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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 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 parcel of Crown lands described in the Schedule hereto.

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SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 11 acres 2 roods 27 perches, more or less, being Section No. 211, Raetihi Township. Bounded towards the north by a public road; towards the east by the Makotuku Valley Road; towards the south by a public road; and towards the west by a public road. Also,—

All that parcel of land in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 3 acres 1 rood 21 perches, being Section No. 290, Raetihi Township. Bounded towards the north-east by Section No. 290A and the Makotuku Stream Reserve Road; towards the south-east by the Makotuku Stream Reserve Road; towards the south by a public road, 100 links wide; and towards the north-west and north-east by the Makotuku Valley Road, 150 links wide. Also,—

All that parcel of land in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 2 acres 2 roods 31 perches, more or less, being Section No. 251, Suburbs of Raetihi. Bounded towards the north-east by Section No. 250 and the Makotuku Valley Road; towards the south-west by a public road, 100 links wide; and towards the north-west by Section No. 250.

As the same are delineated on the plans deposited in the Office of the Chief Surveyor, Wellington.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Thames Harbour Board to be subject to the Provisions of “The Public Bodies’ Powers Act, 1887.”

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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 section four of “The Public Bodies’ Powers Act, 1887” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is provided that the Governor by Order in Council may from time to time declare that any leasing authority shall be subject to the provisions of the said Act, but that no such Order shall have any effect unless it be issued at the request or upon the recommendation of the leasing authority on whose behalf such Order is issued:

And whereas it has been made to appear that the Thames Harbour Board are a leasing authority within the meaning of the said Act, and have requested that they may be brought under the provisions thereof:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, and in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the said Act, doth hereby order and declare that from and after the date hereof the Thames Harbour Board shall be subject to the provisions of “The Public Bodies’ Powers Act, 1887.”

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

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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.

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 known as the Raetihi Recreation-grounds, 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

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SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 11 acres 2 roods 27 perches, more or less, being Section No. 211, Raetihi Township. Bounded towards the north by a public road; towards the east by the Makotuku Valley Road; towards the south by a public road; and towards the west by a public road. Also,—

All that parcel of land in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 3 acres 1 rood 21 perches, being Section No. 290, Raetihi Township. Bounded towards the north-east by Section No. 290A and the Makotuku Stream Reserve Road; towards the south-east by the Makotuku Stream Reserve Road; towards the south by a public road, 100 links wide; and towards the north-west and north-east by the Makotuku Valley Road, 150 links wide. Also,—

All that parcel of land in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 2 acres 2 roods 31 perches, more or less, being Section No. 251, Suburbs of Raetihi. Bounded towards the north-east by Section No. 250 and the Makotuku Valley Road; towards the south-west by a public road, 100 links wide; and towards the north-west by Section No. 250.

As the same are delineated on the plans deposited in the Office of the Chief Surveyor, Wellington.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Recreation-ground, Auckland Land District, brought under “The Public Domains Act, 1881.”

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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.

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 reserve made for public recreation in the Auckland Land District, described in the Schedule hereto, shall be and the same is 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.

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SCHEDULE.

All that area in the Auckland Land District, being part of Lot No. 11 of Section No. 12 of the Suburbs of Auckland, containing by admeasurement 6 acres 1 rood 12 perches, more or less. Commencing at a point on the north-eastern boundary of that portion of Lot No. 11 of Section No. 12 of the Suburbs of Auckland known as the One-Tree Hill Domain, distant 125 links from its northernmost angle, and bounded thence towards the north and east generally by other portion of Lot No. 11 aforesaid, 254, 1153, 298, 266, and 234 links; and towards the south-west by the One-Tree Hill Domain aforesaid, 1750 links, to the point of commencement: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.