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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.

Springston Recreation-ground brought under "The
Public Domains Act, 1860."

HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this
tenth day of May, 1879.

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, Sir Hercules George Robert
Robinson, 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 recrea-
tion in the Provincial District of Canterbury, and
known as the "Springston 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, ad-
ministered, and dealt with in manner directed by the
said Acts.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Provincial District
of Canterbury, being Section No. 2362 (in red), and
containing ten (10) acres, more or less. Bounded on
the Northward by private lands, 1222 links; on the
Southward by the Ellesmere Junction Road, 1191
links; on the Eastward by Reserve 372 (in red), 705
links; and on the Westward by Reserve 372 (in
red), 975 links: as the same is delineated on the
official map in the Provincial District Survey Office,
Christchurch.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this
tenth day of May, 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
"Springston Domain Board:"--

Rev. ARTHUR PYNE O'CALLAGHAN,
JOHN MARSHALL DUKE,
JAMES GAMMACK,
JOHN JOSEPH KERRICK, and
RICHARD WRIGHT

(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 second Monday in each month, at
   seven o'clock p.m., at the Road Board Office,
   Springston, 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 third day
   of June, 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.