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capitation allowance to Education Boards; and, with the
like advice and consent, doth hereby prescribe that this
Order shall come into force on the date of the first publica-
tion thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

REGULATION.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
an Order in Council made on the 5th day of January, 1888,
under the provisions of “The Education Act, 1877,” relating
(inter alia) to attendance registers and returns, the payment
of capitation allowance to Education Boards for the quarter
ending on the 31st day of March, 1898, shall be according to
the working-average attendance of the quarter ending on the
31st day of December, 1897, as working average was defined
by Order in Council dated the 5th day of July, 1887, and
made under the provisions of the before-mentioned Act.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting-Clerk of the Executive Council.

Amended Regulations for Trout-fishing, Buller District.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-
eighth day of January, 1898.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. C. WALKER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Order in Council dated the twenty-
seventh day of September, one thousand eight hun-
dred and ninety-seven, published in the New Zealand Gazette
of the thirtieth day of September then instant, certain regu-
lations were made under “The Fisheries Conservation Act,
1884” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), providing for
trout-fishing within the County of Buller, together with all
town districts and boroughs therein:

And whereas it is expedient to alter the fees which shall
be charged for licenses to fish for trout in the said district:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the
Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred
by the said Act, and of all other powers enabling him in
this behalf, doth hereby order and declare, notwithstanding
anything contained in the said recited regulations, that for
every license to fish for trout within the County of Buller
(including all town districts and boroughs therein) the fee
of ten shillings shall be charged.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting-Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-
eighth day of January, 1898.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. C. WALKER 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 Auckland 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, ad-
ministered, and dealt with in manner directed by the said
Act.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land in the Auckland Land District,
being Allotments Nos. 14, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, and 36 of Sec-
tion No. 1 of the Village of Otaii, containing by admeasure-
ment 3 roods 33 perches, more or less. Bounded towards
the north-east by Allotment No. 37 of Section No. 1 of the
Village of Otaii, 210 links; towards the south-east by a
public road, 618 links and 195 links; towards the south-
west by Allotment No. 1 of Section No. 1 of the Village of
Otaii, 137 links; and towards the north-west by a public
road, 215 links, 120 links, and 395 links, to the point of
commencement: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less.

All that parcel of land in the Auckland Land District,
being Allotments Nos. 41, 42, and 43 of Section 1 of the
Village of Otaii, and containing by admeasurement 1 rood
14 perches, more or less. Bounded towards the north-
east by a public road, 290 links and 193 links; towards the
south-west by a public road, 223 links and 115 links; and
towards the west by a public road, 230 links, to the point of
commencement: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting-Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-
eighth day of January, 1898.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. C. WALKER 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 Village of
Otaii, and being Allotments Nos. 14, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36,
41, 42, and 43 of Section No. 1, on the map of the said
village, 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 WAIROA ROAD BOARD,

which shall be known as the Otaii Domain Board (herein-
after referred to as “the Board”), subject to the stipula-
tions hereinafter contained, that is to say,—

1. The Board shall meet for the transaction of business
   the second Saturday in each month, at the Wairoa Public
   Hall, 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 twelfth 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 Chairman of the Road Board shall be the Chair-
   man of the Board. 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.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting-Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-
eighth day of January, 1898.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. C. WALKER PRESIDING 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 fourth day of June, one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-two, 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