Nov. 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1245

of West Clandon in the County of Surrey; Baron Cranley, of Imbercourt; Baronet; Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; 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 Christchurch, this second day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.

A. J. CADMAN.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Vesting a Reserve in the Opaheke Road Board.

ONSLOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Christchurch, this thirty-first day of October, 1891.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto was reserved for a quarry:

And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient to vest the said land in the Road Board of the Opaheke District:

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 said reserve mentioned in the Schedule hereto shall become vested in the Road Board of the Opaheke District, in trust, for a quarry.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land containing by admeasurement 15 acres, more or less, situate in the Drury Survey District, Land District of Auckland, and called or known as Lot No. 165 of Suburban Section No. 2 of the Parish of Opaheke. Bounded towards the north by Lots Nos. 186A and 186 of said Suburban Section No. 2, 1141 links; towards the west by Lot No. 186 aforesaid, 200 links; again towards the north generally by a public road, 396 and 240 links; towards the east by Lot No. 166 of Section No. 2 aforesaid, 100 links; towards the south and again towards the east by Lot No. 187 of Section No. 2 aforesaid, 400 and 1250 links; towards the south by Lot No. 188 of the aforesaid section, 1324 links; and again towards the west by Lots Nos. 41 and 42, a public road, and Lot No. 43, all of Section No. 2 aforesaid, 1090 links, to the point of commencement: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less; save and except a public road, 50 links in width, intersecting the north-eastern portion of the area hereinbefore described.

R. WALROND,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Opaheke Recreation-ground brought under “The Public Domains Act, 1881.”

ONSLOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Christchurch, this thirty-first day of October, 1891.

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 Hillier, Earl of Onslow, 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 Land District of Auckland, and known as the Opaheke Recreation-ground, and described 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, administered, and dealt with in manner directed by the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land containing by admeasurement 16 acres 2 roods 6 perches, more or less, situate in the Opaheke Survey District, Land District of Auckland, being Lot No. 132 of Section No. 2, Parish of Opaheke. Bounded towards the north-east by a public road, 1040 links; thence towards the south-east by a public road, 1218 links; thence towards the south-east by Lot No. 182 of said Section No. 2, Parish of Opaheke, 505 links; thence towards the south-west by Lot No. 131 of said Section No. 2, Parish of Opaheke, 1565 links; thence generally to the north-west by a public road, 50, 589, and 160 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less.

R. WALROND,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Powers delegated to the Opaheke Road Board under “The Public Domains Act, 1881.”

ONSLOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Christchurch, this thirty-first day of October, 1891.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the twelfth section of “The Public Domains Act, 1881,” it is, inter alia, enacted that the Governor, by Order in Council, may from time to time delegate all or any of the powers by the said Act conferred, save as is therein mentioned, to any person or persons for any period, and subject to such stipulations as may be specified in such order, and that every such delegation may from time to time in like manner be altered or revoked: And whereas pursuant to “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” by an Order in Council of even date herewith, the land described in the Schedule thereto is declared to be brought under the operation of and to be subject to the provisions of the said “Public Domains Act, 1881:”

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony of New Zealand, doth, by this present order, delegate all the powers conferred by the Act first above mentioned, except the powers under or conferred by sections five and twelve thereof, to

The Opaheke Road Board,

who shall be known as the Opaheke Domain Board (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 first Wednesday in each month, at two o’clock p.m., at the Road Board Office, Opaheke, 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 second day of December, 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 first 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.

R. WALROND,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Makotuku Recreation-ground brought under “The Public Domains Act, 1881.”

ONSLOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Christchurch, this thirty-first day of October, 1891.

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 Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and