Oct. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1983

of New Zealand, do by this notice hereby proclaim as closed
the portions of road in the Mangamuka Survey District
hereinafter described.

Approximate Area Situate within Situate in Block No. Shown on Plan marked Coloured on Plan
of each of Road to be closed. the Pieces of Road to

A. R. P. Old Land Claim No. 89, now known as Bindon's
0 0 28·3 XI. Mangamuka R. 84 Yellow
0 1 15·2

All in the Auckland Land District; as the same are delineated upon the plan marked as above mentioned, deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured as above stated.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly; Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George ; Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over His Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this fifteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and one.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Powers delegated to the Trotter's Creek Domain Board under "The Public Domains Act, 1881."

RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this tenth day of October, 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 Otago 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 Trotter's Creek Domain Board, namely,--
WILLIAM NICHOLSON,
JOHN KEMP,
WILLIAM SINCLAIR DALRYMPLE TROTTER,
NEIL CULLING,
JOHN COWIE GOW,
JAMES ROSS, and
DONALD McLEOD
(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 Monday in each month, at seven o'clock p.m., at the residence of Mr. James Ross, Kartigi, 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-eighth day of October, 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 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. The Board shall not give permission or grant a license to any person to cut or remove timber from the Domain without the consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands at Dunedin being first obtained.
9. 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 area in the Otago Land District, containing by admeasurement 183 acres and 11 perches, more or less, situate in Moeraki Survey District, being Section No. 36, Block XI., on the map of the said district. Bounded towards the north-west by Section No. 45, 9500 links; towards the north-east by Section No. 10, 4658 links; and towards the south-east by a road-line and Section No. 18, 2528 links ; also by Sections Nos. 21 and 23, 4953 links : as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin.
ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Trotter's Creek Recreation-ground brought under "The Public Domains Act, 1881."

RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this tenth day of October, 1901.
Present:
His Excellency the Governor 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 Otago Land District, and known as the Trotter's Creek Recreation-ground, 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 that area in the Otago Land District, containing by admeasurement 183 acres and 11 perches, more or less, situate in Moeraki Survey District, being Section No. 36, Block XI., on the map of the said district. Bounded towards the north-west by Section No. 45, 9500 links; towards the north-east by Section No. 10, 4658 links; and towards the south-east by a road-line and Section No. 18, 2528 links ; also by Sections Nos. 21 and 23, 4953 links : as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin.
ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.