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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 54

Re-delegating Powers to the Auckland Domain Board.

ARTHUR GORDON, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-ninth day of May, 1882.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the twelfth section of "The
Public Domains Act, 1881," 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, except the powers conferred by section
five and the said section twelve, to any person or
persons or body corporate 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 His Excellency the Governor, by
Order in Council made on the seventeenth day of
January, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two,
did delegate certain powers conferred by "The
Public Domains Act, 1881," to certain persons therein
mentioned, subject to certain stipulations therein
specified:

And whereas it is expedient to revoke the said
Order in Council, and to make another delegation in
lieu thereof:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by
and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council, doth, by this present order, revoke the
delegation contained in the said Order of Council,
and doth, with the like advice and consent, by this
present order, delegate, but only with respect to the
piece or parcel of land described in the first clause
or section of the Schedule to "The Public Domains
Act, 1881," all the powers conferred by the Act first
above mentioned, except the powers under or con-
ferred by sections five and twelve, to the under-
mentioned persons :-

Graves Aicken, Esquire,
Robert Clapham Barstow, Esquire,
William Francis Buckland, Esquire,
Arthur Bull, Esquire,
James McCosh Clark, Esquire,
Francis Dart Fenton, Esquire,
Thomas Macffarlane, Esquire,
Edmund Augustus Mackechnie, Esquire,
Thomas Taylor Masefield, Esquire,
Samuel Morrin, Esquire,
Thomas Peacock, Esquire,
James Russell, Esquire,
Stephenson Percy Smith, Esquire,
Robert John Yates, Esquire,
Robert Walker, Esquire, and
Charles Sutton, Esquire

(herein referred to as "the delegates"), subject to
the stipulations hereinafter contained, that is to say,-

1. The delegates shall hold their first meeting on
   Monday, the nineteenth day of June, one thousand
   eight hundred and eighty-two, at the Customhouse
   and Post Office Buildings, in a room therein called
   "Ministers'-room." Subsequent meetings shall be
   held at such time and place as the meeting shall
   from time to time appoint.

2. The delegates may from time to time at any
   special meeting make such rules and regulations for
   conduct of their proceedings as they may think
   proper and necessary.

3. Special meetings may be convened by the Chair-
   man, or by any two of the delegates, provided that
   two days' notice of such meeting be given to each
   delegate, specifying the business to be transacted at
   such special meeting, and no other business than that
   so specified shall be transacted at such meeting.

4. Any five of the said delegates shall form a
   quorum. Any meeting may be adjourned from time
   to time.

5. The delegates shall, at their first meeting, and
   thereafter at an annual meeting to be held on the
   first Monday in every succeeding 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.

6. If at any meeting the Chairman is not present
   at the time appointed for holding the same, the dele-
   gates present shall choose some one of their number
   to be Chairman of such meeting.

7. If by resignation, death, or incapacity, or other-
   wise, the office of Chairman shall be or become
   vacant, the delegates may at any monthly or special
   meeting appoint a Chairman.

8. All questions shall be determined by the ma-
   jority of votes of the delegates present at a meeting.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Judge of Assessment Courts under "The Rating Act,
1876," appointed for Districts in Marlborough.

ARTHUR GORDON, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of all powers and authori-
ties vested in me by "The Rating Act, 1876,"
I, Arthur Hamilton Gordon, the Governor of the
Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

JOHN ALLEN, Esq., R.M.,

to be Judge of the Assessment Courts for the districts
of Picton Highway District, Pelorus Highway Dis-
trict, and Havelock Board of Works.

As witness the hand of His Excllency the
Governor, this fifth day of June, one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-two.

THOMAS DICK.

Changing Name of Whau Highway District, County
of Eden, to Avondale.

ARTHUR GORDON, Governor.

UNDER and in pursuance of the powers vested in
me by the seventh section of the Act of the
Superintendent and Provincial Council of the Pro-
vince of Auckland, intituled, "The Highways Act,
1874," and "The Abolition of Provinces Act, 1875,"
I, Arthur Hamilton Gordon, the Governor of the
Colony of New Zealand, do hereby notify that the
name of the Whau Highway District shall be and
the same is hereby changed to that of the Avondale
Highway District.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this fifth day of June, one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-two.

THOMAS DICK.

Californian Mountain Quail and Pintail Grouse to
be deemed Game.

ARTHUR GORDON, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by "The
Animals Protection Act, 1880," I, Arthur
Hamilton Gordon, the Governor of the Colony of
New Zealand, do hereby declare that, from and after
the date hereof, the imported birds known as the
Californian mountain quail and pintail grouse shall
come within the operation of the said Act as fully
and effectually as if they had been included in the
Third Schedule thereto.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Governor, this fifth day of June, one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-two.

THOMAS DICK.