Jan. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 23

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 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 Knottingly Park Domain Board, viz.,—

JOHN MANCHESTER,
LEONARD PRICE,
WILLIAM JUKES STEWARD,
The CHAIRMAN of the WAIMATE COUNTY COUNCIL,
His Worship the MAYOR of WAIMATE,

(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 third Tuesday in each month, at three o’clock, at the Courthouse, Waimate, 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 Tuesday, the fifteenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.

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 third 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 members 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.

Additional Regulations under “The Stamp Act, 1882,” as to the Payment of Fees, &c., by means of Stamps.

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this second day of January, 1884.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities in that behalf conferred upon him by “The Stamp Act, 1882,” His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth by this notice direct that, on and after the second day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four, all fees which may be payable to any officer or officers of the Court of Bankruptcy and in any Local Court of Bankruptcy under “The Bankruptcy Act, 1883,” or any rules for the time being in force thereunder, and all fines and penalties which may be inflicted in any of the said Courts under or by virtue of the said Act, shall be collected and paid by means of stamps of any kind issued by the Government of the said colony, except those issued under “The Beer Duty Act, 1880.”

And in further pursuance and exercise of the said powers and authorities, and by and with the like advice and consent as aforesaid, the Governor doth hereby make the following regulations for the purposes aforesaid:—

1. The stamps for the fees payable in respect of the several matters or proceedings specified in the first column hereunder written shall be impressed upon or affixed to the document specified opposite such matters or proceedings in the second column hereunder written, that is to say,—

2. In all other respects the regulations made by Order in Council, issued under “The Stamp Act, 1882,” and dated the twenty-first day of November, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two, and the Schedule thereto, so far as the same relates to matters in the Court of Appeal, Supreme Court, or District Court, shall, in so far as applicable, respectively apply to stamps used under these regulations, and matters and proceedings done and taken under “The Bankruptcy Act, 1883,” or any rules for the time being in force thereunder.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Authorizing Sale of Section No. 443, Palmerston North, under the Provisions of “The Special Powers and Contracts Act, 1883.”

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

BY virtue of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the twenty-first section of the Schedule to “The Special Powers and Contracts Act, 1883,” I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby direct the Commissioner of Crown Lands at Wellington to sell by public auction Section number four hundred and forty-three, in the Township of Palmerston North, Manawatu District, containing two hundred and five acres three roods six perches, at an upset price of three pounds ten shillings per acre, the sum of four hundred and ninety pounds being added to the upset price of the said section as the present value of the improvements thereon, together with the sum of thirty pounds paid by one Peter Pope Fagg, as in the said Act mentioned, and which said sums so added to the upset price amount to one thousand two hundred and ten pounds four shillings and sixpence.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-ninth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three.

THOMAS DICK,
(for the Minister of Lands.)

Approving Time of Meeting of Nelson Land Board.

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

WHEREAS by the first subsection of the twenty-fifth section of “The Land Act, 1877,” it is enacted that the Board shall sit at such Land Office within the district as the Governor shall appoint (which shall be called the Principal Land Office), at certain times to be determined by the Board, and approved of by the Governor, and published in the Gazette:

And whereas by a warrant under the hand of the Governor, dated the second day of January, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the third day of January, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, certain Land Offices were appointed to be the Principal Land Offices for the several districts constituted under the said Act:

And whereas the Land Board named in the Schedule hereto has determined the time at which the said Board shall sit at the said Principal Land Office:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in further pursuance of the hereinbefore recited powers, do hereby approve of the time so determined by the said Land Board; and I declare that this approval shall operate and take effect as and from the time at which the Land Board so determined the time or sitting as aforesaid:—

SCHEDULE.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-ninth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three.

WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.