June 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1429

were appointed to be Commissioners, with the powers mentioned therein, for the purpose of making inquiry into matters affecting Crown lands:

And whereas by the said Commission you were directed and required to transmit to me your report and recommendations in respect to the several matters inquired into by you not later than the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and five:

And whereas the time within which you were required to report was extended to the first day of June, one thousand nine hundred and five:

And whereas it is expedient that the said period should be further extended as hereinafter provided:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council thereof, and in exercise and pursuance of every power and authority enabling me in this behalf, do hereby further extend the period within which you shall (using all diligence) report to me, as by the said Commission provided, to the twentieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and five.

And with the like advice and consent, and in further pursuance of the said power and authority, I do hereby confirm the said Commission, except as altered by these presents.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable William Lee, Baron Plunket, Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over His 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 twenty-ninth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and five.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Approved in Council.
T. H. HAMER,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Declaring Reserve for Native and Imported Game, Marlborough District (Flaxbourne Estate).

PLUNKET, Governor.

PURSUANT to the powers conferred upon him by “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand doth hereby notify that imported game and native game shall not be taken or killed within the area in the Marlborough District more particularly described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Marlborough Land District, situated in Blocks VI. and VII., Cape Campbell Survey District, being the lake known as Lake Elterwater, and the area surrounding the said lake included within a line running parallel to and 40 chains distant from the margin of the said Lake Elterwater.

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

J. G. WARD.

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 therein 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-second day of May, one thousand nine hundred and five.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Allowing Carriages and Rolling-stock up to 7 ft. 9 in. in Width to be used on the Dunedin City and Suburban Electric Tramways.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by section fourteen of “The Public Works Act, 1903,” it is enacted that, notwithstanding anything in any Act, the Governor may allow carriages and rolling-stock up to eight feet in width to be used on any tramway in cases where he is satisfied that they may be safely and conveniently used without danger to the public: And whereas application has been made by the general manager of the Dunedin City and Suburban Electric Tramways for permission to use carriages and rolling-stock up to seven feet nine inches in width on the said tramways:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the said Act, do hereby allow carriages and rolling-stock up to seven feet nine inches in width to be used, on and after the date hereof, on the said tramways constructed under and by virtue of the provisions of Orders in Council dated the twenty-fourth August and the fifteenth December, one thousand nine hundred and three, the twenty-third December, one thousand nine hundred and four, and the thirty-first January and fourth and twenty-second March, one thousand nine hundred and five: Provided always that such carriages and rolling-stock on the off side shall in no case extend more than three feet nine inches from the centre line of the tramway-track.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
For Minister for Public Works.

Allowing Carriages and Rolling-stock up to 7 ft. 9 in. in Width to be used on the Dunedin-Roslyn Tramway.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by section fourteen of “The Public Works Act, 1903,” it is enacted that, notwithstanding anything in any Act, the Governor may allow carriages and rolling-stock up to eight feet in width to be used on any tramway in cases where he is satisfied that they may be safely and conveniently used without danger to the public: And whereas application has been made by the general manager of the Dunedin and Roslyn Tramway Company (Limited) for permission to use carriages and rolling-