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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 4

Notice of Intention to change the Purpose of a Reserve in Canterbury.

GLASGOW, 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, David, Earl of Glasgow, 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 first column of the Schedule hereto from that named therein to that named in the second column of the said Schedule respectively.

SCHEDULE.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Arrangements for First Elections, &c., Borough of New Brighton, County of Selwyn.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 19th December, 1896.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ROBERT CHAPMAN

to be Town Clerk of the Borough of New Brighton, as constituted under “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886,” and also Returning Officer for the purpose of conducting the first election of Mayor and seven Councillors for the said borough; also to fix that the number of Councillors for the said borough shall be seven; also to appoint Thursday, the 11th day of February, 1897, to be the day for holding the said first election of Mayor; also to appoint Friday, the 12th day of February, 1897, to be the day for holding the said first election of seven Councillors; also to appoint Monday, the 15th day of February, 1897, at 8 o’clock p.m., to be the time, and the New Brighton Schoolroom to be the place, at which the first meeting of the Borough Council of New Brighton shall be held.

J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Special Order made by the Moa Road Board, County of Taranaki.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 12th January, 1897.

THE following special order, made by the Moa Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

W. C. WALKER,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Moa Road Board.

Notice is hereby given that this Board proposes to make the following special order:—

“1. That, to secure the repayment of a loan of £400 raised under ‘The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,’ for the purpose of metalling a portion of the Norfolk Road West from Section 175, Moa, westwards: 2. A special rate of ⅔d. in the pound be made and levied over the following lands, which are hereby constituted the ‘Norfolk Road West Special Rating District’: Sections 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 190, 191, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 205, Moa; 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, Block XII., Egmont Survey District. Such rate to be an annual recurring rate for twenty-six years, and to be payable in two half-yearly instalments on the 1st day of January and the 1st day of July in each year.”

J. BROWN,
Chairman.

I hereby certify that the above special order has been made by the Moa Road Board in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

A. E. ATKINSON,
Clerk.

Special Order made by the Otaki Road Board, County of Horowhenua.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 12th January, 1897.

THE following special order, made by the Otaki Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

W. C. WALKER,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Otaki Road Board.—SPECIAL ORDER.

That, to secure the repayment of a loan of £200, raised under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” for the purpose of constructing the Waikawa Bridge and its approaches, a special rate of ⅖d. in the pound be made and levied over the following properties: namely, Sections 1, 2, 10, 10A, 12, 12A, 8, 8A, 7, 7A, 9, 9A, 3, 4, 5, 6, Native Reserve, and Sections 13, 13A, Waitohu Survey District, VII.; Sections 23, 64, 65, 66, 67, 58, 59, Waiopehu Survey District, IX., XIII.; and also that part of Manawatu-Kukutauaki 4E, 200 acres, on the eastern side of the Wellington-Manawatu Railway Company’s railway-line, situate in the Waitohu Survey District, VII. Such rate to be an annually-recurring rate for twenty-six years, and shall be payable in two half-yearly instalments, on the 1st day of June and the 1st day of December in each and every succeeding year.

I hereby certify that the foregoing special order was duly passed by the Otaki Road Board at an ordinary meeting held on the 5th December, 1896, and confirmed at a special meeting held on the 9th January, 1897.

H. F. EAGAR,
Clerk, Otaki Road Board.

Otaki, 11th January, 1897.

Notice of Intention to take Land for a Road through Section 2, and Part of Section 3, Square 20, Wangamoa and Tapamutu Survey Districts.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of “The Public Works Act, 1894,” to execute a certain public work, to wit, the construction of a road through Section 2, and part of Section 3, Square 20, Wangamoa and Tapamutu Survey Districts, and for the purposes of such public work the land described in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken; and notice is further given that the plan of the said road and of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the post-office at Whakapuaka, and is there open for inspection. And notice is hereby given that all persons affected by the execution of the said public work or by the taking of the said land shall, if they have any well-grounded objections to the execution of the said public work or to the taking of such land, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister for Public Works, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.