SEPT. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2201

enjoyment of the Tologa Bay–Tokomaru Road, in Anaura Block, Block XV., Tokomaru Survey District :

And whereas the said land is held or occupied by Native owners under a title which is not derived from the Crown: And whereas a map in duplicate has been prepared of the said land, as required by the eighty-eighth section of “ The Public Works Act, 1894 ”:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by the eighty-eighth section of the said Act, and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby declare that the land shown upon such map, and described in the Schedule hereto, shall be deemed to be taken for the purpose of the said gravel-pit, and for the use, convenience, and enjoyment of the Tologa Bay–Tokomaru Road, and the said land shall vest in the Chairman, Councillors, and Ratepayers of the Waiapu County, as from the twentieth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and four.

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SCHEDULE.

In the Hawke’s Bay Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked and coloured as above mentioned, and deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

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PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twelfth day of September, 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-fifth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and four, 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 Willsher Domain Board, namely,—

THOMAS MACKENZIE, M.H.R.,
WILLIAM HAY,
ADAM AITKENHEAD PATERSON,
ROBERT SHIELS,
KENNETH CAMPBELL,
JOHN BATES, and
ANDREW MITCHELL WYLIE

(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 last Wednesday in each month, at eight o’clock p.m., at the Loyal Alexandra Lodge Room, Port Molyneux, 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 twenty-sixth day of October, 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 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 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 Land District of Otago, containing by admeasurement 14 acres and 39 perches, more or less, situate in South Molyneux District, being Sections numbered respectively 1 of 16, 3 of 16, and 4 of 16, and intersecting road-line, Block VII., on the map of the said district. Bounded towards the west and north by Karoro Creek, 250 links, 500 links, 140 links, and 2230 links; towards the north-east by the ocean, 1001 links; towards the south-east by Section numbered 1, 545·5 links; towards the south-west by Section numbered 2 of 16, 532·8 links; again towards the south-east by the said Section numbered 2 of 16, 482·3 links and 217·4 links; again towards the north-east by the said Section numbered 2 of 16, 380·5 links; and again towards the south-east by the said Section numbered 1, 669·1 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, Dunedin.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Vesting Reserves in the Cheviot County Council.

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PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twelfth day of September, 1904.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto have been permanently reserved for gravel purposes:

And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient to vest the said reserves in the Cheviot County Council:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, and in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the fourth section of “ The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” doth hereby declare that, from and after the day of the date hereof, the reserves mentioned in the Schedule hereto shall become vested in “ The Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the Cheviot County,” in trust, for gravel purposes.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 6 acres 1 rood, more or less, being Section No. 3126 (in red), Block XII., Lowry Peaks Survey District. Bounded towards the north by Section No. 19 of the said Block XII.; towards the east by other parts of said Section No. 19 and the Crystal Brook; towards the south by Section No. 22 of said block; and towards the west by the Campbell Road, 836 links: as the