Feb. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 557

the land in the Otago Land District described in the Schedule hereunder written, for the purpose in the said Schedule specified at the end of the description of the land so intended to be temporarily reserved.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Otago Land District, containing by admeasurement 3 acres 2 roods 13 perches, more or less, being Section No. 287, Block I., Blackstone Survey District. Bounded towards the north-west by a public road; towards the north-east by Section No. 270, Block I., Blackstone Survey District; towards the south-east by the Otago Central Railway Reserve; and towards the south-west by a public road: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 50298, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon bordered purple. For a site for a public school.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor this twentieth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and five.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Land temporarily reserved in the Southland Land District

PLUNKET, Governor.

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:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by the said Act, do hereby temporarily reserve from sale the land in the Southland Land District described in the Schedule hereunder written, for the purpose in the said Schedule specified at the end of the description of the land so intended to be temporarily reserved.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Southland Land District, containing by admeasurement 2 acres 2 roods 21 perches, more or less, being Section No. 15, Block IX., Town of Mataura. Bounded towards the north-west by Sections Nos. 14, 13, 12, 11, and 10 of Block IX., Town of Mataura; towards the north-east by Sections Nos. 6, 5, 4, and 3 of the said Block IX.; towards the south-east by Denbigh Street; and towards the south-west by Section No. 8 of Lindhurst Hundred: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 52776, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon bordered red. For police purposes.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twentieth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and five.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Notice of Intention to change the Purpose of a Reserve in the Wellington 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 eighth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and five.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Changing the Purpose of a Reserve in Marlborough.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto was heretofore duly set apart for market purposes, being a reserve within Class I. of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” and such land has not been vested in trust in any society, body corporate, or trustees:

And whereas it is expedient that such land shall be appropriated for a public recreation-ground, being a reserve within 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 land shall, from and after the twentieth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and five, be appropriated for a public recreation-ground under Class III. of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881”: and I do hereby direct that this notification shall be published in the New Zealand Gazette.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Marlborough Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 acre, more or less, being Section No. 1150, Town of Picton: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 38854AA, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twentieth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and five.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.