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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 13

Vesting Reserves in the Waitaki County Council.

ONSLOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this sixth day of February, 1891.

Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto were reserved for a plantation and river-bank protection respectively: And whereas it is expedient that the said land should be vested in the Waitaki County Council: Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, and in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the fourth section of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” doth hereby declare that, from and after the day of the date hereof, the reserves mentioned in the Schedule hereto shall become vested in the Chairman, Councillors, and inhabitants of the Waitaki County, in trust, for a plantation and river-bank protection respectively.

SCHEDULE.
ALL that area containing by estimation 1,200 acres, situated in the Benmore Survey District, being part of the bed of the Ahuriri River. Bounded on the west by the Ahuriri Survey District, 19300 links; on the north by Crown lands, 10000 links; on the east by Crown lands, 6500 links; and on the south-east by the Omarama River, 15700 links: be the aforesaid area and linkages more or less.

All that area containing by estimation 900 acres, situated in the Ahuriri Survey District, being part of the bed of the Ahuriri River. Bounded on the north-west, north-east, south, and west by Crown lands, 13100, 13300, 12200, and 2600 links respectively: be the aforesaid area and linkages more or less.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

ONSLOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this sixth day of February, 1891.

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 eighteenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, 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 Cashmere Hills Public Domain Board, namely,–

The CHAIRMAN OF THE SELWYN COUNTY COUNCIL,
His Worship the MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CHRISTCHURCH,
WILLIAM VINCENT,
His Worship the MAYOR OF THE BOROUGH OF SYDENHAM,
JOHN THOMPSON BROWN,
The CHAIRMAN OF THE HEATHCOTE ROAD BOARD, and
RICHARD WESTENRA

(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 three o’clock p.m., at the office of the Selwyn County Council, Christchurch, 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 March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.
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.

SCHEDULE.
ALL that parcel of land in the Halswell Survey District, Land District of Canterbury, containing by admeasurement 188 acres 3 roods 11 perches, more or less, being Section No. 161 (in red). Bounded towards the north by Section No. 2147, 4491·7 links; towards the east by Section No. 20922, 5256 links; towards the south by Sections Nos. 11227 and 11170, 4049·6 links; and towards the west by the Dyer’s Pass Road: subject nevertheless to a road-line, 1 chain wide, branching from the Dyer’s Pass Road, and leading to Section No. 11170; as the same is delineated on the official map in the District Survey Office, Christchurch.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Rural Lands in the Taranaki Land District open for Sale or Selection.

ONSLOW, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the third section of “The Land Act Amendment Act, 1887” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), I, William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, having received the report of the Surveyor-General in this behalf, as in the said section is provided, do hereby declare that the rural lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection, after the lapse of a period of not less than forty-five days from the date of the first public notification hereof, in the manner and upon the conditions mentioned in the said Act, and at the price per acre stated in the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.
TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.
Clifton County.—Huiroa Survey District.
A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
41 | III. | 216 0 0 | 1 5 0 | 1 11 3 | 0 1 3
Ten to fifteen acres in grass and scrub, remainder bush; broken ground, fit for pasture only; well watered, soil light volcanic loam, resting on papa; one mile from Tarata.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.
Patea County.—Hawera Survey District.
3 | XV. | 860 0 0 | 0 12 6 | 0 15 7½ | 0 0 7½
All forest; from 60 to 100 acres along the Taumana Native Reserve quite level, remainder very broken; soil good; six miles from Manutahi.

Hawera County.—Kaupokonui Survey District.
1 | V. | 191 0 0 | 0 15 0 | 0 18 9 | 0 0 9
Adjoins Mount Egmont Forest Reserve; soil very light, level and well watered; four miles from Punehu, on the Eltham–Opunake Road.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this sixth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Lands in the Auckland Land District open for Sale or Selection.

ONSLOW, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the third section of “The Land