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bers 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 piece or parcel of land in the Southland Land District, containing by admeasurement 15 acres 3 roods 21 perches, more or less, being Section No. 1, Block X., Township of Hirstfield. Bounded towards the north-east by Denbigh Street, 528·1 links; towards the east by Frome Street, 858·5 links; towards the south-east by Aurum Street, 1122·7 links; towards the south-west by Sections Nos. 6 and 7 of said block, 1100 links; and towards the north-west by Tramway Reserve, 1392·5 links: excepting from the above-described area a water-race intersecting same.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

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RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this fifteenth day of February, 1898.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON 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, situate in the Nelson Land District, and being Section No. 5, Block VI., Kawatiri Survey District, 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 Denniston Domain Board, namely,—

CHARLES AUSTIN,
JOHN HUDSON,
MICHAEL CONNOLLY,
ROBERT SNEDDON, and
THOMAS WARDROBE

(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 Monday in each month, at half-past seven o’clock p.m., at the school, Denniston, 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 twenty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

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 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.

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

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RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this fifteenth day of February, 1898.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON 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, 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 Nelson Land District, and known as the Denniston 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 Nelson Land District, containing by admeasurement 6 acres, more or less, being Section No. 5, Block VI., Kawatiri Survey District. Bounded on all sides by Crown lands: the eastern corner of the section is 8066·8 links north and 7143·2 links east of Trig. Station H: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Nelson.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

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RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this fifteenth day of February, 1898.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON 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, 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 Otago Land District, 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 Otago Land District, containing by admeasurement 16 acres 2 roods, more or less, being Section No. 2, Block XXIV., in the Township of Waikouaiti. Bounded towards the north-west by Sulisker Street and Waikouaiti Bay; towards the north-east by Section No. 1 of same block; towards the south-east, south, and south-west by the ocean; and again towards the south-west by Kilda Street.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Alteration in Rate of Interest on Cash deposited with the Public Trustee under “The Foreign Insurance Companies’ Deposits Act, 1894.”

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RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this fifteenth day of February, 1898.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him by section three of “The Foreign Insurance Companies’ Deposits Amendment Act, 1895,” His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the consent and advice of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby determine that all cash heretofore or hereafter deposited with the Public Trustee under “The Foreign Insurance Companies’ Deposits Act, 1894,” shall, on and after the first day of March, one thou-