Nov. 7.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
1145

Removal of Restrictions on Alienation of Native Land.

ONSLOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this thirtieth
day of October, 1889.

Present:
THE HONOURABLE G. F. RICHARDSON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS application has been made to the Governor
in Council by Karipa, the Native owner of the land
described in the second column of the Schedule hereto, praying
that the restrictions on the alienation of such lands contained
in the Crown grant, bearing date the second day of February,
one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, 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 the Right Honourable
William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers
conferred on him by "The Native Land Act, 1888," and
acting with the advice and consent of the Executive Council
of the said colony, doth hereby order and declare that all
restrictions imposed by the said Crown grant on the aliena-
tion of the said lands are hereby removed.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

SCHEDULE.

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

ONSLOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this thirtieth
day of October, 1889.

Present:
THE HONOURABLE G. F. RICHARDSON PRESIDING 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 Coun-
cil thereof, doth hereby revoke a certain Order in Council,
dated the twenty-eighth day of August, one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-four, 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
shall be known as the Mount Somers Public Domain Board,
namely,-

ALFRED EDWARD PEACHE,
RICHARD MORGAN,
JOHN HOOD,
ALEXANDER HARVEY, and
WILLIAM EDSON

(hereinafter 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 seven o'clock p.m., at
   the office of the Mount Somers Road Board, 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
   second day of December, one thousand eight hundred and
   eighty-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 first
   Monday 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.

ALL that parcel of land in the Provincial District of Canter-
bury, containing by admeasurement 30 acres, more or less,
being Section No. 1633 (in red), situate in the Ashburton
District, the boundaries whereof commence at a point on the
road forming the eastern boundary of Reserve No. 1631 (in
red), the same being 1 chain south of the south-eastern
corner thereof; thence southerly following the said road a
distance of 22 chains, and extending westerly 13 chains 75
links in a rectangular block, being partly bounded on the
northward by Reserve No. 1632 (in red).

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Amending Boundaries of Awatere Rabbit District.

ONSLOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this thirtieth
day of October, 1889.

Present:
THE HONOURABLE G. F. RICHARDSON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Order in Council dated the twenty-
first day of December, one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-six, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of
the thirteenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-six, the Awatere Rabbit District was constituted
a district under "The Rabbit Nuisance Act 1882 Amend-
ment Act, 1886," with the boundaries described in the
Schedule to the said Order in Council: And whereas it is
expedient to amend the boundaries of the said district:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers
conferred upon him by the said Act, and by and with the
advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said
colony, doth hereby amend the boundaries of the said dis-
trict, and doth declare that the boundaries of the said
district shall be those described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Provincial District of Marlborough
bounded towards the north generally by a right line from a
point on the shores of Cook Strait, in line with the northern
boundary of Section No. 10, Block II., Clifford Bay Survey
District, to the north-eastern corner of that section, and by
the northern boundaries of that section and Sections Nos. 8
of Block II., 9 of Block II., 7 of Block I., 13, 14, and 15, to
the north-western corner of the last-mentioned section;
thence by Sections Nos. 18 and 20, said Clifford Bay Survey
District, and by Sections Nos. 23, 26, 27, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38,
40, 42, and 43, Taylor Pass Survey District, to a road-line
fronting said Section No. 43; thence by that road-line and
a road-line fronting Sections Nos. 49 and 48 in the said
survey district to the western bank of the Taylor River;
thence by that river to a road-line fronting Section No. 98;
thence by that road-line to the north-western corner of Sec-
tion No. 44; thence by a road-line and Sections Nos. 85 and
86 to the north-western corner of the last-mentioned section;
thence by a road-line fronting the said Section No. 86 for a
distance of 155 links; thence by a line bearing north 28° 59′
east to a road-line intersecting Section No. 42; thence by
that road-line to the Renwick New Road; thence by that
road to the Middle Renwick Road; thence by that road to
a point in line with the eastern boundary-line of Section
No. 157, Onamalutu Survey District; thence by that
boundary-line and its production to the north-east corner of
Section No. 35, Block I., in the said district; thence by a
right line to the mouth of the Onamalutu Creek; thence by
that creek to the south-western corner of Section No. 106
in the said district; thence by that section and Section
No. 107; thence by a right line to the nearest point on the
summit of the watershed between the Onamalutu and Kai-
tuna Valleys; thence by that watershed to the summit of
the dividing range between the Pelorus and the Wairau