Oct. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2625

Domain Board appointed to have Control of the Otaki Domain.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this eighteenth day of October, 1909.

Present:
His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by section forty of “The Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time, with respect to any public domain, appoint such persons (not exceeding nine) as he thinks fit to be a Domain Board having, subject to the said Act, control of such domain:

And whereas by an Order in Council made on the tenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and nine, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the twenty-sixth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and nine, the land described in the Schedule hereto was brought under the operation of and declared to be subject to the provisions of Part II of the said Act:

And whereas it appears expedient to appoint a Domain Board to control the said domain:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby appoint

BYRON PAUL BROWN,
FREDERIC HORTON BRIGHT,
WILLIAM MARTIN SIMCOX,
JOHN GWYNETH STEVENS, and
KINGI TAHIWI

to be a Domain Board, having the control of the Otaki Domain described in the said Schedule hereto for the purposes of and subject to the provisions of the said Act; and doth hereby appoint Monday, the sixth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and nine, at half past eight o’clock p.m., as the time when, and Mr. John Gwyneth Stevens’s office, Otaki, as the place where, the first meeting of the Board shall be held.

SCHEDULE.

OTAKI DOMAIN, HOROWHENUA COUNTY.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 6 acres and 17 perches, more or less, being part of Haruatai No. 11 Block, situate in Block IX, Waitohu Survey District. Bounded towards the north-west by the Makuratawhiti No. 8A and Haruatai No. 15A Blocks, towards the north-east by part of the Haruatai No. 11 Block, towards the south-east by a public road, and towards the south-west by part of the Haruatai No. 11 Block; as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. 1231, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Vesting Land in the Tairawhiti District Maori Land Board under “The Maori Land Settlement Act, 1905.”

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this eighteenth day of October, 1909.

Present:
His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by section eight of “The Maori Land Settlement Act, 1905,” it is provided that, where any Maori land within the Tairawhiti Maori Land District is, in the opinion of the Native Minister, not required or not suitable for occupation by the Maori owners, the Governor may, by Order in Council, declare that such land is vested in the Board of that district for an estate in fee-simple in possession, subject, nevertheless, to all valid encumbrances, liens, and interests affecting the same, to be held and administered by the Board for the benefit of the Maori owners in accordance with the provisions of that Act:

And whereas the land described in the Schedule hereto is Maori land within the said district, and, in the opinion of the Native Minister, is not required or is not suitable for occupation by the Maori owners thereof:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance of all powers and authorities conferred by the hereinbefore-recited Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby declare that the said land is vested in the Tairawhiti District Maori Land Board for an estate in fee-simple in possession, subject, nevertheless, to all valid encumbrances, liens, and interests affecting the same, to be held and administered by the said Board for the benefit of the Maori owners in accordance with the provisions of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Tuahu Survey District, in the Land District of Hawke’s Bay, containing 400 acres 3 roods 30 perches, more or less, and known as the Matukuhia Native Reserve; as the same is comprised in certificate of title, Vol. 12, folio 246, of the Register-book of the Poverty Bay District.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Vesting a Reserve in the Opotiki County Council.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this eighteenth day of October, 1909.

Present:
His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto has been permanently reserved for ferry purposes:

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

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, and in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the fourth section of “The Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908,” doth hereby declare that, from and after the day of the date hereof, the reserve described in the Schedule hereto shall become vested in the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the Opotiki County, in trust, as a reserve for ferry purposes.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 16 acres 1 rood, more or less, being Allotment No. 59 of the Parish of Waiotahi. Bounded towards the north-east by Allotment No. 61 of the Parish of Waiotahi, 1940 links; towards the south-east by Allotment No. 62 of the aforesaid parish, 375 links; towards the south-west by Allotment No. 475 of the aforesaid parish, 76 and 1868·5 links; and towards the north-west by a public road along the Tasman Sea, 120, 896·9, and 459·1 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. 5357/1, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon edged red.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

The Pahiatua-Akitio Agricultural and Pastoral Association incorporated.—Notice No. 1344.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this eighteenth day of October, 1909.

Present:
His Excellency the Governor in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by “The Agricultural and Pastoral Societies Act, 1908,” His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby incorporate the members of the Pahiatua-Akitio Agricultural and Pastoral Association, and such persons as shall hereafter be admitted members of the said association agreeably to the rules of the said association and the provisions of the said Act, into a body corporate under the style and title of “The Pahiatua-Akitio Agricultural and Pastoral Association.”

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.