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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 19.

trunk railway-line; thence by that railway-line, by part of the north-east boundary-line of Section No. 23, and by Sections Nos. 24, 25, and 26, across a road, by Sections Nos. 38 and 28, across and by a road bounding Section No. 28 on the north-east, by a road bounding Sections Nos. 32 and 31 on the south-east, and across and by a road bounding Section No. 31 on the north-east, all of Block V. before mentioned, to Lee’s Creek: as the same is delineated upon the plan marked S.G. 953538, deposited in the Head Office of the Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Consenting to Land being taken for widening Streets in the Borough of Masterton.

GLASGOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

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

Present:

THE HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by “The Public Works Act, 1894” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is, in section fourteen thereof, inter alia, enacted that nothing shall authorise the taking of any land occupied by any building, yard, garden, orchard, or vineyard, or in bonâ fide occupation as an ornamental park or pleasure-ground, without the previous consent of the Governor in Council:

And whereas an application has been made by the Masterton Borough Council for the issue of an Order in Council under the said section consenting to the taking of lands for widening streets through the lands described in the Schedule hereto, a portion of which are occupied by a garden and orchard:

Now, therefore, 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 consent to the lands described in the Schedule hereto being taken by the said Borough Council for the purpose of widening streets, on the following conditions, which have been agreed to by the Masterton Borough Council, viz.:

1. That the Masterton Borough Council will not interfere with the fences of the said lands until after the planting season next ensuing.

2. That the Masterton Borough Council will acquire a strip or strips of land, at least forty links wide, in that portion of Perry Street known as Timothy Street, for the purpose of widening the said street to the width of ninety links.

SCHEDULE.

As the said areas are delineated upon the plan marked S.G. 27848, deposited in the Head Office of the Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

GLASGOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twelfth 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 twelfth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, 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 Waitaki North Domain Board, namely,—

DAVID RITCHIE,
WILLIAM JOSEPH WILLIAMS,
NICHOLAS O’TOOLE,
EDWARD BUTT, and
ALFRED PELVIN

(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 first Monday of each month, at eight o’clock p.m., at the Schoolhouse, Waitaki North, 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 sixth 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 Land District of Canterbury, containing by admeasurement 57 acres, more or less, being Section No. 2915 (in red), formerly part of Reserve No. 642, situate in Block XIV., Waitaki Survey District. Bounded towards the north by Lots Nos. 101 and 102, subdivision of Reserve No. 642; towards the south-east by the road forming the south-west boundaries of Lots Nos. 105 and 106, subdivision of Reserve No. 642; towards the south-west by the road reserved along the River Waitaki; and towards the north-west by the road forming the south-east boundary of Lot No. 110, subdivision of Reserve No. 642: save and excepting thereout Reserve No. 2914, containing 5 acres, which is included within the above-described boundaries: as the same is delineated on the map deposited in the District Survey Office, Christchurch.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Validating Election of Chairman of Thames Harbour Board.

GLASGOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

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

Present:

THE HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it is provided by the two hundred and thirty-third section of “The Harbours Act, 1878” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), that in any case in which, by any misadventure or accident, anything is at any time done after the time required by the said Act, or is otherwise irregularly done in matter of form, the Governor may, by Order in Council duly gazetted, from time to time make provision for any such case, or may extend the time within which anything is required to be done, or may validate anything so done after the time required or so irregularly done in matter of form, so that the true intent and purpose of the said Act may have effect: And whereas, owing to there being no quorum present on the date fixed for the annual meeting of the Thames Harbour Board for the election of a Chairman, the Board did, at its meeting held on the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and