Aug. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1513

Land set apart as a Site for a Native Township in the Wellington Land District.

(L.S.) RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by the third section of “The Native Townships Act, 1895,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that the parcel of Native land situated in the Wellington Land District, and described in the Schedule hereto, shall be and the same is hereby set apart as a site for a Native township, and I do hereby assign the name of “Parata” to such Native township.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 49 acres 1 rood 19 perches, more or less, being a portion of Subdivision 41, Ngarara West C Block, situated in Block IX., Kaitawa Survey District. Bounded towards the north-west from the northern boundary of the Rikiorangi Road by the Wellington-Manawatu Railway Company’s land, 2620·2 links; towards the north-east by a line bearing 119° 7′ 30″, 1792·1 links; towards the south-east by a line bearing 197° 38′, 2493·9 links; and towards the south-west by the Rikiorangi Road before mentioned, 2283 links: as the said area is delineated upon the plan marked 16720, deposited in the District Office of the Lands and Survey Department at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon edged with red.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly; Knight Commander 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 issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this tenth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Proclaiming Borough of Temuka, County of Geraldine.

(L.S.) RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886,” the Governor is empowered by Proclamation to declare any portion of the Colony of New Zealand to be a borough under the said Act from and after a day to be named in such Proclamation:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the said Act, do hereby proclaim and declare that the district described in the Schedule hereto shall be and the same is hereby constituted, as from the first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, a borough under the said Act; and I do further proclaim and declare that the name of such borough shall be the Borough of Temuka, and that the boundaries thereof shall be those described in the said Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

BOROUGH OF TEMUKA.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded towards the north by the northern side of Cass Street from the left bank of the Temuka River to the Railway Reserve; thence towards the east by the western side of that reserve to a point in line with the southern side of the road on the North Town Belt of the Town of Arowhenua; thence towards the north-east by a right line to the southern side of that road, and thence by a line along the southern side of the said road to the eastern side of Murray Street; thence towards the east by the eastern side of Murray Street to the Taumatakahu Stream; thence again towards the north-east by a line at right angles to the last-mentioned boundary-line to the right bank of the said Taumatakahu Stream; thence again towards the north-east generally by the right bank of the said Taumatakahu Stream to the western boundary-line of Reserve No. 1067; thence again towards the east by that boundary-line and its production to the southern side of High Street; thence again towards the north by the southern side of that street to the Taumatakahu Stream; thence towards the south-east generally by the right bank of that stream to the Temuka River; thence towards the south generally by the southern boundary of Reserve No. 307 to the Railway Reserve; thence towards the west by the eastern side of that reserve to a point in line with the southern side of Pilbrow Street; thence again towards the south by a right line to and along the southern side of that street and the production of the said line to the western side of the Main South Road; thence again towards the west by the western side of that road to the southern boundary-line of the old “Cemetery” section; thence again towards the south by the southern boundary-line of that section, and thence again towards the west by the western boundary-line of the said section to the southern side of High Street; thence again towards the south by the southern side of that street to a point in line with the western boundary-line of Section No. 46, Town of Wallingford; thence again towards the west by a right line to the south-western corner of that section, thence by its south-western boundary-line and that line produced to the western boundary-line of Section No. 212, thence by the western boundary-lines of Sections Nos. 212, 211, 210, 209, 208, 207, 206, 205, 204, 203, and 202 to the southern side of Wilmshurst Road; thence again towards the south by the southern side of that road to the eastern bank of the Temuka River; and thence again towards the west by the left bank of that river to the north side of Cass Street, the place of commencement.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly; Knight Commander 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 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-nine.

J. CARROLL.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Notice of Intention to change the Purpose of a Reserve in the Wellington 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; 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, 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, 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 Schedule hereto from a site for public buildings to a site for a Mechanics’ Institute and Athenæum.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 acre, more or less, being Section No. 48, Township of Ohau. Bounded on the north by Section No. 49; on the east by Section No. 47; on the south by a public road; and on the west by Section No. 55: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Wellington.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eighth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Lands.