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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 4

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 Makarewa Village Settlement shall be held, and doth declare that, on and after the date hereof, any settler residing in the village settlement aforesaid may apply for and acquire such additional land therein as with his present holding shall make a total of not exceeding thirty 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 Makarewa Village Settlement aforesaid.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Vesting a Reserve in the Gore Borough Corporation.

RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-second day of December, 1900.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto has been permanently reserved for municipal purposes:

And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient that the said land should be vested in the Gore Borough Corporation:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting 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 fourth section of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” doth hereby declare that, from and after the day of the date hereof, the reserve mentioned in the Schedule hereto shall become vested in “The Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of Gore,” in trust, as a reserve for municipal purposes.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

ALL that parcel of land in the Southland Land District, containing by admeasurement 11 acres, more or less, being Section No. 85, Block XVI., Town of Gore. Bounded towards the east by the Mataura River, 3650 links; and towards the west by road reserve, 3450 links: be the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Invercargill.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-second day of December, 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 twentieth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-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 Taihape Domain Board, namely,—

WILLIAM AGATE ELLIS, of Taihape, Storekeeper;
ROBERT BELL COLE, of Taihape, Storekeeper’s Assistant;
WILLIAM JOHN HALL McCORMICK, of Taihape, Bootmaker;
JOHN SINCLAIR, of Taihape, Carrier; and
DAVID SCOTT, of Taihape, Labourer

(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 Wednesday in each month, at half-past seven o’clock p.m., at the Public Hall, Taihape, 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 sixth day of February, 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 first Wednesday 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, 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 Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 9 acres 3 roods 24 perches, more or less, being Block X., Taihape Township. Bounded towards the north-east by a public road, 100 links wide; towards the south-east by Weka Street, 100 links wide; towards the south-west by a public road, 100 links wide; and towards the north-west by Tui Street, 100 links wide: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Wellington. Also,—

All those several parcels of land in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 97 acres 1 rood 23 perches, more or less, being Sections Nos. 35, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, and 44, Suburban, Taihape Township: as the same are delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Wellington.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-second day of December, 1900.

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 the seventh day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety, the land described in the Schedule hereto, situate in the Taranaki 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”: And it is also declared that such domain shall hereafter be managed, administered, and dealt with by the Domain Board constituted by an Order in Council issued on the fourteenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six :