Nov. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2151

the ninth day of April, one thousand nine hundred, 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 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 Christchurch Domains Board, namely,—

The Hon. William Rolleston,
Richard James Strachan Harman,
Hugh Percy Murray-Aynsley,
Charles Christopher Bowen,
Sidney Weetman,
William Jacques,
The Mayor of the City of Christchurch,
The Mayor of the Borough of Sydenham,
The Mayor of the Borough of St. Albans,
The Mayor of the Borough of Linwood,
The Chairman of the Selwyn County Council, and
The Chairman of the Riccarton Road Board,

subject to the stipulations hereinafter contained:—

1. The Board shall meet at such times and places as shall be from time to time appointed by the Chairman, or when it shall be convened by him; and the business shall be conducted under such regulations as shall be determined on by the Board.

2. The Board shall keep proper minutes and records of all its proceedings, and full accounts of its receipts and expenditure.

3. 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.

4. This delegation of powers to the Board shall not in any way affect any lease or contract now validly in force in respect of any portion of the lands named in the Schedule hereto, nor any agreement in respect of the dedication of any portion of the said lands to any purpose of public recreation or amusement.

5. None of the powers delegated shall be exercised in respect of the ground occupied by the building known as the Canterbury Museum, or by any building pertaining thereto which has been or may hereafter be erected in connection therewith, or of such enclosures in connection therewith as may be approved by the Board and the Governor. The Trustees of the said Museum, and their officers and servants, shall at all times have the right of ingress and egress to and from the said Museum at such times as shall be determined by the said Trustees.

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 area in the Canterbury Land District known as Hagley Park and the Government Domain, containing by admeasurement 495 acres, more or less, being parts of Reserves 24 and 25, Block XI., Christchurch Survey District. Bounded towards the north by the River Avon; towards the east by the River Avon and Antigua Street; towards the south east by the Lincoln Road; towards the south by a road in continuation of the South Town Belt of the City of Christchurch; and towards the west by a road-line forming the eastern boundaries of Rural Sections Nos. 9, 10, and 163 to the aforesaid River Avon: excepting, nevertheless, therefrom the three following parcels of land, that is to say,—(1) the lands occupied by the Christchurch Hospital Board, as described in the four Schedules attached to “The Christchurch Hospital Act, 1887,” and containing a total area of 13 acres 2 roods 18 perches; and also (2) that portion of land, containing 9 acres 3 roods, as vested in the Corporation of Christ’s College, Canterbury, by deed 21d, folio 487; and also (3) two road-lines, each 100 links wide, known as Park and Riccarton Roads, which intersect the above-described lands, containing respectively 5 acres 1 rood 10 perches and 6 acres 2 roods; the three above-excepted portions of land making a total deduction of 35 acres and 28 perches, for which allowance has been made in the acreage of the above-described park and domain: as the same is more particularly delineated on the map in the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Orari Park 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 November, 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 Canterbury 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.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 14 acres and 28 perches, more or less, situate in the Town of Orari, and being Reserves Nos. 3028, 3081, 3082, portions of Barker and Macdonald Streets, Sections No. 11 of Block V. and No. 16 of Block VI. of the said town. Bounded towards the north-west by Slack Street, 1575 links; towards the north-east by Sections Nos. 6 and 25, Block VI., Town of Orari, a line in continuation thereof, and Sections Nos. 1 and 2, Block V., of said town, 900 links; towards the south-east by the Main South Railway-line, 1575 links; and towards the south-west by Section No. 2, Block XII., of the said town, 900 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Christchurch.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Revoking the Delegation of Powers under “The Cemeteries Act, 1885,” to the Cheviot County Council in respect of the Homeview and Jed Cemeteries.

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RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this fourteenth day of November, 1900.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Order in Council issued on the fifth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, the powers conferred upon the Governor by section six of “The Cemeteries Act, 1882,” as to the appointment and removal of trustees, were delegated to the Cheviot County Council in respect to the cemeteries described in the Schedule hereto:

And whereas it is expedient to revoke the said delegation:

Now, therefore, His Excellency Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby revoke the delegation to the Cheviot County Council of the powers conferred upon the Governor by section six of “The Cemeteries Act, 1882,” in respect to the Homeview and Jed Cemeteries, described in the Schedule hereto.

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SCHEDULE.

HOMEVIEW CEMETERY.

ALL that parcel of land in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 10 acres 1 rood 20 perches, more or less, being Reserve No. 3068, Block VII., Cheviot Survey District. Bounded on the north-west by Sections Nos. 53 and 52 of the said block, 1563·4 links; on the north-east by the Parnassus Road, 1323·5 links; and on the southward by Section No. 46 of the said block, 1849 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Christchurch.

JED CEMETERY.

All that parcel of land in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 3 acres, more or less, being Reserve No. 3067, Block X., Cheviot Survey District. Bounded on the north-west by Section No. 3 of said block, 648·1 links; on the north-east by Section No. 1 of said block,