Nov. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3507

Fixing Sitings of the Supreme Court in the Otago and Southland Judicial District.

WE, five of the Judges of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, in pursuance of the powers vested in us by the Judicature Act, 1908, hereby make the following rules respecting the places and times for holding sittings of the Supreme Court and sittings in Chambers, in the Judicial District of Otago and Southland, for the year 1917:—

Sittings for the trial of criminal cases will be held at the Supreme Court House, DUNEDIN, to commence on the following days, at 10.30 a.m.:—

Tuesday, 13th February.
Tuesday, 8th May.
Tuesday, 7th August.
Tuesday, 6th November.

Sittings for the trial of civil actions will be held at the Supreme Court House, DUNEDIN, to commence on the following days, at 10.30 a.m.:—

Monday, 19th February.
Monday, 14th May.
Monday, 13th August.
Monday, 12th November.

The trial of causes under the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, 1908, may take place at any of the above-mentioned sittings for the trial of civil actions.

Sittings of the Court in Banco will be held at the Courthouse, DUNEDIN, every Wednesday, at half past 10 o’clock in the forenoon, except during vacation or the absence of the Judge, or unless the Judge is engaged on other business.

Sittings in Chambers will be held at the Judge’s Chambers, in the Courthouse, DUNEDIN, every Tuesday and Friday, at half past 10 o’clock in the forenoon, except during vacation or the absence of the Judge, or unless the Judge is engaged on other business.

Sittings in Chambers at other times and in vacation, in respect of urgent business, may be held at such times and places as may suit the convenience of the Judge.

Sittings for the trial of criminal and civil cases, and of causes under the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, 1908, will be held at the Courthouse, INVERCARGILL, to commence on the following days, at 11 a.m.:—

Tuesday, 6th March.
Tuesday, 29th May.
Tuesday, 28th August.
Tuesday, 27th November.

Such business in Banco and in Chambers as the Judge shall allow may be disposed of in the course of these sittings, at such days and hours as the Judge may appoint.

Sittings for the trial of criminal and civil cases, and of causes under the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, 1908, will be held at the Courthouse, OAMARU, to commence on the following days, at 10 a.m.:—

Tuesday, 6th February.
Tuesday, 11th September.

Such business in Banco and in Chambers as the Judge shall allow may be disposed of in the course of these sittings, at such days and hours as the Judge may appoint.

If any of the days above appointed for sittings should be a public holiday, the sitting will commence on the first day after the day so appointed which is not a holiday.

Given under our hands, at Wellington, this sixteenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

ROBERT STOUT, C.J.
W. B. EDWARDS.
THEO. COOPER.
FREDK. R. CHAPMAN.
W. A. SIM.

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

Changing the Purpose of Reserves in the Town of Palmerston North.

LIVERPOOL. Governor.

WHEREAS the land described in the First Schedule hereto is a primary-education endowment vested in the Crown, the land described in the Second Schedule hereto is vested in the Corporation of the Borough of Palmerston North upon trust as an endowment in aid of the borough funds, and the land described in the Third Schedule hereto is vested in the Education Board of the District of Wanganui as a school-site:

And whereas by section one hundred and seventeen of the Reserves and other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Act, 1915 (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is enacted that the Governor may, with the consent of the Land Board of the Wellington Land District in the case of the primary-education endowment, the Palmerston North Borough Council in the case of the borough endowment, and the Wanganui Education Board in the case of the school-site, by notice in the Gazette, cancel the respective reservations over the several parcels of land hereinbefore referred to, and declare the primary-education endowment to be a borough endowment, the borough endowment to be a school-site, and the school-site to be a primary-education endowment, in order that an exchange may be carried out affecting the three properties mentioned:

And whereas a valuation of the various parcels of land hereinbefore referred to has been made by the Valuer-General in terms of subsection one of section one hundred and seventeen of the said Act, for the purposes of the aforesaid exchange, and the consents of the Wellington Land Board, the Palmerston North Borough Council, and the Wanganui Education Board have been duly given to the cancellation of the respective reservations over the lands described in the First, Second, and Third Schedules hereto:

Now, therefore, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by section one hundred and seventeen of the Reserves and other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies’ Empowering Act, 1915, do hereby cancel the respective reservations over the lands described in the First, Second, and Third Schedules hereto; and do declare the land described in the First Schedule hereto to be a borough endowment, the land described in the Second Schedule hereto to be a school-site, and the land described in the Third Schedule hereto to be a primary-education endowment.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 4 acres 1 rood 39 perches, more or less, being part of Section No. 310, Town of Palmerston North, bounded towards the north-west by Cuba Street, 500 links; towards the north-east by Section No. 344, 898·7 links; towards the south-east by Main Street, 500 links; and towards the south-west by Section No. 311, 898·7 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less. As the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 6/1/80, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 3 acres, more or less, being Lots 6, 7, and 8, part of Section No. 277, Town of Palmerston North, bounded towards the north-west by Section No. 278, 600 links; towards the north-east by Lot 5, 500 links; towards the south-east by Featherston Street, 600 links; and towards the south-west by Lot 9, 500 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less. As the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 6/1/80A, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

THIRD SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 2 acres, more or less, being part of Section No. 299, Town of Palmerston North, bounded towards the north-west by Lot 9 of Section No. 299, 200 links; towards the north-east by Section No. 300, 1000 links; towards the south-east by Section No. 304, 200 links; and towards the south-west by Campbell Street, 1000 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less. As the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 6/1/80B, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

Also all that area containing by admeasurement 32 perches, more or less, being Lot 2 of Section No. 300, Town of Palmerston North, bounded towards the north-east by Lombard Street, 100 links; towards the south-east by Section No. 303, 200 links; towards the south-west by Section No. 299, 100 links; and towards the north-west by Lot 3 of Section No. 300 aforesaid, 200 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less. As the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 6/1/80C, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

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

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.