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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 73

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

PLUNKET, 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 His 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, William Lee, Baron Plunket, 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.

SCHEDULE.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

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

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” it is, amongst other things, enacted that the Governor may declare his intention to change or alter the dedication of any public reserve now or hereafter vested in His 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 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, the Governor may, by notice gazetted, declare his intention to make such change, and in such notice declare the manner and terms in which the same is intended to be so made:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, 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 “public utility” to “municipal buildings.”

SCHEDULE.

All that area in the Marlborough Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 acre and 12 perches, more or less, being Sections Nos. 620, 621, 622, 623, and 624, Town of Picton. Bounded towards the north by Broadway; towards the east by Kent Street; towards the south by Section No. 625 of the Town of Picton; and towards the west by Sections Nos. 616, 617, and 1142 of the said town: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 38854, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this fourth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and four.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

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

PLUNKET, Governor.

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, William Lee, Baron Plunket, 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 described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on and after the tenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and four; and also that the land mentioned in the said Schedule may be selected on lease in perpetuity only, in accordance with the provisions of section one hundred and twenty-one of the said Act, as it contains, or is supposed to contain, metals, minerals, or valuable stone; and I do hereby also fix the price at which the said land shall be leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said land shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—MANIOTOTO COUNTY.—MANIOTOTO SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Weighted with £43 13s. 6d., valuation for fencing.

These sections are situated on the Otago Central Railway-line, about five miles from the Township of Ranfurly. Altitude, about 1,800 ft. above sea-level. The land is of good quality, and is in its natural state. The sections are somewhat dry, there being no permanent water. The land is level, and is suitable for general farming.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-ninth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and four.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Changing the Purpose of Reserves in Wellington.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS the lands described in the Schedule hereto were heretofore duly set apart for reserves for municipal purposes, being reserves within Class I. of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” and such lands have not been vested in trust in any society, body corporate, or trustees:

And whereas it is expedient that such reserves shall be appropriated for the purposes of a public recreation-ground, being a reserve in Class III. of the aforesaid Act:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the second section of “The Public Reserves Act Amendment Act, 1889,” do by this notification declare that the said reserves shall,