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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 67

Powers delegated to the Puketitiri Domain Board under
"The Public Domains Act, 1881."

RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this sixth day
of July, 1901.

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 twenty-seventh day of December, one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-seven, 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 con-
ferred 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 Puketitiri Domain Board, namely,—

JOHN BLAIR,
DAVID CARSWELL,
GEORGE BROLEY,
ALEXANDER ANNAN McINTYRE, and
FREDERICK WILLIAM DUNN

(herein referred to as "the Board"), subject to the stipula-
tions hereinafter contained, that is to say,—

1. The Board shall meet for the transaction of business on
   the last Saturday in each month, at two o'clock p.m., at
   the public school at Puketitiri, 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 Saturday, the twenty-
   seventh day of July, 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
   last Saturday in January in every succeeding year there-
   after, 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 elec-
   tion 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 mem-
   bers 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 Sche-
dule hereto.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Hawke’s Bay Land District,
containing by admeasurement 11 acres 3 roods 16 perches,
more or less, being Section No. 30, Block XIV., Pohui Sur-
vey District. Bounded towards the east by Block XLIV.,
Pohui Survey District, 2121·3 links; towards the south by
Section No. 30A, Block XIV., Pohui Survey District, 1160·4
links; and towards the west and north-west by a public
road, 249·7 and 1665·4 links: be all the aforesaid linkages
more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan depo-
sited in the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Powers delegated to the Ponehu Domain Board under "The
Public Domains Act, 1881."

RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this sixth day
of July, 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 the thirteenth day of September,
one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, 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":

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 con-
ferred by the said Act, except the powers conferred by sec-
tions 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 Ponehu Domain Board, namely,—

PETER GIBSON CLARK, Storekeeper,
LUTHER WILEY, Sawmiller, and
HECTOR FERGUESON MUNRO, Settler

all of Te Kiri (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 third Monday in each month, at seven o'clock p.m.,
   at the Schoolhouse, Ponehu, 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-second day
   of July, 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. If at any meeting all the members of the Board are
   not present, no business shall be transacted at such meeting.
   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 there-
   after, elect one of themselves to be Chairman, who may
   join in the discussion, and shall have an original vote. The
   Chairman shall hold office until the election of his suc-
   cessor.

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. 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.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Taranaki Land District,
containing by admeasurement 7 acres, more or less, being
Sections Nos. 1, 2, 5, 6, and 41, Village of Ponehu, situated in
Block XI., Opunake Survey District. Bounded towards the
north by Moa Street; towards the east by Sections Nos. 3,
4, 7, and 8; towards the south by Eltham Road; and
towards the west by Section No. 47: as the same is deli-
neated on the plan deposited in the District Lands and
Survey Office, New Plymouth.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.