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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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the land hereinafter mentioned, delegate all the powers conferred by the said Act, 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 PARNELL BOROUGH COUNCIL,

which shall be known as the Parnell Domain Board (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 once in each month, at the Borough Council Chambers, Parnell, at such time as may be fixed by the Board. The first meeting shall be held on Thursday, the nineteenth 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 Mayor shall be the Chairman of the Board. He may join in the discussion, and shall have an original as well as a casting vote.

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. 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, situated in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 5 acres 3 roods 24 perches, more or less, being Allotment No. 89 of Section No. 1 of the Suburbs of Auckland.

All those pieces of land in the Auckland Land District, containing together 2 acres 2 roods 14 perches, more or less, being Allotment No. 34 of Section 4, and Allotment No. 5A of Section 14, of the Suburbs of the Town of Auckland. Allotment No. 34 containing 2 acres 2 roods 5½ perches, more or less: bounded towards the north by Allotment No. 30, 200 links; towards the east and south by Hobson Bay; towards the south-west by a creek; and towards the north-west by a road-line, 162 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less. Allotment No. 5A containing 8¾ perches: bounded towards the north-east by a creek; towards the east by Hobson Bay; and towards the south-west and north-west by a road-line, 245 links and 145 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Waimakariri 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 House, at Wellington, this twenty-seventh day of March, 1900.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor 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 Waimakariri 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 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 Waimakariri Harbour Board shall be subject to the provisions of “The Public Bodies’ Powers Act, 1887.”

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Increasing the Holding-area of Land to Settlers in the Morley Village Settlement, Southland.

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RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-seventh day of March, 1900.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by an Order in Council issued on the fifteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, under the authority of section one hundred and sixty-nine of “The Land Act, 1892,” fixing the terms and conditions upon which certain village-settlement lands therein enumerated should be disposed of, it was provided that no lessee should hold more than twenty-five acres in the Morley Village:

And whereas it is expedient to allow one person to hold more than twenty-five acres in the Morley Village Settlement, provided that the total area acquired does not exceed fifty acres in extent:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in pursuance of all powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony of New Zealand, doth hereby amend the Order in Council aforesaid so far as it affects the areas in which the land in the Morley Village Settlement shall be held, and doth declare that on and after the date hereof any settler may apply for and acquire land therein of an area not exceeding fifty acres in extent in the whole: And it is hereby further declared that all the provisions of the Order in Council of the fifteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, aforesaid, shall apply, except as regards the area in which the sections may be held, to the Morley Village Settlement.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Increasing the Holding-area of Land to Settlers in the Eastern Bush Village Settlement.

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RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-seventh day of March, 1900.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by an Order in Council issued on the fifteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, under the authority of section one hundred and sixty-nine of “The Land Act, 1892,” fixing the terms and conditions upon which certain village-settlement lands therein enumerated should be disposed of, it was provided that no lessee should hold more than ten acres in the Eastern Bush Village:

And whereas it is expedient to allow one person to hold more than ten acres in the Eastern Bush Village Settlement, provided that the total area does not exceed twenty acres in extent:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in pursuance of all powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony of New Zealand, doth hereby amend the Order in Council aforesaid so far as it affects the areas in which the land in the Eastern Bush Village Settlement shall be held, and doth declare that on and after the date hereof any settler may apply for and acquire land therein of an area not exceeding twenty acres in extent in the whole. And it is hereby further declared that all the provisions of the Order in Council of the fifteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, aforesaid, shall apply, except as regards the area in which the sections may be held, to the Eastern Bush Village Settlement.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.