July 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1289

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

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this fifth day
of July, 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 con-
sent of the Executive Council thereof, doth hereby revoke a
certain Order in Council, dated the thirtieth day of March,
one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, making delega-
tion 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 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 NEW BRIGHTON BOROUGH COUNCIL,

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 fourth Tuesday in each month, at seven o'clock p.m.,
   at Borough Council Chambers, 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 Tuesday, the twenty-seventh
   day of July, 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 Mayor shall be Chairman. He 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. 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 Canterbury Land District,
containing by admeasurement 8 acres and 17 perches,
more or less, being Reserve No. 3061, formerly Rural
Section 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.

Amending Regulations re the Introduction of Manures, Bones,
and Hides from Queensland.—Notice No. 488.

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this seventh
day of July, 1897.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE GOVERNMENT
IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council bearing date the six-
teenth day of November, one thousand eight hundred
and ninety-six, made under the provisions of "The Stock
Act, 1893," and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the
twentieth day of November then instant, certain regulations
were made respecting the introduction (inter alia) of animal
manures, bones, and hides from the Australasian Colonies:
And whereas it is expedient to amend the said regulations
in manner hereafter appearing, in so far as the same affect

the Colony of Queensland, and the introduction of such
manures, bones, and hides therefrom: Now, therefore, His
Excellency the Administrator of the Government of the
Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the power and
authority conferred by "The Stock Act, 1893," and of all
other powers enabling him in this behalf, doth hereby make
the regulation following, namely:—

Bones in a raw or green state, animal manures, and hides
may be landed in the Colony of New Zealand if accompanied
by a statutory declaration that the same have been shipped
from Brisbane, in the Colony of Queensland, and that they
have not come from any place outside the following dis-
trict: namely, all that portion of the Colony of Queensland
being south of the twenty-fifth parallel of latitude.

Provided that every such importation of bones, animal
manures, or hides shall, in addition to the conditions hereby
imposed, be subject to the conditions imposed by the regu-
lations at present in force in this colony regulating the im-
portation of bones, animal manures, and hides to such colony
from Australasian Colonies other than Queensland and Western
Australia, and that, except as hereby expressly modified, such
regulations shall apply accordingly.

The statutory declaration accompanying every such im-
portation as aforesaid shall be indorsed by an Inspector of
Stock for the Colony of Queensland, in the form set forth in
the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

Form A.

In the matter of a consignment of , shipped from
to , in the Colony of New Zealand,
per "."

I, [Name, address, and occupation], of ____, do
hereby solemnly and sincerely declare—

1. That the under-mentioned ____ have been subjected
   to the treatment prescribed in New Zealand with respect to
   landed or intended to be landed in such colony.

2. That such ____ are wholly the produce of the follow-
   ing district: namely, all that portion of the Colony of
   Queensland being south of the twenty-fifth parallel of
   latitude; and that they have not come from any place
   outside such district.

3. That such ____ are now being shipped to New Zea-
   land from the Port of Brisbane.

Particulars.

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously be-
lieving the same to be true, and by virtue of the provisions
of an Act of the Imperial Parliament of Great Britain and
Ireland entitled "The Statutory Declarations Act, 1835."
(Signature.)

Declared before me, at , in the Colony of ,
this day of , 189 ____.

I see no reason to doubt the correctness of the statements
set forth in the foregoing declaration.
Dated at , this day of , 189 .
____, Inspector of Stock.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Land temporarily reserved in the Land District of Canterbury.

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

WHEREAS by the two hundred and thirty-fifth section
of "The Land Act, 1892," it is enacted that the
Governor may from time to time, either by general or parti-
cular description, and whether the same has been surveyed
or not, reserve from sale temporarily, notwithstanding that
the same may be then held under pastoral license, any
Crown lands which in his opinion are required for any of the
purposes in the said section mentioned:
Now, therefore, I, James Prendergast, the Administrator
of the Government of the Colony of New Zealand, in exer-
cise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in
me by the said Act, do hereby temporarily reserve from sale