Oct. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1931

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

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this sixteenth day of October, 1899.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise 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 fourteenth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, making delegation of certain powers in manner as therein appears; and doth hereby, with the like advice and consent, and in respect of the land hereinafter 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 Scotsburn Domain Board, namely,—

GEORGE JAMES DENNISTOUN, of Peel Forest, Sheep-farmer;
JAMES PITHIE, of Scotsburn Flat, Farmer;
ROBERT THEW, of Orari Gorge, Farmer;
DUGALD MACFARLANE, of Peel Forest, Clerk; and
OLIVER SCOTT THOMSON, of Peel Forest, Station-manager

(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 Friday in each month, at three o’clock p.m., at the Road Board Office, Peel Forest, 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 Friday, the seventeenth 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 third Friday 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. 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 parcel of Crown lands described in the Schedule hereto.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 50 acres, more or less, being Reserve No. 1554, situate in the Orari Survey District. Bounded towards the north-east by the road south-west of Section No. 15391, 2850 links; towards the south-east by a line at right angles to the said road; and towards the west by a road-line: as the same is delineated on the official map in the Survey Office, Christchurch.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this sixteenth day of October, 1899.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise 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-sixth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, making delegation of certain powers in manner as therein appears; and doth hereby, with the like advice and consent, and in respect of the land hereinafter 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 Wai-iti Domain Board, namely,—

WILLIAM NORRIS, of Wakefield, Farmer;
HENRY HOLLIS, of Foxhill, Labourer;
JOHN ALFRED THOMPSON, of Foxhill, Farmer;
IVANHOE TUNNICLIFFE, of Wakefield, Farmer; and
JOHN GAUKRODGER, of Foxhill, Hotelkeeper

(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 Monday in each month, at half-past seven o’clock p.m., at the schoolhouse, Foxhill, 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 twentieth 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 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. 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 to the parcel of Crown lands described in the Schedule hereto.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Nelson Land District, containing by admeasurement 6 acres, more or less, being part of Section No. 156, Waimea South (Block XV., Wai-iti Survey District). Bounded towards the north (950 links) by the Nelson–Belgrove Railway Reserve; towards the north-east (520 links) partly by Section No. 155, Waimea South, and partly by an overflow of the River Wai-iti; towards the south by a line being the centre of the aforesaid overflow; and towards the west (190 links) by a public road: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Nelson.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.