Mar. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 991

Authorising the Exchange of a Portion of a Reserve in Otago Land District for other Land.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this nineteenth day of March, 1907.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the first column of the Schedule hereto forms part of a reserve heretofore duly set apart for an endowment for the Borough of Hawksbury: And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient to exchange the said land for that described in the second column of the Schedule hereto:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, and in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the fourth section of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” and the third section of “The Public Reserves Act Amendment Act, 1889,” doth hereby declare that the said land described in the first column of the Schedule hereto may be exchanged for the land described in the second column of the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Vesting a Reserve in the Waitara Borough Council.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this nineteenth day of March, 1907.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto has been permanently reserved for cemetery purposes:

And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient to vest the said reserve in the Waitara Borough Council:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, and in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the fourth section of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” doth hereby declare that, from and after the day of the date hereof, the reserve described in the Schedule hereto shall become vested in the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Waitara Borough, in trust, for cemetery purposes.

SCHEDULE.

All that area in the Taranaki Land District, containing by admeasurement 23·8 perches, more or less, being part of Block CXVII, Town of Waitara West. Bounded towards the north by McLean Street, 120 links; towards the east by other part of Block CXVII, 150 links; towards the south by other part of said Block CXVII, 120 links; and towards the west by other part of said Block CXVII, 150 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 56830/4, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Changing the Purpose of a Portion of a Reserve in the Marlborough Land District.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this nineteenth day of March, 1907.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto forms part of a reserve heretofore duly set apart for plantation purposes, being a reserve within Class I of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881”:

And whereas it is expedient that such land shall be appropriated for the use of the Department of Agriculture, being a reserve within the said Class II:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, and in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the fourth section of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” doth hereby declare that the said land shall, from and after the date hereof, be appropriated for the use of the Department of Agriculture under Class II of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881.”

SCHEDULE.

All that area in the Marlborough Land District, containing by admeasurement 14 acres, more or less, being part of Section No. 3a, Block X, Clifford Bay Survey District. Bounded towards the north by a road reserve fronting the Awatere River, 310·8, 345·1, 397·7, and 286·5 links; towards the east by a public road, 727·6, 260·2, and 30 links; towards the south by other part of said Section No. 3a, 1814·4 links; and towards the west by a road reserve fronting the Awatere River, 52·9, 271·7, and 608 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 18824/578, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Withdrawing Land from the Operation of “The Kauri-gum Industry Act, 1898.”

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this nineteenth day of March, 1907.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by “The Kauri-gum Industry Amendment Act, 1902” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is enacted that the Governor may by Order in Council declare that land set apart under “The Kauri-gum Industry Act, 1898” (hereinafter termed “the principal Act”), as a kauri-gum reserve, and which is no longer required for the purpose of gum-digging, shall be no longer subject to the principal Act, and shall thereafter be dealt with by the Land Board as ordinary Crown land; provided that such Order in Council shall only be issued in pursuance of a resolution of