May 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1099

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

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-second day of May, 1897.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE GOVERNMENT IN COUNCIL.

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by “The Public Domains Act, 1881,” His Excellency the Administrator of the Government 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-fifth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety, 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 undermentioned persons, who shall be known as the Weedon Public Domain Board, namely,—

ROBERT THOMPSON,
PATRICK MANION,
RICHARD MCDOWELL,
SAMUEL WILSON, and
WILLIAM PHILLIPS,

(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 second Monday in each month, at seven o’clock p.m., at the Weedon Schoolhouse, 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 fourteenth day of June, 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 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.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 48 acres 2 roods 17 perches, more or less, being Reserve No. 1596, situated in Block XV., Rolleston Survey District. Bounded towards the north-west by a road-line, 1114·2 links, also by Reserve No. 1453, 551·5 links; towards the north-east by a road-line, 3120 links, also by Reserve No. 2357, 86·2 links; towards the south-east by Rural Section No. 14226, 792 links, also by Reserve No. 2357, 1166·5 links; and towards the south-west by Section No. 13589, 2270·6 links, also by Reserve No. 1453, 1000 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less; as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the District Survey Office, Christchurch.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Recreation-grounds in the Canterbury Land District brought under “The Public Domains Act, 1881.”

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-second day of May, 1897.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE GOVERNMENT IN COUNCIL.

BY virtue of the powers and authorities vested in me by the twenty-fourth section of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” I, James Prendergast, the Administrator of the Government 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 reserves made for public recreation in the Canterbury Land District, and described in the Schedule hereto, shall be and the same are hereby brought under the operation of and declared to be subject to the provisions of “The Public Domains Act, 1881”; and such domains 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 5 acres 1 rood, more or less, being Section No. 3139 (in red), Block IX., Cheviot Survey District. Bounded toward the east by the road reserved along the beach, and towards the west generally by the Jed Road, and situated between the mouths of Jed River and the Buxton Stream: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Christchurch.

All that parcel of land in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 5 acres, more or less, being Section No. 3145 (in red), Block V., Cheviot Survey District. Bounded toward the north by road reserved along the banks of the Waiau-ua; towards the east by the sledge-track; towards the south by Section No. 1, Block V., Cheviot; and towards the west by the said Section No. 1, and situated at the easternmost corner thereof: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Christchurch.

All that parcel of land in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 109 acres, more or less, being Section No. 3146 (in red), Block VII., Cheviot Survey District. Bounded towards the north by Section No. 27, Block IV., Cheviot; towards the east by the Parnassus Road, Section No. 4, Block VII., Cheviot, and the Parnassus Road; and towards the south-west by Section No. 1, Block VII., Cheviot: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Christchurch.

All that parcel of land in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 6 acres 1 rood, more or less being Section No. 3147 (in red), Block X., Cheviot Survey District. Bounded towards the north-west by Section No. 1, Block X., Cheviot; towards the north-east by the said Section No. 1; towards the south-east by Reserve 3067; and towards the south-west by the road reserved along the River Jed, and the south-east boundary, commencing about 1700 links from the mouth of the said river: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Christchurch.

All that parcel of land in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 12 acres 2 roods, more or less, being Section No. 3148 (in red), Block XI., Cheviot Survey District. Bounded towards the north-east by the Hurunui Road, 2393·8 links; towards the south by the road reserved along the bank of the Hurunui River; and towards the west by a cross-road, 1160·2 links; and situated at the mouth of the Hurunui River: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Christchurch.

All that parcel of land in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 23 acres, more or less, being Section No. 3149 (in red), Block XI., Cheviot Survey District. Bounded towards the north-east by the Hurunui Road, 4787 links; towards the east by a cross-road, 1040 links; and towards the south-west by a road reserved along the bank of the Hurunui River, and situated at the mouth of the said river: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Christchurch.

All that parcel of land in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 6 acres, more or less, being Section No. 3150 (in red), Block IX., Cheviot Survey District. Bounded towards the north-west by Section No. 7, Block IX., Cheviot, 426·5 links; towards the north-east by Section No. 16, Block IX., Cheviot, 1395 links; towards the south-east by Ella Beach Road, 425·4 links; and towards the south-west by Section No. 17 of said block, 1426·2 links: