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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 67

by and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council of the said colony, and in exercise of the
powers and authorities vested in him by the fourth
section of "The Public Reserves Act, 1881," doth
hereby declare that, from and after the day of the
date hereof, the said reserves shall become vested in
the Mataura Town Board, in trust for municipal
purposes.

SCHEDULE.
TOWN OF MATAURA.
BLOCK II., Section 7; Block IV., Section 11; Block
V., Sections 5 and 6; Block VI., Sections 1, 12, and
13; Block VII., Sections 6, 19, 49, and 54.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Palmerston North Recreation-ground brought under
"The Public Domains Act, 1881."

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-seventh day of July, 1882.

Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE
GOVERNMENT IN COUNCIL.

BY virtue of the powers and authorities vested in
me by the twenty-fourth section of "The Public
Reserves Act, 1881," I, James Prendergast, the Ad-
ministrator of the Government 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 Wellington, and
known as the Palmerston North 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, 1881;" 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 Provincial District of
Wellington, containing by admeasurement 1 acre
2 roods 6 perches, more or less, being Section No.
1086 on the plan of the Township of Palmerston.
Bounded towards the North-west by a public road,
1180 links; towards the South-east by a Native
reserve and by a lagoon, 1210 links; and towards the
South-west by a public road, 225 links: be all the
aforesaid linkages more or less.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Powers delegated to the Palmerston North Domain
Board under "The Public Domains Act, 1881."

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-seventh day of July, 1882.

Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE
GOVERNMENT IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the twelfth section of "The Public
Domains Act, 1881," it is, inter alia, 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, save as is therein mentioned, to any
person or persons 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
pursuant to "The Public Reserves Act, 1881," by
an Order in Council of even date herewith, the land
described in the Schedule thereto is declared to be
brought under the operation of and to be subject to
the provisions of the said "Public Domains Act,
1881:"

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Administrator
of the Government of the Colony of New Zealand,
by and with the advice and consent of the Execu-
tive Council of the said colony, doth, by this
present order, delegate all the powers conferred by
the Act first above mentioned, except the powers
under or conferred by sections five and twelve, to
the under-mentioned persons, who shall be known as
the Palmerston North Domain Board:-

GEORGE MATTHEW SNELSON,
HENRY MCNEILL,
JOHN JAMES WALDEGRAVE,
JAMES LINTON, and
JOHN RICHTER

(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 Monday in each month, at seven
   o'clock p.m., at the Town Hall, Palmerston North,
   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 Monday, the fourth day of September, one
   thousand eight hundred and eighty-two.

2. Special meetings may be convened by the
   Chairman, 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
   transacted 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 second Tuesday 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 Chair-
   man shall hold office until the election of his suc-
   cessor.

5. If at any meeting the Chairman is not present
   at the time appointed for holding the same, the
   members 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.

Menzies Ferry Recreation-ground brought under
"The Public Domains Act, 1881."

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-seventh day of July, 1882.

Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE
GOVERNMENT IN COUNCIL.

BY virtue of the powers and authorities vested in
me by the twenty-fourth section of "The Public