admeasurement 44 acres 1 rood 35 perches, more or less. Bounded towards the north by a public road, 202 links; towards the north-east by a public road, 2126 links; towards the south-east by a public road, 3000 links; towards the south-west by a public road, 650 links; and towards the north-west by a public road, 3236 links, to the point of commencement: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less. For a recreation reserve.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-eighth day of August, 1894.
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 CHAIRMAN, COUNCILLORS, and INHABITANTS of the HOBSON COUNTY,

which shall be known as the Aratapu 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 third Monday in each month, at half-past seven o'clock p.m., at the County Council Offices, 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 seventeenth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.

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 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.

Vesting a Reserve in the Pohangina Road Board.

GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-eighth day of August, 1894.
Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.
WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto was permanently reserved for the protection of the Pohangina River banks on the fifth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four:

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

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting 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 reserve mentioned in the Schedule hereto shall become vested in "The Inhabitants of the Pohangina Road District," in trust for the purposes of the protection of the Pohangina River banks.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 26 acres 2 roods 16 perches, more or less, being Section No. 78, Block XIII., Pohangina Survey District. Bounded towards the north by a line, 600 links; towards the east by the Pohangina River; towards the south by Section No. 49, 800 links; and towards the west by a public road, 4463 links: as delineated on the plan of the same deposited in the District Survey Office, Wellington.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Vesting a Reserve in the Waipipi Road Board.

GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-eighth day of August, 1894.
Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.
WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto was permanently reserved as a landing reserve on the eighteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four:

And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient that the said land should be vested in the Waipipi Road Board:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting 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 reserve described in the Schedule hereto shall become vested in "The Inhabitants of the Waipipi Road District" for a landing reserve.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Auckland Land District, being Section No. 396 of the Parish of Waipipi, containing by admeasurement 13 acres and 20 perches, more or less. Bounded towards the north and east by the Waiuku Estuary; and towards the south-west by the abutment of a public road, by Section No. 397 of the Parish of Waipipi, by the abutment of a public road, by Section No. 395 of the Parish of Waipipi aforesaid, and by the abutment of a public road, 1862 links, to the point of commencement.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Foreign Stock may be landed at Auckland, Wellington, or Lyttelton.--Notice No. 398.

GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-eighth day of August, 1894.
Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by "The Stock Act, 1893," His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby revoke regulation twenty-four, Part C, of the regulations for the introduction of foreign stock into New Zealand made by Order in Council issued on the thirtieth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, and in place thereof doth hereby substitute the following provision, namely:--

Foreign stock shall be landed at the Ports of Auckland, Wellington, and Lyttelton only.

And it is hereby declared that this Order in Council shall come into force on and after the twenty-eighth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.