JULY 1.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 953

same; and issued under the Seal of the
said Colony, at the Government House,
at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of
June, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and eighty.
WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

South Rakaia Domain brought under "The Public
Domains Act, 1860."

HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-ninth day of June, 1880.
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 recreation in
the Provincial District of Canterbury, and known as
the South Rakaia 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, administered, and dealt
with in manner directed by the said Acts.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Township of South
Rakaia, Provincial District of Canterbury, containing
50 acres, more or less. Bounded-South-eastward
by Lots 31 to 36 inclusive; North-westward by Lots
19 and 20; and North-eastward and South-westward
by road-lines: and numbered 2442 (in red) on the
official map in the Survey Office, Christchurch.

FORSTER GORINO,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-ninth day of June, 1880.
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 revoked:
And whereas it is enacted by "The Public Domains
Act, 1865," that the word "person" in the herein-
before recited section of "The Public Domains Act,
1860," shall be deemed to include more persons than
one: And whereas pursuant to "The Public Re-
serves 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 South Rakaia
Domain Board :-

CHARLES NORRIS MACKIE,
GEORGE ROBINSON,
WALTER HARTNELL,
JAMES NEWLAND SHARP,
ARTHUR MAKEIG,
CHARLES ALBERT CREERY HARDY, and
JAMES BRUCE

(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 Thursday in each month, at
   four o'clock p.m., at the Road Board Office, South
   Rakaia, or at such other time or place as may from
   time to time be fixed by the Board. The first meet-
   ing shall be held on Thursday, the fifteenth day of
   July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty.
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.

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

HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-ninth day of June, 1880.
Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Order in Council, bearing date
the twenty-seventh day of January, one thou-
sand eight hundred and eighty, made and issued
under the authority of "The Public Domains Act,
1860," "The Public Domains Act, 1865," and "The
Public Reserves Act, 1877," certain powers were, in
respect of certain lands referred to in a further
Order in Council of the same date, made and issued
under "The Public Reserves Act, 1877," aforesaid,