Oct. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1099

Notice of Intention to change the Purpose of a Portion of
a Reserve at Wairau, Marlborough.

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 pur-
poses 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 two hundred
and twenty-seven of "The Land Act, 1885," 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 expe-
dient 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 the reserve
described in the second column of the Schedule hereto from
that named in the first column of the said Schedule to that
named in the third column of the said Schedule respectively.

SCHEDULE.

| Description and | Portion which it is in- | Intended |
| Purpose of Original | tended to change. | Purpose. |
| Reserve. | | |
| All that piece or | All that parcel of | As a site |
| parcel of land in the | land in the Marlborough | for a ceme- |
| Land District of Marl- | Land District, contain- | tery. |
| borough, being parts of | ing by admeasurement |
| Sections Nos. 18 and 20, | 5 acres, more or less, |
| District of Wairau Val- | being part of Section |
| ley, containing 150 acres, | No. 20, District of Wai- |
| more or less. Bounded | rau Valley, commenc- |
| towards the east by other | ing at a point on the |
| part of said Section No. | public road forming the |
| 18, by a line parallel to | eastern boundary of the |
| and 850 links from the | said section distant |
| eastern boundary of said | 875 links from its |
| Section No. 18, 6200 | south-eastern corner. |
| links; towards the south | Bounded towards the |
| by a public road, 2550 | east by the said road, |
| links; towards the west | 625 links; thence by a |
| by other part of said Sec- | line at right angles, 800 |
| tion No. 20, and by a line | links; thence by a line |
| parallel to the western | parallel with the east- |
| boundary of said Section | ern boundary, 625 links; |
| No. 20, 5700 links; and | and thence by a line to |
| towards the north by | the commencing-point, |
| other parts of said Sec- | 800 links: be all the |
| tions Nos. 18 and 20, | aforesaid linkages a |
| and by a line parallel to | little more or less; as |
| and 300 links from the | the same is delineated |
| northern boundary of | on the plan deposited |
| said sections: save and | in the office of the Chief |
| excepting a public road, | Surveyor, Blenheim. |
| 75 links wide, intersect- | | |
| ing the said parcel of | | |
| land, for which allow- | | |
| ance has been made in | | |
| the area; be all the | | |
| aforesaid linkages more | | |
| or less. | | |

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this seventeenth day of October, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-eight.
G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Lands.

Changing the Purpose of a Reserve at Queenstown, Otago.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

WHEREAS the provisions and the requirements of the
fifth 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 con-
secutive 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 pursuance and
exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the
fifth section of the Act aforesaid, do hereby change the
purpose of the land described in the first column of the
Schedule hereto to be that named in the second column
of the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

| Description and Purpose of Reserve. | Purpose. |
| | |
| All that parcel of land in the Provin- | As a site for a |
| cial District of Otago, containing by | police-station. |
| admeasurement 14 perches, more or |
| less, being part of Section No. 2, Block |
| XXXI., Town of Queenstown. Bounded |
| on the north-east by Stanley Street, 85 |
| links; on the south-east by part of said |
| Section No. 2, 120 links; on the south- |
| west by other part of Section No. 2, 67 |
| links; and on the north-west by part of |
| Section No. 5, 118 links: reserved as a |
| site for a drill-shed for the Queenstown |
| Volunteers. | |

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this fifteenth day of October, one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-eight.
G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Lands.

Land Classification Commissioners appointed.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

IN exercise and pursuance of the power and authorities
vested in me by the ninth section of "The Land Acts
Amendment Act, 1888," I, William Francis Drummond
Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do
hereby appoint

JOHN HOLLAND BAKER, Esquire, Chief Surveyor of
the Land District of Canterbury,
DAVID McMILLAN, Esquire, and
REGINALD FOSTER, Esquire,

Commissioners to classify and report to me upon all rural
lands in the Land District of Canterbury south of the
River Rakaia and west of the Main Trunk Railway-line, as
provided by section nine of "The Land Acts Amendment
Act, 1888," aforesaid.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this thirteenth day of October, one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-eight.
G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Lands.

Public Vaccinators, Grey and Kaitangata Districts,
appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 16th October, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

ARTHUR GREY HESILRIGE BUCKBY, Esq., L.F.C.P. and S.
Glasg.,

to be a Public Vaccinator, under "The Public Health Act,
1876," for the District of Grey; and to appoint

MATHIAS BUTLER, Esq., L.R.C.S. Irel.,

to be a Public Vaccinator, under the said Act, for the Dis-
trict of Kaitangata.

T. W. HISLOP.

Returning Officers, &c., for First Elections, new County of
Pahiatua.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 16th October, 1888.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point

ALBERT WEST SEDCOLE

to be the person to make up electors' rolls for the Ridings of
Mangahao, Pukemiku, Makuri, Mangaone, and Puketoi, in