Aug. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3189

Land proclaimed as a Road, and Road closed, in Blocks IX and XII, Takapau and Motuotaria Survey Districts, Wanstead and Purimu Road Districts.

(L.S.)

ISLINGTON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers conferred by section eleven of the Land Act, 1908, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby, with the consent of the owners and the mortgagees of the land mentioned in the First Schedule hereto, and of the Wanstead and Purimu Road Boards, being the local authorities in whose districts the said land is situated, proclaim as a road the land in Takapau and Motuotaria Survey Districts described in the First Schedule hereto; and also do hereby, with the like consents as aforesaid, proclaim as closed the road described in the Second Schedule hereto, which is not required by reason of the road described in the First Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

LAND PROCLAIMED AS A ROAD.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

ROAD CLOSED.

All in the Hawke’s Bay Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked and coloured as above mentioned, and deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over His Majesty’s Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Dominion, at the Government House, at Wellington, this sixteenth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ten.

R. McKENZIE,
Minister of Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

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

ISLINGTON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this eighth day of August, 1910.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD, K.C.M.G.,
PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto was heretofore duly set apart for Provincial Government purposes, being a reserve within Class I of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908:

And whereas it is expedient that such land shall be appropriated for river-conservation purposes, being a reserve within the said Class I:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, and in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the fourth section of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, doth hereby declare that the said land shall, from and after the date hereof, be appropriated for river-conservation purposes under Class I of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 6 acres 1 rood 17 perches, more or less, being Reserve 1828 (in red), situated in Block VIII,

Westerfield Survey District. Bounded towards the south-east by Reserve 1620, towards the south-west by a road-line, towards the north-west by Rural Section 23655, and towards the north-east by Reserve 3822; as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. 5403/5B, deposited at the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Fixing Open Season for Godwits (Curlew).

ISLINGTON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this eighth day of August, 1910.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD, K.C.M.G.,
PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Order in Council dated the fifth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and nine, made under the Animals Protection Act, 1908, it was ordered and declared that the season during which godwits may be killed shall be the first day of January to the thirty-first day of March, both days inclusive, in each year:

And whereas it is expedient to amend the said Order in Council:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of