Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable David, Earl of Glasgow; 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 the Government House, at Wellington, this sixteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three.

JOHN McKENZIE,

Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Setting apart Land in Southland for Leasing as Small Grazing-runs under "The Land Act, 1892."

(L.S.)

GLASGOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

BY virtue and in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the one hundred and seventy-second section of "The Land Act, 1892," and of every other power and authority enabling me in that behalf, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto shall be subject to the provisions of sections one hundred and seventy-two to one hundred and eighty-six of Part V. of "The Land Act, 1892," relating to small grazing-runs.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable David, Earl of Glasgow; 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 the Government House, at Wellington, this sixteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three.

JOHN McKENZIE,

Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Taupiri Recreation-ground brought under "The Public Domains Act, 1881."

GLASGOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this eighth day of August, 1893.

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, David, Earl of Glasgow, 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 Taupiri 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 in the Land District of Auckland, containing by admeasurement 4 acres and 5 perches, more or less, being Lots Nos. 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, and 87 of the Town of Taupiri, commencing at the northernmost angle of Section No. 80. Bounded towards the north-east by a line, 672 links; towards the south-east by a line, 600 links; towards the south-west by a line, 672 links; and towards the north-west by a line, 600 links, to the commencing-point: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less; as the same is delineated on Map No. 405, deposited in the Survey Office, Auckland.

ALEX. WILLIS,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

GLASGOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this eighth day of August, 1893.

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, to the under-mentioned persons, who shall be known as the Taupiri Domain Board, namely,--

EDMUND BLACKFORD COX,

THOMAS HENRY WHITE,

JOHN CARTWRIGHT HILL,

GEORGE FREDERICK MILLAR,

GEORGE TALBOT WORTHINGTON, and

BENJAMIN JOHN MACLEAN

(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 third Wednesday in each month, at eight o'clock p.m., at Taupiri, 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 fifteenth day of November, 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 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.