Dec. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1951

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 twentieth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Land set apart for Settlement.

(L.S.) GLASGOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the second section of "The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act Amendment Act, 1891" (herein termed "the said Act"), it is, amongst other things, enacted that, before certain moneys therein mentioned shall be expended upon any block of land, it shall be necessary that the same be proclaimed as set apart for settlement:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of every power and authority enabling me in this behalf, and for the purposes of the said Act, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim the block of land described in the Schedule hereto as set apart for settlement.

SCHEDULE.

KAWHATAU BLOCK.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 5,700 acres, more or less, situated in Blocks VI., VII., X., and XI., Hautapu Survey District, and bounded towards the north by the Kawhatau Stream; towards the east generally by two education reserves and Marton Small Farm Association No. 1 Block; towards the south-west generally by the Mangawharariki Stream; and towards the west by Crown lands.

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 St. 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 twentieth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Land set apart for Village Settlements in the Wellington Land District.

(L.S.) GLASGOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by the one hundred and sixty-eighth section of "The Land Act, 1892," I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare that the allotments of Crown land respectively described in the Schedule hereto shall be and the same are hereby set apart and declared open for lease as village settlements.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

Rakaunui Village-homestead Settlement.

Section. Area. Section. Area.

1 10 0 0 13 10 0 0
2 10 0 0 14 10 0 0
3 10 0 0 15 10 0 0
4 10 0 0 16 10 0 0
5 10 0 0 17 10 0 0
6 10 0 0 18 10 0 0
7 10 0 0 19 12 2 0
8 10 0 0 20 77 0 0
9 10 0 0 21 9 2 0
10 10 0 0 22 10 0 0
11 10 0 0 23 29 0 0
12 10 0 0 24 41 0 0

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 twentieth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

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

GLASGOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-first day of December, 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, to the under-mentioned persons, who shall be known as the Taupo Domain Board, namely,

JOSEPH GALLAGHER,
WILLIAM GEORGE NOBLE,
JOSEPH RICKIT,
JOSEPH CROWTHER, and
ROBERT ROSS

(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 Tuesday in each month, at half-past seven o'clock p.m., at Taupo, 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 Tuesday, the fifth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.

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 Tuesday 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.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.