Dec. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1653

for public recreation in the Provincial District of Otago, and
known as the Kelso 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 Act.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Provincial District of Otago, containing
by admeasurement 11 acres 2 roods 15 perches, more or less,
situate in the Town of Kelso, being Sections Nos. 13, 14, 15,
16, and 17, Block III., on the map of the said town. Bounded
towards the North by Cheviot Street, 1143·2 links; towards
the North-east, South-east, and South-west by Crookston
Creek, 1920 links; towards the South by Hawick Street, 795
links; and towards the West by Sections Nos. 12 and 18,
1083·4 links: as the same is more particularly delineated on
the plans of the said town in the Survey Office, Dunedin.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Powers delegated to the Kelso Domain Board under “The
Public Domains Act, 1881.”

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-
fifth day of November, 1884.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING 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 Kelso Domain Board, namely,—

JOHN MCFARLANE,
LEWIS SHAW,
GEORGE GOODWIN,
CHARLES F. DUNNETT, and
JOHN MCDUFF

(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 second Wednesday in each month, at twelve o’clock
   noon, at Kelso, 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 seventh day of January, one
   thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

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
   Wednesday 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
   Chairman.

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.

Regulations for the Formation of Special Settlements.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-
eighth day of November, 1884.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by “The Land Act 1877 Amendment Act,
1879,” it is enacted that the Governor in Council
may fix the terms and conditions upon which the lands in
any special settlement should be disposed of, and the mode
of payment for the same: And whereas it is desirable to
make regulations for the formation of special settlements to
be formed throughout New Zealand on blocks of land to be
from time to time set apart by the Governor under and for
the purposes of the said Act as therein mentioned:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in pursuance
and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him
by the hereinbefore in part recited Act, and by and with the
advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said
colony, doth hereby fix the following terms and conditions as
those upon which special-settlement blocks shall be disposed
of, and the mode of payment for the same, that is to say,—

REGULATIONS.

1. Any association of persons of not less than twenty-five,
   who may be desirous of settling on Crown lands adjacent to
   each other, may arrange with the Government for a block of
   land on the following general conditions:—

2. In the construction of these regulations, unless the
   context shall otherwise require, the following expressions
   shall have the meanings hereby assigned to them:—

“Association” shall mean the Small-Farm As-
sociation:

“Land” shall mean the block of land described in the
First Schedule hereto:

“Purchaser” shall mean any member of the association
or other person occupying or entitled to occupy land
under these conditions, whether male or female:

“Receiver of Land Revenue” shall mean Receiver of
Land Revenue at , or other officer for
the time being acting as such:

“Minister” shall mean the Minister of Lands for the
time being, or any member of the Executive acting
for him:

“Secretary” shall mean the secretary of the associa-
tion for the time being, and shall include any per-
son acting in that capacity, and if there shall be no
secretary, then the chairman of the association:

“Registered substitute” shall mean any person whose
name shall be registered in the office of the Minister
by the purchaser who is employed by him to fulfil
the residential and improvement conditions.

3. Any block of land to be selected under these regula-
   tions shall contain not less than 1,000 acres nor more than
   10,000 acres; and it will be surveyed into areas of not more
   than 100 acres or thereabouts.

4. All surveys shall be conducted in accordance with
   instructions to be given from time to time by the Surveyor-
   General of the colony, and subject to his approval in every
   respect.

The cost of survey and roading, not exceeding 2s. 6d. per
acre, shall be paid for by the secretary, in, say, four instal-
ments, three months to elapse between each payment. The
first payment shall be made when the association has agreed
to take a special block.

5. Such portions of the land as may be required for the
   purposes of the Government of the colony, or for educational,
   recreation, or other public purposes, and as shall be approved
   by the Minister, shall not be open for selection under these
   regulations.

6. The allotment of sections to members of the associa-
   tion shall be made at such time and in such manner as the
   association may, with the consent of the Minister, deter-
   mine.

7. The price of the land shall be such as may be arranged
   between the Minister and association, payable as follows:
   One-tenth of the price of the whole block shall be paid
   by the secretary prior to the allotment of the sections.
   This will be in satisfaction of the two first half-yearly instal-
   ments to be reckoned as due from the next first day of
   January or July following. Thereafter the payments shall
   be made by each purchaser every six months in advance, at
   the rate of one-twentieth of the price of the land; until the
   whole price has been paid.

8. One-third of the price of the land will from time to
   time, as paid to the Government, be repaid to the local body
   of the district or the association, for expenditure on roads in
   or leading to the block.

9. All the moneys required to be paid for the land under
   these terms and conditions shall be paid to the Receiver of