SEPT. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1093

in the Town of Hatter’s Terrace. Bounded—Northward, 100 links, by Gordon Street; Eastward, 200 links, by Section No. 6; Southward, 100 links, by Crown lands; and Westward, 200 links, by Section No. 9. For a school site.

CANTERBURY.

All that parcel of land in the Provincial District of Canterbury, containing by admeasurement 220 acres 2 roods, more or less, being Section No. 2710 (in red), situate in the Rakaia Survey District. Bounded towards the North-east by the River Rakaia, also by a line bearing 158° 46′, 300 links; towards the North-west by Section No. 33590 1447 links, also by Section No. 34268 43 links; towards the South-west by Sections Nos. 34268, 35068, 35564, and a line in continuation of the north-east boundary of Section No. 35068, 9399 links; and towards the South-east by the road reserved along high water-mark: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less; save and excepting thereout the continuation of the road-line separating Sections Nos. 34268 and 35068; as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the District Survey Office, Christchurch. For river conservation purposes.

All that parcel of land in the Provincial District of Canterbury, containing by admeasurement 43 acres 2 roods, more or less, being Section No. 2718 (in red), situate in the Oxford Survey District. Bounded towards the North by Section No. 5111; towards the North-east by the road-line south-west of Section No. 1750; towards the North-west by the continuation of the road-line north-west of Section No. 5111; and towards the South by the River Eyre: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the District Survey Office, Christchurch. For river conservation purposes.

All that parcel of land in the Provincial District of Canterbury, containing by admeasurement 1 acre 3 roods 20 perches, more or less, being Section No. 2719 (in red), situate in the Hawkins Survey District. Bounded towards the North by Waimakariri and Bealey’s Road; towards the East by said road; towards the West by a road-line; and towards the South by the River Hawkins: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the District Survey Office, Christchurch. For river conservation purposes.

All that parcel of land in the Provincial District of Canterbury, containing by admeasurement 4 acres, more or less, being Section No. 2720 (in red), situate in the Oxford Survey District. Bounded towards the North-west by Section No. 6334; on the East and South by the south branch of the River Eyre: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the District Survey Office, Christchurch. For a gravel-pit.

All that parcel of land in the Provincial District of Canterbury, containing by admeasurement 10 acres, more or less, being Section No. 2721 (in red), situate in the Leeston Survey District. Bounded towards the North-east by the Selwyn and Coal Tramway Road, 2870 links; towards the North-west by Section No. 3882, 515 links; towards the South-west by the River Selwyn; and towards the South-east by the road north of Section No. 20959: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less; as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the District Survey Office, Christchurch. For river conservation purposes.

All that parcel of land in the Provincial District of Canterbury, containing by admeasurement 13 acres, more or less, being Section No. 2722 (in red), situate in the Oxford Survey District. Bounded towards the North-east by Sections Nos. 13968 and 19086; on the South and South-west by the River Eyre: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the District Survey Office, Christchurch. For river conservation purposes.

All that parcel of land in the Provincial District of Canterbury, containing by admeasurement 3 acres, more or less, being Section No. 2723 (in red), situate in the Halswell Survey District. Bounded towards the East by the road-line west of Section No. 1377, 2110 links; towards the South by a road-line, 86 links; towards the West by a road-line, 2113 links; and towards the North by a line bearing 101° 5′, 190 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 gravel-pit.

OTAGO.

All that parcel of land in the Provincial District of Otago, containing by admeasurement 120 acres, more or less, situate in Naseby District, being Section No. 23, Block I., on the map of the said district. Bounded towards the North and North-west generally by a road-line, 3399·8 links; towards the North-east by Crown lands, 3277·1 links; towards the East by a road-line, 1463·2 links; towards the South by Crown lands and Block VI., 3965·3 links; and towards the West by the said Block VI., 2922·9 links. For a recreation-ground.

All that parcel of land in the Provincial District of Otago, containing by admeasurement 2 acres, more or less, situate in the Kurow District, and being Section No. 9, Block IV., of said district. Bounded towards the North by Crown lands, 400 links; towards the East by Crown lands, 500 links; towards the South by Crown lands, 400 links; and towards the West by Crown lands, 500 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less. For a site for a cemetery.

SOUTHLAND.

All that parcel of land in the Southland Land District, containing by admeasurement 15 acres 3 roods 21 perches, more or less, being Section No. 1, Block X., Township of Hirstfield. Bounded towards the North-east by Denhigh Street, 528·1 links; towards the East by Frome Street, 858·5 links; towards the South-east by Aurum Street, 1122·7 links; towards the South-west by Sections Nos. 6 and 7 of said block, 1100 links; and towards the North-west by Tramway Reserve, 1392·5 links: excepting from the above-described area a water-race intersecting same. For a recreation-ground.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this seventh day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six.

ROBERT STOUT,
(For the Minister of Lands.)

Changing the Purpose of a Portion of a Reserve in the Nelson Land District.

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

WHEREAS the provisions and the requirements of the seventh section of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” have been duly complied with in respect of the land described in the first column of the Schedule hereto: And whereas notices in the Gazette have been duly published for four consecutive weeks, and laid before both Houses of the Assembly, as provided by the ninth section of the said Act: And whereas no resolution of either House of Assembly has been passed that such House does not concur in the intention declared in any such notices:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by the seventh section of the Act aforesaid, do hereby define the change of purpose of the land described in the second column of the Schedule hereto to be from that named in the first column of the Schedule to that named in the third column of the Schedule hereto respectively.

SCHEDULE.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this seventh day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six.

ROBERT STOUT,
(For the Minister of Lands.)