Jan. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 161

Lands permanently reserved.

RANFURLY, Governor.

By his Deputy,

JAMES PRENDERGAST.

WHEREAS by the two-hundred-and-thirty-fifth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time, either by general or particular description, and whether the same has been surveyed or not, reserve from sale temporarily, notwithstanding that the same may be then held under pastoral license, any Crown lands which in his opinion are required for any of the purposes in the said section mentioned:

And whereas by the two-hundred-and-thirty-sixth section of the said Act it is provided that land temporarily reserved under the said two-hundred-and-thirty-fifth section may, at the expiration of one month but not later than six months after the publication in the Gazette of notice of such temporary reservation, be permanently reserved, and that notice of such permanent reservation shall be published in the Gazette:

And whereas the lands specified in the first column of the Schedule hereto were, by the warrants the dates of which are specified in the third column of the said Schedule, and the notifications of which were published in the Gazette specified in the fourth column, temporarily reserved under the authority of the said Act for the purposes specified in the second column of the said Schedule:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in me by the said Act, do hereby permanently reserve the lands so temporarily reserved as aforesaid, and enumerated in the first column of the Schedule hereto, for the purposes specified in the second column of the said Schedule, being the same purposes for which the said lands were so temporarily reserved as aforesaid.

SCHEDULE.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this tenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and one.

C. H. MILLS,
For Minister of Lands.

Commission as to the Desirability of Federation with Commonwealth of Australia.

Colonial Secretary’s Office, Wellington,
11th January, 1901.

THE following instrument, appointing Commissioners to inquire and report as to the desirability of New Zealand becoming a State of the Commonwealth of Australia, is published for general information.

J. G. WARD.

VICTORIA, by the grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen, Defender of the Faith.

To our trusty and loving subjects, Harold Beauchamp, Esquire, the Honourable Charles Christopher Bowen, Thomson Wilson Leys, Esquire, Charles Manley Luke, Esquire, John Andrew Millar, Esquire, William Russell Russell, Esquire, John Roberts, Esquire, Walter Scott Reid, Esquire, the Honourable Colonel Albert Pitt, and the Honourable Major William Jukes Steward, all of our Colony of New Zealand:

Greeting.

WHEREAS the Governor of our said Colony hath, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council thereof, and on the request of the House of Representatives thereof, as testified by a resolution of the said House dated the eighteenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred, deemed it expedient that a Commission should be forthwith issued for the purposes and in the manner hereinafter set forth:

Now, therefore, know ye that we, reposing great trust and confidence in your zeal, knowledge, and ability, do by these presents constitute and appoint you, the said

HAROLD BEAUCHAMP,
CHARLES CHRISTOPHER BOWEN,
THOMSON WILSON LEYS,
CHARLES MANLEY LUKE,
JOHN ANDREW MILLAR,
WILLIAM RUSSELL RUSSELL,
JOHN ROBERTS,
WALTER SCOTT REID,
ALBERT PITT, and
WILLIAM JUKES STEWARD,

to be our Commissioners, and you, the said Albert Pitt, to be Chairman of our said Commission, for the purpose of inquiring as to the desirability or otherwise of our said colony federating with the Commonwealth of Australia, and becoming a State under the Imperial Act known as “The Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act,” special regard being