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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 108

Now, therefore, His Excellency William Francis Drum-
mond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand,
acting with the advice and consent of the Executive Council
of the said colony, and also with the concurrence of the said
County Council, and in exercise of the powers conferred by
the twenty-fourth section of "The Public Reserves Act, 1881,"
doth order and declare that the lands described in the
Schedule hereto are hereby brought under the operation of
and shall be henceforth subject to the provisions of "The
Public Domains Act, 1881."

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Provincial District of Welling-
ton, in the Colony of New Zealand, containing by admeasure-
ment 161 acres and 23 poles, more or less, being sections
numbered 338 and 140 on the record plan of the Okotuku
District, being bounded towards the North by Section No.
337, 3832 links and 368 links, by Section No. 41, 670 links,
and by a swamp; towards the East by Section No. 136,
3165 links; and towards the South and West by a public road
one chain wide, 681 links, 1877 links, 293 links, 2058 links,
2728 links, and 3000 links.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this seventeenth
day of October, 1883.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR 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 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 sections five and
twelve, to the under-mentioned persons, who shall be known
as the Okotuku Domain Board, viz.,-

JOHN HAIR,
JOHN WILLIAM THURSTON,
WILLIAM WILSON,
OWEN HAWES, and
HENRY FREDERICK MASON
(herein referred to as "the Board"), subject to the stipula-
tions hereinafter contained; that is to say,-

1. The Board shall meet for the transaction of business on
   the first Friday in each month, at three o'clock p.m., at the
   Old Town Hall, Waverley, 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 Friday, the ninth day of November,
   one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three.

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 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.

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 otherwise,
   the office of Chairman shall be or become vacant, the mem-
   bers may at any monthly or special meeting appoint a Chair-
   man.

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.

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

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this seventeenth
day of October, 1883.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities
vested in him by "The Public Domains Act, 1881," and
"The Abolition of Provinces Act, 1875," His Excellency the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the
advice and consent of the Executive Council thereof, doth
hereby revoke a certain notification under the hand of His
Honour the Superintendent of Canterbury, dated the twenty-
third day of July, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
four, making delegation of certain powers in manner as
therein appears, 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 Schedule hereto, all
the powers conferred by the Act aforesaid, except the powers
under or conferred by sections five and twelve thereof, to the
under-mentioned persons, who shall be known as the Akaroa
Public Domain Board, viz.,-

JAMES BOOTH GARWOOD,
JAMES DALY,
STEPHEN WATKINS,
His Worship the MAYOR of AKAROA (ex officio),
GEORGE WILLIAM NALDER
(herein referred to as "the Board"), subject to the stipula-
tions hereinafter contained; that is to say,-

1. The Board shall meet for the transaction of business on
   the first Monday in each month, at eight o'clock p.m., at
   Mr. Garwood's house, Akaroa, 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 fifth day of November,
   one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three.
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 first
   Monday in December 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.
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 otherwise,
   the office of Chairman shall be or become vacant, the mem-
   bers may, at any monthly or special meeting, appoint a Chair-
   man.
7. All questions shall be determined by the majority of
   votes of the members of the Board present at a meeting.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land situate in the Town of Akaroa, Pro-
vincial District of Canterbury, bounded on the Westward by
the boundary of the said township; on the North-westward
by Section No. 45, and by the Beach Road; on the North-
eastward by the same section, and by Aylmer Street; and
on the Southward and Eastward by South Street: as the same
is delineated on the plans in the Survey Office, Christchurch.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Land temporarily reserved in the Land Districts of Hawke's
Bay, Wellington, Canterbury, and Southland.

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

WHEREAS by the one hundred and forty-fourth section
of "The Land Act, 1877," it is enacted that the
Governor may from time to time, either by general or
particular description, and whether the same has been sur-
veyed or not, reserve from sale temporarily, notwithstanding