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.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Provincial District of Canterbury, containing by admeasurement 216 acres, more or less, being Section No. 1651 (in red). Bounded towards the West by Section No. 25509 for a distance of 48 chains 64 links; towards the South by the Eyre Road south for a distance of 34 chains 88 links; and towards the East by Section No. 24130, and also by a line in continuation of its western boundary, a distance altogether of 51 chains 55 links: as the same is delineated on the official map in the Provincial District Survey Office, Christchurch.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of January, 1885.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by "The Public Domains Act, 1881," 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 Order in Council, dated the twenty-seventh day of May, one thousand eight hundred and eighty, 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 Mount Hobson Public Domain Board, namely,--

JOSEPH LYSTON WILSON,
SAMUEL MORRIN,
JAMES McCOSH CLARK,
DAVID B. CRUICKSHANK, and
ALFRED EDWARD ISAACS

(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 three o'clock p.m., at Brunswick Buildings, Queen Street, Auckland, 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 second day of March, 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 first Monday 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.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land known as the Mount Hobson Reserve, containing by admeasurement 23 acres 1 rood, more or less, being Lot 2A, Section XI., Suburbs of the City of Auckland. Bounded towards the North and North-east by a road, 100 links wide, 956 links, 306 links, and 794 links;
towards the South-east and East by Lots 4, 5, and 6 of the said section, 515 links, 277 links, 157 links, and 738 links; towards the South-west by Lot 7 of the said section, 1009 links; and towards the West by Lots 2 and 8 of the said section, 1300 links and 522 links.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of January, 1885.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING 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 Canterbury, and known as the Lincoln 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 parcel of land situate in the Halswell Survey District, Provincial District of Canterbury, containing 200 acres, bounded on the North-east by a line parallel to and about 4 chains distance from the railway-line; on the North-west by Section No. 2443; on the North-east by Section No. 2443; on the North-west by a line beginning from a point on the south-west boundary of Section No. 2443 and about 12 chains from the south-west corner of that section, and running at right angles for a distance of about 40 chains; thence in a south-easterly direction for about 45 chains; and on the South-east by a line parallel to the north-west boundary: to take in the required area.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of January, 1885.

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 Lincoln Domain Board, namely,--

JOHN GEBBIE,
JOHN GEORGE MURRAY,
WILLIAM BIRDLING,
HUGH DEANS BUCHANAN, and
REGINALD ROBERT BRADLEY

(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 fourth Thursday in each month, at four o'clock p.m., at Lincoln, or at such other time or place as may from time to time be fixed by the Board. The first meeting shall be held