No. 15.
Public Reserves in Port Nicholson.

His Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that the undermentioned portions of land in Port Nicholson are reserved by the Crown for public purposes, viz.: Certain allotments in the Town of Wellington, distinguished on the Company's plan by the letters A, B, C, &c. The belt of land which surrounds the Town of Wellington, extending from the external boundaries of the said town to the summits of the mountain ranges, and which is coloured green on the said plan. Portions of land at Point Jerningham, at Point Halswell, at Point Waddell, at Pencarrow. Head, and at Baring Head.

The Governor further directs it to be notified that any person cutting timber or firewood on the reserves, and especially on the belt which surrounds the Town of Wellington, will be proceeded against according to law.