THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1153
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 February 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.

Rehearing of Native Land Claim.

HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twelfth day of August, 1879.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the fifty-eighth section of "The
Native Land Act, 1873" (hereinafter referred
to as "the said Act"), it is enacted that, upon the
application of any persons interested in any Native
land who may feel themselves aggrieved by the de-
cision of the Native Land Court in respect thereof,
the Governor in Council may order a rehearing of
any matter heard and decided under the provisions
of the said Act, within such a period of time from
the publication of the decision and memorial of
ownership, in manner in the said Act required, as
may be limited in such order; and, upon such order
being made, all proceedings theretofore taken by the
Court in such matter shall be annulled, and the case
shall commence de novo, and shall proceed in manner
provided by the said Act: Provided that no appli-
cation for a rehearing shall be entertained if it be
made after six months shall have elapsed from the
time of such publication:

And whereas at a sitting of the Native Land Court
of New Zealand, at Herd's Point, Northern District,
in the District of Hokianga, in the Provincial District
of Auckland, on the twelfth day of February, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine, the claim
of Peri te Huhu and others, aboriginal natives of New
Zealand, to a piece of land called Paku, situate at
Herekino, in the said district, was heard and decided,
and a certain order was thereupon made by the said
Court:

And whereas on or about the twenty-sixth day of
April, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine,
an application was made by and on behalf of certain
aboriginal natives claiming to have an interest in the
said land for a rehearing of the said claim, and it is
expedient that the said claim should be reheard before
the said Court:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in
exercise and pursuance of the above-recited power,
and by and with the advice and consent of the Exe-
cutive Council of New Zealand, doth hereby order
and direct that the said claim of Peri te Huhu and
others to the piece of land aforesaid shall be reheard
as and in the manner provided by "The Native Land
Act, 1873;" and doth also order that such rehearing
shall take place within one year from the said twenty-
sixth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-nine.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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.
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in
exercise and pursuance of the above-recited power,
and by and with the advice and consent of the Exe-
cutive Council of New Zealand, doth hereby order
and direct that the said claim of Peri te Huhu and
others to the piece of land aforesaid shall be reheard
as and in the manner provided by "The Native Land
Act, 1873;" and doth also order that such rehearing
shall take place within one year from the said twenty-
sixth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-nine.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Rehearing of Native Land Claim.

HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twelfth day of August, 1879.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the fifty-eighth section of "The
Native Land Act, 1873" (hereinafter referred
to as "the said Act"), it is enacted that, upon the
application of any persons interested in any Native
land who may feel themselves aggrieved by the de-
cision of the Native Land Court in respect thereof,
the Governor in Council may order a rehearing of
any matter heard and decided under the provisions
of the said Act, within such a period of time from
the publication of the decision and memorial of
ownership, in manner in the said Act required, as
may be limited in such order; and, upon such order
being made, all proceedings theretofore taken by the
Court in such matter shall be annulled, and the case
shall commence de novo, and shall proceed in manner
as provided by the said Act: Provided that no appli-
cation for a rehearing shall be entertained if it be
made after six months shall have elapsed from the
time of such publication:

And whereas at a sitting of the Native Land
Court of New Zealand, at Greytown, in the District
of Wellington, in the Provincial District of Welling-
ton, on the fourteenth day of November, one thou-
sand eight hundred and seventy-eight, the claim of
Wi Kingi Tutepakehirangi and others, aboriginal
natives of New Zealand, to a piece of land called
Hupenui, situate at Greytown, in the said district,
was heard and decided, and a certain order was
thereupon made by the said Court:

And whereas on or about the ninth day of Decem-
ber, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight,
an application was made by and on behalf of certain
aboriginal natives claiming to have an interest in the
said land for a rehearing of the said claim, and it is
expedient that the said claim should be reheard
before the said Court:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in
exercise and pursuance of the above-recited power,
and by and with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of New Zealand, doth hereby
order and direct that the said claim of Wi Kingi
Tutepakehirangi and others to the piece of land afore-
said shall be reheard as and in the manner provided
by "The Native Land Act, 1873;" and doth also
order that such rehearing shall take place within one
year and six months from the said fourteenth day of
November, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
eight.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.