITIA.

ALL that parcel of land in the District of Mangawhero, in
the Provincial District of Wellington, containing 1,800 acres,
more or less, known by the name of Matawhitia, bounded
towards the North and East by the Maungakaretu No. 1
Block; towards the South by the Maungakaretu No. 4
Block and the Mangamahu Stream; and towards the West
by the Otuangiangi Block and the Wangaehu River.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this twenty-sixth day of August, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-five.
J. BALLANCE.

Vesting Reserves in the Town of Kihikihi.

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

WHEREAS by section thirty-eight of "The Land Act
1877 Amendment Act, 1884," it is provided that the
reserves to be made for any borough or town district under
such section shall be made only in cases where no such
reserves for the purpose of sections three, five, and six of
"The Plans of Towns Regulation Act, 1875," exist therein,
or, if existing, do not equal or exceed the amount of reserves
authorized to be made under such last-mentioned Act:

And whereas the existing reserves for the Town of
Kihikihi do not equal the amount of reserves authorized
to be made under "The Plans of Towns Regulation Act,
1875," and it appears expedient to make the reserves herein-
after mentioned:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance
and exercise of the powers conferred upon me by the thirty-
seventh and thirty-eighth sections of "The Land Act 1877
Amendment Act, 1884," and of all other powers enabling me
in this behalf, do hereby declare that the lands enumerated
in the first column of the Schedule hereto shall be and the
same are hereby reserved for the purpose stated opposite to
the descriptions of such land in the second column hereto,
for the benefit of the Town of Kihikihi, as constituted
under the provisions of "The Town Districts Act, 1881," on the fifth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three.

SCHEDULE.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this twenty-sixth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five
J. BALLANCE,
Minister of Lands.

Vesting Reserves in the Town of Ngaruawahia.

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

WHEREAS by section thirty-eight of "The Land Act
1877 Amendment Act, 1884," it is provided that the
reserves to be made for any borough or town district under
such section shall be made only in cases where no such
reserves for the purpose of sections three, five, and six of
"The Plans of Towns Regulation Act, 1875," exist therein,
or, if existing, do not equal or exceed the amount of reserves
authorized to be made under such last-mentioned Act:

And whereas the existing reserves for the Town of Nga-
ruawahia do not equal the amount of reserves authorized to
be made under "The Plans of Towns Regulation Act, 1875," and it appears expedient to make the reserves hereinafter
mentioned:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance
and exercise of the powers conferred upon me by the thirty-
seventh and thirty-eighth sections of "The Land Act 1877
Amendment Act, 1884," and of all other powers enabling me
in this behalf, do hereby declare that the lands enumerated
in the first column of the Schedule hereto shall be and the
same are hereby reserved for the purpose stated opposite to
the descriptions of such land in the second column hereto,
for the benefit of the Town of Ngaruawahia, as constituted
under the provisions of "The Town Districts Act, 1881," on the twenty-fourth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three.

SCHEDULE.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.
J. BALLANCE,
Minister of Lands.

Vesting Reserves in the Borough of Tauranga.

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

WHEREAS by section thirty-eight of "The Land Act
1877 Amendment Act, 1884," it is provided that the
reserves to be made for any borough or town district under
such section shall be made only in cases where no such
reserves for the purpose of sections three, five, and six of