APRIL 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1111

Provided that every such contribution is paid either—
(i.) Into a public fund established by the Government, or
by any local authority, for the purposes of such
relief of distress, or patriotic objects ; or .
(ii.) Into a fund established by persons other than the
Government or a local authority, where such fund
and the conditions of control and expenditure
thereof are approved for the purposes of this Act
by the Governor :

And whereas certain persons in the Provincial District of
Marlborough have formed themselves into an association,
known as the Poor of Britain and Belgium Relief Association
(Marlborough Branch), for the purpose of providing from the
Provincial District of Marlborough food, clothing, money,
and other relief and comfort for such of the people and sub-
jects of the United Kingdom and Kingdom of Belgium as
have suffered distress in or on account of the present European
War, whether such persons are now resident in Great Britain
or Ireland or Belgium or not ; and also for the purpose of
taking all such steps for the securing, collecting, obtaining,
and providing such relief as the association may from time to
time decide upon :

And whereas the said association has established a fund
for the promotion of the objects hereinbefore expressed, and
has submitted the said fund and the conditions of control
and the expenditure thereof for approval, as required by the
hereinbefore-quoted provisions of the said Act :

Now, therefore, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of
Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand,
do hereby approve for the purposes of the said Act—
(1.) The fund hereinbefore referred to, established by the
Poor of Britain and Belgium Relief Association ;
and
(2.) The conditions of control and expenditure of the said
fund, as set out in the rules adopted by the said
association on the fifth day of March, one thousand
nine hundred and fifteen.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this eighth day of April, one thousand nine hun-
dred and fifteen.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Notice of Intention to change the Purpose of Portion of
a Reserve in Inangahua Survey District, Nelson Land
District.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

WHEREAS by the Public Reserves and Domains Act,
1908, it is, amongst other things, enacted that the Go-
vernor 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 ex-
pedient 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, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of
Liverpool, 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 Nelson Land District, containing by
admeasurement 10 acres 0 roods 26 perches, more or less,
being Section 28 of Square 134, in Block V, Inangahua Sur-
vey District. Bounded towards the north by a public road,
404·1 links ; towards the east and south-east by the Westport-
Reefton Road, 556·7 links and 1531 links respectively ; to-
wards the south-west by Crown land, 552·2 links ; and towards
the north-west by Section 27, 1756 links : be all the aforesaid
linkages more or less : as the same is delineated on the plan
marked L. and S. 1913/1241A, deposited in the Head Office,
Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon
bordered red.

Permanently reserved for an accommodation-house site
by Warrant published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 1 of
the 4th of January, 1900.

PART II.

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

All that area in the Nelson Land District, containing by
admeasurement 1 acre, more or less, being Section 47 (formerly
part of Section 28, Square 134), Block V, Inangahua Survey
District. Bounded towards the south-east by the Westport-
Reefton Road, 333·33 links ; and towards the south-west,
north-west, and north-east by parts of the said Section 28,
Square 134, Block V, Inangahua Survey District, 300·02 links,
333·33 links, and 300·02 links respectively : be all the afore-
said linkages more or less : as the same is delineated on the
plan marked L. and S. 1913/1241B, deposited in the Head
Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and
thereon bordered green.

PART III.

Intended Purpose.

Site for a police-station.

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

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

Opening National Endowment Lands in Nelson Land District
for Selection.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1908, I, Arthur
William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of
the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare and pro-
vide as follows, that is to say :—

1. The national endowment rural lands enumerated in
   the Schedule hereto are hereby set apart for selection on
   renewable lease on Wednesday, the twelfth day of May,
   one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, at the respective
   rentals specified in the said Schedule, and shall be deemed
   to be “ heavy-bush land.”
2. No general rate shall be levied or collected by any local
   authority from the said lands for a period of four years
   from the date from which in each case respectively such
   lands are disposed of, and no local authority shall have
   power to levy or collect any such rate from such lands
   during such period.
3. After the first half-year’s rent has been paid by the
   selector the further instalments of rent payable by him for
   a period of four years shall not be demanded ; provided that
   if at any time during the first five years of his occupancy the
   selector disposes of his interest in the land the rent so con-
   ceded shall be paid by him in full, and thereupon the Land
   Board may remit such instalments of rent payable by the
   incoming tenant, not exceeding in the aggregate the amount
   of rent previously conceded to the selector, as the Board
   shall think fit.

SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—GOWAN BLOCK.—SECOND-CLASS
HEAVY-BUSH LAND.

(Exempt from Rent and Rates for Four Years.)

Murchison County.—Hope Survey District.

SECTION 4, Block IX : Area, 706 acres ; capital value, £560 ;
half-yearly rent, £11 4s.

About 210 acres flat, of which 50 acres is covered with
grass, fern, and scrub, and 160 acres is bush ; balance broken
pastoral country, principally birch forest, with a few kahi-
katea, matai, and rimu. Altitude, from 1,050 ft. to 2,150 ft.
Well watered. Distant about eight miles from Glenhope
Railway-station by main road.

Section 5, Block IX : Area, 1,222 acres ; capital value,
£1,220 ; half-yearly rent, £24 8s.

About 60 acres flat ; all bush, principally birch, with a
few kahikatea, matai, and rimu about the flats and foothills.
Altitude, 1,150 ft. to 3,100 ft. Well watered. Distant about
nine miles and a half from Glenhope Railway-station—eight
miles main road, balance formed track.