Dec. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3577

Lands temporarily reserved in the North Auckland, Auckland, Taranaki, Wellington, Westland, and Otago Land Districts.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by section three hundred and fifty-nine of the Land Act, 1924, and section seventy-one of the Land for Settlements Act, 1925, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby temporarily reserve from sale the lands in the North Auckland, Auckland, Taranaki, Wellington, Westland, and Otago Land Districts described in the Schedule hereunder written, for the purposes specified in the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 28th day of November, 1927.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Notice of Change of the Purpose of a Reserve in Rangiora Survey District, Canterbury Land District.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

WHEREAS by section six of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), the Governor-General is empowered, in the case of any public reserve vested in His Majesty or the Governor-General for any of the purposes comprised in Class II of the Second Schedule to the said Act, to change the purpose for which such reserve was set apart to any other purpose:

And whereas the land described in the Schedule hereto has been duly set apart as a reserve for a rifle range at Rangiora, being a purpose within Class II of the Second Schedule to the said Act, and it is expedient to change, as hereinafter provided, the purpose of such reserve so set apart:

Now, therefore, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby, in pursuance of the powers conferred on me by section six of the said Act as aforesaid, declare that the purpose of the reservation over the reserve described in the Schedule hereto is hereby changed to a reserve for river-protection purposes. And I do hereby further declare that this notice is issued subject to the provisions of section seven of the said Act, and shall take effect according to the provisions of that section.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

RESERVE 958, Block VI, Rangiora Survey District: Area, 20 acres, more or less.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 11th day of November, 1927.

A. D. McLEOD, Minister of Lands.

Lands permanently reserved in the Auckland Land District.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

WHEREAS by the three-hundred-and-fifty-ninth section of the Land Act, 1924, it is enacted that the Governor-General may from time to time set apart temporarily as reserves, notwithstanding that the same may be then held under pastoral license, any Crown lands which in his opinion are required for any of the purposes in the said section mentioned:

And whereas by the three-hundred-and-sixtieth section of the said Act it is provided that land temporarily reserved under the said three-hundred-and-fifty-ninth section may, at the expiration of one month, but not later than six months, after the publication in the Gazette of notice of such temporary reservation, be permanently reserved, and that notice of such permanent reservation shall be published in the Gazette:

And whereas the lands described in the Schedule hereto were, by Warrant dated the twenty-ninth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, and published in Gazette of the sixth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, temporarily reserved under the authority of the said Act for the purposes in the said Schedule specified at the end of the respective descriptions of the said lands so temporarily reserved:

Now, therefore, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the said Act, do hereby permanently reserve the lands described in the Schedule hereunder written, for the purposes in the said Schedule specified at the end of the respective descriptions of the lands so intended to be permanently reserved.