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 mem-
   bers 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.

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

GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-
ninth day of August, 1893.
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 thirty-first day of January, one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-eight, 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 Alfredton Domain Board, namely,-
DUGALD CAMPBELL MACQUARIE,
JOHN BONSTEAD, and
FRANCIS HENRY DUNDERDALE
(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 third Wednesday in each month, at seven o'clock p.m., at
   Alfredton, 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 twentieth day of September, one
   thousand eight hundred and ninety-three.
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 third
   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 mem-
   bers may at any monthly or special meeting appoint a Chair-
   man.
7. All questions shall be determined by the majority of
   votes of the members of the Board present at a meeting.

SCHEDULE.

All that piece or parcel of land in the Wellington Land
District, containing by admeasurement 100 acres, more or
less, being Section No. 201, Block XII., Mangaone Survey
District. Bounded on the north by the Moroa Native Re-
serve and the abutment of a road, 1269 links; on the
east by section No. 204, 4039 links; on the south by section
No. 79, 760 links, by the abutment of a road, 88 links, and by
Section No. 116, 2187 links; on the west by the Ihuraua
River, 6050 links, by a line, 279 links, and by a public road,
667 links; and towards the north-west by the abutment of
a public road, 1014 links, and by Section No. 202, 2202
links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less; as the
same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the
Chief Surveyor, Wellington.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Removal of Restrictions on Alienation of Native Land.

GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-
ninth day of August, 1893.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS application has been made to the Governor
in Council by a majority of 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 Land Transfer certificate bearing date the
twenty-third day of September, one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-seven, 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 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 Land Transfer certificate on
the alienation of the said land are hereby removed.

SCHEDULE.

FIRST COLUMN.
Particulars of Grant or Instrument containing Restrictions.
Land Transfer certificate,
Vol. xlvi., folio 11, dated the
23rd September, 1887, in
favour of Tikawenga te Tau
and forty others, and con-
taining the following restric-
tions: "Inalienable by sale
or mortgage, or by lease be-
yond twenty-one years."

SECOND COLUMN.
Description of Land.
All that parcel of land, con-
taining 394 acres, in the Tu-
taehaohao Native Reserve,
in the Provincial District of
Wellington, being Section
No. 766 of Block V., Kai-
whata Survey District.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Powers delegated to the Te Aroha Domain Board under
"The Public Domains Act, 1881."

GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirty-first
day of August, 1893.
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 second day of August, one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-two, 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 TE AROHA TOWN BOARD,
which shall be known as the Te Aroha Hot Springs 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 Saturday in each month, at three o'clock p.m.,
   at the Town Board Office, Te Aroha, 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 Saturday, the sixteenth
   day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-
   three.
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.