Aug. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1555

Parcel Rates to Canada.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-first day of August, 1899.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the twenty-eighth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, certain rates of postage were prescribed under the provisions of “The Post Office Act 1881 Amendment Act, 1886,” and “The Post Office (Foreign Parcels) Act, 1888” (hereinafter termed “the said Acts”), for the transmission of parcels, inter alia, to Canada: And whereas it is expedient to amend such rates of postage as hereinafter set forth:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by the said Acts, and of all other powers in that behalf enabling him, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby revoke such rates of postage for parcels addressed to the Dominion of Canada, and in lieu thereof doth hereby prescribe the rates of postage set forth in the Schedule hereto to be the rates for parcels transmitted through the post to the Dominion of Canada, and doth order and declare that such rates of postage shall come into force and have effect on and from the date of the first publication of this Order in Council in the New Zealand Gazette.

SCHEDULE.

PARCEL POST.

Rates of Postage.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-first day of August, 1899.

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 twenty-fourth day of August, 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 Arundel Public Domain Board, namely,—

GEORGE HENRY PATRICK,
GEORGE HERBERT HIBBARD,
EDWARD EVANS,
HERBERT NICHOL,
JOHN COOK,
HUGH MCMASTER, and
FRANCIS JENNING PARHAM

(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 third Thursday in each month, at half-past seven o’clock p.m., at Arundel, 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 twenty-first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.

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.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 4 acres 1 rood 6 perches, more or less, being Reserve No. 2965, Block III., Town of Arundel. Bounded towards the north by Acland Street, 777·5 links; towards the east by Reserve No. 2966, 500 links; towards the south by Bridge Road, 938 links; and towards the west by Peel Street, 525·1 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Christchurch.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Setting apart Reserves under “The Kauri-gum Industry Act, 1898.”

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-first day of August, 1899.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by “The Kauri-gum Industry Act, 1898” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is enacted that the Governor in Council is authorised under the said Act to set apart any specified area of Crown lands within a kauri-gum district to be kauri-gum reserves under the said Act: And whereas it is expedient to create and set apart the kauri-gum reserves hereinafter mentioned:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby set apart the areas of Crown lands described in the Schedule hereto as kauri-gum reserves, with the names respectively set over the descriptions of such reserves in the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

BAY OF ISLANDS COUNTY.

Te Mata Kauri-gum Reserve Extension No. 2: 893 acres 3 roods 20 perches. For Hukerenui Settlement.

WAITEMATA COUNTY.

Okura Kauri-gum Reserve: 121 acres and 26 perches. For Okura and Pukeatua Settlements.

Rangitopuni Kauri-gum Reserve: 108 acres 2 roods. For Pukeatua Settlement.

OTAMATEA COUNTY.

Molesworth No. 1 Kauri-gum Reserve: 850 acres. For Mangawai Settlement.

Molesworth No. 2 Kauri-gum Reserve: 216 acres. For Mangawai Settlement.

Hakaru No. 1 Kauri-gum Reserve: 740 acres. For Kaiwaka, Hakaru, and Mangawai Settlements.