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links to the south-eastern boundary-line of the northern portion of Section No. 37, Otau Parish aforesaid; thence by that boundary-line to the western boundary of the Otau Parish, and by part of the said western boundary to the middle of the road which intersects the northern portion of Section No. 94, Opaheke Parish, and by a line along the middle of that road continued to the south-eastern corner of Section No. 95, Opaheke Parish aforesaid; thence by the north-eastern boundary-lines of Sections Nos. 95 and 96 to the southern boundary of the Hunua Parish, and by the southern boundary of that parish to the south-western corner of Section No. 199, Hunua Parish aforesaid: and thence towards the west generally by part of the western boundary of the Hunua Parish aforesaid, and by the Drury Road District (formerly known as the Opaheke Road District) as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 9, 2nd February, 1899, to the place of commencement.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-second day of September, 1902.

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 dated the fourteenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and two, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the seventeenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and two, the land described in the Schedule hereto, situate in the Canterbury Land District, was 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 undermentioned persons, who shall be known as the Sefton Domain Board, namely,—

JOHN BROWN,
JOHN WILSON,
HENRY COATES,
ROBERT LEWIS,
EDWARD CHARLES D’AUVERGNE,
ALFRED TOPP, and
JOHN MCDONALD 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 second Monday in each month, at seven o’clock p.m., at Sefton, 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 thirteenth day of October, 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 second 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. 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 14 acres 2 roods 16 perches, more or less, being parts of Sections Nos. 3135 and 6675, Block IV., Rangiora Survey District, and bounded as follows: Commencing at a point on the north side of the road forming the southern boundary of the said Section No. 6675, distant 550 links from Pemberton’s Road; thence northerly by a right line at right angles to the north side of the said road forming the southern boundary of Section No. 6675, 1000 links; thence easterly by a right line parallel to the north side of that road, 1379·5 links; thence south-easterly by a right line, 1017 links, to a point on the north side of the said road forming the southern boundary of Section No. 6675, distant 2091·5 links from Pemberton’s Road; thence westerly by the north side of the said road forming the southern boundary of Section No. 6675, 1541·5 links, to the place of commencement: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-second day of September, 1902.

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 Wellington 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 PALMERSTON NORTH BOROUGH COUNCIL,

which shall be known as the Palmerston North Domain Board (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 and third Tuesdays in each month, at half-past seven o’clock p.m., at the Borough Council Office, Palmerston North, 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 seventh day of October, 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.