JULY 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 831

Notice of Intention to change the Purpose of a Portion of a Reserve.

ONSLOW, 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 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 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 Hillier, Earl of Onslow, 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 twenty-first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Lands in the Nelson Land District open for Sale or Selection.

ONSLOW, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the third section of “The Land Act Amendment Act, 1887” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), I, William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, having received the report of the Surveyor-General in this behalf, as in the said section is provided, do hereby declare that the rural lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection, after the lapse of a period of not less than forty-five days from the date of the first public notification hereof, in the manner and upon the conditions mentioned in the said Act, and at the price per acre stated in the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

SURVEYED LAND.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Collingwood County.—Aorere Survey District.

Description of Land: Medium soil for grass, rather wet, nearly all flat land; pine, birch, and rimu timber; situated on road up Bonnie Doon Valley.

19 | III. | 56 3 8 | 0 6 0 | 0 7 6 | 0 3½
Description of Land: One-fourth open terrace, poor land, remainder gentle slope; birch and rimu timber; situated on branch road, three-quarters of a mile from present main road.

20 | III. | 38 2 0 | 0 6 0 | 0 7 6 | 0 3½
Description of Land: One-half open terrace, stony land, remainder gentle slope; birch and rimu timber; situated on branch road, three-quarters of a mile from present main road.

16 | VI. | 75 2 24 | 0 6 0 | 0 7 6 | 0 3½
Description of Land: Nearly all flat, about 12 acres open, poor land, covered with toitoi and rushes, remainder fair land but stony; birch and rimu timber; situated on proposed road up Silverstream Gully.

17 | VI. | 73 0 0 | 0 6 0 | 0 7 6 | 0 3½
Description of Land: About two-thirds hilly land, one-third flat; birch and rimu timber, with a few rata, pine, and pukatea; situated on proposed road up Silverstream Valley.

18 | VI. | 122 2 16 | 0 6 0 | 0 7 6 | 0 3½
Description of Land: All hills, one-half poor soil, birch and rimu timber, remainder fair soil, but rough and steep; heavy timber, with thick undergrowth; situated on proposed road up Silverstream Valley.

19 | VI. | 76 2 32 | 0 6 0 | 0 7 6 | 0 3½
Description of Land: Nearly all hill, about 6 acres open, poor land, remainder bush land, medium soil, bush and rimu timber; situated on Main Aorere Valley Road.

20 | VI. | 28 2 16 | 0 6 0 | 0 7 6 | 0 3½
Description of Land: All flat, burnt bush, covered with grass, fern, and rushes, rather poor soil; situated on Main Aorere Valley Road.

21 | VI. | 55 2 36 | 0 6 0 | 0 7 6 | 0 3½
22 | " | 68 0 16 | 0 6 0 | 0 7 6 | 0 3½
Description of Land: Nearly all hill, poor land, birch and rimu timber; situated on proposed road up Fifteen-Mile Creek, about three-quarters of a mile off main road.

23 | VI. | 87 1 8 | 0 6 0 | 0 7 6 | 0 3½
Description of Land: All flat; about one-third open, poor land, covered with toitoi and rushes, remainder pretty fair soil; birch and rimu timber, with a few pines; situated on proposed road up Fifteen-Mile Creek, about one-quarter mile off main road.

24 | VI. | 83 2 0 | 0 6 0 | 0 7 6 | 0 3½
Description of Land: One-half open land, poor soil, remainder bush land, birch and rimu timber, all flat, would grow grass fairly; situated on Main Aorere Valley Road.

UNSURVEYED LAND.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

All that block of land in the Nelson Land District, situated in the Aorere Survey District, containing approximately 2,000 acres, extending from the saddle at the head of Victoria Creek in a general south-westerly direction of Silverstream, being available hill lands at the back of surveyed sections in Blocks II. and VI., Aorere Survey District. Cash price, 6s. per acre.

Description of Land: Rather steep hills, thickly timbered with birch, rimu, and rata; access by proposed roads up Bonnie Doon Valley and Silverstream.

All that block of land containing approximately 500 acres in the watershed of Victoria Creek, Block III., Aorere District. Cash price, 6s. per acre.

Description of Land: Chiefly hill land, birch and rimu timber; access from Kaituna Valley Road.