1706
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
were inserted immediately following the words "one
shilling" in the second and ninth lines thereof re-
spectively.
2. These regulations shall come into force upon
the date hereof.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
Mount Somers Recreation-Ground brought under
"The Public Domains Act, 1860."
NORMANBY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this
third day of December, 1878.
Present :
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
BY virtue of the powers and authorities vested in
me by the eleventh section of "The Public
Reserves Act, 1877," I, George Augustus Constan-
tine, Marquis of Normanby, Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent
of the Executive Council of the said colony, do
hereby order and declare that the reserve made for
public recreation in the Provincial District of Canter-
bury, and known as the "Mount Somers Recreation-
Ground," and described in the Schedule hereto, shall
be and the same is hereby brought under the opera-
tion of and declared to be subject to the provisions
of "The Public Domains Act, 1860," and its amend-
ing Acts; and such domain shall hereafter be
managed, administered, and dealt with in manner
directed by the said Acts.
SCHEDULE.
ALL that parcel of land in the Provincial District
of Canterbury, containing by admeasurement thirty
(30) acres, more or less, being Section numbered one
thousand six hundred and thirty-three (1633) (in red),
situated in the Ashburton District, the boundaries
whereof commence at a point on the road forming the
eastern boundary of Reserve numbered 1631 (in red),
the same being one chain south of the south-eastern
corner thereof; thence southerly following the said
road a distance of twenty-two (22) chains; and ex-
tending westerly thirteen (13) chains seventy-five
(75) links, in a rectangular block, being partly
bounded on the Northward by Reserve numbered
1632 (in red).
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
Powers delegated to the Mount Somers Domain Board
under "The Public Domains Act, 1860."
NORMANBY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this
third day of December, 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 "Mount
Somers Domain Board: "—
ALFRED EDWARD PEACHE,
ISAAC EDWARD TAYLOR,
RICHARD MORGAN,
DONALD POTTS,
JOHN FLOOD,
(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 p.m., at the office of the Mount Somers Road
   Board, or at such other time or place as may from
   time to time be fixed by the Board. The first meet-
   ing shall be held on Monday, the sixth day of
   January, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
   nine.
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 trans-
   acted 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.
   Making Regulations under "The Land-Tax Act,
   1878."
   NORMANBY, Governor.
   ORDER IN COUNCIL.
   At the Government House, at Wellington, this
   fourth day of December, 1878.
   Present :
   HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
   WHEREAS by the seventeenth section of "The
   Land-Tax Act, 1878," it is enacted, among
   other things, that the Governor, by Order in Council,
   may from time to time make, alter, and revoke regu-
   lations not inconsistent with the said Act, and shall
   fix a day when the same shall come into operation
   and have the force of law :