APRIL 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 969

Closing the Shooting Season for Imported and Native Game
in Part of the Marlborough Acclimatisation District, and
prohibiting the Taking or Killing of such Game within
such Area.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “The Animals
Protection Act, 1908,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket,
the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby
notify that the season for taking or killing native game
and imported game is absolutely closed within that part of
the Marlborough Acclimatisation District described in the
Schedule hereto, from the first day of May, one thousand
nine hundred and nine, to the thirty-first day of July, one
thousand nine hundred and nine (both days inclusive).
And I do further notify and declare that imported game or
native game shall not be taken or killed within the area
described in the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Marlborough Land District, bounded
towards the north-east by the ocean from the north-western
end of the Boulder Bank, at the mouth of the Wairau River,
to the south-eastern end of the Boulder Bank, at the north-
eastern corner of Section No. 10 of Block II, Omaka, situate
in Block III, Clifford Bay Survey District; thence towards
the south generally by that section, Section 8 of Block I,
Wakefield Downs, and Section 9 of Block II, Omaka, both
of which sections are situate in Block III, Clifford Bay
Survey District, to a point 5 chains distant from high-
water mark of the Big Lagoon; thence by a line parallel
to and 5 chains distant from high-water mark of the Big
Lagoon through Sections 9 of Block II, Omaka, and 7 of
Block I, Wakefield Downs, both of which sections are
situate in Block III, Clifford Bay Survey District, to the
channel between the Big Lagoon and Chandler’s Lagoon;
thence towards the west generally by the said channel to a
small lagoon in Section 5, Opawa, situate in Block I, Clifford
Bay Survey District; thence by the western side of that
lagoon and a line parallel to and 5 chains distant from
high-water mark of the Big Lagoon through Section 5
Opawa, public road, Crown land, and Section 3 Opawa, all
of which sections are situate in Block I, Clifford Bay Survey
District aforesaid, to the channel in Section 3 Opawa,
situate in Block I, Clifford Bay Survey District; thence by
that channel through Sections 3, 4, 6, 9, Opawa, situate in
Block I, Clifford Bay Survey District aforesaid, and a line
parallel to and 5 chains distant from high-water mark,
through Sections 9 Opawa, public road, 7 Opawa, public
road, 8 Opawa, all of which are situate in Block I, Clifford
Bay Survey District aforesaid, to the southern side of the
estuary of the Wairau River; thence by a right line across
the said estuary in the direction of the pilot-station to the
west side of the mouth of the Wairau River; and thence by
a right line to the north-western end of the Boulder Bank,
the place of commencement:

Also all that area in the Marlborough Land District
known as Lake Grassmere, and the area within a line
running parallel to and 5 chains distant from the margin of
the said lake:

Also 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 run-
ning parallel to and 40 chains distant from the margin of
the said Lake Elterwater.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this seventh day of April, one thousand nine
hundred and nine.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Exchanging Portion of a Reserve for other Land.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by notice published on page 75 of the
Southland Provincial Gazette of the twenty-second
day of June, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine,
Section 20, Block V, Winton Hundred, containing seventy
acres two roods and thirty-eight perches, was set aside as
a reserve for quarry and accommodation-house purposes,
being some of the purposes enumerated in Class I of the
Second Schedule to “The Public Reserves and Domains
Act, 1908” (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”):
And whereas section four of the said Act authorises the
Governor to exchange any of the land comprised in such
reserve for other land of equal value, to be dedicated to one
or more of the purposes comprised in the said Class I:

And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient
to exchange a portion of such reserve for other land of
equal value described in the second column of the Schedule
hereto, to be dedicated as hereinafter provided:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the
Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of
the powers and authorities vested in him by section four
of the said Act, doth hereby declare that the land de-
scribed in the first column of the Schedule hereto (being
portion of the hereinbefore-mentioned reserve) is hereby ex-
changed for the land described in the second column of the
Schedule hereto, which, in the opinion of the Governor, is
of equal value, and that the land described in the said second
column is hereby reserved for internal communication by
land, being one of the purposes comprised in the said
Class I.

SCHEDULE.

First Column. Second Column.
Description of Reserve Description of Land to be obtained
to be exchanged. in exchange therefor.

All that area in the All that area in the Southland Land
Southland Land Dis- District, containing by admeasure-
trict, containing by ment 37 perches, being part of Sec-
admeasurement 37 tion 19, Block V, Winton Hundred.
perches, more or less, Bounded towards the north by part
being part of Lot 1 of the said Section 19, 38·2 links;
of Section 20, Block towards the north-east by part of the
V, Winton Hundred. said Section 19, 299·3 links; and to-
Bounded towards the wards the south by a public road,
north by a closed 304 links: be all the aforesaid link-
road, now part of ages more or less: as the same is
delineated on the plan marked L.
Section 19, 302·3 3288/3, deposited in the Head Office
links; towards the of the Department of Lands, at Wel-
east by a public road, lington, and thereon edged red.
154·9 links; and to-
wards the south-west
by a public road,
339·8 links: be all
the aforesaid linkages
more or less: as the
same is delineated on
the plan marked L.
3288/3, deposited in
the Head Office, De-
partment of Lands,
Wellington, and
thereon edged yellow.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this thirty-first day of March, one thousand
nine hundred and nine.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Changing the Purpose of a Reserve in the Wellington Land
District.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto
was heretofore duly reserved for scenery preser-
vation purposes, being a reserve within Class II of the
Second Schedule of “The Public Reserves and Domains
Act, 1908,” 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 Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise
of the powers and authorities vested in me by the eleventh
section of “The Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908,”
do by this notification declare that the said land shall,
from and after the eighth day of April, one thousand nine
hundred and nine, be appropriated for a public recreation-
ground under Class III of “The Public Reserves and
Domains Act, 1908”; and I do hereby direct that this
notification shall be published in the New Zealand Gazette.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, containing
by admeasurement 54 acres, more or less, being Section
No. 15, Manunui Village. Bounded towards the north-west