JAN. 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 113

Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral | shall be known as the Kowai Public Domain Board,
of the same; and issued under the Seal of the | namely,-
said Colony, at the Government House, at Wel-
lington, this twenty-eighth day of January, in | WILLIAM VAUGHAN,
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun- | CHARLES ENSOR,
dred and eighty-nine. | JOHN CAMERON,
EDWIN MITCHELSON, | FRANK COURAGE,
Minister for Public Works. | SAMUEL COLEMAN,
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN! | REGINALD FOSTER,
GEORGE BAYNTON STARKY,
Additional Land taken near Oroua Bridge Station for the | THOMAS MCNAUGHT,
Purposes of the Foxton-New Plymouth Railway. | THOMAS HENRY EVANS, and
BRYAN FLYNN
(L.S.) WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, | (herein referred to as "the Board"), subject to the stipula-
Governor. | tions hereinafter contained, that is to say,---
A PROCLAMATION. | 1. The Board shall meet for the transaction of business
on the first Wednesday in each month, at eleven o'clock
WHEREAS it has been found desirable, for the use, | a.m., at the office of the Chairman, or at such other time or
convenience, and enjoyment of the Foxton-New | place as may from time to time be fixed by the Board.
Plymouth Railway, to take further land at Oroua Bridge | The first meeting shall be held on Wednesday, the sixth day
Station, in addition to land previously acquired for the pur- | of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine.
poses of the said railway: | 2. Special meetings may be convened by the Chairman or
Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, | by any two members of the Board, provided that two days'
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of | notice of such meeting be given to each member, specifying
the powers and authorities conferred on me by "The Public | the business to be transacted at such special meeting, and
Works Act, 1882," and of every other power and authority in | no other business than that so specified shall be transacted
anywise enabling me in that behalf, do hereby proclaim and | at such meeting.
declare that the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is | 3. Any three of the said Board shall form a quorum. Any
taken for the purposes above mentioned. | meeting may be adjourned from time to time.
SCHEDULE. | 4. The members of the Board shall, at their first meeting,
THE several parcels of land mentioned in list hereunder :- | and thereafter at an annual meeting to be held on the first
| Monday in December 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.

| Approximate | Being | Situated | Situated
| Area of each | Portion of | in Block No. | in the Survey
| of the Parcels | | | District of
| of Land | | |
| required to | | |
| be taken. | | |
| A. R. P. | | |
| 0 0 6 | Lower Ao-rangi No. 2 | IV. | Mount Robin-
son.
| 11 3 13 | Lower Ao- | IV. | Mount Robin-
| | rangi | | son.
| | Native | |
| | land | |

All in the Provincial District of Wellington; as the said
parcels of land are more particularly delincated on the plan
marked P.W.D. 16027, deposited in the office of the Minister
for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District
of Wellington, and thereon coloured red and green.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir William
Francis Drummond Jervois, Lieutenant-General
in Her Majesty's Army, Knight Grand Cross of
the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael
and Saint George, Companion of the Most Honour-
able Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-
in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral
of the same; and issued under the Seal of the
said Colony, at the Government House, at Wel-
lington, this thirtieth day of January, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-nine.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
(For the Minister for Public Works.)
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

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

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-
ninth day of January, 1889.
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-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 afore-
said, except the powers under or conferred by sections five
and twelve thereof, to the under-mentioned persons, who

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Provincial District of Canter-
bury, being Reserve No. 2066 (in red), 213 acres, more or
less, situate in the Ashley District (Kowai Road District).
Bounded on the south-west by Section No. 19023; on the
south-east by the road forming south-east boundary of that
section; on the north-east by Reserve No. 1675 (in red); on
the north by the road forming the north boundary of Section
No. 20597; and on the north-west by Improvement Pre-
emption Runs G and H, on Run formerly No. 8, Class III.,
now No. 299, Class II.

All that parcel of land in the Provincial District of
Canterbury, containing by admeasurement 5 acres, more or
less, being Section No. 2777 (in red), situate in the Teviot-
dale Survey District. Bounded towards the north-west by
the North Road, 943 links; towards the north-east by Cross
Street, 315 links; towards the Eastward by Terrace Road,
668 links; and towards the south by Lot No. 52, subdivision
of Reserve No. 89, 918 links be all the aforesaid linkages
more or less; as the same is delineated on the plan deposited
in the District Survey Office, Christchurch.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Removal of Restrictions on Alienation of Native Land.

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-
ninth day of January, 1889.
Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS application has been made to the Governor
in Council by Hemi Enoka, Raima Hohepa, and Ra-
niera Tauroto, comprising a majority in number of the Native
owners of the land described in the second column of the
Schedule hereto, praying that the restrictions on the aliena-
tion of such land contained in the Crown grant, bearing date
the twelfth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and
eighty, described in the first column of the said Schedule,
may be removed: And whereas it appears expedient to
grant such application:

Now, therefore, His Excellency Sir William Francis Drum-
mond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand,
in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by