APRIL 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 857

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

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this ninth day of April, 1902.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON 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. 2777, Teviotdale Survey District, Canterbury Land 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 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 undermentioned persons, who shall be known as the Leithfield Domain Board, namely,—

William Arthur Boyce,
John Edward Moore,
George Alexander McLean,
Joseph Thornton,
William Traill,
James Watson, and
Donald McLean

(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 Wednesday in each month, at seven o’clock p.m., at the Town Hall, Leithfield, 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 twenty-first 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 third Wednesday 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. 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 Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 5 acres, more or less, being Reserve No. 2777, situate in the Teviotdale Survey District. Bounded towards the north-west by the North Road, 943 links; towards the north-east by Cross Street, 315 links; towards the east by Terrace Road, 668 links; and towards the south by Lot No. 52, subdivision of Reserve No. 89, 918 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.

Extending Time for holding Election of Board of Conciliation, Canterbury Industrial District.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this ninth day of April, 1902.

Present

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it appears that the election of members of the Board of Conciliation for the Canterbury Industrial District cannot be held within the time required by “The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1900”:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by “The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1900,” and acting by and with the advice of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby extend the time within which the said election shall be held until the first day of May next.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Land taken for a Native School in the Auckland Land District.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twentieth day of January, 1902.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken, under “The Public Works Act, 1894,” and “The Public Works Acts Amendment Act, 1900,” for a certain public work, to wit, a Native school:

And whereas it has been made a condition of the establishment of the said Native school that the site required therefor shall be a free gift from the Native owners to His Majesty the King, and the Native owners have agreed to such condition, and it has been made to appear that such agreement is sufficient for the purposes intended to be effected thereby:

And whereas under Crown grant registered in the Land Transfer Register of the Auckland District, Vol. ix., folio 71, certain aboriginal natives, as in the said Crown grant mentioned, are the owners of the portion of the Tauhara Middle Block, within which the said land is situated:

And whereas, as required by the first-mentioned Act, a map has been prepared and signed showing accurately the position and extent of the said land, and such map is hereto attached, and the Minister for Public Works has recommended that this Order in Council should be issued:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred by “The Public Works Act, 1894,” and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby order and declare that the land shown upon the said map and mentioned in the Schedule hereto is hereby taken for the purposes of the said Native school. And it is hereby declared that this Order in Council shall take effect on the sixth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and two.

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SCHEDULE.

WAITAHANUI NATIVE-SCHOOL SITE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 9 acres, more or less, being portion of Tauhara Middle No. 4A Block (as comprised in Crown grant, Vol. ix., folio 71, of the Land Transfer Register of the Auckland District), and known as Section 1, Block X., Tauhara Survey District. Bounded towards the west by the main Taupo-Tokaanu Road, 860 links; towards the north by the Tauhara Middle No. 4A Block, 530 links; towards the east by a road reserve along the Waitahanui Stream, 300 links, 600 links, 350 links, and 300 links; towards the south by the aforementioned Tauhara Middle No. 4A Block, 1130 links, to the point of commencement: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked 1900/488–401, deposited in the office of the Minister of Education, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon outlined in purple.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.