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4. The members of the Board shall, at their first meeting, and thereafter at an annual meeting to be held on the fourth Friday 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.

Altering Regulations for the New Zealand Volunteer Force.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,

Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twelfth day of May, 1885.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled "The Volunteer Act, 1881," power is given to the Governor in Council from time to time to make and alter regulations respecting the enrolment, discipline, training, exercise, accoutrements, clothing, equipment, conveyance, pay, rations, and lodging of the Volunteer Force or any part thereof:

And whereas by an Order in Council, dated the twenty-second day of November, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four, and by subsequent Orders in Council issued under the provisions of the said Act, certain regulations were made for the purposes aforesaid: And whereas it is expedient now to alter the same:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the said recited power and authority, doth by this present order, by and with the consent of the Executive Council, alter Rule one hundred and four of the aforesaid regulations; and, with the like advice and consent, doth hereby declare that the rule as so altered shall come into force from the date of the publication hereof.

SCHEDULE.

RULE 104. Officers elected by Volunteer corps will in the first place receive acting appointments only. If any candidate fails to pass his examination in the above subjects within three months his acting appointment will lapse. Officers of Artillery Volunteers will be allowed three months extra to pass the required examinations in subjects actually connected with that branch of the service.

FORSTER GORING,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

Appointing Trustees under Maori Real Estate Management Acts, 1867 and 1877.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor,

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twelfth day of May, 1885.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by "The Maori Real Estate Management Act, 1867" (hereinafter called "the said Act"), it is enacted that, if any title to or interest in any hereditaments shall accrue to any Maoris who or any of whom shall be infants, lunatics, or under legal disability, it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, if he think fit, to order that such hereditaments, or any part thereof or interest therein, as shall to the Governor in Council be shown to belong to such infant or lunatic or other person under legal disability shall be vested in trustees, as the Governor in Council shall think fit:

And whereas by "The Maori Real Estate Management Act Amendment Act, 1877," it is provided that, in all cases in which no trustee of such estate of any infant Maori prior to the passing of the said last recited Act has been appointed, the Governor may appoint such trustee only on the recommendation of a Judge of the Native Land Court:

And whereas, in pursuance of orders bearing dates as contained in the first column of the Schedule hereto, made by the Judge named in the second column thereof, the persons named in the third column were recommended to the Governor as trustees under the said Acts on behalf of the persons named and under the disability described in the fourth column, in respect of the lands described or referred to in the fifth column:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of New Zealand, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the colony, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by the said Acts, doth hereby order that the interests and shares of the persons under disability named in the Schedule hereto in the several blocks of land referred to therein shall be and remain vested in the several persons named in the third column thereof as trustees within the meaning and for the purposes of the said Acts for the said persons respectively during the term or terms of their minority or other disability; the said parcels of land having the areas and boundaries set forth in the Crown grants, certificates of title, and memorials of ownership affecting the same, and in the record maps in the office of the Surveyor-General.

SCHEDULE.

Dates Judge by whom Trustees hereby Names, Sex, and Age of Per- Lands in respect of which Derivation of Estate of of Orders. made. appointed. sons under Disability. Trustees are appointed. Cestui que Trust.

1885. L. O'Brien .. Waata Tohu and Waata Aotataurangi, m., Moroa, District of Wai- Certificate of title. 21 April Mohi Rangimau- 3 yrs. rarapa riora

24 April ,, .. Hoani Meihana te Te Mananui Mahuri, m., Eketahuna, District of Grown grant. Rangiutu and Iri- 17 yrs. Wairarapa hapeti Mahuri

FORSTER GORING,

Clerk of the Executive Council.