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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 Township of South Rakaia, Land District of Canterbury, containing 50 acres, more or less, and being reserve numbered 2242. Bounded south-eastward by Lots Nos. 31 to 36 inclusive; north-westward by Lots Nos. 19 and 20; and north-eastward and south-westward by road-lines: as the same is delineated on the official map in the Survey Office, Christchurch.

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

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Vesting a Reserve in the Corporation of the Town of Roxburgh.

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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.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto was permanently reserved as a site for a reservoir on the eighth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five:

And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient to vest the said land in the Corporation of the Town of Roxburgh:

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 declare that, from and after the day of the date hereof, the reserve described in the Schedule hereto shall become vested in “The Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of Roxburgh,” in trust, as a site for a reservoir.

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SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land in the Otago Land District, containing by admeasurement 6 acres and 1 perch, more or less, situate in the Township of Roxburgh, and being Section No. 1 of Block XXIV. of said township. Bounded towards the north-west by Section No. 27 of same block, 982·6 links; towards the north-east by a street-line, 670 links; towards the south-east by Tweed Street, 1186·5 links; towards the south-west by a street-line, 469·3 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: and intersected by three water-races, also by tail-race reserve along creek.

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

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Exchange of Land in Canterbury.

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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.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the first column of the Schedule hereto was reserved for plantation purposes: And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient to exchange the said land for that mentioned in the second column of the Schedule hereto:

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,” and the third section of “The Public Reserves Act Amendment Act, 1889,” doth hereby declare that, from and after the day of the date hereof, the said reserve mentioned in the first column of the Schedule hereto shall be exchanged for the land mentioned in the second column of the Schedule hereto.

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SCHEDULE.

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

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Regulations for the Conduct of the Election of Members of the Victoria College Council.

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RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

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

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. C. WALKER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN exercise of the power vested in him by “The Victoria College Act, 1897,” His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council thereof, doth hereby make the following regulations for the conduct of the election of members of the Victoria College Council:—

REGULATIONS.

First Election.

1. For the purpose of the first election of the members of the Victoria College Council (hereinafter called “the Council”) the Chief Clerk of the Education Department shall be the Returning Officer, and his office shall be at the Education Department offices, Government Buildings, Wellington.

2. For the purpose of every subsequent election the Returning Officer shall be such person as the Council appoints, and his office shall be at the College buildings, or such other convenient place in Wellington as the Council appoints.

3. All notices, voting-papers, and other documents which under these regulations are to be posted or delivered to the Returning Officer shall be enclosed in sealed envelopes addressed, “The Returning Officer for the Victoria College Council Election,” at his office as aforesaid.

4. The five classes of electors specified in section 5 of “The Victoria College Act, 1897,” shall be entered on rolls which shall be called—

(1.) In the case of electors under subsection (2) of that section, the “parliamentary electoral roll”;

(2.) In the case of electors under subsection (3) of that section, the “graduates’ electoral roll”;

(3.) In the case of electors under subsection (4) of that section, the “teachers’ electoral roll”;

(4.) In the case of electors under subsection (5) of that section, the “Education Boards’ electoral roll”;

(5.) In the case of the Professorial Board, the “professorial electoral roll.”

5. The Returning Officer shall prepare and from time to time amend the electoral rolls either on his own motion, or pursuant to any claim or objection, by entering thereon or removing therefrom the name of any elector of whose qualification or want of qualification, as the case may be, he is satisfied, and by otherwise correcting any error in any such roll.