Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of
Saint Michael and Saint George; Governor and
Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's
Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies,
and Vice-Admiral of the same; and issued under
the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government
House, at Wellington, this fourteenth day of
August, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-four.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Changing the Purpose of a Reserve in Canterbury.

GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this fourteenth
day of August, 1894.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS the land described in the first column of
the Schedule hereto was permanently reserved for
river conservation purposes on the fourth day of April, one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine: And whereas
the said reserve is for one of the purposes comprised in
Class I. of the Schedule to "The Public Reserves Act, 1881,"
and in the opinion of the Governor it is expedient to change
the purpose of such reserve:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of the said colony, and in exercise and
pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by
"The Public Reserves Act, 1881," doth hereby order and
direct that the purpose of the reserve described in the
Schedule hereto shall be changed from river-conservation
purposes to the purposes defined in the second column of
the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land in the Canterbury
Land District, containing by admeasurement 12 acres, more or less, being Reserve
numbered 2837 (in red), Block II., on the
map of the Otaio Survey District. Bounded
northerly by that part of the Timaru Water-
race Reserve passing south of Sections Nos.
35623 and 28536; and on the south by the
old channel of the River Pareora; the
easternmost corner touches the western-
most corner of Section No. 35751: as the
same is delineated on the maps deposited
in the District Survey Office, Christchurch.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Vesting Reserves in the Selwyn County Council.

GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this fourteenth
day of August, 1894.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto
were permanently reserved for plantation purposes
on the eighteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred
and ninety-four:
And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is
expedient to vest the said lands in the Selwyn County
Council:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the
Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice
and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony,
and in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in
him by the fourth section of "The Public Reserves Act,
1881," doth hereby declare that, from and after the day of
the date hereof, the reserves mentioned in the Schedule
hereto shall become vested in the Chairman, Councillors,
and inhabitants of the Selwyn County, in trust, for planta-
tion purposes.

SCHEDULE.

CANTEBURY LAND DISTRICT.
Kowai Survey District.
Section 3026 (in red), Block XII., containing 6 acres 2 roods
13 perches.
Section 3027 (in red), Block XII., containing 18 acres 2 roods
29 perches.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Vesting Reserves in the Selwyn County Council.

GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this fourteenth
day of August, 1894.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto
were permanently reserved for plantation purposes
on the twenty-first day of June, one thousand eight hundred
and ninety-four:
And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient
to vest the said lands in the Selwyn County Council;
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the
Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice
and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony,
and in exercise of the powers and authorities vested
in him by the fourth section of "The Public Reserves Act,
1881," doth hereby declare that from and after the day of
the date hereof the reserves mentioned in the Schedule
hereto shall become vested in the Chairman, Councillors,
and the inhabitants of the Selwyn County, in trust, for
plantation purposes.

SCHEDULE.

CANTEBURY LAND DISTRICT.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations for the Pioneer Special Settlement Association.

GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this fourteenth
day of August, 1894.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by the one hundred and sixty-third section
of "The Land Act, 1892," it is enacted that the
Governor in Council may from time to time make, alter,
and repeal regulations fixing the terms and conditions upon
which the lands in any special settlement shall be disposed
of by lease in perpetuity:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the
Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the
power and authority conferred upon him by the herein-
before in part recited Act, and by and with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth
hereby make the following regulations fixing the terms and
conditions upon which the lands known as the Pioneer
Special Settlement Association Block, described in the
Schedule to the said regulations, shall be disposed of, that is
to say:—

REGULATIONS.

1. In the construction of these regulations, unless the con-
   text shall otherwise require, the following expressions shall
   have the meanings hereby assigned to them:—