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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 58

Powers delegated to the Highbank Domain Board under
"The Public Domains Act, 1881."

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this fourth day
of July, 1904.

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-first day of June, 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 undermentioned persons, who shall be known as the Highbank Domain Board, namely,—

CHARLES SPRAY,
CHARLES WILLIAM SMITH,
ALEXANDER KNOX CALLAGHAN,
ALBERT JAMES WATERWORTH,
CHARLES WILLIAM ANDERSON,
GEORGE STOCKDALE, and
CHARLES ANGUS

(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 Saturday in each month, at half-past seven o'clock p.m., at the Schoolhouse, Highbank, 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 twentieth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and four.

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 five 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 Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 10 acres, more or less, being Reserve No. 3198, Block II., Corwar Survey District. Bounded towards the north-west by Lot 50 of the Highbank Settlement, 1225 links; towards the north-east by a road-line, 773·8 links; towards the south-east by a road-line, 1019·8 links; and towards the south-west by Lots 59 and 58 of said settlement, 856·6 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, Christchurch.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Powers delegated to the Hawea Domain Board under "The Public Domains Act, 1881."

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this fourth day
of July, 1904.

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 eighteenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and one, 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 Hawea Domain Board, namely,—

DONALD McLEAN,
MUNGO ALLISON,
JOHN McCARTHY,
JOHN KERIN,
WILLIAM KINGAN,
JOHN KANE, and
DONALD URQUHART

(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 seven o'clock p.m., at the schoolhouse, Hawea Flat, 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 August, one thousand nine hundred and four.

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 five 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 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 ordinary 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 Otago Land District, containing by admeasurement 107 acres 1 rood 8 perches, more or less, being Section No. 19, Block IV., Lower Hawea Survey District. Bounded towards the north by a road-line, 2918 links; towards the east by Sections No. 16, 17, and 18, Block I., of same district, 3750 links; towards the south by Sections Nos. 2 and 3, Block V., of same district, 2918 links; towards the west by Section No. 18 of said Block IV., 3750 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: and intersected by a railway reserve 100 links wide: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the District Lands and Survey Office, Dunedin.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.