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the Chairman, Councillors, and inhabitants of the Hobson County, in trust, for a site for County Council offices.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Auckland Land District, being Allotment No. 72 of the Village of Aratapu, and containing by admeasurement 2 roods 29 perches, more or less. Bounded towards the north-east by Allotment No. 71 of the Village of Aratapu, 273 links; towards the south-east by Allotment No. 69 of the said village, 250 links; towards the south-west by a public road, 274 links; and towards the north-west by Allotment No. 73 of the Village of Aratapu aforesaid, 250 links, to the point of commencement.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Britannia Heights (Nelson) Recreation-ground brought under “The Public Domains Act, 1881.”

ONSLOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this eighteenth day of January, 1892.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING 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 Nelson, and known as the Britannia Heights 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 parcel of land containing by admeasurement 11 acres 2 roods 24 perches, more or less, situate in the Nelson Land District, being parts of Sections Nos. 1 and 4 on the plan of Suburban South. Bounded on the eastward by Britannia Heights, 3200 and 2450 links; and on the westward by other parts of said Sections Nos. 1 and 4, Suburban South, 1200, 882, 1362, 1507, and 815 links.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Powers delegated to the Britannia Heights (Nelson) Domain Board under “The Public Domains Act, 1881.”

ONSLOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this eighteenth day of January, 1892.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING 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, to the

CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF NELSON,

which shall be known as the Britannia Heights Domain Board (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 City Council Chambers, Nelson, 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 seventh day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two.

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.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Terms and Conditions of Sale or Selection of Village Settlements, Southland Land District.

ONSLOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this eighteenth day of January, 1892.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the one hundred and sixty-seventh section of “The Land Act, 1885,” it is enacted that the Governor in Council may fix the terms and conditions upon which the lands comprised in any village settlement shall be disposed of, and the mode of payment for the same:

And whereas His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand has, by Proclamations issued under the provisions of section one hundred and sixty-six of the said Act and the fourteenth section of “The Land Acts Amendment Act, 1888,” set apart the lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto as village settlements:

And whereas by Orders in Council issued on the twelfth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty; the fourth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one; the nineteenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one; the twenty-eighth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two; the nineteenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three; the fifth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five; the first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five; the twenty-fourth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six; and the twenty-second day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, the terms and conditions of sale of the lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto were fixed: And whereas it is deemed expedient to revoke the said Orders in Council, and to issue new terms and conditions in lieu thereof:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the hereinbefore in part recited Acts, and by and with the advice of the Executive Council thereof, doth, by this present order, revoke the aforesaid Orders in Council, and doth fix the following as the terms and conditions upon which the village settlements enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be disposed of, and the mode of payment for the same, that is to say,–

1. The day upon which the lands shall be open for sale or selection shall be Monday, the twenty-eighth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two.

2. The lands enumerated in the First Schedule hereto shall be open as small-farm allotments for sale or selection, either for cash, or on deferred payments, or on perpetual lease.

3. The purchaser for cash of any of the lands enumerated in the First Schedule hereto must deposit with the Receiver of Land Revenue for the land district one-fifth of the purchase-money at the time of application, and shall pay the whole remainder of the purchase-money within thirty days of the granting of his application; and if not paid within thirty days his deposit shall be forfeited, and the lands shall be again open for sale or occupation forthwith; and upon full payment of the purchase-money he will be entitled to a Crown grant, to be issued in the usual way.

4. If any of the lands enumerated in the First Schedule hereto are selected upon deferred payments, the selector shall be subject to the provisions relating to Part III. of “The Land Act, 1885.”

5. If any of the lands enumerated in the First Schedule hereto are selected under the perpetual-leasing system, the selector shall be subject to the provisions of Part IV. of “The Land Act, 1885,”