Mar. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 391

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 Otago, and known as the Moeraki 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.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Provincial District of Otago, containing by admeasurement 19 acres and 14 perches, more or less, situate in the Township of Moeraki, and being Sections Nos. 4, 5, 6, and 7, of Block XIV., of said township. Bounded towards the north-west by the South Pacific Ocean, 525 links, also by Milford Street, 96 links; towards the east and north-east by the said ocean, 3400 links; towards the south-east by Section No. 17, Block II., Moeraki District, 280 links, also by a street-line, 773·5 links; towards the west and south-west by Sections Nos. 5, 6, and 7 of Block XIII., of same township, and by two street-lines, 991·5 links and 419·5 links; by Sections Nos. 2 and 3 of same Block XIV., 577·5 links, by Milford Street, 139·5 links, also by Sections Nos. 1, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1, Block IX., of said township, and a street-line, 930·3 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Powers delegated to the Moeraki Domain Board under “The Public Domains Act, 1881.”

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Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-seventh day of March, 1888.

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 Moeraki Domain Board, namely,——

ANDREW MCKERROW,
JOSEPH CULLING, and
ROBERT EWING,

(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 Wednesday in each month, at two o’clock p.m., at the Courthouse, Hampden, 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 eleventh day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight.

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 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.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Powers delegated to the Hawkesbury Domain Board under “The Public Domains Act, 1881.”

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Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-seventh day of March, 1888.

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 twenty-ninth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two, 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 Hawkesbury Public Domain Board, namely,——

ARCHIBALD GRANT REID,
DONALD MALLOCK,
JOSEPH BATES,
WILLIAM MILL,
JOHN DUNCAN,
WILLIAM McDOUGALL, and
His Worship the MAYOR of HAWKESBURY, ex officio

(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 first Monday in each month, at two o’clock p.m., at the Courthouse, Hawkesbury, 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 seventh day of May, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight.

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 first Monday in February 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, in the Colony of New Zealand, containing by admeasurement (excluding the exemptions therefrom) 155 acres 2 roods, more or less, situate in the Town of Hawkesbury, and being that portion of said town lying towards the east of Kirkwall and Wick Streets. Bounded towards the north by the northern boundary of said township, also by Cemetery Reserve; towards the east by the eastern boundary of said township and Cemetery Reserve; towards the south by part of the unsurveyed portion of said town and the southern boundaries of Sections 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 12 of Block LXXI.; towards the west by Kirkwall and Wick Streets, also by Cemetery Reserve; which area is exclusive of the following sections and portions of street-lines, viz., Sections 10 and 11, Block XVIII.; Section 1, Block XXVII.;