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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 92

Powers delegated to the St. Andrew's Domain Board under “The Public Domains Act, 1881.”

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-first day of October, 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 twelfth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, 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 St. Andrew's Domain Board, namely,—

THOMAS TESCHEMAKER,
DAVID STOWELL,
GEORGE LYALL,
ANDREW MARTIN, and
DUNCAN ANDERSON

(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 eight o’clock p.m., at the Masonic Hotel, St. Andrew’s, 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 second day of December, 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 Monday 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, or 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 land described in the Schedule hereto.

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SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 24 acres and 12 perches, more or less, being Reserve No. 634. Bounded towards the west by a line fronting on a public road, commencing at the north-western corner of Rural Section No. 6230, bearing 2° 54′, and running a distance of 2511·4 links; towards the north and west by lines abutting on land in the occupation of the Waimate County Council as a site for a public pound, bearing respectively 100° 5′ for a distance of 300 links, and 10° 5′ for a distance of 330 links; again towards the north by a line bearing 100° 5′ for a distance of 736·4 links; towards the east by a line abutting on the Railway Reserve, bearing 190° 5′, for a distance of 2730 links; and towards the south by a line abutting on Rural Section No. 6230, bearing 272° 54′, for a distance of 729 links, to the commencing-point: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Recreation-ground in Town of New Plymouth brought under “The Public Domains Act, 1881.”

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-first 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 Taranaki Land District, 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.

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SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land in the Taranaki Land District, situate in the Town of New Plymouth, and containing by admeasurement 5 acres 2 roods, more or less. Bounded towards the north by high-water mark; towards the east by Hobson Street, 300 links; towards the south by Octavius Place, 1635 links; and towards the west by Eliot Street, 250 links.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Vesting Gravel Reserves in the Taranaki County Council.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-first day of October, 1901.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto were permanently reserved for gravel purposes on the dates specified in the said Schedule:

And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient that the said lands should be vested in the Taranaki County Council:

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 fourth section of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” doth hereby declare that, from and after the day of the date hereof, the reserves mentioned in the Schedule hereto shall become vested in “The Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the Taranaki County,” in trust, as gravel reserves.

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SCHEDULE.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.