is desirable to extend the time for the return of the said writ
as hereinafter provided:

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, doth hereby, in pursuance of the above-recited section, and of all other powers and authorities in anywise enabling him in that behalf, order and declare that the time within which the said writ above mentioned, with the name of the person so elected indorsed thereon, may be returned by the said Returning Officer to the Clerk of the Writs shall be on or before the twenty-fifth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, in lieu of the twenty-third day of September, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, as specified in the said writ.

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

Notice of Intention to change the Purpose of Portion 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 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 vested in 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.

SCHEDULE.

PART I.

Description and Purpose of Original Reserve.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 264 acres 1 rood, more or less, being reserve numbered 1923, situated in Blocks XIII, Ashburton Survey District, and XVI, Westerfield Survey District, and bounded north-eastward by Section 4905, the Borough of Ashburton, and Reserve 2668; south-eastward by a line in continuation of the south-eastern boundary of the Ashburton Borough; south-westward by Sections 4354, 23096, and 6422; and north-westward by a line in continuation of the north-western boundary of Section 6503: save and excepting thereout Reserve 1952 and Sections 6503, 21018, and 22128, which are included in the above-described boundaries : as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 1912/467A, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered blue.

Reserved for railway conservation purposes by notification in Gazette No. 84, of the 11th October, 1877.

PART II.

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

All that area in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 70 acres, more or less, being reserve numbered 3905 (formerly portion of Reserve 1923), situated in Block XIII, Ashburton Survey District, and bounded north-eastward by Reserve 2668, south-eastward by a line in continuation of the south-eastern boundary of the Borough of Ashburton, south-westward by Rural Section 4354, and north-westward by the north-western side of the main South Road; as the same is delineated on the plan marked L, and S. 1912/467T. deposited in the Head Office, Depart-

ment of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered blue.

PART III.

Intended Purpose.

For bridge-protection purposes.

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

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Notice of Intention to change the Purpose of Portion of a Reserve in the Town of Ormondville, Hawke's Bay 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 tc 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.

SCHEDULE.

PART I.

Description and Purpose of Original Reserve.

ALL that area in the Hawke’s Bay Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 acre and 16 perches, more or less, situated in Block IX, Takapau Survey District. Bounded towards the north-east by Norsewood Road, a distance of 640’8 links; towards the south-east by a road-line, a distance of 382’4 links; and towards the west by a road-line, a distance of 585 links, to the starting-point: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less : as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 1911/1020A, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

Set apart as a site for a Courthouse by notification in Gazette No. 96, of the 20th day of September, 1883.

PART II.

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

All that area in the Hawke’s Bay Land District, containing by admeasurement 18 perches, more or less, being Section 2, Block XIII, Town of Ormondville. Bounded towards the north-west by Section 1, Block XIII, a distance of 42’55 links ; towards the north-east by the Norsewood Road, a distance of 172 links ; towards the south-east by a road-line, a distance of 113’64 links ; and towards the west by Section 1 of said block, a distance of 136’1 links, to starting-point : be all the aforesaid linkages more or less : as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 1911/1020B, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

PART III.

Intended Purpose.

Site for a post-office.

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

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.