DEC. 23.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

1767

be held on Monday, the tenth day of January, one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-one.

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 ma-
   jority of votes of the members of the Board present
   at a meeting.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Commissioner under "The West Coast Settlement
Act, 1880," appointed.

ARTHUR GORDON, Governor.

TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME,
AND TO THE HONORABLE SIR WILLIAM FOX,
K.C.M.G., GREETING:

WHEREAS for the purpose of giving effect to
"The West Coast Settlement (North Island)
Act, 1880," it is expedient that a Commission should
issue, and that some fit and proper person should be
appointed with the powers and authorities herein-
after particularly set forth: Now, therefore, know
ye that I, Arthur Hamilton Gordon, Governor
of the Colony of New Zealand, having full con-
fidence in your knowledge, ability, and integrity,
do hereby, with the advice and consent of the Execu-
tive Council of the said colony, appoint you, the said
William Fox, to be a Commissioner for the purposes
and with the several powers and authorities herein-
after mentioned.

1. Within the confiscated territory, as the same
   is defined by the hereinbefore-mentioned Act, to
   allocate and set aside such lands as may be legally
   available in satisfaction of all or any awards made by
   the Compensation Courts held under "The New
   Zealand Settlements Act, 1863," or any amendment
   thereof, in so far as in your judgment such awards or
   any of them have not been performed and are still
   unsatisfied: Provided, however, that the authority
   hereby conferred upon you shall not extend to cases
   where the lands in respect of which such awards
   were made have been returned to the former Maori
   owners, nor where the interests of any such former
   owners in or under any such awards have been pur-
   chased by or on behalf of the Crown, or where such
   interests have been released or extinguished; but this
   proviso shall not be held to prevent you from sub-
   dividing between the hapus or individuals interested
   in it any block of land heretofore set apart, reserved,
   returned to, or promised to any tribe or section of a
   tribe.

2. Also within the said territory to allocate and
   set aside such lands as may be legally available in
   satisfaction of all promises or engagements made by
   or on behalf of Her Majesty or the Government of
   the colony which have formed the subject of inquiry
   by the Commissioners appointed under "The Confis-
   cated Lands Inquiry and Maori Prisoners Trials Act,
   1879."

3. In respect of such lands, or any of them, to
   define and mark out such reserves as may be neces-
   sary to give effect to any such award, promise, or
   engagement, and to indicate the purposes and objects
   of such reserves, and whether the same should be
   alienable or inalienable.

4. In all cases in which you shall exercise the
   powers conferred by these presents, you are required
   to define and ascertain with certainty the particular
   lands in respect of which action is taken by you, and
   the name or names of the person or persons to whom
   such lands are to be granted: Provided that where
   the intended grantees of such lands are not the
   persons originally entitled or intended to be benefited,
   or where they are representatives of the persons
   originally entitled or intended to be benefited, then
   that it shall be clearly apparent in what character or
   capacity such persons are to take the lands dealt
   with.

5. And, in further pursuance of the power afore-
   said, where lands are proposed to be vested in
   Trustees on behalf of any tribe or subdivision thereof,
   that you distinctly ascertain and name the persons
   who are to be Trustees or to whom any grant of such
   land is to be made, and the trusts to which the same
   ought to be subject, or any conditions or limitations
   which ought to be provided for to render such grant
   effectual.

6. And generally in the premises you are hereby
   empowered to make all such inquiries and investiga-
   tions, and to hear and determine all such questions, as
   may be necessary to give full effect to this Commis-
   sion.

7. And for the purposes of this Commission you
   are hereby empowered to call before you and ex-
   amine on oath or otherwise, as may be allowed by law,
   all such person or persons as you may think able to
   afford you any information in relation to the pre-
   mises; and also to require any person or persons to
   bring before you and produce in evidence (saving all
   just exceptions) any books, papers, deeds, plans, or
   documents of which any Court of law might com-
   pel the production.

8. You shall also have full power and authority to
   employ such surveyors, clerks, interpreters, and
   other persons as you may deem necessary for your
   assistance in the premises.

9. And you are hereby required from time to time
   to report to me in writing under your hand the
   several acts and proceedings done and taken by you
   under the authority of these presents.

10. And, lastly, it is hereby declared that this
    Commission shall continue in force for the period of
    twelve calendar months from the date hereof (unless
    the same shall be previously determined by the dis-
    posal
    posal of the matters herein intrusted to you, or by
    the revocation of these presents), and that you may
    proceed in the execution of this Commission at any
    place or places in the colony, and although any
    inquiry be not regularly continued from time to time
    by adjournment

Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Honorable Arthur Hamilton Gordon,
Knight Grand Cross of the Most Dis-
tinguished Order of Saint Michael and
Saint George, Her Majesty's High
Commissioner for the Western Pacific,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in