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and conditions upon which the village settlement men-
tioned in the Schedule hereto shall be disposed of, and the
mode of payment for the same, that is to say,-

1. The lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be
   open as village allotments for sale for cash.
2. The day upon which the lands shall be open for sale or
   selection shall be Wednesday, the thirtieth day of January,
   one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine.
3. No person shall be allowed to acquire more than one
   section.
4. If there shall be more than one application on the
   same day for any allotment, the right to occupy the same
   shall be determined by public auction amongst the applicants.
5. Each applicant will be required to make a statutory
   declaration in terms of section eleven of "The Land Act
   Amendment Act, 1887," that he is applying for the land
   solely for his own use and benefit, and not for the use and
   benefit of any other person or persons whomsoever.
6. The purchaser of any of the lands enumerated in
   the Schedule hereto must deposit with the Receiver of
   Land Revenue for the land district one-fifth of the
   purchase-money at the time of application, and shall pay
   the whole remainder of the purchase-money within thirty
   days of the granting of his application; and if not paid
   within thirty days his deposit shall be forfeited, and the
   lands shall be again open for sale or occupation forthwith;
   and upon full payment of the purchase-money he will be
   entitled to a Crown grant, to be issued in the usual way.

SCHEDULE.
ALL that parcel of land in the Land District of Otago, con-
taining by admeasurement 100 acres, more or less, situate in
the Town of Hawkesbury. Bounded towards the north-west
by Crown lands, 150 links; towards the north by Sections
Nos. 2, 3, and 4 of Block LXVIII., 300 links; towards the
east by Section No. 7 of same block, 50 links; towards the
north by said section, by Inverness Street, and by Section
No. 1 of Block LXIX., 600 links; towards the west by Sec-
tion No. 1 of said block, 50 links; towards the north by Sec-
tions Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 of Block LXIX., 600 links;
towards the east by Section No. 12 of said block, 50 links;
towards the north by said section 250 links, also by Section
No. 1 of Block LXX. 250 links; towards the west by said
section, 50 links; towards the north by Sections Nos. 4, 5, 6,
7, 8, and 9 of Block LXX., 600 links; towards the east by
Section No. 12 of same block, 50 links; towards the north
by same section, by Kirkwall Street, and Section No. 1 of
Block LXXI., 600 links; towards the west by same section,
50 links; towards the north by Sections Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and
9 of Block LXXI., 600 links; towards the east by Section
No. 12 of same block, 50 links; towards the north by said
section, by Dornoch Street, also by Commonage Reserve, 966
links; towards the east by Section No. 6 of Block VI.,
Hawkesbury District, 1000 links; towards the south-east by
Section No. 19 of said block, 2300 links; and towards the
south-west by a lagoon, 6600 links: be all the aforesaid
linkages more or less; and intersected by Edinburgh Street,
150 links.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Powers delegated to the Ashburton Borough Council under
"The Public Domains Act, 1881."

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-
eighth day of December, 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 second day of April, one thousand eight hun-
dred and eighty-five, 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 afore-
said, except the powers under or conferred by sections five
and twelve thereof, to

The CORPORATION of the BOROUGH of ASHBURTON,
which shall be known as the Ashburton Domain Board
(herein referred to as "the Board"), subject to the stipula-
tions hereinafter contained, that is to say,-

1. The Board shall meet for the transaction of business
   on the third Wednesday in each month, at half-past two
   o'clock p.m., at the Borough Council Offices, Ashburton, 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 sixteenth day of January, one thousand
   eight hundred and eignty-nine.

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
   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.

SCHEDULE.
TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.
Tarata Village Settlement.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Addition to the Hawkesbury Domain brought under "The
Public Domains Act, 1881."

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, 'at Wellington, this twenty-
eighth day of December, 1888.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL..

BY virtue of the powers and authorities vested in me by
the twenty-fourth section of "The Public Reserves
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 Hawkesbury (Racecourse) Reserve, and de-
scribed 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, ad-
ministered, and dealt with, in manner directed by the said
Act, by the Domain Board constituted by an Order in
Council issued on the twenty-seventh day of March, one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight,