SEPT. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1205

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 Otago. and known as the Heriot 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 Otago, containing by admeasurement 9 acres 3 roods 9 perches, more or less, situate in the Township of Heriot, and being Section No. 2 of Block I. of said township. Bounded towards the North-west by Tweed Street, 166 links; towards the North by Section No. 1 of same block, 1435 links; towards the South-east by Sections Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 of the same block 779 links, also by a road-line 111 links; towards the South by Nith Street, 1488 links; and towards the West by Leader Street, 619 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less.

FORSTER GORING, Clerk of the Executive Council.

Powers delegated to the Heriot Domain Board under "The Public Domains Act, 1881."

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

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

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 Heriot Domain Board, namely,--

EDWARD KEMPTHORNE, CHARLES LODD, and WILLIAM WALKER

(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 Saturday in each month, at eight o'clock p.m., at Heriot, 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 Saturday, the ninth day of October, 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 second Saturday 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 a Reserve in the Southland County Council.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

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

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto was purchased by the Superintendent of Southland for provincial purposes: And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient to vest the said land in the Southland 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 section four 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 Chairman, Councillors, and inhabitants of the Southland County, in trust, for a gravel-pit.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Southland Land District, containing by admeasurement 4 acres, more or less, being a part of Section No. 12, Block I., on the map of the Invercargill Hundred. Bounded towards the North-west by a public road, 400 links; towards the North-east by Section No. 13 of said block, 1000 links; towards the South-east by the other portion of said Section No. 12, 400 links; and towards the South-west by the other portion of said Section No. 12, 1000 links.

FORSTER GORING, Clerk of the Executive Council.

Vesting a Reserve in the Pakuranga Road Board.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-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 quarry: And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient to vest the said land in the Pakuranga 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 Pakuranga District, in trust, for a site for a quarry.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Provincial District of Auckland, being Lot No. 20 of Section No. 5, Parish of Pakuranga, and containing by admeasurement 4 acres 2 roods 27 perches, be the same more or less. Bounded towards the North by Lot No. 63, 1081 links; towards the East and South by Lot No. 17 of Section No. 5 aforesaid and part of the termination of a road, 50 links wide, 433 links and 1081 links respectively; and towards the West by part of the termination of a road, 50 links wide aforesaid, and Lot No. 21 of Section No. 5 aforesaid, 433 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less.

FORSTER GORING, Clerk of the Executive Council.

Vesting the Westport Athenaeum Site in the Corporation of Westport.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-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 athenaeum: And