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by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council thereof, doth hereby revoke a certain Order in Council, dated the thirteenth day of May, 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 under-mentioned persons, who shall be known as the Burke’s Pass Domain Board, namely,—

JOHN McGREGOR,
JAMES O’KEEFE,
JOHN ANNIS, and
DONALD McMILLAN

(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 Wednesday in each month, at eight o’clock p.m., at Burke’s Pass, 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 Wednesday, the eleventh day of May, 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 second Wednesday 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 45 acres and 3 perches, more or less, being Reserve No. 1595, situate in Block VIII., Burke Survey District. Bounded north-eastward by a road-line, 2236·5 links; south-eastward by a road-line, 1736·5 links, also by Reserve No. 2334, 500 links; south-westward by Reserve No. 2334, 100 links, and also by Reserve No. 1264A, 1236·5 links; north-westward by Section No. 35668, 2236·5 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.

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Revoking Delegation of Powers under “The Public Domains Act, 1881,” to the Moa Flat and Ettrick Domain Board.

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RANFURLY, Governor.

By his Deputy,

JAMES PRENDERGAST.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this eighteenth day of April, 1898.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by “The Public Domains Act, 1881,” His Excellency the Governor 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, made and issued on the second day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, under the said Act, and delegating all the powers conferred by the said Act (except the powers conferred by sections five and twelve of such Act) in respect of the parcel of land known as Section No. 44, Block I., Benger Survey District, Otago Land District, to the following persons, who are known as the Moa Flat and Ettrick Domain Board, namely :—

EDWARD TUBMAN,
WILLIAM WESTCOTT,
ROBERT McLEOD,
JAMES McINTOSH, and
JAMES ALLEN.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Changing the Purpose of a Reserve in Otago.

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RANFURLY, Governor.

By his Deputy,

JAMES PRENDERGAST.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this eighteenth day of April, 1898.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto was permanently reserved, on the fourteenth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, for police purposes: 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 of the powers and authorities vested in him by the fourth section of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” doth hereby order and direct that the purpose of the reserve mentioned in the Schedule hereto shall be changed from police purposes to a site for Borough Council offices.

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SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 2, Block XXXV., Town of Hampden, containing by admeasurement 1 rood, more or less.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Prescribing a Close Season for Fish in the Blake River, or Waimea Creek, Westland.

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RANFURLY, Governor.

By his Deputy,

JAMES PRENDERGAST.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this eighteenth day of April, 1898.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is, among other things, enacted that the Governor in Council may from time to time make, alter, and revoke regulations (which shall have force and effect only in any waters or places specified therein) providing for, among other things, the more effectual protection and improvement of “fish,” as defined by the said Act, and for setting apart any river or other fresh or salt waters for the natural or artificial propagation of fish, and for prohibiting for any period fishing in any waters, river, or stream in which young fish or spawn have been placed or deposited:

And whereas it is expedient to make the regulations hereinafter set forth with respect to fish liberated, inhabiting, or found in the waters of the Blake River, otherwise known as the Waimea Creek, in the County of Westland:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby make the regulations set forth in the Schedule hereto; and with the like advice and consent doth order that such regulations shall take effect on and after the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette, and shall have force and effect in the Blake River, otherwise known as the Waimea Creek, in the County of Westland.

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SCHEDULE.

REGULATIONS.

1. The Blake River, otherwise known as the Waimea Creek, in the County of Westland (the said river being a stream in which salmon and trout have been liberated), is hereby set apart for the natural or artificial propagation of fish.