Aug. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1605

SCHEDULE.

In the Auckland Land District; as the said areas are delineated upon the plan marked S.G. 35559, deposited in the Head Office of the Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red.

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 twentieth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN !

Proclaiming the Taking of Land for a Road in Block XI., Port Nicholson Survey District.

(L.S.) RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers conferred by section thirteen of “The Land Act, 1892,” and its amendments, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, with the consent of the Melrose Borough Council and the owners of the land hereinafter mentioned, do by this notice hereby proclaim as a road the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

THE parcels of land mentioned in list hereunder :—

In the Wellington Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked 176/17, deposited in the District Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured as above noted.

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 twentieth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN !

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

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twentieth day of August, 1900.

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 eleventh day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine, making delegation of certain powers in manner as therein appears; and doth hereby, with the like advice and consent, and in respect of the lands 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 Oxford Domain Board, namely,—

JOSEPH PEARSON, of Burnt Hill, Oxford, Farmer;
JOHN RICHARD GORTON, of View Hill, Sheep-farmer;
JOHN INGRAM, of Oxford, Auctioneer;
ARCHIBALD WOTHERSPOON, of Rutherford, Oxford, Farmer; and
FREDERICK CROWE, of Oxford, 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 first Monday in each month, at half-past seven o’clock p.m., at the office of the Oxford Road Board, 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 eighth day of October, 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 Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 216 acres, more or less, being Reserve No. 1651. Bounded towards the west by Section No. 25509 for a distance of 48 chains 64 links; towards the south by the Eyre Road South for a distance of 34 chains 88 links; and towards the east by Section No. 24130, and also by a line in continuation of its western boundary, a distance altogether of 51 chains 55 links: as the same is delineated on the official map in the District Survey Office, Christchurch.

Also, all that parcel of land in the Canterbury Land District, containing 8 acres 2 roods 26 perches, more or less, situated in Block VIII. of the Oxford Survey District,