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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 19

River; and towards the north-west by a public road to the
point of commencement: as the same is delineated on the
plan marked S.G. 49117, deposited in the Head Office, De-
partment of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wel-
ington Land District, and thereon coloured red.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-
eighth day of February, 1903.

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 sixth day of October, one thousand nine hundred
and two, 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 undermen-
tioned persons, who shall be known as the Gore Domain
Board, namely,—

His Worship the MAYOR of GORE (ex officio);
JAMES BEATTIE, of Gore, Merchant;
WILLIAM HENDERSON, of Gore, Solicitor;
ARCHIBALD MACGIBBON, of Gore, Auctioneer;
JOHN BALLINTINE, of Gore, Bootmaker; and
DUGALD LOUIS POPPELWELL, of Gore, Solicitor

(herein referred to as “the Board”), subject to the stipula-
tions hereinafter contained, that is to say,—

1. The Board shall meet for the transaction of business on
   the first Monday in each month, at four o’clock p.m., at
   the Athenæum, Gore, 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 sixth day of April,
   one thousand nine hundred and three.

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 there-
   after, 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 elec-
   tion 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 mem-
   bers 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 parcels of Crown lands described in the Sche-
dule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Southland Land District,
containing 12 acres 1 rood 20 perches, more or less, being
block marked “Reserve for Public Gardens” on the map of
the Town of Gore: bounded towards the north by Surrey

Street, 565 links; towards the west by Richmond Street,
981·5 and 1972·7 links; towards the south-west by Norfolk
Street, 365 links; and towards the east by a road reserve,
100 links wide, along the bank of the Mataura River.

Also all that parcel of land in the Southland Land District,
containing by admeasurement 2 acres 1 rood 3 perches,
more or less, situated in the Town of Gore, being that por-
tion of the Town Belt marked A on the Crown-grant record
map of the said town: bounded towards the north by
Preston Street, 885 links; towards the east by Main Road,
255 links; towards the south by Lyne Street, 933 links;
and towards the west by Fairfield Street, 250 links.

Also all that parcel of land, containing by admeasurement
5 acres and 26 perches, more or less, situated in the said
Town of Gore, being that portion of said Town Belt marked
B on the said map: bounded towards the north by Preston
Street, 356 links; towards the east by Fairfield Street,
1450 links; towards the south by Irwell Street, 356 links;
and towards the west by Broughton Street, 1450 links.

Also all that parcel of land, containing by admeasurement
3 acres 3 roods 26 perches, more or less, situated in the said
Town of Gore, being that portion of said Town Belt marked
C on the said map: bounded towards the north by Irwell
Street, 356 links; towards the east by Fairfield Street,
1100 links; towards the south by Irk Street, 356 links; and
towards the west by Broughton Street, 1100 links.

Also all that parcel of land, containing 3 acres 3 roods
26 perches, more or less, situated in the said Town of Gore,
being that portion of the said Town Belt marked D on the
said map: bounded towards the north by Irk Street,
356 links; towards the east by Fairfield Street, 1100 links;
towards the south by Ashton Street, 356 links; and towards
the west by Broughton Street, 1100 links.

Also all that parcel of land, containing by admeasurement
4 acres 1 rood 9 perches, more or less, situated in the said
Town of Gore, being that portion of the said Town Belt
marked E on the said map: bounded towards the north by
Ashton Street, 356 links; towards the east by Fairfield
Street, 883 links; towards the south-east by the Main Road,
746 links; and towards the west by Broughton Street,
1539 links.

Also all that parcel of land, containing by admeasurement
5 acres 1 rood 2 perches, more or less, situated in the said
Town of Gore, being that portion of said Town Belt
marked F on the said map: bounded towards the north by
Oldham Street, 917 links; towards the east by Gorton
Street, 505 links; towards the south by Hyde Street,
1191 links; and towards the north-west by the Railway
Reserve, 574·7 links.

Also all that parcel of land, containing 5 acres 3 roods,
more or less, situated in the said Town of Gore, being that
portion of said Town Belt marked G on the said map:
bounded towards the north by Oldham Street, 1039 links;
towards the north-east by the public road running along the
bank of the Mataura River, 542·4 links; towards the south
by Hyde Street, 1237 links; and towards the west by
Gorton Street, 505 links.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

“The Colliery Railways Vesting Act, 1893.”

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-
eighth day of February, 1903.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. C. WALKER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by “The Colliery Railways Vesting Act,
1893” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is,
among other things, enacted that the Governor in Council
may from time to time vest in the person or persons equi-
tably owning the same, at his or their written request, any
branch line of railway connecting any colliery or coalfields
with any portion of the railways vested in the New Zealand
Railway Commissioners, and may also empower such person
or persons to work and maintain the said branch railway, on
such terms and conditions as he shall from time to time
prescribe:

And whereas by “The Government Railways Act, 1894,”
it is, among other things, enacted that all references to the
New Zealand Railway Commissioners in any statute, or
regulation thereunder, or in any Order in Council, Pro-
clamation, or other similar instrument, shall be construed
as references to the Crown:

And whereas the branch line of railway from the main
line of the Kaipara–Waikato Railway to a point in the
Auckland University College Reserve fronting Lake Kimihia,
Parish of Taupiri, in the Provincial District of Auckland,
commonly known as the Taupiri Branch Railway, is a
colliery branch railway within the meaning of the Act, and