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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 42

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 Ohoka and Eyreton Public Domain Board, namely,—

MARMADUKE DIXON,
ROBERT HOPKINS,
RICHARD EVANS,
ROBERT W. CHAPMAN, and
ROBERT SHEPHERD

(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 last Monday in each month, at seven o’clock p.m., at the office of the Chairman, 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 twenty-ninth day of June, 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 last 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.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Provincial District of Canterbury, situate in the Mandeville District, being Section No. 1567 (in red), containing 200 acres, more or less, the boundaries whereof commence at the easternmost corner of Section No. 11500 on the Eyreton and Cust Road; thence south-easterly along that road a distance of 14 chains 26 links; thence southerly along Section No. 19476, 52 chains 91 links; thence westerly along the road-line forming the southern boundary of the latter section, 40 chains 80 links; thence northerly at a right angle, 33 chains 67 links; and from thence returning along the south-eastern boundary of the aforesaid Section No. 11500, 40 chains 50 links, to the commencing-point: save and excepting Section No. 1304 (in red), situate in the above-described section.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Removal of Restrictions on Alienation of Native Land.

ONSLOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-sixth day of May, 1891.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS application has been made to the Governor in Council by Rapana Ohiro and Hami Iwitaia, the Native owners of the land described in the second column of the Schedule hereto, praying that the restrictions on the alienation of such land contained in the certificate of title, bearing date the twentieth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety, described in the first column of the said Schedule, may be removed: And whereas inquiry has been duly made by the Native Land Court, and the said Court has reported that the provisions of the law in that behalf have been complied with: 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 certificate of title on the alienation of the said lands are hereby removed.

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SCHEDULE.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Removal of Restrictions on Alienation of Native Land.

ONSLOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-sixth day of May, 1891.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS application has been made to the Governor in Council by Taare Warahi (Charles Wallace), the Native owner of the land described in the second column of the Schedule hereto, praying that the restrictions on the alienation of such land contained in the certificate of title, bearing date the twenty-seventh day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, described in the first column of the said Schedule, may be removed: And whereas inquiry has been duly made by the Native Land Court, and the said Court has reported that the provisions of the law in that behalf have been complied with: 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 certificate of title on the alienation of the said lands are hereby removed.

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SCHEDULE.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Prescribing a Close Season for Seals, and fixing Minimum Size of Seals that may be taken in Open Season.

ONSLOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this first day of June, 1891.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is, among other things, enacted that the Governor in Council may from time to time make, alter, and revoke regulations (which shall have force and effect only in any waters or places specified therein) for prescribing, among other things, a close