Oct. 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2361

All that area part dry land and part covered by the waters of Golden Bay, and bounded as follows: Commencing at a point at high-water mark on the south side of the Cape Farewell Sand-spit, the said point being distant three nautical miles in a north-easterly direction from the middle of the mouth of Puponga Inlet, proceeding thence towards the south and west on the arc of a circle having for its centre the said mouth of Puponga Harbour to high-water mark opposite Section 16, Onetana Survey District, thence generally in a north-easterly direction by high-water mark, thence generally in a north-easterly direction along high-water mark to the commencing-point; as the said area is delineated on the plan marked M.D. 2892, deposited in the office of the Marine Department, at Wellington.

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

WM. HALL-JONES.

Notice of Intention to change the Purpose of a Reserve in the Auckland 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 first column of the Schedule hereto from that named therein to that named in the second column thereof.

SCHEDULE.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Land temporarily reserved in the Wellington 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 Wellington 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 Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 21 acres 2 roods, more or less, being Section No. 24, Block II., Makotuku Survey District. Bounded towards the north generally by the Pipipi Road; towards the south-east and towards the south by Section No. 23, Block II., Makotuku Survey District; and towards the west by Native land in Block I. of the said district: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 54107, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red. For a scenic reserve.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Removing Restrictions against Alienation of Native Land.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by section fourteen of “The Maori Land Laws Amendment Act, 1903,” it is enacted that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act, or in any Crown grant or other instrument of title, the Governor may, on the recommendation of the Council, remove any restriction on the alienation of land owned by Maoris: Provided that the decision of the Governor on any recommendation of the Council shall be given within six months from the date of the receipt of such recommendation:

And whereas the Waikato District Maori Land Council, by a recommendation made and passed by the said Council on the fifteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and four, and received on the first day of September, one thousand nine hundred and five, recommended the Governor to vary the restrictions contained in the instrument of title to the block of land known as Kawhia H, particulars of which land are set out in the Schedule hereunder written, to enable the said land to be leased:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon and vested in me by the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities me thereunto enabling, and in accordance with the recommendation of the Waikato District Maori Land Council aforesaid, do hereby remove and revoke the restrictions now existing against the alienation of the block of land known as Kawhia H, so far as to permit the said land to be leased for any term not exceeding twenty-one years.

SCHEDULE.

All that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Auckland Land District, known as Kawhia H, containing 1 rood 16 perches, more or less, and being the land comprised in partition order of the Native Land Court dated the 5th day of April, 1892, in favour of Hone te One and others, and containing the following restriction: “Inalienable.”

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

J. CARROLL.