Dec. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2413

SCHEDULE.

HIKAIRO-MANIAPOTO-TUWHARETOA DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the North Island of the Colony of New Zealand bounded towards the north by Aotea South and Matakowha Blocks from Raukumara on the sea-coast to the northernmost corner of forest reserve of 2,600 acres in Pirongia Survey District at the north-eastern boundary of the County of Kawhia: thence towards the north-east generally by a right line to Mahaukura Trig. Station; thence by a right line to the confluence of the Waipa and Puniu Rivers; thence by the said Puniu River to its confluence with the Owairaka Stream; thence by a right line to the confluence of the Waikato River with the Mangere Stream; thence by the said Waikato River to its confluence with the Kopokorahi Stream; thence by the Waiariki District, as described in the Schedule to an Order in Council of even date herewith, to the northernmost corner of the Runanga No. 1b Block: thence towards the east generally by Te Ikaroa District, as described in the Supplement to the New Zealand Gazette, No. 8, 18th January, 1901, to the Taruarau River: thence towards the south-west generally by the Aotea District, as described in the Supplement to the New Zealand Gazette, No. 8, 10th January, 1901, to the ocean: and thence towards the west by the ocean to Raukumara, the place of commencement.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this eighteenth day of December, 1901.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the twelfth section of “The Public Domains Act, 1881,” it is, inter alia, enacted that the Governor, by Order in Council, may from time to time delegate all or any of the powers by the said Act conferred, save as is therein mentioned, to any person or persons, for any period, and subject to such stipulations as may be specified in such Order, and that every such delegation may from time to time in like manner be altered or revoked: And whereas, pursuant to “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” by an Order in Council of even date herewith, the land described in the Schedule hereto, situate in the Wellington Land District, is declared to be brought under the operation of and to be subject to the provisions of the said “Public Domains Act, 1881”:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony of New Zealand, doth hereby, 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 Rangataua Domain Board, namely,—

ALBERT JOHN GIBBS, Dairy-farmer,
WILLIAM McLEOD, Dairy-farmer,
HENRY PENBERTHY, Dairy-farmer,
WALTER FRANK ELLIS, Dairy-farmer, and
SAMUEL HADFIELD, Farmer,

all of Ohakune (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 last Wednesday in each quarter, at half-past seven o’clock p.m., at the Schoolhouse, Ohakune, 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 Wednesday, the twenty-ninth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and two.

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 last Wednesday 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 quarterly 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 land described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 96 acres 1 rood, more or less, being Section No. 24c, Block VIII., Makotuku Survey District. Bounded towards the north-east by Section No. 24A and a public road; towards the south-east by a public road, 100 links wide; towards the south-west by Section No. 22; and towards the north-west by Sections Nos. 24B and 24A: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Licensing the Kauri Timber Company (Limited) to use and occupy a Part of the Foreshore of the Whitianga Harbour as a Wharf-site, and fixing Wharfage Dues.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this eighteenth day of December, 1901.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS, there being no Harbour Board empowered to grant the license hereinafter mentioned under “The Harbours Act Amendment Act, 1883” (hereinafter called “the said Act”), the Kauri Timber Company (Limited), (hereinafter called “the company”), has applied to the Governor in Council for a license under the said Act to occupy a part of the foreshore, and land below low-water mark adjacent thereto, of Whitianga Harbour, Mercury Bay, in order to erect a wharf thereon; and, in accordance with the one-hundred-and-fifty-sixth section of “The Harbours Act, 1878,” has deposited plans (two sheets) in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington (marked M.D. 2493) showing the area of foreshore, and land below low-water mark, intended to be occupied, and the manner in which it is proposed to erect the wharf: And whereas the Governor in Council has approved of the purpose for which the said foreshore, and land below low-water mark, are to be occupied: And whereas it is expedient that a license should be granted and issued to the company under the said Act for the purpose aforesaid, on the terms and conditions hereinafter expressed, and that dues should be prescribed for the use of the said wharf:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him by the said Act, and of all other 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 approve of the object for which the said license is required by the company as aforesaid; and, in further pursuance and exercise of the said power and authority, and with the like advice and consent as aforesaid, doth hereby license and permit the company to use and occupy that part of the foreshore, and land below low-water mark adjacent thereto, on which the wharf is to be erected, as shown on the plans so deposited as aforesaid, for the purpose of erecting and maintaining the said wharf thereon, such license to be held and enjoyed by the company upon and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the First Schedule hereto; and, further, with the like advice and consent as aforesaid, and in pursuance and exercise of the power conferred by “The Harbours Act, 1878,” doth hereby prescribe that the dues and rates set forth in the Second Schedule hereto shall be charged and taken for the use of the said wharf.