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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, containing by admeasurement 23 acres 1 rood, more or less, being Lot No. 2a, Section No. 11, Suburbs of the City of Auckland, and known as the Mount Hobson Reserve. Bounded towards the north and north-east by a road 100 links wide, 956, 306, and 794 links; towards the south-east and east by Lots Nos. 4, 5, and 6 of the said section, 515, 277, 157, and 738 links; towards the south-west by Lot No. 7 of the said section, 1009 links; and towards the west by Lots Nos. 2 and 3 of the said section, 1300 and 522 links: as the same is 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 Wakefield Domain Board under “The Public Domains Act, 1881.”

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RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this first day of February, 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 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 Wakefield Domain Board, namely,—

Rev. William Stanley Lucas,
Dr. Walter Relf Pearless,
Henry Wratt,
James Thomas, and
John Charles Williams

(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 eight o’clock p.m., at the Schoolhouse, Wakefield, 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 seventh day of March, 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 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 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 parcels 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 4 acres 2 roods, more or less, situated in Block XII., Wai-iti Survey District, being part of Section No. 85, Waimea South Original District, and bounded as follows: towards the north-east by Section No. 84, 1100 links; towards the south-east by a public road, 410 links; towards the south-west by part of Section No. 85, 1100 links; and towards the north-west by part of Section No. 85, 410 links.

Also all that parcel of land in the Nelson Land District, containing by admeasurement 76 acres 3 roods 8 perches, more or less, situated in Block XVI., Wai-iti Survey District, being Section No. 79b, Waimea South Original District, and bounded as follows: towards the north-east by a church reserve, 1350 links, and by Section No. 79c, 632 and 950 links; towards the south-east by Section No. 28a, 2968 links; towards the south-west by Sections Nos. 29 and 1 of 2, 2300 links; and towards the north-west by Section No. 7, 3600 links.

Be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same are delineated on the plan marked S.G. 51237, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Recreation-ground in Nelson Land District brought under “The Public Domains Act, 1881.”

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RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this first day of February, 1904.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

BY virtue of the powers and authorities vested in me by the twenty-fourth section of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby order and declare that the reserve for public recreation in the Nelson Land District described in the Schedule hereto shall be and the same is hereby brought under the operation of and declared to be subject to the provisions of “The Public Domains Act, 1881”; and such domain shall hereafter be managed, administered, and dealt with in manner directed by the said Act.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Nelson Land District, containing by admeasurement 76 acres 3 roods 8 perches, more or less, situated in Block XVI., Wai-iti Survey District, being Section No. 79b, Waimea South Original District, and bounded as follows: towards the north-east by a church reserve, 1350 links, and by Section No. 79c, 632 and 950 links; towards the south-east by Section No. 28a, 2968 links; towards the south-west by Sections Nos. 29 and 1 of 2, 2300 links; and towards the north-west by Section No. 7, 3600 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 51237, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.