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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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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.

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SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land in the Nelson Land District, containing by admeasurement 9 acres 2 roods 36 perches, more or less, being Sections Nos. 142 and 263, Town of Millerton. Bounded towards the north-west by a public road, 780·6 links; towards the north-east by the Westport Coal Company’s tramway reserve, 487 links; again towards the north-east by the said reserve, 541·1 links; towards the south-east and again towards the north-east by a road reserve, 22·9 links and 50 links respectively; again towards the north-east by the said Westport Coal Company’s tramway reserve, 220·8 links; again towards the south-east by a public road, 608·1 links; and towards the south-west by a public road, 1200 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, Nelson.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

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RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twentieth day of April, 1903.

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 fourth day of June, 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 undermentioned persons, who shall be known as the Woodville Domain Board, namely,—

CHARLES HALL, M.H.R.,
JOHN MURRAY,
ARCHIBALD McCORMACK,
ALEXANDER PEERLES, and
GEORGE PEERLES

(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 four o’clock p.m., at the schoolhouse, Woodville; 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 twentieth day of May, 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 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 land described in the Schedule hereto.

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SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land in the Hawke’s Bay Land District, containing by admeasurement 39 acres 3 roods 19 perches, more or less, being Rural Section No. 78, Block VIII., Woodville Survey District. Bounded towards the north-west by a public road, 3983 links; towards the north-east by Native Reserve No. 200, 1000 links; towards the south-east by Rural Section No. 79, 3991 links; and towards the south-west by a public road, 1000 links: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the District Lands and Survey Office, Napier.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

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RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twentieth day of April, 1903.

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 twenty-second day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-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 undermentioned persons, who shall be known as the Wakefield Domain Board, namely,—

Rev. WILLIAM STANLEY LUCAS,
Dr. WALTER RELF FEARLESS,
HENRY WRATT,
JAMES THOMAS, and
JOHN CHARLES WILLIAMS

(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 schoolhouse, Wakefield, 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 first day of June, 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 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