Dec. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2161

Highbank Recreation-ground brought under “The Public Domains Act, 1881.”

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this sixth day of December, 1897.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

BY virtue of the powers and authorities vested in me by the twenty-fourth section of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, 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 Canterbury Land District, and known as the Highbank 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.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 10 acres, more or less, being Reserve No. 3198, Block II., Corwar Survey District. Bounded towards the north-west by Lot 50 of the Highbank Settlement, 1225 links; towards the north-east by a road-line, 773·8 links; towards the south-east by a road-line, 1019·8 links; and towards the south-west by Lots 59 and 58 of said settlement, 856·6 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.

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

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this sixth day of December, 1897.

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, situate in the Canterbury Land District, and being Reserve No. 3198, 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 under-mentioned persons, who shall be known as the Highbank Domain Board, namely,—

WILLIAM CHARLES DAVIS,
JOHN THOMAS DOHERTY,
HECTOR BOND,
PETER DRISCOLL,
CHARLES SPRAY,
CHARLES WILLIAM SMITH, and
ALEXANDER KNOX CALLAGHAN

(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 Saturday in each month, at half-past seven o’clock p.m., at the school, Village of Highbank, 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 Saturday, the eighteenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

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 Saturday 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.

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Vesting a Reserve in the Taieri County Council.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this sixth day of December, 1897.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto was permanently reserved as a quarry on the tenth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven:

And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient to vest the said land in the Taieri County Council:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, and in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the fourth section of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” doth hereby declare that, from and after the day of the date hereof, the reserve mentioned in the Schedule hereto shall become vested in “The Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the Taieri County,” in trust, for a quarry reserve.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Otago Land District, containing by admeasurement 3 acres 1 rood 19 perches, more or less, being part of Section No. 19, Green Island Bush District, commencing at the eastern corner of said Section No. 19. Bounded towards the south-east by Section No. 95 and part of Section No. 94 of said district, on a line bearing 239° 33′, distance 942 links; towards the south-west by part of Section No. 19, on lines bearing 329° 33′, distance 240 links, bearing 305° 18′, distance 587·6 links; towards the north by part of Section No. 13, by Sections Nos. 14, 15, and 16 of said district, on a line bearing 92° 48′, distance 1415 links, to the commencing-point: and intersected by a road-line 100 links wide: be all the aforesaid linkages a little more or less.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Vesting a Reserve in the Geraldine County Council.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this sixth day of December, 1897.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto was permanently set apart as a reserve for river and bridge protective purposes on the tenth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven:

And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient to vest the said land in the Geraldine County Council:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, and in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the fourth section of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” doth hereby declare that, from and after the day of the date hereof, the reserve described in the Schedule hereto shall become vested in “The Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the Geraldine County,” in trust, as a reserve for river and bridge protective purposes.