SEPT. 9.

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
   seat of any member shall be or become vacant, or if any
   member absents himself, without reasonable cause, from
   three consecutive meetings of the Board, the Governor shall
   have power to appoint any other person to be a member of
   the Board in his stead.

8. The Board shall prepare and submit at an annual meeting
   to be held in the month of April in each year a report of
   the proceedings of the Board for the previous year ending on
   the thirty-first day of March, 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 in Charge
   of Scenery Preservation as soon as possible after each annual
   meeting.

9. The Board shall control the said reserve in accordance
   with the provisions of the said Act and of the regulations
   made thereunder.

SCHEDULE.
OTARI SCENIC RESERVE (FORMERLY KNOWN AS WILTON'S
BUSH).

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, containing by
admeasurement 135 acres 3 roods, more or less, being Sub-
divisions Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 of Lot IX, Otari Native Reserve,
Port Nicholson Survey District. Bounded towards the north-
west by Subdivisions Nos. 7, 6, 5, 4, and 13 of Otari Native
Reserve A, 4861-6 links ; towards the north-east by Lot VIII,
Otari Native Reserve, 3344-5 links ; towards the south-east
generally by the centre of the Kaiwarawara Stream and by
Sections Nos. 31 and 33, Block VI, Port Nicholson Survey
District, 1390-6 links ; and towards the south-west by Section
No. 56, Block VI aforesaid, 2479-7 links.

Also all that area in the Wellington Land District, containing
6 acres 3 roods 12 perches, more or less, being parts of Lots VI,
VII, and VIII, Otari Native Reserve, Port Nicholson Survey
District, City of Wellington. Bounded towards the south-
west by Subdivision No. 1 of Lot IX aforesaid, 419-6 links ;
towards the west and north-west generally by other parts of
Lots VIII, VII, and VI aforesaid, 439-9 links, 422-2 links,
and 513-7 links ; towards the north-east by other parts of
Lots VI and VII aforesaid, 483-1 links ; and towards the
south-east generally by the bank of the Kaiwarawara Stream.

Also all that area in the Wellington Land District, containing
28 perches, more or less, being part of Section 2,
Block VI, Port Nicholson Survey District, City of Wellington.
Commencing at a point on the south-eastern bank of the
Kaiwarawara Stream where it is intersected by a continuation
of the line forming the north-eastern boundary of the last-
described area, and bounded towards the north-east and
south-east by other parts of Section No. 2 aforesaid, 22-9 links,
125-3 links, and 255-7 links, to the bank of the Kaiwarawara
Stream aforesaid ; and towards the north-west generally by
that stream to the place of commencement.

Also all that area in the Wellington Land District, containing
1 rood 39 perches, more or less, being part of Section 2,
Block VI, Port Nicholson Survey District, City of Wellington.
Commencing at the south-eastern corner of the last-described
area, and bounded towards the north-east by other part of
Section 2 aforesaid, 100 links, on a continuation of the line
forming the north-eastern boundary of the last-described
area ; towards the south-east generally by other part of
Section 2 aforesaid, 138-5 links, 276-1 links, 70-2 links, and
90 links to the bank of the Kaiwarawara Stream ; towards
the north-west generally by the Kaiwarawara Stream and by
the south-eastern boundary of the last-described area,
255-7 links and 125-3 links, to the place of commencement.

Be all the aforesaid linkages more or less.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this third day of September, one thousand nine
hundred and fifteen.

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation.

Primary Education Endowment in Fitzroy District (New
Plymouth Town Belt) set apart as a Site for a Girls' High
School.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

WHEREAS by section five of the Education Reserves
Amendment Act, 1911, it is enacted that the Governor may, on the recommendation of the Land Board of
the district in which are situated any reserves or endowments
vested in the Crown by or in pursuance of section two of the
Education Reserves Amendment Act, 1910, set apart as sites
for public schools, secondary schools, or technical schools any
part of such reserves or endowments:

And whereas the Land Board of the Taranaki Land District has duly passed a resolution recommending that the primary education endowment described in the Schedule hereto should be set apart as a site for a girls' high school,
and it is expedient to give effect to such recommendation:

Now, therefore, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by the Acts aforesaid, do hereby set apart the primary education endowment described in the Schedule hereto as a site for a girls' high school.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Taranaki Land District, containing by
admeasurement 3 acres 1 rood 20 perches, more or less,
being Section K, part of G, New Plymouth Town Belt,
Fitzroy District, Paritutu Survey District. Bounded towards the north-west by Section 129A, New Plymouth, Baring Terrace, and part of H, New Plymouth Town Belt,
1011 links; towards the north-east by Mangorei Road,
349-4 links; towards the south-east by Section L, part of G aforesaid, 958 links; and towards the south-west by Henui Stream, 360 links : be all the aforesaid linkages more or less.

As the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 1912/1345, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered green.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this second day of September, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen.

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Warrant vesting Control of Waiau River Bridge, Tuatapere, in the Wallace County Council, and apportioning the Cost of maintaining the Same.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

WHEREAS by section one hundred and twenty of the Public Works Act, 1908 (hereinafter called “the said Act”), it is, inter alia, enacted that the Governor may, by Warrant under his hand publicly notified and gazetted, direct that any bridge already constructed, or which may hereafter be constructed, over or across any river or arm of the sea respectively shall, from and after the date to be fixed in such Warrant, be under the exclusive care, control, and management of such local authority as shall be mentioned in that behalf in such Warrant; and may by any such Warrant as aforesaid fix and determine whether all or any, and, if so, what part of the cost, whether theretofore incurred or thereafter to be incurred, of maintaining, repairing, improving, or reconstructing any such bridge is to be provided and paid by the local authority or local authorities, and, if so, by what local authority or local authorities; and may by any such Warrant as aforesaid direct how, when, and to whom any such payment is to be made:

And whereas it is considered expedient to make provision under the said Act for the purposes and in the manner herein-after set forth:

Now, therefore, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and in exercise of the power and authority vested in me by the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities in anyway enabling me in this behalf, do hereby direct that the bridge known as the Waiau River Bridge, Tuatapere, as described in the Schedule hereto (and hereinafter referred to as “the said bridge”) shall, from and after the date of the gazetting hereof, be under the exclusive care, control, and management of the Wallace County Council; and, in further pursuance and in exercise of the aforesaid powers and authorities, I do hereby fix and determine that the cost of maintaining, repairing, improving, or reconstructing the said bridge shall be borne by the Wallace County Council.

SCHEDULE.

THAT bridge over the Waiau River known as the Waiau River Bridge, Tuatapere, situated at the west end of Bridge Street, in Tuatapere Township (No. 2 Extension), in the Wallace County, Southland Land District. As the site of the said bridge is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 38496, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District, and thereon coloured red.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this thirtieth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen.

W. FRASER,
Minister of Public Works.