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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

prescribed by the said Act prior to the taking of such
lands have been duly performed and fulfilled:
Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, Governor of the Colony of
New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the power
and authority in me vested by the said Act, and of
any other power and authority enabling me in that
behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the lands
described in the memorial above written, and shown
on the plan thereto attached, are hereby taken for
the purposes of a railway; and that, from and after
the day of the date hereof, the said lands shall
become absolutely vested in fee-simple in Her
Majesty, discharged from all mortgages, charges,
claims, estates, and interests of what kind soever, for
use as a railway.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Most Honorable George Augustus Con-
stantine, Marquis of Normanby, Earl
of Mulgrave, Viscount Normanby, and
Baron Mulgrave of Mulgrave, all in the
County of York, in the Peerage of the
United Kingdom; and Baron Mulgrave
of New Ross, in the County of Wexford,
in the Peerage of Ireland; a Member of
Council; Knight Grand Cross of the Most
Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and
Saint George; Governor and Commander-
in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony
of New Zealand and its Dependencies,
and Vice-Admiral of the same; and
issued under the Seal of the said Colony,
at the Government House, at Wellington,
this fourteenth day of September, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-eight.

J. MACANDREW,
Minister for Public Works.

Approved in Council.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Opotiki Recreation Ground brought under "The
Public Domains Act, 1860."

NORMANBY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
fourteenth day of September, 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 Auck-
land, and known as the "Opotiki Recreation Ground,"
and described in the Schedule hereto, shall be and
the same is hereby brought under the operation of
and declared to be subject to the provisions of "The
Public Domains Act, 1860," and its amending Acts;
and such domain shall hereafter be managed, admin-
istered, and dealt with in manner directed by the
said Acts.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Provincial District of
Auckland, situated in the Opotiki District, known
as the Racecourse Reserve, being Lot numbered
three hundred and thirty-three (333) of the Parish
of Waioeka, containing by admeasurement one hun-
dred and twenty-five (125) acres, more or less.
Bounded towards the North by Lot 335, three thou-
sand five hundred and eighty-one (3581) links;
towards the East by a road 100 links wide, four
thousand and fifty (4050) links; towards the South
by a road of width aforesaid, five thousand nine
hundred and seven (5907) links; and towards the
West by a road of width aforesaid, six thousand
eight hundred and sixty-one (6861) links.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Powers delegated to the Opotiki Domain Board
under "The Public Domains Act, 1860."

NORMANBY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
fourteenth day of September, 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 "Opotiki
Domain Board: "-

ROBERT KING,
STEWART BATES,
GEORGE STEVENSON,
JOHN FORSYTH CONNELLY, and
HENRY WATSON PENNY,

(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 Chairman,
   or at such other place as may from time to time
   be fixed by the Board. The first meeting shall be
   held on Monday, the twenty-third day of September,
   one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.
2. Special meetings may be convened by the
   Chairman, 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 trans-
   acted 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