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1879. NEW ZEALAND.

RESERVATION OF LAND FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES (PAPERS RELATIVE TO).

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly, in pursuance of "The Education Reserves Act, 1877;" "The New Zealand University Act, 1874;" "The University Endowment Act, 1868;" "The Wellington College Acts Amendment Act, 1878;" and "The Land Act, 1877." [Gazette, 1879, page 230.] Lands set apart as Endowments for Primary Education. (1.5.) Normanbt, Governor. A Proclamation. Whereas by " The Education Eeserves Act, 1877," it is, amongst other things, enacted that, in order to provide an endowment for primary education in the North Island, at least five per centum of the waste lands in each district therein open for sale on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, and a like per centum out of all laud over which the Native title may thereafter be extinguished in each such district, and which should from time to time be acquired or purchased by or on behalf of the Crown, should be reserved and set apart as an endowment for the maintenance of primary education within the education district in which the land is situated: Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the said recited Act, and of every other power and authority me thereunto enabling, do hereby reserve and set apart the several blocks or parcels of land described in the Schedule hereto as endowments for the maintenance of primary education within the education districts in which such blocks or parcels of land are respectively situated. SCHEDULE. Education District op Wellington. All that piece or parcel of land in the Provincial District of AVellington, being Section numbered 28 of Block IX. of the Wairoa Survey District, containing by admeasurement 215 acres 1 rood and 37 perches, more or less. Bounded towards the North by part of Block IV., 2969 links ; towards the East by Section 27 of Block IX., 7715 links ; towards the South by a public road, 1567 and 1513 links ; and towards the West by Section 29 of Block IX., 7408 links. Education District of Auckland. All that parcel of land in the Provincial District of Auckland, containing by admeasurement 3,147 acres, more or less, situated in the AVairoa Confiscated Block, in the Taramarama Survey District, being Allotment No. 28. Bounded towards the North by Lot No. 22 of No. 21, the crossing of a road, and Lot No. 21 aforesaid, 25622 links ; towards the East by Lot No. 20, the crossing of a road, and Lot No. 20 aforesaid, 10875 links ; towards the South by Lots Nos. 16 and 15, and Lots 104, 103, and 102 of the AVairoa Military Settlement, and a road, 29765 links; and towards the West by tho crossing of a road, Lot No. 27, the crossing of a road, and Lot No. 27 aforesaid, 12275 links : save and excepting two roads each 100 links wide which intersect the area hereby granted; be all the aforesaid linkages more or less. All that parcel of land in the Provincial District of Auckland, being Lot 184, Parish of Apata, Aongatete Survey District, containing by admeasurement 6 acres, more or less. Bounded towards tho North-east by a road, 541 links ; towards the South-east by Lot 183, 1100 links ; towards the Southwest by Lot ISS, 540 links ; and towards the North-west by a road, 1100 links. All that parcel of land in the Provincial District of Auckland, beingJLots 217 and 218, situate in the Parish of Apata, Aongatete Survey District, containing by admeasurement 343 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the North by Lot 210 and a road, 4707 links ; towards the East by a road, 7393 links ; towards the South by Lot 219 and a road, 8001 links ; and tow rards the West by a road, 5200 links. Education District op Haw_ce's Bat. All that parcel of land situate in the Provincial District of Hawke's Bay, containing by admeasurement two thousand five hundred and nine (2,509) acres, more or less, being Section No. 1, in the Waitara Block, Pohui Survey District. Bounded towards the North-west by the Mohaka Eiver; towards the East by Section No. 3, Maungaharuru Survey District, twenty-seven thousand four hundred and twenty-nine (27429) links; towards the South-west by Sections Nos. 4 and 3, Pohui Survey District, twelve thousand five hundred and ninety-eight (12598) links; towards the South-East by Section No. 3, Pohui Survey District, seven hundred and eighty (780) links; and again towards