Aug. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3147

Land temporarily reserved for Police Purposes in the Town of Waimarino, Wellington Land District.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

WHEREAS by the three-hundred-and-twenty-first section of the Land Act, 1908, 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, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion 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 police purposes.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 acre, more or less, being Section 1, Block VI, Town of Waimarino. Bounded towards the north by Millar Street, 250 links; towards the east by Buddo Street, 400 links; and towards the south and west by the remaining portions of Block VI aforesaid, 250 links and 400 links respectively: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. 5401/19, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this fifth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and ten.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Notice of Intention to change the Purpose of a Reserve in the Canterbury Land District.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

WHEREAS by the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, it is, amongst other things, enacted that the Governor may declare his intention to 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 Second 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 three hundred and twenty-one of the Land Act, 1908, 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, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, aforesaid, declare my intention to change the specific purpose of the reserve described in the Schedule hereto from Government purposes to a river-conservation reserve.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 28 acres, more or less, being Reserve 1928 (in red), situated in Block VIII, Westerfield Survey District. Bounded towards the north-west by Reserve 1620 and Reserve 3822, towards the north-east and south-east by the high bank of the north branch of the River Ashburton, towards the south by Rural Section 32425, and towards the south-west by a road-line; as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. 5403/5A, deposited at the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this fifth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and ten.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Opening Town Lands in Westland Land District for Selection.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1908, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the town lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Tuesday, the eighteenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and ten, at the rentals mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that the said lands shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN OF RUNANGA.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this fifth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and ten.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Opening National Endowment Lands in Westland Land District for Selection.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1908, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the national endowment lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Tuesday, the eighteenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and ten, at the rentals mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that the said lands shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT.—TOWN OF RUNANGA.

Town Land.

• Weighted with £3, valuation for clearing.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this fifth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and ten.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths appointed.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 4th August, 1910.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN JAMES FRANCIS KELLY

to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Hutt.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.