Notice of Intention to change the Purpose of a Portion of a Reserve in the Canterbury 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 portion of the reserves described in the second column of the Schedule hereto from that named in the first column of the said Schedule to that named in the third column of the said Schedule respectively.

SCHEDULE.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Lands in the Otago Land District open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

RANFURLY, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by "The Land for Settlements Act, 1894," and 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 one-hundred-and-thirty-sixth section is provided, do hereby declare that the rural lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on and after the fifteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred; and that the said lands may be selected on lease in perpetuity, subject to the provisions of "The Land Act, 1892"; and I do hereby declare that the rentals at which the said lands shall be leased shall be those mentioned in the said Schedule hereto opposite the description of such lands respectively.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—BRUCE COUNTY.—BARNEGO SETTLEMENT.

Agricultural Land.

Waitahuna East Survey District.
1A | III., XI. | 419 0 0 | 3 0 | £ 31 8 6
2A | XI. | 352 1 0 | 4 4½ | 38 10 7
3A | III., XI. | 354 0 0 | 4 6 | £ 39 16 6
8 7 8
4A | III. | 253 0 0 | 5 0 | 31 12 6
5A | XI. | 1 0 0 | 20 0 | £ 0 10 0
| | | | 2 13 0
Hillend Survey District.
7A | XII., XIII. | 310 2 0 | 4 6 | £ 34 18 8
4 17 6
8A | " | 492 2 0 | 4 1½ | £ 50 15 9
9A | VI., XIII. | 654 2 0 | 2 0 | £ 32 14 6
10A | VI. | 332 1 0 | 3 0 | £ 24 18 5
2 12 4
12A | III. | 525 3 0 | 2 0 | £ 26 5 9
13A | II. | 478 0 38 | 2 3 | £ 26 18 0
2 15 4
14A | I., II., VI. | 533 2 32 | 2 0 | £ 26 13 8
15A | I., VI. | 281 2 4 | 3 6 | £ 24 12 8
16A | II. | 550 2 14 | 11 0½ | £ 25 16 2
17A, 23A, 27A | I., II. | 451 1 5 | 4 9 | £ 53 11 10
19 12 4
50 | II. | 7 2 0 | 1 0 | £ 0 3 9
18A | I., II., VI. | 306 2 0 | 3 6 | £ 26 16 5
1 19 0
29 9 6
1 5 10
19A, 26A | II. | 107 0 30 | 11 0 | £ 30 16 4
3 18 0
20A, 32A | " | 112 0 10 | 11 0 | £ 25 15 7
21A, 22A | " | 121 1 10 | 8 6 | £ 26 12 6
24A, 33A | " | 96 3 12 | 11 0 | £ 17 14 11
51 | " | 18 2 0 | 1 0 | £ 12 6 8
25A, 28A | I., II. | 118 1 10 | 6 0 |
29A | II. | 54 3 10 | 9 0 |
Hillend Survey District and Town of Balclutha.†
31A | I., II. | 101 2 30 | 9 0 | £ 22 17 7
† .. | XVII. | | |
a Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £215, repayable in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £8 7s. 8d. Total half-yearly, £48 4s. 2d.
b Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £41, repayable in ten years by half-yearly instalments of £2 13s. Total half-yearly, £3 3s.
c Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £125, repayable in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £4 17s. 6d. Total half-yearly, £39 16s. 2d.
d Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £207, repayable in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £8 1s. 6d. Total half-yearly, £58 17s. 3d.
e Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £67, repayable in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £2 12s. 4d. Total half-yearly, £27 10s. 9d.
f Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £71, repayable in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £2 15s. 4d. Total half-yearly, £29 13s. 4d.
g Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £503, repayable in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £19 12s. 4d. Total half-yearly, £73 7s. 11d.
h Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £50, repayable in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £1 19s. Total half-yearly, £28 15s. 5d.
Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £20, repayable in ten years by half-yearly instalments of £1 5s. 10d. Total half-yearly, £30 15s. 4d.
j Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £100, repayable in twenty-one years by half-yearly instalments of £3 18s. Total half-yearly, £34 14s. 4d.
Note.—Section 5A (1 acre) may be acquired by Henry T. Bain, under section 10 of "The Land for Settlements Act Amendment Act, 1896," on lease in perpetuity, and if it is not applied for by him before the 20th April, 1900, then the section will be open for application by the public.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-first day of April, one thousand nine hundred.

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Lands.