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the north-east by the crossing of a road, Section No. 147 aforesaid, and Section No. 75 aforesaid, 1335 links, 251 links, and 1246 links; again towards the south-east by Section No. 76, 287 links; again towards the south-west by a road, 562 links, 561 links, 507 links, 739 links, and 325 links, and by the crossing of a road; again towards the south-east by a road, 900 links, 538 links, 476 links, and 42 links; and towards the north-west by a road, 1321 links, 836 links, and 3515 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: save and excepting three roads, each 100 links wide, which intersect the area hereby described.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of November, 1900.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. C. WALKER 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 seventh 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 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 Hororata Domain Board, namely,—

Hon. Sir JOHN HALL,
RICHARD MAFFEY,
JESSE PRESTAGE,
GODFREY HALL,
RICHARD NOWELL BEALEY,
WILLIAM BAKER, and
HERBERT OLIVER

(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 seven o’clock p.m., at Hororata, 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 twenty-first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and one.

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 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, 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.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Canterbury Land District, situate in the Hororata District, being reserves numbered respectively 1589 and 2217, known as the Hororata Recreation-grounds, containing by admeasurement 227 acres, more or less, the boundary whereof commences at the north-west corner of section numbered 18164; thence north-westerly along a road-line a distance of about 42 chains; thence south-easterly along another road-line a distance of about 94 chains 10 links; thence north-easterly along section numbered 12591 a distance of 22 chains 28 links; thence north-westerly along sections numbered 12576 and 18164, distances respectively of about 27 chains 60 links and 5 chains; and from thence returning north-easterly along the latter section, a distance of about 41 chains, to the commencing-point: save and excepting reserve numbered 1074, situate within the boundaries of the land above described: as the same is delineated on the map in the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Tauhoa Recreation-ground brought under “The Public Domains Act, 1881.”

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-second 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 reserve made for public recreation in the Auckland Land District, and 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.

SCHEDULE.

ALL those parcels of land in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 92 acres 2 roods 10 perches, more or less, and known as Sections Nos. 145, 146, and 148 of the Parish of Tauhoa, in the Otamatea Survey District. Bounded towards the north-east by lines 1709 links and 1536 links, and by a road-line 49 links and 215 links; towards the south-east generally by a road 142 links and 113 links, the crossing of a road, by the same road 126 links, and by Section No. 75, 2184 links; towards the south-west by Section No. 147 and the crossing of a road, 988 links; again towards the south-east by a road, 521 links; again towards the north-east by the crossing of a road, Section No. 147 aforesaid, and Section No. 75 aforesaid, 1335 links, 251 links, and 1246 links; again towards the south-east by Section No. 76, 287 links; again towards the south-west by a road, 562 links, 561 links, 507 links, 739 links, and 325 links, and by the crossing of a road; again towards the south-east by a road, 900 links, 538 links, 476 links, and 42 links; and towards the north-west by a road, 1321 links, 836 links, and 3515 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: save and excepting three roads, each 100 links wide, which intersect the area hereby described.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Changing the Purpose of a Portion of a Reserve in Wellington.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of November, 1900.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. C. WALKER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the first column of the Schedule hereto was reserved for municipal purposes: And whereas the said reserve is for a purpose within Class I. of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” and in the opinion of the Governor it is expedient to change the purpose of a portion of such reserve:

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 exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by “The Public Re-