His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor has directed it to be made known, for general information, that he has granted, with the sanction of His Excellency the Governor-in-Chief, and caused to be marked out and distinguished on the charts of the New Zealand Islands, the undermentioned land, being part of the demesne of the Crown, as reserved land for the maintenance of the Native Hostelry in Mechanics' Bay, where Her Majesty's Native subjects and other poor persons visiting Auckland may temporarily reside free of charge, with their goods and wares and there dispose of such produce as they may bring from the country for sale; and, further, that such "reserved land" aforesaid will be vested in the Colonial Secretary, Attorney-General, and Colonial Treasurer for the time being, to be held and administered by them in trust for the benefit of the said institution.