2576
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 73

MEMBERS.

2. The Board shall consist of the following members:—
   (a.) The Native Minister, who shall be Chairman.
   (b.) The Under-Secretary of Native Affairs, who shall be Deputy Chairman.
   (c.) The Under-Secretary of Internal Affairs.
   (d.) The members of the House of Representatives for the time being representing the Maori race.
   (e.) Such other persons as may from time to time be appointed in that behalf by the Native Minister.

3. For any cause which may seem to him sufficient, the Native Minister may, by writing under his hand, remove from office any member appointed under paragraph (e) of the last preceding clause. Any vacancy caused by the death, resignation, or removal of any such member may be filled by the Native Minister.

4. The powers of the Board shall not be affected by any vacancy in the membership thereof.

MEETINGS.

5. The Board shall meet for the despatch of business at such times and places as the Board, the Chairman, or Deputy Chairman may from time to time direct.

6. Once at least in every year a meeting (hereinafter called “the annual meeting”) shall be held at Wellington. The time and place for such meeting shall be fixed by the Chairman, and shall be held (if possible) during a parliamentary session. The first such meeting shall be held in the year commencing on the 1st day of January, 1924.

7. At every meeting the Chairman, or in his absence the Deputy Chairman, shall preside. If neither of these members is present, then some member chosen by the members present shall preside.

8. A quorum at any meeting of the Board shall consist of three members, and no business beyond adjournment of the meeting shall be transacted unless a quorum is then present.

9. The Board shall decide all questions before it by a majority of votes. In case of an equality of votes the Chairman or other member presiding shall have a casting-vote as well as a deliberative vote.

10. Subject to the said section and to these regulations, the Board may regulate its own proceedings.

11. All proceedings and resolutions of the Board shall be recorded in a minute-book to be kept for the purpose by the Secretary of the Board.

SEAL.

12. The seal of the Board shall be such as is determined by the Native Minister, and shall be kept in the custody of the Secretary or such other person as the Board may appoint for the purpose.

13. The seal of the Board shall not be affixed to any document except in the presence either of the Secretary or other responsible officer of the Board and one member, or in the presence of two members, who shall attest the sealing of the document.

ACCOUNTS.

14. All moneys received by the Board shall be forthwith paid into the Native Trustee’s Account to the credit of the fund.

15. All payments requiring to be made out of the fund shall be paid on the certificate of the Secretary or other responsible officer that the claim is in order, countersigned by the Chairman or Deputy Chairman, or upon requisition under seal of the Board.

16. Proper books of account and other books shall be kept by the Native Trustee in which shall be entered correct records of all moneys received and paid out of the fund. Such books shall be open at all reasonable times to inspection by members of the Board or by any authorized officer of the Board.

17. The Native Trustee may from time to time deduct from the moneys held in the fund a fair and reasonable sum for the cost of the administration of the fund.

18. At the close of each financial year ending on the 31st day of March the Native Trustee shall cause to be prepared a statement showing the total receipts and expenditure of the Board during that year, together with a balance-sheet showing its assets and liabilities so far as known to the Native Trustee.

19. Copies of the statements referred to in the last preceding clause shall be sent by the Native Trustee to the Secretary of the Board, who shall place them before the Board at the annual meeting. The Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Board at such meeting a report of the operations and commitments of the Board during the same period, together with an estimate of the probable financial requirements of the Board for the next financial year.

ADMINISTRATION OF FUND.

20. A sum not exceeding £5 may at any time be advanced to the Secretary, who shall account therefor to the Board, for the purpose of paying postages, telegrams, and other incidental expenses.

21. The Board may pay all reasonable expenses incurred by the Board, including the actual travelling allowances and expenses of its members and officers, and any remuneration it may allot to its officers. The expenditure under this head shall not in any financial year exceed £100, except with the consent in writing of the Native Minister.

22. The Board may undertake the promotion of the purposes and objects defined by the said section in such manner, by such means, and under and subject to such terms and conditions as in its discretion it thinks expedient or desirable.

23. In particular the Board may, for the purposes of the said section—
    (a.) Undertake the publication of any matter, document, or record;
    (b.) Enter into contracts with the Government or any person with regard to payment of the cost of any printing, drawings, sketches, copyright, royalties, or other charges;
    (c.) Purchase books, periodicals, manuscripts, drawings, photographs, or articles;
    (d.) Make payments of subsidies or assistance to any publication, society, or person which in the opinion of the Board will tend to assist and promote the purposes of the said section;
    (e.) Make payment of subscriptions to kindred Boards or societies in any part of the world, or of any fees that may be necessary to obtain registration or recognition by any such Board or society.

24. The Board may organize or assist in equipping and paying the expenses of any expedition to any part of New Zealand or to any island in the Pacific Ocean for the investigation and the collection of records regarding any matter or thing which comes within the objects or purposes defined by the said section.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Amending the Description of a Reserve in the Auckland Land District.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

WHEREAS by the three-hundred-and-twenty-fifth section of the Land Act, 1908, it is enacted that where there has been any error of description made in any notification of any intended reserve, or where there appears a great discrepancy in the area of any intended reserve after the same shall have been surveyed, the Governor-General may cancel any notification that may have been made in respect of such reserve, and issue fresh notification in respect thereof, with amended particulars and description:

And whereas an error was made in the description of Section 3, Block VI, Awa-o-te-Atua Survey District, Auckland Land District, in the Warrants of the twenty-ninth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, and the twenty-third day of November, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, and published in Gazette No. 72, of the fifth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, and Gazette No. 90, of the thirtieth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, respectively, reserving the land for recreation purposes, the same having been erroneously described as Section 1, Block VI, Awa-o-te-Atua Survey District; and it is expedient to cancel the said Warrants in so far as they relate to Section 1, Block VI, Awa-o-te-Atua Survey District, Auckland Land District, aforesaid:

Now, therefore, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby revoke the Warrants of the twenty-ninth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, and the twenty-third day of November, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, in so far as they relate to Section 1, Block VI, Awa-o-te-Atua Survey District, and do declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto shall be the land set apart for recreation purposes intended by the said Warrants.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 3, Block VI, Awa-o-te-Atua Survey District: Area, 7 perches.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 8th day of October, 1923.

G. JAS. ANDERSON,
For Minister of Lands.