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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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nks ; and towards the North-west by Oxford Street 120 links wide 1326 links, by Rutland Street 120 links wide 100 links, by Surrey Street 120 links wide 620 links, and by Block XLIV. 602 links.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Ashburton Recreation-grounds brought under “The Public Domains Act, 1881.”

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirtieth day of June, 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 reserves made for public recreation in the Provincial District of Canterbury, and known as the Ashburton Recreation-grounds, and described in the Schedule hereto, shall be and the same are 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 Borough of Ashburton, Provincial District of Canterbury, containing by admeasurement 7 acres 3 roods 14 perches, more or less, being Reserve No. 300 (in red). Bounded on the North-west by East Street; on the North-east by South Street; on the Eastward by another street; and on the South-east by the high bank of the River Ashburton: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the District Survey Office, Christchurch.

All that parcel of land in the Borough of Ashburton, Provincial District of Canterbury, containing by admeasurement 1 acre, more or less, being Reserve No. 301 (in red). Bounded on the North-east by South Street; on the Westward by the street separating this reserve from Reserve No. 300; and on the South-east by Cass Street: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the District Survey Office, Christchurch.

All that parcel of land in the Borough of Ashburton, Provincial District of Canterbury, containing by admeasurement 30 acres, more or less, being part of Reserve No. 1923 (in red). Bounded on the North by Reserve No. 300; on the North-east by the Terrace; on the South-east by a line in continuation of the south-eastern side of the Town Belt East; and on the South-west by the River Ashburton: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the District Survey Office, Christchurch, and numbered 2668 (in red).

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Powers delegated to the Corporation of the Borough of Ashburton under “The Public Domains Act, 1881.”

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirtieth day of June, 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 Ashburton Domain Board, namely,—

The CORPORATION of the BOROUGH of ASHBURTON (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 Friday in each month, at noon, at the Borough Council Chambers, Ashburton, 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 Friday, the seventeenth day of July, 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 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.

Vesting Reserves in the Kaikoura County Council.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirtieth day of June, 1885.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto were reserved for a gravel-pit and for a site for a pound: And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient to vest the said lands in the Chairman, Councillors, and inhabitants of the County of Kaikoura:

Now, therefore, 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, and in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the fourth section of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” doth hereby declare that, from and after the day of the date hereof, the said reserves shall become vested in the Chairman, Councillors, and inhabitants of the County of Kaikoura, in trust, for a gravel-pit and a site for a pound respectively.

SCHEDULE.

PARTS OF SECTION NO. 95.

ALL that parcel of land containing 5 acres, more or less, situate in the District of Kaikoura Suburban, Provincial District of Marlborough, being part of Section No. 95 in the said district. Bounded towards the North by a public road, 707·6 links; towards the West by other part of said Section No. 95, 700 links; towards the South by other part of said Section No. 95, 721 links; and towards the East by Section No. 96 in the said district, 700·1 links: be all the aforesaid linkages a little more or less.

All that parcel of land containing 5 acres, more or less, situate in the District of Kaikoura Suburban, Provincial District of Marlborough, being part of Section No. 95 in the said district. Bounded towards the North by other part of said Section No. 95, 723·3 links; towards the East by other part of said Section No. 95, 700 links; towards the South by Section No. 102 in the said district, 705·2 links; and towards the West by a public road, 700·2 links: be all the aforesaid linkages a little more or less.

SECTION NO. 340.

All that parcel of land in the District of Kaikoura Suburban, in the Provincial District of Marlborough, containing by admeasurement 9 acres 2 roods 34 perches or thereabouts, being Section No. 340. Bounded towards the North by Section No. 341 in the said district; towards the East, South, and West by public roads: as the same is more