Nov. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2115

thereof, to the under-mentioned persons, who shall be known as the Patutahi Town Domain Board, namely,—
WILLIAM GEDYE, Jun.,
WILLIAM HATTON,
SAMUEL LYONS,
WILLIAM MANSON, and
GEORGE ROBB

(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 Saturday in each month, at seven o’clock p.m., at the Public Hall, Patutahi, 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 fourth 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 first Saturday in February 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 those parcels of land in the Hawke’s Bay Land District, containing 8 acres 1 rood 16 perches, more or less, being Sections numbered 17, 18, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, and 113, in the Town of Patutahi.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Changing the Purpose of a Reserve in Wellington.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

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

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS the land described in the first column of the Schedule hereto was permanently set apart as a reserve for the growth and preservation of timber on the twenty-sixth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one: And whereas the said reserve is for one of the purposes comprised in Class I. of the Schedule to “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” and in the opinion of the Governor it is expedient to change the purpose of such reserve:

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, and in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” doth hereby order and direct that the purpose of the reserve described in the Schedule hereto shall be changed from a reserve for the growth and preservation of timber to a reserve for acclimatisation purposes.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 500 acres, more or less, being Section No. 16, Block I., Akatarawa Survey District. Bounded towards the north-east by Section 12; towards the south generally by the Wainui Forest Reserve; towards the west generally by the Mangahotukutuku Stream: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Wellington.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-second day of November, 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 reserves made for public recreation in the Hawke’s Bay 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 domain shall hereafter be managed, administered, and dealt with in manner directed by the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Hawke’s Bay Land District, containing by admeasurement 2 acres 3 roods, more or less, being Sections Nos. 17, 18, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, Township of Patutahi. Bounded towards the north by a road, 700 links; towards the east by a road, 500 links; towards the south by a road, 400 links, and by Sections Nos. 21, 22, and 23, 300 links; and towards the west by Sections Nos. 21, 22, and 23, 250 links, and by a road 250 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, Napier.

All that parcel of land in the Hawke’s Bay Land District, containing by admeasurement 2 acres 3 roods 8 perches, more or less, being Sections Nos. 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, and 113 of Town of Patutahi. Bounded towards the north by a public road, 700 links; towards the east by a public road, 400 links; towards the south by a public road, 700 links; and towards the west by a public road, 400 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, Napier.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Extending the Time for holding Annual Meeting of the Waihemo County Council.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

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

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

IN pursuance of the powers vested in him by section three hundred and twenty-two of “The Counties Act, 1886,” 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 extend the time appointed for holding the annual meeting of the Council of the County of Waihemo from Wednesday, the twenty-fourth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, to Saturday, the eighteenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Vesting Management of Wharf at Miti tai in the Hobson County Council, and prescribing Dues.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

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

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by section fourteen of “The Harbours Act, 1878” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is enacted that the Governor in Council may vest the management of any wharf the property of Her Majesty in any local governing body or person, upon such terms and conditions as the Governor in Council thinks fit:

And whereas it is provided by section seventeen of the said Act that in and by any such Order in Council it may be