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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 19

in the Head Office of the Department of Lands and Survey,
at Wellington, and thereon coloured purple, and marked as
above stated.

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 issued under the Seal of the said Colony,
at the Government House, at Wellington, this
sixteenth day of March, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.
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 neces-
sary that the same be proclaimed as set apart for settle-
ment:

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

SCHEDULE.
TORO BLOCK.

As the same is delineated upon a plan marked S.G. 26418,
deposited in the Head Office of the Lands and Survey De-
partment, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District,
and thereon coloured red.

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 issued under the Seal of the said Colony,
at the Government House, at Wellington, this
sixteenth day of March, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.
JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Powers delegated to the Whananaki Domain Board under
“The Public Domains Act, 1881.”

GLASGOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-
eighth day of February, 1896.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING 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 eleventh day of June, one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-five, making delegation of certain powers in manner
as therein appears; and doth, with the like advice and con-
sent, 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 under-mentioned persons, who shall be known
as the Whananaki Domain Board, namely,—

JOHN C. JOHNSON,
ANDREW STERLING,
FALKNER W. MACKEN,
JOHN K. GRASSICK,
WILLIAM LEE, and
THOMAS HENRY WINWOOD MORRIS

(herein referred to as “the Board”), subject to the stipula-
tions 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 Whananaki, 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 twentieth day of April, one
   thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.

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.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Auckland Land District, con-
taining by admeasurement 28 acres 2 roods 32 perches, more
or less, and being Section 26 of Block IX., Opuawhanga
Survey District. Bounded towards the north-east by Sec-
tion 25 of Block IX. aforesaid, 1117 links; towards the
south-east by a road reservation of varying width, 1687 and
1199 links; towards the south-west by Spithills Block, 1126
links; and towards the north-west by a road reservation of
varying width, 179 and 2441 links, to the point of commence-
ment: be all the aforesaid linkages a little more or less.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Howell’s Point Recreation-ground brought under “The Public
Domains Act, 1881.”

GLASGOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-
eighth day of February, 1896.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING 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 Southland, and known as the Howell’s
Point 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 parcel of land in the Southland Land District,
being portion of Sections Nos. 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28,
Block II., and Sections Nos. 46, 47, 48, Block I., Jacob’s
River Hundred, containing by admeasurement 70 acres,
more or less, commencing at a point on the south-eastern
boundary of Section No. 49 of said Block I. 3 chains from
high-water mark. Bounded towards the north by a right
line, from thence to a point on the south-eastern boundary
of said Section No. 47 3 chains from high-water mark,
from thence by a right-line to a point on the south-eastern
boundary of said Section No. 28 3 chains from high-water
mark, from thence by a right-line to a point on the north-
eastern boundary of said Section No. 26 3 chains from high-
water mark, and from thence by a right-line to a point on a
road forming the eastern boundary of said Section No. 22 8
chains from high-water mark; thence towards the east by
the aforesaid road to high-water mark; towards the south by
the high-water mark of Foveaux Strait; and towards the
west by Section No. 49 aforesaid to the starting-point: as
the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the Survey
Office, Invercargill.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.