Aug. 27. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1863

by Allotments Nos. 47 and 46 and a public road; towards
the south-west by Allotment No. 4; and towards the north-
west by Section No. 128, Block III., Port Nicholson Survey
District: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in
the District Lands and Survey Office, Wellington.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this eighteenth
day of August, 1903.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING 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 spe-
cified in such Order, and that every such delegation may
from time to time in like manner be altered or revoked:

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 con-
ferred 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 Ohoka and Eyreton Domain Board,
namely,—

RICHARD EVANS,
ROBERT WILLIAM CHAPMAN,
WALTER CHAPMAN,
FREDRICK MOORE, and
RICHARD LLOYD

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

1. The Board shall meet for the transaction of business
   on the last Monday in each month, at seven o’clock p.m.,
   at the office of the Chairman, 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 twenty-
   eighth 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 last
   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 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 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,
situate in the Mandeville District, being Reserve No. 1567,

containing 200 acres, more or less, the boundaries whereof
commence at the easternmost corner of Section No. 11500,
on the Eyreton and Cust Road; thence south-easterly along
that road a distance of 14 chains 26 links; thence southerly
along Section No. 19476, 52 chains 91 links; thence westerly
along the road-line forming the southern boundary of the
latter section, 40 chains 80 links; thence northerly at the
right angle, 33 chains 67 links; and from thence returning
along the south-eastern boundary of the aforesaid Section
No. 11500, 40 chains 50 links, to the commencing point: save
and except Section No. 1304 (in red), situate in the above-
described boundaries: as the same is delineated on the plan
deposited in the District Lands and Survey Office, Christ-
church.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this eighteenth
day of August, 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 thirty-first day of August, one thousand nine
hundred, 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 Maheno
Domain Board, namely,—

THOMAS LINDSAY,
JOHN RANKIN,
JOHN NEWLANDS,
SAMUEL SHACKLETON, and
WILLIAM WYLIE

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

1. The Board shall meet for the transaction of business
   on the first Friday in each month, at three o’clock p.m., at
   the Public Hall, Maheno, 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 Friday, the second 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 first
   Friday 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
   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.