Powers delegated to the Kowai 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.

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 October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, 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 pieces or parcels 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 under-mentioned persons, who shall be known as the Kowai Public Domain Board, namely,

WILLIAM VAUGHAN,

JOHN CAMERON,

FRANK COURAGE,

SAMUEL COLEMAN,

GEORGE BAYNTON STARKY,

THOMAS McNAUGHT,

THOMAS HENRY EVANS,

BRYAN FLYNN,

WILLIAM SIMPSON SMITH, and

GEORGE TICKNER

(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 eleven o'clock a.m., at the office of the Chairman, 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 third day of October, 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 first Monday in December 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.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Land District of Canterbury, being Reserve No. 2066 (in red), 213 acres, more or less, situate in the Ashley District (Kowai Road District). Bounded on the south-west by Section No. 19023; on the south-east by the road forming south-east boundary of that section; on the north-east by Reserve No. 1675 (in red); on the north by the road forming the north boundary of Section No. 20597; and on the north-west by Improvement Pre-emption Runs G and H, on Run formerly No. 8, Class III., now No. 299, Class II.

All that parcel of land in the Land District of Canterbury, containing by admeasurement 5 acres, more or less, being Section No. 2777 (in red), situate in the Teviotdale Survey District. Bounded towards the north-west by the North Road, 943 links; towards the north-east by Cross Street, 315 links; towards the eastward by Terrace Road, 668 links; and towards the south by Lot 52, subdivision of Reserve No. 89, 918 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less; as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the District Survey Office, Christchurch.

ALEX. WILLIS,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

Revoking Regulation for the Introduction of Australasian Stock into New Zealand, and prescribing Another. Notice No. 399.

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 subclause three of regulation number seventeen, Part B, of the regulations for the introduction of Australasian 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 lieu thereof doth hereby prescribe the following regulation, namely:

(3.) Sheep may be landed at the Ports of Auckland, Gisborne, Napier, Wellington, Lyttelton, Timaru, Oamaru, Port Chalmers, Dunedin, and Bluff on production of a declaration and certificate in terms of Schedule VI., provided that such sheep have been first inspected and passed by an Inspector of Stock at either of the Ports of Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Port Chalmers, or Bluff; but if the declaration and certificate in terms of Schedule VI. be not produced, such sheep shall not be landed until the master or agent of the vessel and the owner of such sheep shall have made a declaration as aforesaid, and shall have paid to the Inspector examining them a fee of 2s. 6d. per head, nor until they shall have been dressed as the Inspector shall direct.

And doth hereby declare 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.

Revoking Order in Council extending Close Season for Seals, and prescribing Fresh Close Season.

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 Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884" (hereinafter termed "the said Act"), it is, among other things, enacted that the Governor in Council may from time to time make, alter, and revoke regulations (which shall have force and effect only in any waters or places specified therein) for prescribing, among other things, a close season or close seasons for seals, and for extending or varying any close season so prescribed, or varying any close season so extended:

And whereas it is provided by the third section of "The Fisheries Conservation Act 1884 Amendment Act, 1887," that a penalty not exceeding five hundred pounds may be imposed in respect of the breach of any regulations respecting seals, and a further penalty of not exceeding twenty pounds for every seal illegally taken:

And whereas by Order in Council dated the fourth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, the close season for seals which was prescribed by Order in Council dated the thirtieth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, was extended to the thirtieth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, inclusive: And whereas it is expedient to revoke the said Order in Council of the fourth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, and to prescribe a close season for seals as hereinafter mentioned:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by the said Act and its amendments, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby revoke the said Order in Council dated the fourth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, and doth hereby declare that such revocation shall take effect on the first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four; and in exercise of the like powers, and with the like advice and consent as aforesaid, His Excellency the Governor doth hereby make the regulations set forth in the Schedule hereto, and doth order and declare that such regulations shall, on and after the first day of November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, have force and