APRIL 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1323

In the Wellington Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked and coloured as above mentioned, and deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington.

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 eleventh day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twelve.

THOS. MACKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Proclaiming Native Land to be Crown Land under Section 368 of the Native Land Act, 1909.

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(L.S.) ISLINGTON, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by section three hundred and sixty-eight of the Native Land Act, 1909 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), it is provided, inter alia, that the Crown may purchase any Native land in pursuance of a resolution of the assembled owners passed and confirmed in accordance with Part XVIII of the said Act, and on the resolution being adopted by the Native Land Purchase Board it shall become a contract of purchase as between the Crown and all persons who are the owners of the land; and the Governor may by Proclamation, at any time after the contract of purchase has been so made, declare that the land so purchased is vested in His Majesty the King, and it shall vest accordingly, and shall become Crown land :

And whereas a resolution was passed by a meeting of assembled owners and duly confirmed by the Waiariki District Maori Land Board that the land set out in the Schedule hereto be sold to the Crown :

And whereas the Native Land Purchase Board duly considered and adopted the resolution :

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by section three hundred and sixty-eight of the said Act, I, John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land set out in the Schedule hereto is vested in His Majesty the King, and is Crown land subject to the Land Act, 1908.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land situate in the Urutawa, Waiawa East, and Otipi Survey Districts, in the Provincial District of Auckland, containing 32,857 acres, more or less, and being the land known as Takaputahi Block.

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 twenty-eighth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twelve.

J. CARROLL,
Native Minister.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

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

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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 for which such reserve 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 pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, aforesaid, declare my intention to change the purpose of the reserve described in the Schedule hereto from a site for a museum to an addition to a site for a drill-shed.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 20 perches, more or less, being part of Reserve 104, Town of Timaru, and bounded as follows : Towards the north by other part of Reserve 104, 250 links; towards the east by a railway reserve (part Reserve 104), 50 links; towards the south by Section 32, 250 links; and towards the west by High Street, 50 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. 1912/20, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-second day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twelve.

D. BUDDO,
For Minister of Lands.

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Notice of Intention to change the Purpose of Portion of a Reserve in the Town of Shannon, Wellington Land District.

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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 of the 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 pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, aforesaid, declare my intention to change the specific purpose of the portion of the reserve described in Part II of the Schedule hereto from that named in Part I of the said Schedule to that named in Part III of the said Schedule.

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SCHEDULE.

PART I.

Description and Purpose of Original Reserve.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 rood, more or less, being Section No. 232, Town of Shannon.

Set apart as a site for a post and telegraph office by section 27 of the Reserves and other Lands Sale, Disposal, and Enabling and Public Bodies Empowering Act, 1901.

PART II.

Description of Portion of Reserve the Purpose of which it is intended to change.

All that area in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 30·3 perches, more or less, being part of Section No. 232, Town of Shannon. Bounded to-