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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 54

able Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-third day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

*Districts constituted under "The Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1875."

(L.S.) Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in the Governor by "The Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1875," I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby abolish the existing registration districts known as the Porangahau, Castlepoint, and Woodville Districts; and do proclaim and declare that the territory heretofore comprised within the said districts is hereby divided anew into five registration districts, the names whereof shall be the Wainui, Porangahau, Castlepoint, Danevirk, and Woodville Districts, and the boundaries whereof shall be coterminous with the boundaries of the marriage districts bearing the same names as are set forth in a Proclamation of even date herewith, made under the provisions of "The Marriage Act, 1880."

And I hereby declare that this Proclamation shall come into operation on the first day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois, Lieutenant-General in Her Majesty's Army, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-third day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

*Powers delegated to the Napier Borough Council under "The Public Domains Act, 1881."

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this seventeenth day of September, 1885.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR 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 second day of December, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, 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 Manawatu Public Domain Board, namely,-

THE NAPIER BOROUGH COUNCIL

(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 second Tuesday in each month, at three o'clock p.m., at the Borough Council offices, Napier, 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 thirteenth day of October, 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 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.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Provincial District of Hawke's Bay, containing by admeasurement 92 acres, more or less, being Section No. 2 of Manee South. Bounded towards the North-east by Sections Nos. 1 and 6 respectively, 1300 and 2940 links; towards the South-east by Section No. 9, 2500 links; towards the South-west by Section No. 4, 3500 links; and towards the North-west by a public road, 1000, 882, and 839 links respectively.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

*Native Land taken for Portion of Kawakawa Railway.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this first day of September, 1885.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in him by "The Public Works Act, 1882," and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby order that the Government work known as the Kawakawa Railway shall and may be constructed on or through the parcels of land more particularly described in the Schedule hereto, and delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 13126, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, in the said colony.

SCHEDULE.

THE several parcels of land mentioned in list hereunder:-

Approximate Area of each of the Parcels of Land required to be taken.
Being Section or Portion of Section No.
Situated in Block No.
Situated in Survey District of

A. R. P.
4 2 30 (Ef to Gh)
6 2 35 (MN to OP)
0 1 16
0 0 3
0 0 3
0 0 5
0 0 16
0 0 3
0 0 27

Native land, Ngama-hanga
Te Raupo
Naturahi, 185
Awahe, Lot No.1 of 174
Awahe, Lot No.2 of 174
Awahe, Lot No.3 of 174
Awahe, Lot No.4 of 174
Awahe, Lot No.5 of 174
Awahe, Lot No.6 of 174
Awahe, Lot No.7 of 174

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Kawakawa.
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All in the Provincial District of Auckland; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 13126, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured pink.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.