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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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23 acres 1 rood 13 perches, more or less, and known
as "The Large Park;" bounded North-eastward by
High Street; Eastward by reserves and private lands;
North-westward by Cox Street; Westward by a gully
known as "The Dry Creek;" and Southward by the
road forming the southern boundary of the township.
And also Section No. 1624 (in red), in the Township
of Geraldine, in the said provincial district, contain-
ing 8 acres 1 rood, more or less, and known as "The
Gardens;" bounded North-eastward by Totara
Street; South-eastward by Jollie Street; North-
westward by Tripp Street; and South-westward by
High Street.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-third day of September, 1879.

Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the eleventh section of "The Pub-
lic 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 revoked:
And whereas it is enacted by "The Public Domains
Act, 1865," that the word "person" in the hereinbe-
fore 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 lands described in the Schedule thereto
are 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 Geraldine
Domain Board:-

ROBERT FISH, M.D.,
FREDERICK FLATMAN,
DAVID MCKENZIE,
ROBERT TAYLOR, and
ROBERT PIERPOINT

(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 7
   o'clock p.m., at the Road Board Office, Geraldine, 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 6th day of October, 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.

Appointing Wiremu te Matewha and Wiremu Mita
Hikairo Trustees under "The Maori Real Estate
Management Act, 1867."

HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-third day of September, 1879.

Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Maori Real Estate Manage-
ment Act, 1867" (hereinafter called "the said
Act"), it is enacted that, if any title to or interest in
any hereditaments shall accrue to any Maoris, who
or any of whom shall be infants, lunatics, or under
legal disability, it shall be lawful for the Governor
in Council, if he think fit, to order that such here-
ditaments, or any part thereof or interest therein, as
shall to the Governor in Council be shown to belong
to such infant, or lunatic, or other person under legal
disability, shall be vested in trustees, as the Governor
in Council shall think fit:

And whereas by virtue of a Crown grant bearing
date the fourth day of August, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy, the parcel of land and
hereditaments described in the Schedule hereto
became vested in Piripi te Matewha and others, of
the District of Waikato, in the Provincial District of
Auckland, aboriginal natives of New Zealand:

And whereas the said Piripi Matewha died in-
testate:

And whereas at a sitting of the Native Land Court
held at Cambridge, Waikato, in the Provincial Dis-
trict of Auckland, on the third day of May, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-six, Harete
Hikairo claimed to succeed to the said Piripi Mate-
wha in the parcel of land described in the said
Schedule; and it was ordered by the said Court
that Harete Hikairo should succeed to the interest
and share of the said Piripi Matewha in the here-
ditaments aforesaid:

And whereas the said Harete Hikairo died in-
testate:

And whereas at a sitting of the Native Land Court
held at Cambridge, Waikato, in the District of
Waikato, in the provincial district aforesaid, on the
twentieth day of May, one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-nine, Wiremu te Matewha claimed to