✨ Land Administration Orders in Council




THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1671

SCHEDULE.
ALL that parcel of land in the Provincial District of
Otago, containing by estimation four hundred and
twenty (420) acres, more or less, being Section 44,
Block I., situated in the Benger District. Bounded
towards the West by Block No. I., nine thousand
seven hundred and forty-three (9743) links; towards
the North-east by the Clutha River, twelve thousand
(12000) links; towards the South by a line com-
mencing at the Clutha River, and proceeding due
west across Trigonometrical Station B; and thence
by a road line extending in the same direction to
Block numbered 1, six thousand (6000) links: be
all the aforesaid linkages more or less; excepting
out of the above description Cemetery Reserve and
road line thereto.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Powers delegated to the Moa Flat and Ettrick
Domain Board under "The Public Domains Act,
1860."

NORMANBY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
eighteenth day of November, 1878.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the eleventh section of "The
Public Domains Act, 1860," it is enacted
that the Governor, by Order in Council, may from
time to time delegate all or any of the powers by the
said Act conferred upon any person, for any period,
and subject to such stipulations as may be specified
in such order, and that every such delegation may
from time to time in like manner be altered or re-
voked: And whereas it is enacted by "The Public
Domains Act, 1865," that the word "person" in the
hereinbefore recited section of "The Public Domains
Act, 1860," shall be deemed to include more persons
than one: And whereas, pursuant to "The Public
Reserves Act, 1877," by an Order in Council of even
date herewith, the land described in the Schedule
thereto is declared to be brought under and to be
subject to the said "Public Domains Act, 1860:"

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by
and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council of the Colony of New Zealand, doth, by this
present order, delegate all the powers conferred by
the Act first above mentioned, except the powers
under or conferred by subsections five and ten of
section five and section eleven, to the under-men-
tioned persons, who shall be known as the "Moa Flat
and Ettrick Domain Board:"-

JOHN FRY KITCHING,
EDWARD TUBMAN,
WILLIAM WESTCOTT,
ROBERT MCLEOD,
CHARLES NICHOLSON

(herein referred to as "the Board"), subject to the
stipulations hereinafter contained, that is to say,-

  1. The Board shall meet for the transaction of
    business, on the first Monday in each month, at seven
    o'clock in the evening, at the office of the Chairman,
    or at such other time or place as may from time to
    time be fixed by the Board. The first meeting shall
    be held on Monday, the sixteenth day of December,
    one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.

  2. Special meetings may be convened by the Chair-
    man, or by any two members of the Board, provided
    that two days' notice of such meeting be given to
    each member, specifying the business to be transacted
    at such special meeting; and no other business than
    that so specified shall be transacted at such meeting.

  3. Any three of the said Board shall form a quorum.
    Any meeting may be adjourned from time to time.

  4. The members of the Board shall at their first
    meeting, and thereafter at an annual meeting to be
    held on the first Monday in January in every suc-
    ceeding year thereafter, elect one of themselves to be
    Chairman, who may join in the discussion, and shall
    have an original as well as a casting vote. The
    Chairman shall hold office until the election of his
    successor.

  5. If at any meeting the Chairman is not present
    at the time appointed for holding the same, the mem-
    bers present shall choose some one of their number
    to be Chairman of such meeting.

  6. If by resignation, death, or incapacity, or other-
    wise, the office of Chairman shall be or become
    vacant, the members may at any monthly or special
    meeting appoint a Chairman.

  7. All questions shall be determined by the majority
    of votes of the members of the Board present at a
    meeting.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Port Molyneux Cemetery brought under "The Ceme-
teries Management Act, 1877."

NORMANBY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-sixth day of November, 1878.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section thirty-nine of "The Ceme-
teries Management Act, 1877" (herein re-
ferred to as "the said Act"), it is, amongst other
things, enacted that, when the Trustees of any public
cemetery, or the Trustees, managers, or other persons
having the care and control of any other cemetery,
burial-ground, or place of burial theretofore esta-
blished, shall be desirous of adopting the provisions
of the said Act, or any of them, in the place of any
Act or Ordinance or any provisions of such Act or
Ordinance theretofore regulating the management of
such last-mentioned cemetery, burial-ground, or place
of burial, the said Trustees, managers, or other per-
sons may apply to the Governor in Council in that
behalf, who may thereupon cause inquiry to be made,
in such manner as he shall think fit, as to the desira-
bility of granting such petition; and the Governor
may, by Order in Council, direct that the provisions
of the said Act, or any of them, shall come into force
in respect of any such cemetery, burial-ground, or
place of burial, or he may reject any such applica-
tion:

And whereas the Trustees of the Port Molyneux
Cemetery, in the County of Clutha, described in the
Schedule hereto, are desirous of adopting the provi-
sions of the said Act in place of the Acts or Ordi-
nances heretofore regulating the management of
such cemetery, and have made application to the
Governor in Council in that behalf:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of
the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice
and consent of the Executive Council of the said
colony, and in exercise of the powers and authorities
aforesaid, doth hereby order and direct that, from and
after the first day of December, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-eight, all the provisions of
"The Cemeteries Management Act, 1877," shall
come into force in respect of the aforesaid cemetery,
as the same is described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.
ALL that parcel of land in the Provincial District of



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🏘️ Delegation of powers to Moa Flat and Ettrick Domain Board

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
18 November 1878
Land description, Otago, Benger District, Public Domains Act, Domain Board, Land declaration
  • John Fry Kitching, Appointed to Domain Board
  • Edward Tubman, Appointed to Domain Board
  • William Westcott, Appointed to Domain Board
  • Robert McLeod, Appointed to Domain Board
  • Charles Nicholson, Appointed to Domain Board

  • Normanby, Governor
  • Forster Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council

🏘️ Port Molyneux Cemetery brought under Cemeteries Management Act

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
26 November 1878
Cemetery management, Port Molyneux, Clutha County, Cemeteries Management Act, Land schedule
  • Normanby, Governor