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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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five and twelve thereof, to the under-mentioned persons, who shall be known as the Naseby Public Domain Board, namely,—

John Weir,
James Richard Smith,
Robert F. Inder,
Alexander L. Herdman,
Thomas Stephens,
Thomas Foster, and
Robert McGregor Turnbull

(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 Monday in each month, at half-past seven o’clock p.m., at Naseby, 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 seventh 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.

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SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land in the Land District of Otago, containing by admeasurement 120 acres, more or less, situate in Naseby District, being Section No. 23, Block I., on the map of the said district. Bounded towards the north and north-west generally by a road-line, 3399·8 links; towards the north-east by Crown lands, 3227·1 links; towards the east by a road-line, 1463·2 links; towards the south by Crown lands and Block VI., 3965·3 links; and towards the west by the said Block VI., 2922·9 links.

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

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

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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 twenty-third day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, 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 Lumsden Public Domain Board, namely,—

Archibald McAlister,
Robert Brown,
Michael Maley,
Andrew Small, and
George Frederick Johnston

(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 Thursday in each month, at half-past seven o’clock p.m., at Lumsden, 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 Thursday, the seventeenth 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 Thursday 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 Southland Land District, containing by admeasurement 19 acres 1 rood 4 perches, more or less, and being Sections Nos. 1 to 6, inclusive, Block XXIII., Town of Lumsden.

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

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

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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 fifth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, 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 South Rakaia Public Domain Board, namely,—

James Newland Sharp,
Charles Albert Creery Hardy,
James Bruce,
William Lawrence Allan,
David Gordon Holmes,
John McLean, and
Laurence Oxley

(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 first Thursday in each month, at four o’clock p.m., at the Road Board Office, South Rakaia, 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 Thursday, the third 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 first Monday in January in every succeeding year thereafter, elect one of themselves to be Chairman, who may join in