SEPT. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1055

Vesting a Reserve in the Geraldine Road Board.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this first day of September, 1886.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto was reserved for a site for a pound: And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient to vest the said land in the Geraldine Road Board:

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 reserve shall become vested in the Road Board of the Geraldine District, in trust, for a site for a pound.

SCHEDULE.

PART Reserve No. 1373 (in red), Town of Geraldine, containing 1 rood 15 perches.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Vesting Reserves in the Cust Road Board.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this first day of September, 1886.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto were reserved for gravel-pits: And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient to vest the said lands in the Road Board of the Cust District:

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 Road Board of the Cust District, in trust, for gravel-pits.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land in the Provincial District of Canterbury, containing by admeasurement 9 acres, more or less, being Section No. 629 (in red), situate in the Mairaki Survey District. Bounded towards the North by the road-line south of Sections Nos. 5486 and 6990; towards the East by the road-line west of Section No. 7231, 532 links; towards the South by the road north of Section No. 4254; and towards the West by a road-line: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the District Survey Office, Christchurch.

All that piece or parcel of land in the Provincial District of Canterbury, containing by admeasurement 10 acres, more or less, being Section No. 1253 (in red), situate in the Mairaki Survey District. Bounded towards the North-east by a road-line, 1204 links; towards the North-west by Section No. 24241, 1788 links; and towards the South by Section No. 13987, 2157 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less; save and excepting thereout the continuation of the road-line running through Section No. 13987; as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the District Survey Office, Christchurch.

All that piece or parcel of land in the Provincial District of Canterbury, containing by admeasurement 2 acres 1 rood, more or less, being Section No. 1886 (in red), situate in the Mairaki Survey District. Bounded towards the North-east by Section No. 7573; towards the North-west by the same section, 29 links; towards the East by Section No. 6843; towards the South-west and West by a road-line: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the District Survey Office, Christchurch.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Vesting a Reserve in the Waikaiā Athenæum (Incorporated).

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this first day of September, 1886.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto was reserved for a site for an athenæum: And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient to vest the said land in the Waikaiā Athenæum (Incorporated):

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 reserve shall become vested in the Waikaiā Athenæum (Incorporated), in trust, for a site for an athenæum.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land in the Provincial District of Otago, containing by admeasurement 2 roods, more or less, situate in the Town of Waikaiā, and being Sections Nos. 4 and 5 respectively of Block III. of said town. Bounded towards the North-west by Section No. 6 of same block, 200 links; towards the North-east by Section No. 3 of same block, 250 links; towards the South-east by Blaydon Street, 200 links; and towards the South-west by Wylam Street, 250 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Powers delegated to the Te Awamutu Town Board under “The Public Domains Act, 1881.”

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this first day of September, 1886.

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 eleventh day of February, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four, 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

Te Awamutu Town Board,

who shall be known as the Te Awamutu Public Domain 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 Monday in each month, at two o’clock p.m., at the Town Board Office, Te Awamutu, 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 twentieth day of September, 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 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 mem-