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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 30

Weber, Tahoraite, and Woodville Survey Districts to the Manawatu River, and by a line along the middle of that river to the Manawatu Gorge: thence towards the west generally by the summit of the Ruahine Range to the northern boundary of the Awarua Block; thence by that boundary to the Makirikiri Stream, by that stream, the Ikaawetea Stream, and the Taruarau River to the northern boundary of the Timahanga Block; thence by that block and the Ngaruroro River to the Auckland District hereinbefore described, and by that district to the sea: including the adjacent islands.

WELLINGTON DEEDS REGISTRATION DISTRICT.

Bounded towards the north by the Auckland District hereinbefore described; towards the east and again towards the north by the Hawke’s Bay District hereinbefore described; towards the south-east and south and towards the west and south-west by the sea; and again towards the west generally by the Taranaki District: including the adjacent islands and the Chatham Islands.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulation regarding Waitapu Wharf.

RANFURLY, Governor.

By his Deputy,
JAMES PRENDERGAST.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of April, 1898.

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 the management of the wharf at Waitapu was, by Order in Council dated the fourth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, vested in the Takaka Road Board, subject to the conditions set forth in the First Schedule of the said Order in Council:

And whereas it is desirable to revoke clause No. 4 of the conditions of management contained in the First Schedule of the said Order in Council of the fourth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, so far as it relates to the wharf at Waitapu, and to declare the vesting of the management of the said wharf in the Takaka Road Board shall be subject to an additional condition:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, and in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him by the fourteenth section of the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, doth hereby revoke clause No. 4 of the conditions of management contained in the First Schedule of the said Order in Council of the fourth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, so far as relates to the wharf at Waitapu, but not further or otherwise, and doth declare that the vesting of the management of the said wharf in the Takaka Road Board shall be subject to the following additional condition, namely:—

4a. Ninety per cent. of the dues and rates received on account of the wharf at Waitapu by the Takaka Road Board shall be applied to keeping the said wharf and all erections on or in connection with such wharf in good order and repair, and ten per cent. of such dues and rates shall be set aside by the said Board to form a fund for the purpose of renewing the said wharf, or building a new wharf in place thereof.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

RANFURLY, Governor.

By his Deputy,
JAMES PRENDERGAST.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-sixth day of April, 1898.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

IN exercise and pursuance 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, dated the fourteenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, 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 Omaka Public Domain Board, namely,—

His Worship the Mayor of Blenheim,
Thomas Horton,
Robert McCartney,
George Cleghorn, M.R.C.S., and
Samuel Munson Neville

(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 Wednesday in each month, at two o’clock p.m., at the offices of the Borough Council, Blenheim, 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 seventh day of June, 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.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land in the Marlborough Land District, containing by admeasurement 270 acres, more or less, situate in the District of Omaka, and being Section No. 31, and Part 2 of Section No. 33, on the plan of the said district. Bounded towards the north, 3750 links, by Sections Nos. 32 and 30 on the said plan, and 1900 links by a public road 75 links wide; towards the east by the River Taylor; towards the south, 700 and 3750 links, by a public road 75 links wide; and towards the west, 5500 links, by Part 1 of Section No. 33 on the said plan.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Altering the Boundaries of the Land Registration Districts of Auckland, Hawke’s Bay, and Wellington.

RANFURLY, Governor.

By his Deputy,
JAMES PRENDERGAST.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-sixth day of April, 1898.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by section three of “The Land Transfer Act, 1885,” it is enacted that the Governor, by Order in Council, may from time to time alter the boundaries of any land registration district:

And whereas it is desirable to alter the boundaries of the Auckland, Hawke’s Bay, and Wellington Land Registration Districts:

Now, therefore, I, James Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, in the name and on behalf of His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, and as his duly appointed Deputy, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by the hereinbefore in part recited Act, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby