APRIL 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 657

Rural Land in the Auckland Land District open for Sale or Selection.

RANFURLY, Governor.

By his Deputy,

JAMES PRENDERGAST.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one-hundred-and-thirty-sixth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, 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 land enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on and after the eighth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight; and also that the land mentioned in the said Schedule may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or be selected for occupation with right of purchase or on lease in perpetuity, or, in respect of any land containing or supposed to contain any metal, mineral, or valuable stone, be selected on lease in perpetuity only; and I do hereby also fix the prices at which the said land shall be sold, occupied, or leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said land shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

First-class Land.

Subject to £130 for improvements, comprising 3 acres orchard, 20 acres bush felled and burnt, 40 acres grass; slab house of five rooms, shingled, and outhouse, and about 80 chains fencing. Situated about one mile from Herekino Post-office.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this seventh day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

WM. HALL-JONES,

For Minister of Lands.

Vaccination Districts constituted.

RANFURLY, Governor.

By his Deputy,

JAMES PRENDERGAST.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in the Governor by “The Public Health Act, 1876,” I, James Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, in the name and on behalf of His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, and as his duly appointed Deputy, do hereby abolish the existing vaccination districts known as the Nelson and Waimea South Districts, and do declare that the territory heretofore comprised within the said districts is hereby divided anew into two vaccination districts, the names whereof shall be the Nelson and Waimea South Districts, and the boundaries whereof shall be coterminous with the boundaries of the marriage districts bearing the same names, as are set forth in a Proclamation of even date herewith, made under the provisions of “The Marriage Act, 1880.”

As witness the hand of Sir James Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, for and on behalf of His Excellency the Governor, and as his duly appointed Deputy, this sixteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Steamships with Non-condensing Engines used as Pleasure Yachts only to be surveyed once a Year.

RANFURLY, Governor.

By his Deputy,

JAMES PRENDERGAST.

WHEREAS it is provided by the third section of “The Shipping and Seamen’s Act Amendment Act, 1889,” that the Governor may from time to time make, alter, and revoke regulations that steamers of any particular class shall be surveyed at least once in every six months:

And whereas, by Warrant dated the twenty-fourth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine, and published in the New Zealand Gazette, No. 56, of the twenty-sixth day of the same month, a regulation was made by the Governor providing that every steamer having non-condensing engines which plies at any time in salt or brackish waters shall be surveyed at least once in every six months:

And whereas it is desirable to revoke the said regulation of the twenty-fourth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine, so far as it applies to steamers having non-condensing engines which are used as pleasure yachts only:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the hereinbefore-recited power and authority, do hereby revoke the said regulation of the twenty-fourth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine, so far as it relates to steamers having non-condensing engines, which steamers are used as pleasure yachts only; but not further or otherwise.

As witness the hand of his Excellency the Governor, this eighteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Notice of Intention to change the Purpose of a Reserve in the Nelson Land District.

RANFURLY, 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 reserve made under the authority of section one hundred and forty-four of “The Land Act, 1877,” if it shall, in the opinion of the Governor, be expedient to change the purpose of such reserve 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 gazetted, 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, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, 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 to the purpose named in the second column of the said Schedule respectively.