APRIL 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 779

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

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-seventh day of March, 1902.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. C. WALKER PRESIDING 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 February, one thousand nine hundred, 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 undermentioned persons, who shall be known as the Waiau Domain Board, namely,—

JOHN COAKLEY, Waiau, Storekeeper;
WILLIAM RICHARD CREED, Waiau, coach-proprietor;
THOMAS MELDRUM MARR, Waiau, Schoolmaster;
HENRY BRITTON, Waiau, Hotelkeeper;
THOMAS GREEN, Waiau, Blacksmith;
SAMUEL ROBERT MITCHELL, Waiau, Farmer; and
WILLIAM NIVEN MITCHELL, Waiau, Farmer

(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 Tuesday in each month, at eight o’clock p.m., at the Public Library at Waiau, 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 Tuesday, the sixth day of May, 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 first Tuesday 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 lands described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 40 acres, more or less, being Section No. 1, Block XIII., Waiau Survey District. Bounded towards the north-east by Section No. 2, Block XIII., Waiau Survey District, 288 links, and by Section No. 303, Square 84, 1406 links; towards the south-east partly by Section No. 273, Square 84, and partly by Section No. 304, Square 84, 2586 links; towards the south-west by Balmoral Street, 840 links, and by Lyndon Street, 1150 links; and towards the north-west by Fernihurst Street, 600 links, by Parnassus Street, 1204 links, by Section No. 3, Block XIII., 671 links, and by Clarence Street, 100 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: 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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Powers delegated to the Kowai Domain Board under “The Public Domains Act, 1881.”

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-seventh day of March, 1902.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. C. WALKER PRESIDING 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 third day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, in so far as it relates to Reserve No. 2066, Block VIII., Grey Survey District, 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 undermentioned persons, who shall be known as the Kowai Domain Board, namely,—

Frank Courage,
Samuel Coleman,
George Baynton Starkey,
Thomas McNaught,
Thomas Henry Evans,
Bryan Flynn,
William Simpson Smith,
George Tickner,
George Dean Greenwood,
Alexander McLean,
George Wornall,
David Brown, and
John McLean, jun.

(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 eleven o’clock a.m., at the office of the Chairman, 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 seventh day of May, 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 five 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, 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.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 213 acres, more or less, being Reserve No. 2066, situated in Block VIII., Grey Survey District. Bounded towards the north-east by Innes Road and Reserve No. 1675; towards the south-east by Tobin’s Road; towards the south-west by R.S. No. 19023; and towards the north-west by R.S. No. 28735: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.