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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 25

Special District under “The Auctioneers Act, 1891,” County of Wairoa.

GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this thirtieth day of March, 1896.

Present:
THE HONOURABLE W. C. WALKER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority contained in the eighth section of “The Auctioneers Act, 1891,” 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 declare that the County of Wairoa (being a part of the colony which is sparsely populated) shall be a special district for the purposes of the said Act, and shall be known by the name of the Wairoa District; and it is hereby declared that the amount of the auctioneer’s license-fee for the said district shall be ten pounds, and that the Clerk of the Wairoa County Council shall be the licensing officer for the said Wairoa District.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

New Brighton Park Reserve brought under “The Public Domains Act, 1881.”

GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this thirtieth day of March, 1896.

Present:
THE HONOURABLE W. C. WALKER 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 Canterbury, and known as the New Brighton Park Reserve, 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 Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 8 acres and 17 perches, more or less, being Section No. 3061 (in red), formerly Rural Section No. 35647, Block XII., Christchurch Survey District. Bounded towards the north-eastward by the road forming the southern boundary of Section No. 4665, 4031·2 links; towards the south-eastward by a road-line, 15 links; and towards the south-westward by a road-line 1 chain wide along the River Avon, 4073·8 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less; as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Christchurch.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this thirtieth day of March, 1896.

Present:
THE HONOURABLE W. C. WALKER PRESIDING 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 thereof, to

“The INHABITANTS of the Avon Road District,”

which shall be known as the New Brighton Domain Board (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 Monday in each month, at seven o’clock p.m., at the Road Board offices, 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 eleventh day of May, 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 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.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Rural Lands in the Auckland Land District open for Sale or Selection.

GLASGOW, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one hundred and thirty-sixth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, having received the report of the Surveyor-General in this behalf, as in the said section is provided, do hereby declare that the rural lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on and after the third day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six; and also that the lands mentioned in the said Schedule may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or be selected for occupation with right of purchase or on lease in perpetuity, or, in respect of any lands containing or supposed to contain any metal, mineral, or valuable stone, be selected on lease in perpetuity only; and I do hereby also fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.—WHANGAREI COUNTY.

Unsurveyed Second-class Land.

ALL that parcel of land in the Auckland Land District, situate in the Parish of Owhiwa, and containing approximately 300 acres. Bounded towards the north-east by Sections Nos. 227 and 226 of the Parish of Owhiwa; towards the south-east by a public road, by Section No. 236 of the same parish, and again by a public road; towards the south-west by Section No. 5 of the same parish; and towards the north-west by a forest reserve to the point of commencement. Broken forest land of poor quality, about nine miles from Whangarei.

Cash price, 5s. per acre; occupation with right of purchase, 3d. per acre; lease in perpetuity, 2·4d. per acre.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this second day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.

W. C. WALKER,
For Minister of Lands.