1478
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 75

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 eighth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, 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 Green Island Public Domain Board, namely,—

The TAIERI COUNTY COUNCIL, and
The CORPORATION of the BOROUGH of GREEN ISLAND
(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 last Wednesday in each month, at four o’clock p.m., at the Corporation Office, Green Island, 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 Wednesday, the twenty-eighth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven.

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 last Wednesday 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.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Provincial District of Otago, containing by admeasurement 372 acres 3 roods 4 perches, more or less, situate in the Dunedin and East Taieri District, and being Section No. 1, Block XIV., of said district. Bounded towards the north by a road-line 2050 links, by Green Island Bush District 1600 and 6030 links, by Section No. 2 of the said Block XIV. 1080 and 350 links, also by Green Island Bush District 2440, 2000, and 2400 links; towards the south-east by a road-line, 2330 links; towards the south by high-water mark of the ocean, 13700 links; and towards the west by the Kaikorai Stream, 2800 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Further extending Time for County Elections, County of Tauranga.

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Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirtieth day of November, 1887.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by an Order in Council dated the twentieth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the same date, the time for holding the general election of Councillors for certain counties, including the County of Tauranga, was, for reasons therein mentioned, extended to the sixteenth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven: And whereas the Council of the said County of Tauranga, having been served with a mandamus of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, the effect of which was that the County Council elections could not be held on the day appointed, and it is expedient that the said elections should be further postponed:

Now, therefore, His Excellency Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by section three hundred and twenty-two of “The Counties Act, 1886,” and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby further extend the time for holding the general election of Councillors for the County of Tauranga; and doth hereby order and declare that the said general election shall be held and take place on Wednesday, the eleventh day of January next ensuing, in lieu of Wednesday, the sixteenth day of November instant.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Native Land proposed to be taken for Portion of the Thames to Hikutaia Section of the Waikato-Thames Railway.

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Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-seventh day of September, 1887.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken for a public work authorised to be constructed by the Government, to wit, the Thames-Hikutaia Section of the Waikato-Thames Railway:

And whereas the said land is held or occupied by Native owners:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in him by “The Public Works Act, 1882,” and the amendments thereof, 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 New 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 Thames-Hikutaia Section of the Waikato-Thames Railway shall and may be constructed on or through the parcels of land more particularly mentioned in the Schedule hereto.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land containing by admeasurement 3 acres 3 roods 16 perches, being portion of Native land, commencing at the southernmost corner of Tawhitirahi No. 1, 1333. Bounded North-westerly by a line, 266 links; North-easterly by a road, 1356 links; South-easterly by a line, 312 links; South-westerly by high-water mark and by lines to commencing-point, 377 and 988 links respectively.

All those pieces or parcels of land containing by admeasurement 15 acres 2 roods 11 perches, being portions of Native land east of Kopu Block, commencing at the point of intersection of the eastern boundary of Kopu Block with the north-west boundary of Kopu Road. Bounded Westerly by a line, 70 links; North-easterly by a line, 68 links; South-easterly by Kopu Road to commencing-point, 40 links.

Also all that other piece or parcel of land commencing at the north-west corner of Mimia kaiauru Block, 4363. Bounded North-westerly by a road, 1096 links; Westerly and South-westerly by lines, 297, 408, and 849 links respectively; South-easterly by a line, 143 links; South-westerly by a line, 1389 links; South-easterly by a line, 101 links; North-easterly by a line, 1406 links; South-easterly by lines, 157 and 520 links respectively; North-easterly by lines to commencing-point, 308 and 854 links respectively.

Be all the above areas and linkages either more or less; the several parcels of land being situate in the Provincial District of Auckland, Colony of New Zealand; and are more particularly delineated upon the plan marked P.W.D. 8330, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Native Land proposed to be taken for Wellington-Napier Railway.—Portion of Tamaki Section.

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Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of October, 1887.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken for a public work authorised