Dec. 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1511
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 Hawke's Bay, and known as the Victoria 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 piece or parcel of land in the Provincial District of Hawke's Bay, containing 23 acres 3 roods 10 perches, being Section No. 42, Block X. (Victoria Special Settlement), Woodville Survey District.
FORSTER GORING, Clerk of the Executive Council.
Powers delegated to the Victoria Domain Board under "The Public Domains Act, 1881."
Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-second day of December, 1885.
Present:
THE HONOURABLE THE COLONIAL TREASURER 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 Victoria Domain Board, namely,--
CHARLES HALL, THOMAS HYDE, GEORGE REUBEN HUTCHINGS, THOMAS HUGHES, and JAMES DICKENS
(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 Thursday in each month, at two o'clock p.m., at Woodville, 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 Thursday, the twenty-first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six.
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 Thursday 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.
   Delegating Powers under "The Cemeteries Act, 1885," to the Wallace County Council.
   Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor.
   ORDER IN COUNCIL.
   At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-second day of December, 1885.
   Present:
   THE HONOURABLE THE COLONIAL TREASURER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
   IN exercise and pursuance of the powers vested in him by "The Cemeteries Act 1882 Amendment Act, 1885," and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, His Excellency Sir 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, doth hereby delegate to the Council of the County of Wallace the powers conferred upon him by section six of "The Cemeteries Act, 1882," as to the appointment and removal of Trustees for the cemetery described in the Schedule hereto, and known as the Wairio Cemetery; and doth declare that this Order in Council shall take effect as from the first day of January next.
   SCHEDULE.
   ALL that parcel of land in the Southland Land District, containing 2 acres, more or less, situate in the Wairio District, being Section No. 189 of said district. Bounded towards the North-east by Section No. 52 of said district, 664.5 links; towards the South-east by Section No. 53 of said district, 301 links; towards the South-west by a road-line, 664.5 links; and towards the North-west by a reserve, 301 links.
   FORSTER GORING, Clerk of the Executive Council.
   Vesting a Reserve in the County of Akaroa.
   Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor.
   ORDER IN COUNCIL.
   At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-second day of December, 1885.
   Present:
   THE HONOURABLE THE COLONIAL TREASURER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
   WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule heret was reserved for a gravel-pit: And whereas by an Order in Council bearing date the tenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one, the reserve was, with other lands, vested in the Selwyn County Council: And whereas the Selwyn County Council has consented to the said reserve being vested in the Akaroa County Council.
   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," and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling him in that behalf, doth hereby revoke the said Order in Council of the tenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one, in so far as it relates to the reserve mentioned in the Schedule hereto, and doth declare that, from and after the day of the date hereof, the said reserve shall become vested in the Akaroa County Council, in trust, for a gravel-pit.
   SCHEDULE.
   RESERVE 2426 (in red), containing 10 acres.
   FORSTER GORING, Clerk of the Executive Council.
   Changing the Purpose of a Reserve.
   Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor.
   ORDER IN COUNCIL.
   At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-second day of December, 1885.
   Present:
   THE HONOURABLE THE COLONIAL TREASURER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
   WHEREAS the land mentioned in the first column of the Schedule hereto was reserved for a site for a cemetery: And whereas the said reserve is for one of the purposes named in Class I. of the Schedule to "The Public Reserves Act, 1881," and, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient to change the purpose of such reserve to another