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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[Nov. 13

more or less, situate in the Town of Huirangi, being
Sections Nos. 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 152, 153, 154,
155, 156, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174,
and 175.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
fourth day of November, 1879.

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-mentioned
persons, who shall be known as the Huirangi
Domain Board:-

JOHN ANDREWS,
JAMES TURNBULL, and
GEORGE GIBSON ANDREWS

(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 two
   o'clock p.m., at the Huirangi Schoolhouse, 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 Tuesday, the ninth day of December, 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.

Changing the Purpose of a Portion of a Reserve.

HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
fourth day of November, 1879.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the first
column of the Schedule hereto is a portion of
Section number one thousand eight hundred and
thirty-five (in red), and reserved by the Superin-
tendent of the Province of Canterbury on the tenth
day of June, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
five, for Provincial Government purposes:

And whereas the said reserve is for one of the
purposes named in Part I. of the Schedule to "The
Public Reserves Act Amendment Act, 1878," and, in
the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient to change
the purpose of the portion of such reserve referred
to in the Schedule hereto to other of the purposes
named in the said Part I.:

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
vested in him by the sixth section of "The Public
Reserves Act Amendment Act, 1878," doth hereby
order and direct that the purpose of the portion of
the, reserve mentioned in the first column of the
Schedule hereto shall be changed from Provincial
Government purposes, and doth hereby declare and
define the purposes of the said portion of such
reserve to be those specified in the second column of
the said Schedule, the same being some of the pur-
poses named in the said Part I. of the Schedule to
the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

| Area of which the Purpose is intended
to be Changed. | Intended Purposes. |
|---|---|
| All that parcel of land situate in the
Provincial District of Canterbury, and con-
taining by admeasurement 200 acres, more
or less, being part of Section No. 1835 (in
red). Bounded-North-westward by Sec-
tion No. 1250 (in red); North-eastward by
Section No. 1835 (in red); Eastward by
the last-mentioned section; and Southward
by Nalder's Road: and numbered 2365 (in
red). | Abattoirs, public
pounds, sewage
purposes, cattle
yards, and plan-
tations. |

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.