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 Methven Domain Board, namely,--

The Mount Hutt Road Board

(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 Wednesday in each month, at four o'clock p.m.,
   at the office of the Mount Hutt Road Board, 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
   eighteenth 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 third
   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 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.

Darfield 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-third
day of February, 1885.

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 Canterbury,
and known as the Darfield 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 in the Hawkins Survey District, Provincial District of Canterbury, containing by admeasurement
10 acres, more or less, being part of Reserve No. 1751 (in red).
Bounded--North-east by the continuation of Creyke Street,
in the Horndon Township, 692 links; South-east by Maxwell
Street, 1050 links; South-west by the continuation of Railway Terrace North, 1212.8 links; and North-west by a line
at right angles to south-west boundary, 1050 links: be all
the aforesaid linkages more or less; and numbered 2635 (in
red) on the official map in the Survey Office, Christchurch.

FORSTER GORING,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,

Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-third
day of February, 1885.

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 Darfield Domain Board, namely,--

GEORGE GUNN,

ALEXANDER NICHOL,

HECTOR GILLANDERS,

JAMES SCOTT, and

WILLIAM CLINTON

(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 Monday in each month, at half-past seven o'clock
   p.m., at the Schoolroom, Darfield, 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 sixteenth 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 third
   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.

FORSTER GORING,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

Mount Somers 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-third
day of February, 1885.

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 Canterbury,
and known as the Mount Somers Recreation-ground, and
described in the Schedule hereto, shall be and the same is