Mar. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 469

(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 second Wednesday in each month, at eight o’clock p.m., at Hunterville, 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 eighth 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 second 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.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Land District of Wellington, containing by admeasurement 9 acres 1 rood 4 perches, more or less, being Sections Nos. 17, 18, 25, 26, 33, and 54, Hunterville, Ongo Survey District. Bounded on the north by Sections Nos. 121, 122, and 10, 1000 links; on the east by a public road, 1024 links; on the south by a public road, 1018 links; and on the west by Section No. 53, 832 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less; as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the District Survey Office, Wellington.

All that parcel of land in the Land District of Wellington, containing by admeasurement 17 acres 3 roods 8 perches, more or less, being Section No. 35, Block XV., Tiriraukawa Survey District. Bounded on the north by a public road, 1970 links; on the south-east by Section No. 25, 735 links; on the south-west by Poukiore No. 1 Block, 1866 links; and on the north-west by Section No. 36, 821 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less; as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the District Survey Office, Wellington.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

GLASGOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this fifth day of March, 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 twenty-fourth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight, 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 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 South Rakaia Public Domain Board, namely,—

JAMES NEWLAND SHARP,
ARTHUR MAKEIG,
CHARLES ALBERT CREERY HARDY,
JAMES BRUCE,
WESTCOTE MCNAB LYTTTELTON,
WILLIAM LAWRENCE ALLAN,
DAVID GORDON HOLMES, and
JOHN MCLEAN

(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 Thursday in each month, at four o’clock p.m., at the Road Board Office, South Rakaia, 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 Thursday, the second 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 first 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 Township of South Rakaia, Land District of Canterbury, containing 50 acres, more or less, and being reserve numbered 2242. Bounded south-eastward by Lots Nos. 31 to 36 inclusive; north-westward by Lots Nos. 19 and 20; and north-eastward and south-westward by road-lines: as the same is delineated on the official map in the Survey Office, Christchurch.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Otokia Drainage District, County of Taieri, constituted.

GLASGOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this fifth day of March, 1896.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS, in accordance with the provisions of the fifth section of “The Land Drainage Act, 1893,” a majority of the ratepayers in the district described in the Schedule hereto, situated in the County of Taieri, have presented a petition to His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand praying that the land comprised in the said district be constituted a drainage district under the provisions of the said Act:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority contained in the fifth section of “The Land Drainage Act, 1893,” His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby constitute and declare the block of land described in the said petition, and in the Schedule hereto, to be a district for the purposes of Part I. of the said Act, and to be called by the name of “The Otokia Drainage District”; and also, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority contained in the ninth section of the said Act, doth hereby declare that the Board of Trustees for the said district shall consist of five members, to be elected under and in accordance with the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

THE OTOKIA DRAINAGE DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Otago Land District, situated in Blocks IV. and V., Maungatua Survey District. Bounded towards the north-west generally by Lee’s Creek from the south-western boundary-line of Section No. 5 of said Block IV. to the north-eastern boundary-line of Section No. 6; thence by part of the latter boundary-line and by a road bounding Sections Nos. 3, 2, and 1 of the said Block IV.: towards the north-east generally by a road bounding Sections Nos. 13, 14, 31, and 32 of the said Block IV., by Section No. 54, and by River Section No. 1 and a line in production of the south-western boundary-line of that section to the Taieri River: towards the south-east generally by the said river: and towards the west generally by the road bounding Sections Nos. 1, 23, and 24 of Block V. before mentioned to the southern