tity, shall be deemed and taken to be a Public Pound within the meaning of the above recited Ordinance, from and after Thursday, the 10th day of April, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three; and I do hereby appoint

WILLIAM COLLINS ANDREWS

to be Poundkeeper at the said Pound.

Given under my hand, at Christchurch, this twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three.

WM. ROLLESTON,
Superintendent.

PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS at a public meeting of persons duly qualified to vote in the Russell’s Flat District, held on Wednesday, the 26th February, 1873, at Mr. Rutledge’s house, Russell’s Flat, it was declared by the votes of the majority of the persons present that they were willing that the district described in the Schedule hereto should be formed into an Educational District:

Now, therefore, I, WILLIAM ROLLESTON, Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury, in pursuance of the powers vested in me, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, do hereby proclaim the said district to be an Educational District within the meaning of “The Education Ordinance, 1871.”

Given under my hand at Christchurch, this first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three.

WM. ROLLESTON,
Superintendent.

SCHEDULE.

RUSSELL’S FLAT DISTRICT.

Commencing where the River Hawkins crosses the western boundary of reserve 424; thence westerly up the River Hawkins to the Dalethorpe Crossing; thence northerly up the road forming the eastern boundary of section 5802 to its northernmost corner; thence westerly along the road forming the northern boundary of sections 5227, 6011, 7693, reserve 996, and section 13926, and a straight line in continuation thereof until it meets a straight line drawn between the south-east corner of reserve 973 to the south-east corner of the Dalethorpe Pre-emptive Right; thence along the said straight line to the south-east corner of the Dalethorpe Pre-emptive Right; thence in a straight line south easterly to the south-west corner of section 2738; thence south-easterly in a straight line to the south-east corner of section 15151; thence in a straight line easterly to the south-west corner of section 15714; thence north-easterly up the road forming the southern boundary of said section to the starting point.

PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the eighth section of “The Canterbury Public Domains Act, 1872,” it is enacted that the Superintendent of Canterbury, with the advice and consent of his Executive Council, may by Proclamation under his hand from time to time, delegate all or any of the powers thereby conferred upon him acting as aforesaid to any person or persons for any period, and subject to such stipulations, conditions, and limitations as may be specified in such Proclamation:

Now, therefore, I, WILLIAM ROLLESTON, Superintendent as aforesaid, by and with the advice and consent of my Executive Council, do hereby delegate in respect of the lands contained in the Schedule to the said Act, all the powers conferred by the said Act to the undermentioned persons, who shall be known as “The Rangiora Recreation Ground Board”:

HENRY BLACKETT,

JOHN LUXTON, SENR.,

JOHN LILLY,

subject to the stipulations hereinafter contained.

1. The Board shall meet at such times and places as shall be from time to time appointed by the Chairman, or when it shall be convened by him; and the business shall be conducted under such regulations as shall be determined on by the Board.

2. The Board shall keep proper minutes and records of its proceedings, and full accounts of its receipts and expenditure, and a yearly statement of the same, together with a general report of its proceedings, shall be forwarded to the Superintendent once in every year.

3. This delegation of powers to the Board shall not in any way affect any lease or contract now in force between the Superintendent and any person or persons in respect of any portion of the lands named “The Rangiora Recreation Ground” in the Schedule to “The Public Domains Ordinance, 1872,” nor any agreement be: