AUGUST 30.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
1225
and 1847 links respectively; thence North-easterly by Lot
No. 137 to the point of commencement, 971 links: be all the
aforesaid linkages more or less.
All that piece or parcel of land containing by admeasure-
ment 105 acres 3 roods, more or less, and being Lot No. 154
in the Parish of Maungatawhiri, Opaheke Survey District,
Provincial District of Auckland. Bounded towards the
North-east by a road commencing at a point 1100 links from
the most easterly angle of Lot No. 152 of the aforesaid parish,
697, 320, 1221, 443, and 556 links respectively; thence
Southerly by a road, 2600 and 1800 links respectively; thence
Easterly by the crossing of a road, and Lots Nos. 43 and 135
of the Settlement of Pokeno, Section No. 1, 100, 1395, and
475 links respectively; thence South-westerly by a road, 122,
644, 226, 153, 217, 724, and 397 links respectively; thence
North-westerly by Lots Nos. 153 and 152, and a road, 320,
3207, and 1100 links respectively, to the point of commence-
ment.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-seventh
day of August, 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 speci-
fied 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 lands described in
the Schedule thereto are 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 Pokeno Domain Board, viz.,-

THOMAS JACKSON,
FREDERICK KINGSFORD,
RICHARD HOBBS,
WILLIAM MOTION,
JOHN DEAN,
JOHN ADAMS,
JAMES GRAHAM

(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 Saturday in each month, at two o'clock p.m., at the
   Public Hall, Pokeno, 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 Saturday, the twenty-ninth day of September,
   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 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
   Saturday 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 members
   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.

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

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-seventh
day of August, 1883.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

BY virtue of the powers and authorities vested in me by
the twenty-fourth section of "The Public Reserves
Act, 1881," I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the
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 Canter-
bury, and known as the Ashburton 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, ad-
ministered, and dealt with in manner directed by the said
Act.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Township of Ashburton, Pro-
vincial District of Canterbury, containing 72 acres, more or
less, and numbered 308 (in red). Bounded on the North-
eastward by the north-eastern boulevard of the town; on the
North-west by the north-western boulevard; on the South-
west by the northern edge of the dry river-bed; on the
South-east by West Street.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-seventh
day of August, 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 Ashburton Domain Board, viz.,-

WILLIAM CAMPBELL WALKER,
JAMES EBENEZER TREVOR, M.R.C.S.E., ETC.,
EDWARD GEORGE WRIGHT,
HENRY THOMAS WINTER,
THOMAS BULLOCK,
HIS WORSHIP THE MAYOR OF TIMARU,
WILLIAM GEORGE HERBERT ST. HILL, and
JOHN ORR

(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 Wednesday in each month, at half-past two o'clock
   p.m., at the County Council offices, Ashburton, 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 Wednesday, the
   third day of October, 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.