Jan. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 7

India and its Dependencies declared to be infected with Bubonic Plague.

(l.s.) RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance of section ninety-two of “The Public Health Act, 1876,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and notify that India and its dependencies are infected with the disease called or known as bubonic plague, being an infectious or contagious disease highly dangerous to the health of the people.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly; Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this thirtieth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.

T. THOMPSON.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

New Caledonia and its Dependencies declared to be infected with Bubonic Plague.

(l.s.) RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance of section ninety-two of “The Public Health Act, 1876,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and notify that New Caledonia and its dependencies are infected with a disease called or known as bubonic plague, being an infectious or contagious disease highly dangerous to the health of the people.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly; Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this thirtieth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.

T. THOMPSON.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Kimbolton Recreation-grounds brought under “The Public Domains Act, 1881.”

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twentieth day of December, 1899.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

BY virtue of the powers and authorities vested in me by the twenty-fourth section of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby order and declare that the reserves made for public recreation in the Wellington Land District, and described in the Schedule hereto, shall be and the same are hereby brought under the operation of and declared to be subject to the provisions of “The Public Domains Act, 1881”; and such domain shall hereafter be managed, administered, and dealt with in manner directed by the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 20 acres and 3 perches, more or less, being Suburban Section No. 16 in the Township of Birmingham, Apiti Survey District. Bounded on the north by Sections Nos. 11, 12, 13, and 14; on the east by a road, 100 links wide; on the south by Sections Nos. 19, 18, and 17; and on the west by Section No. 26, Block XIII., Apiti: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Wellington.

All that area in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 17 acres, more or less, being Section No. 92c, Block XIII., Apiti Survey District. Bounded towards the north by Section No. 23; towards the east by Section No. 24; towards the south by a public road; and towards the west generally by a public road: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Wellington.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twentieth day of December, 1899.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by the twelfth section of “The Public Domains Act, 1881,” it is, inter alia, enacted that the Governor, by Order in Council, may from time to time delegate all or any of the powers by the said Act conferred, save as is therein mentioned, to any person or persons, for any period, and subject to such stipulations as may be specified in such Order, and that every such delegation may from time to time in like manner be altered or revoked: And whereas, pursuant to “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” by an Order in Council of even date herewith, the lands described in the Schedule hereto, situate in the Wellington Land District, are declared to be brought under the operation of and to be subject to the provisions of the said “Public Domains Act, 1881”:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony of New Zealand, doth hereby, and in respect of the lands hereinafter mentioned, delegate all the powers conferred by the Act first above mentioned, except the powers under or 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 undermentioned persons, who shall be known as the Kimbolton Domain Board, namely,—

RICHARD BURNE, Kimbolton, Farmer;
HILTON FOWLER, Kimbolton, Farmer;
JOHN LOUDON, Kimbolton, Farmer;
WILLIAM MORTON, Kimbolton, Farmer;
HENRY KIRKE HODGE, Kimbolton, Farmer;
ARTHUR HENRY TOMPKINS, Kimbolton, Storekeeper; and
WILLIAM CHARLES GREIG, Kimbolton, M.D.

(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 second Saturday in each month, at seven o’clock p.m., at the Kiwitea County Council Offices, 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 Saturday, the thirteenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred.

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 second Saturday 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 for the previous year ending on the thirty-first 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.