Aug. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1307

Powers delegated to Te Aroha Hot Springs Domain Board under “The Public Domains Act, 1881.”

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this eighth day of August, 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 thirty-first day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, 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 parcels 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

Te Aroha Borough Council,

which shall be known as Te Aroha Hot Springs 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 first Saturday in each month, at three o’clock p.m., at the Borough Council Chambers, Te Aroha, 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 third day of September, 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 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.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land, situate in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 20 acres, being Section No. 16, Block IX., Aroha Survey District. Bounded towards the north-east and south-east by part Section No. 15, 1100 and 1818 links; towards the south-west by Whitaker Street, 1100 links; and towards the north-west by Section No. 15, 1818 links.

Also, all that parcel of land, situate in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 46 acres, and being part Section No. 15, Block IX., Aroha Survey District. Bounded towards the north-east by other part of Section No. 15, 2252 links; towards the south-east by other part of Section No. 15, and a public road, 3800 links; towards the north-west and south-west by Section No. 16, 1359 and 1100 links; and towards the north-west by other part of Section No. 15, Block IX., 2264 links.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this eighth day of August, 1898.

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 land known as the Khandallah Domain, in the Wellington 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 Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 31 acres 1 rood, more or less, being Allotments Nos. 2 and 3 of Sections Nos. 1 and 2, Porirua District, situated in Block XI., Belmont Survey District. Bounded towards the north-east generally by Allotment No. 1 and a public road; towards the south-east by Allotments Nos. 47 and 46 and a public road; towards the south-west by Allotment No. 4; and towards the north-west by Section No. 128, Block III., Port Nicholson Survey District.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Excepting Land from Operation of Section 117 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894.”

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this eighth day of August, 1898.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by section four of “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1895,” it is enacted that the Governor may, by Order in Council, except from the operation of section one hundred and seventeen of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894” (hereinafter called “the said Act”), for a limited period or otherwise, and either generally or for such purposes and subject to such restrictions as shall be in such Order specified, any land, wheresoever situate, which is for the time being subject to the operation of the said section, or any interest therein or right over the same, or may in like manner make such exception in favour exclusively of any lessee or other person who has been bonâ fide in occupation of and has made improvements on such land, or has paid money to Native owners for lease or purchase thereof prior to the passing of the said Act: Provided that no Order in Council under the provisions of this section shall take effect until after the expiration of two months from the date of the publication thereof in the Gazette: Provided also that every alienation under the provisions of this section shall be confirmed by the Court in terms of section fifty-three of the said Act:

And whereas by an Order in Council bearing date the thirtieth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the second day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, the land hereinafter mentioned was excepted from the operation of section one hundred and seventeen of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” for the purpose of alienation by way of lease, to enable the timber growing thereon to be cut and removed: And whereas application has been made for a further exception of the said land in manner hereinafter appearing:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by section four of “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1895,” and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby except from the operation of section one hundred and seventeen of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” the block or parcel of land known as Awarua No. 1a No. 2 West, situate in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay, containing two thousand six hundred and fifty-three acres, more or less, and being the land comprised in a partition order of the Native Land Court, dated the fourteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, in favour of Utiku Potaka and others, for the purpose of enabling the said Utiku Potaka to mortgage or assign his share or interest in the rents and royalties arising under the lease granted or to be granted in pursuance of the hereinbefore-recited Order in Council, bearing date the thirtieth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.