596
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 23

Powers delegated to the Hawksbury Domain Board under
"The Public Domains Act, 1881."

RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this fourteenth day of March, 1900.

Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING 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-fifth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, 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 three 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 Hawksbury Public Domain Board, namely,—

His Worship the MAYOR OF HAWKSBURY (ex officio);
BENJAMIN BRAY, of Waikouaiti, butcher;
JAMES STEVENS, of Hawksbury, sheep-farmer;
HENRY BUCKLAND, of Kaitoa, Waikouaiti, sheep-farmer; and
THOMAS SMITH, of Hawksbury, carpenter

(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 first Monday in each month, at two o’clock p.m., at the Courthouse, Hawksbury, 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 second day of April, 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 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 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.

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.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land in the Otago Land District, containing by admeasurement (excluding the exemptions therefrom) 155 acres 2 roods, more or less, situate in the Town of Hawksbury, and being that portion of said town lying towards the east of Kirkwall and Wick Streets. Bounded towards the north by the northern boundary of said township, also by Cemetery Reserve; towards the east by the eastern boundary of said township and Cemetery Reserve; towards the south by part of the unsurveyed portion of said town and the southern boundaries of Sections 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 12 of Block LXXI.; towards the west by Kirkwall and Wick Streets, also by Cemetery Reserve: which area is exclusive of the following sections and portions of street-lines, viz., Sections 10 and 11, Block XVIII.; Section 1, Block XXVII.; Section 4, Block XLIII.; Sections 1 to 22, Block XLVIII.; Sections 1 to 5, Block XLIX.; Sections 17 to 21, Block LVI.; and Section 1, Block LXI.: also the following portions of street-lines, viz., parts of Banff Street, Aberdeen Street, cross street between Aberdeen and Banff Streets, Cupar Street, Kinross Street, Inverary Street, Rothsay Street, Dumbarton Street, Linlithgow Street, Leith Street, Waddington Street, Greenlaw Street, and Dornoch Street.

All that parcel of land in the Otago Land District, containing by admeasurement 100 acres, more or less, situate in the Town of Hawksbury. Bounded towards the north-west by Crown lands, 150 links; towards the north by Sections 2, 3, and 4 of Block LXVIII., 300 links; towards the east by Section 7 of same block, 50 links; towards the north by said section, by Inverness Street, and by Section 1 of Block LXIX., 600 links; towards the west by Section 1 of said block, 50 links; towards the north by Sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 of Block LXIX., 600 links; towards the east by Section 12 of said block, 50 links; towards the north by said section, 250 links, also by Section 1 of Block LXX., 250 links; towards the west by said section, 50 links; towards the north by Sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 of Block LXX., 600 links; towards the east by Section 12 of same block, 50 links; towards the north by same section, by Kirkwall Street, and Section 1 of Block LXXI., 600 links; towards the west by same section, 50 links; towards the north by Sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 of Block LXXI., 600 links; towards the east by Section 12 of same block, 50 links; towards the north by said section, by Dornoch Street, also by Commonage Reserve, 966 links; towards the east by Section 6 of Block VI., Hawksbury District, 1000 links; towards the south-east by Section 19 of said block, 2300 links; and towards the south-west by a lagoon, 6600 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: and intersected by Edinburgh Street, 150 links.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Powers delegated to the Raetihi Domain Board under "The Public Domains Act, 1881."

RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this fourteenth day of March, 1900.

Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING 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 land described in the Schedule hereto, situate in the Wellington Land District, is 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 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 Raetihi Domain Board, namely,—

PETER BRASS, of Raetihi, settler;
GEORGE PIKE, of Raetihi, boardinghouse-keeper;
JOSEPH ALFRED FLETCHER, of Raetihi, storekeeper;
ALFRED LIGGINS, of Orautoka, settler; and
WILLIAM ROSS, of Raetihi, storeman

(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 Ingram’s Hall, Raetihi, 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 sixteenth day of April, 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.