APRIL 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 607

Native Lands proposed to be taken for a Public Work in the
Rangipo North Block.

GLASGOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-
fifth day of March, 1896.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. C. WALKER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the fourteenth section of “The Reserves
Disposal and Exchange Act, 1895” (hereinafter
termed “the said Act”), it is enacted that the Governor may
take compulsorily, in manner prescribed in “The Public
Works Act, 1894,” such of the lands described in the Fifth
Schedule of the said Act as from time to time he deems
necessary for the purpose of providing accommodation for
travellers, and such purpose shall be deemed to be a public
work:

And whereas the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto,
being the lands described in the Fifth Schedule to the said
Act, are, in the opinion of the Governor, required for the
purpose of providing accommodation for travellers:

And whereas the said lands are held or occupied by Native
owners under a title which is not derived from the Crown:

And whereas a map in duplicate has been prepared of the
said lands, as required by the eighty-eighth section of “The
Public Works Act, 1894”:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers
vested in him by the said Act, and by “The Public Works
Act, 1894,” and in pursuance of all other powers in anywise
enabling him in this behalf, 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, doth
hereby declare that the lands shown upon such map, and
described in the Schedule hereto, shall be deemed to be taken
for the purpose aforesaid, and that the said lands shall vest
in Her Majesty as from the sixteenth day of May, one thou-
sand eight hundred and ninety-six.

SCHEDULE.

| Area of the Land | Being | In Block | Survey District of |
| to be taken. | Section No. | | |
| A. R. P. | | | |
| 15 0 0 | 1 | II. | Kaimanawa. |
| 35 0 0 | 2 | " | Kaimanawa. |

All in the Wellington Land District; as the same are more
particularly delineated on the plan marked S.G. 16425A,
deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and
Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District,
and thereon coloured red.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Increasing the Holding-area of Land to Settlers in the
Medbury Village Settlement, Canterbury.

GLASGOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-
fifth day of March, 1896.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. C. WALKER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Order in Council, issued on the first
day of September, one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-six, under the authority of the one hundred and
sixty-third section of “The Land Act, 1885,” fixing the
terms and conditions upon which village-settlement lands
should be disposed of, it was provided that no allotment
should exceed in area fifty acres, and that no selector should
hold more than one allotment:

And whereas the Medbury Village Settlement was, by a
Proclamation of the twenty-fourth day of December, one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, set apart for selec-
tion under the terms and conditions of the aforesaid Order
in Council:

And whereas it is expedient to allow one person to hold
not more than one hundred acres in the said Medbury
Village Settlement:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in pur-
suance of “The Land Act, 1892,” and in pursuance and
exercise of all powers and authorities in anywise enabling him
in that behalf, and by and with the advice and consent of
the Executive Council of the Colony of New Zealand, doth
hereby amend the Order in Council aforesaid so far as it
affects the areas in which the land in the Medbury Village
Settlement shall be held, and doth declare that on and after
the date hereof any settler in the Medbury Village Settle-
ment may apply for and acquire more than one allotment,
provided that the total area does not exceed one hundred
acres.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Exchange of a Reserve in Otago for other Land.

GLASGOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-
fifth day of March, 1896.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. C. WALKER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the first column of
the Schedule hereto was reserved for the use of the
Clutha Agricultural and Pastoral Society: And whereas, in
the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient to exchange the
said reserve for the land described in the second column of
the Schedule hereto:

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
of the powers and authorities vested in him by the fourth
section of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” and the third
section of “The Public Reserves Act Amendment Act, 1889,”
doth hereby declare that, from and after the day of the date
hereof, the said reserve mentioned in the first column of the
Schedule hereto may be exchanged for the land mentioned
in the second column of the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

| Description of Reserve | Description of Land to be obtained in |
| intended | Exchange therefor. |
| to be exchanged. | |
| Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 15, | All that parcel of land, being part of |
| 16, 17, 18, 19, and | Original Section 2, Block XXXV., |
| 20, Block VII., | Clutha District, Otago Land Dis- |
| Township of Bal- | trict, containing by admeasure- |
| clutha, containing | ment 2 acres 2 roods, be the same |
| 2 acres 2 roods, | a little more or less. Beginning at |
| more or less. | a point 100 links, bearing 105° 41′, |
| | from the south-east corner of Sec- |
| | tion 1, Block VII., in the Govern- |
| | ment Town of Balclutha, and 616 |
| | links, bearing 195° 41′, being the |
| | starting-point; thence by a line, |
| | 430 links, bearing 105° 41′; thence |
| | by a line, 682 links, bearing 195° |
| | 41′; thence by a line, 430 links, |
| | bearing 285° 41′; thence by a line, |
| | 682 links, bearing 15°·41′, to the |
| | starting-point: as the same is more |
| | particularly delineated on the plan |
| | numbered S.G. 21858, and thereon |
| | coloured with a green colour. |

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Appointing Day for Closing under “The Shops and Shop-
Assistants Act, 1894.”

GLASGOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this thirtieth
day of March, 1896.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. C. WALKER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the local authority of the Town Board of
Ormondville, being duly authorised by “The Shops
and Shop-assistants Act, 1894,” to appoint by special resolu-
tion, in the month of January, one thousand eight hundred
and ninety-six, the day on which shops in the said Town
Board are to be closed in accordance with the said Act, has
failed so to appoint a day:

Now, therefore, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, 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 in this behalf conferred upon me
by section ten of the said Act, do hereby appoint Wednesday
to be the day on which shops shall be closed in the said Town
Board of Ormondville, in accordance with the said Act.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.