Aug. 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1729

dated the twenty-ninth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety, 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 Matamau Domain Board, namely,--

GEORGE WALTER FRANCE,
CHARLES SWIGGS,
WILLIAM SARGENT,
ARTHUR BECKETT, and
ALFRED THOMAS BOX

(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 Saturday in each month, at half-past seven o’clock p.m., at Matamau, 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 Saturday, the fifth day of September, 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 Saturday 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 7 acres 2 roods; more or less, being Section No. 33, Village of Matamau, Block X., Norsewood Survey District; 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 West Melton Domain Board under “The Public Domains Act, 1881.”

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RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

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

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 twenty-second day of October, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, 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 West Melton Domain Board, namely,--

HENRY TRICKETT,
JOHN HILL,
JOHN JONES,
DONALD McLENNAN, Jun., and
JOHN FREDERICK HILL, 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 Monday in the months of January, April, July, and October, at half-past seven o’clock p.m., at West Melton, 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 fifth day of October, 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 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.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 20 acres, more or less, being Reserve No. 1564, Rolleston Survey District. Bounded towards the north by the road forming the southern boundary of Section No. 6379; towards the east by Section No. 6326; towards the south by Bealey’s Road; and towards the west by Section No. 14102: 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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Consenting to closing Road in Waimata North No. 1, Waimata and Whangara Survey Districts, Cook County.

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RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

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

Present:

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

WHEREAS by section twelve, subsection one, of “The Public Works Acts Amendment Act, 1900,” it is enacted that a local authority shall not declare any county or district road to be stopped, and such road shall not be deemed to be stopped, until the consent thereto of the Governor by Order in Council gazetted is obtained:

And whereas the Cook County Council has applied for such consent in respect to the road described in the Schedule hereto: