Oct. 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1867

the like advice and consent, and in respect of the land herein-after mentioned, delegate all the powers conferred by the said Act, except the powers conferred by sections five and twelve thereof, for the period of ten years from the date hereof (unless previously altered or revoked under the said Act) to the under-mentioned persons, who shall be known as the Gore Domain Board, namely,—

JAMES BEATTIE, of Gore, Merchant ;
WILLIAM HENDERSON, of Gore, Solicitor ;
JAMES COPLAND, of Gore, Doctor of Medicine ;
ARCHIBALD MACGIBBON, of Gore, Auctioneer ;
ALBERT HARTLEY, of Gore, Carpenter ; and
His Worship the MAYOR of GORE

(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 Monday in each month, at four o’clock p.m., at the Athenæum, Gore, 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 sixth day of November, 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 members of the 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 February 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. The Board shall prepare and submit at each annual meeting a report of the proceedings of the Board for the previous year ending on the 31st day of December, together with a statement of the receipts and expenditure of the Board for such year. A copy of every such report and statement, certified by the Chairman to be correct, shall be sent to the Minister of Lands as soon as possible after each annual meeting.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. All questions shall be determined by the majority of votes of the members of the Board present at a meeting.

And with the like advice and consent as aforesaid doth hereby also order that this delegation shall take effect in respect of the parcels of Crown lands described in the Schedule hereto.

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SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land in the Southland Land District, containing 12 acres 1 rood 20 perches, more or less, being block marked “Reserve for Public Gardens” on the map of the Town of Gore. Bounded on the north by Surrey Street, 565 links; towards the west by Richmond Street, 981·5 and 1972·7 links; towards the south-west by Norfolk Street, 365 links; and towards the east by a road reserve, 100 links wide, along the bank of the Mataura River.

Also all that parcel of land in the Southland Land District, containing by admeasurement 2 acres 1 rood 3 perches, more or less, situate in the Town of Gore, being that portion of the Town Belt marked A on the Crown-grant record map of the said town: bounded on the north by Preston Street, 885 links; towards the east by Main Road, 255 links; on the south by Lyne Street, 933 links; and on the west by Fairfield Street, 250 links. Also all that parcel of land, containing by admeasurement 5 acres and 26 perches, more or less, situate in the said Town of Gore; being that portion of said Town Belt marked B on the said map: bounded on the north by Preston Street, 356 links; on the east by Fairfield Street, 1450 links; on the south by Irwell Street, 356 links; and on the west by Broughton Street, 1450 links. Also all that parcel of land, containing by admeasurement 3 acres 3 roods 26 perches, more or less, situate in the said Town of Gore, being that portion of said Town Belt marked C on the said map: bounded on the north by Irwell Street, 356 links; on the east by Fairfield Street, 1100 links; on the south by Irk Street, 356 links; and on the west by Broughton Street, 1100 links. Also all that parcel of land, containing 3 acres 3 roods 26 perches, more or less, situate in the said Town of Gore, being that portion of the said Town Belt marked D on the said map: bounded on the north by Irk Street, 356 links; on the east by Fairfield Street, 1100 links; on the south by Ashton Street, 356 links; and on the west by Broughton Street, 1100 links. Also all that parcel of land, containing by admeasurement 4 acres 1 rood 9 perches, more or less, situate in the said Town of Gore, being that portion of the said Town Belt marked E on the said map: bounded on the north by Ashton Street, 356 links; on the east by Fairfield Street, 883 links; towards the south-east by the Main Road, 746 links; and on the west by Broughton Street, 1539 links. Also all that parcel of land, containing by admeasurement 5 acres 1 rood 2 perches, more or less, situate in the said Town of Gore, being that portion of said Town Belt marked F on the said map: bounded on the north by Oldham Street, 917 links; on the east by Gorton Street, 505 links; on the south by Hyde Street, 1191 links; and towards the north-west by the Railway Reserve, 574·7 links. And also all that parcel of land, containing 5 acres 3 roods, more or less, situate in the said Town of Gore, being that portion of said Town Belt marked G on the said map: bounded on the north by Oldham Street, 1039 links; on the north-east by the public road running along the bank of the Mataura River, 542·4 links; on the south by Hyde Street, 1237 links; and on the west by Gorton Street, 505 links.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Vaccination Districts constituted.

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RANFURLY, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in the Governor by “The Public Health Act, 1876,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby abolish the existing vaccination districts known as the Foxton and Sanson Districts, and do declare that the territory heretofore comprised within the said districts is hereby divided anew into three vaccination districts, the names whereof shall be the Foxton, Rongotea, and Sanson Districts, and the boundaries whereof shall be coterminous with the boundaries of the marriage districts bearing the same names, as are set forth in a Proclamation of even date herewith, made under the provisions of “The Marriage Act, 1880.”

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-seventh day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.

J. CARROLL.

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Additional Regulations for Right of taking Sponges.

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RANFURLY, Governor.

WHEREAS by Warrant dated the twenty-fourth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, and published in New Zealand Gazette, No. 46, of the first day of June in the same year, certain regulations for the exclusive right of taking sponges were made by the Governor: And whereas it is advisable to make additional regulations:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by section twenty-one of “The Sea fisheries Act, 1894,” subsection one of section three of “The Sea-fisheries Act Amendment Act, 1895,” and of an Order in Council dated the twelfth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, made under section three of “The Sea-fisheries Act Amendment Act, 1896,” and published in the New Zealand Gazette, No. 32, of the thirteenth day of the same month, declaring sponges and sponge-beds to be subject to the provisions of sections eighteen to twenty-two of “The Sea-fisheries Act, 1894,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby make the following additional regulations for granting licenses for the exclusive right of taking sponges from sponge-beds in New Zealand:—

REGULATIONS.

8. Licenses shall be granted by the Governor, who shall have power to fix the rental to be charged, and to make any special conditions in any license that he may deem advisable.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-eighth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.

WM. HALL-JONES.