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4. The members of the Board shall, at their first meeting, and thereafter at an annual meeting to be held on the first Thursday 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 land described in the Schedule hereto.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Auckland Land District, situated in the Opotiki District, known as the Racecourse Reserve, being Lot No. 333 of the Parish of Waioeka, containing by admeasurement 125 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the north by Lot No. 335, 3581 links; towards the east by a road 100 links wide, 4050 links; towards the south by a road of width aforesaid, 5907 links; and towards the west by a road of width aforesaid, 6861 links.

Also, all that parcel of land in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 174 acres 1 rood, more or less, situated in the Parish of Waioeka, and being Lots Nos. 82, 83, 84, and 85. Bounded towards the north-east by a road 100 links wide, 4628 links; towards the south-east by a road of width aforesaid, 2520 links; towards the south-west by a road of width aforesaid, 5695 and 433 links; towards the west by Lot No. 81, 1370 links; towards the north by Lot No. 80, 3500 links; and again towards the west by Lot No. 80 aforesaid, and a road of width aforesaid, 2840, 170, and 640 links.

Be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same are delineated on the plan deposited in the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

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RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this sixth day of October, 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 twentieth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and 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 Millerton Domain Board, namely,—

JOHN MENNIE STEWART,
WILLIAM JAMES MOORE,
SAMUEL JACKSON,
JOHN DUTTON, and
DENIS QUINLIN O’BRIEN

(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 Monday in each month, at half-past seven o’clock p.m., at the schoolhouse, Millerton, 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 nineteenth 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 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 Lake Ellesmere Domain Board under “The Public Domains Act, 1881.”

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RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this sixth day of October, 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 twelfth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, 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 Lake Ellesmere Domain Board, namely,—

JOHN RENNIE,
JOHN WOLFE,
ALEXANDER CARRICK,
ARCHIBALD SCOTT,
BENJAMIN MOORHOUSE, and
THE COMMISSIONER OF CROWN LANDS, Christchurch (ex officio)