Aug. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2069
the powers and authorities conferred upon him by sub- The Chairman shall hold office until the election of his successor.
section one of section ten of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928, doth hereby cancel the vesting in the Mangonui County Council of the land described in the Schedule hereto.
SCHEDULE.
NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.
ALLOTMENT 73, Ahipara Parish: Area, 10 acres o rods 6 perches.
C. A. JEFFERY,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
(L. and S. 23/782.)
Vesting a Reserve in the Hobson County Council.
C. L. N. NEWALL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 19th day of August, 1942.
Present:
His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.
WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto has been duly set apart for quarry purposes: And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor-General, it is expedient to vest the said reserve in the Hobson County Council:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General 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 conferred upon him by section nine of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928, 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 Hobson County Council, in trust, for quarry purposes.
SCHEDULE.
NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.
SECTION 14, Block XIV, Mangakahia Survey District: Area, i rood 16 perches.
C. A. JEFFERY,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
(L. and S. 6/5/304.)
Vesting the Control of a Reserve in the Kohuratahi Public Hall Board.
C. L. N. NEWALL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 19th day of August, 1942.
Present:
His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.
WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto was, by Warrant dated the twenty-fourth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, and published in Gazette of the first day of February, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, permanently reserved for a site for a public hall : And whereas it is expedient that the control of the said reserve should be vested in a special Board as hereinafter provided:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General 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 conferred upon him by section seventeen of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928, doth hereby vest the control of the reserve described in the Schedule hereto for the period of five years from the date hereof (unless previously amended or revoked under the said Act) in the undermentioned persons, namely:—
Herbert William Claud Hight,
George Edward Stockwell,
Eric Donald Cleland,
John Henry Nickel, and
Donald James Law,
who are hereby constituted for that purpose a special Board by the name of the Kohuratahi Public Hall Board (hereinafter referred to as “the Board”), with the powers and subject to the conditions hereinafter contained, that is to say:—

1. The first meeting of the Board shall be held on Monday, the twenty-fourth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and forty-two, at eight o'clock p.m., at the Kohuratahi Public Hall, and meetings shall be held thereafter at such other time or place as may from time to time be fixed by the Board.
2. The members of the Board shall at their first meeting, and thereafter at the annual meeting hereinafter mentioned, elect one of themselves to be Chairman, who may join in the discussion, and shall have an original as well as a casting vote.
3. Special meetings may be convened by the Chairman, provided that two days' notice of any such meeting is 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.
4. Any three members of the Board shall form a quorum. Any meeting may be adjourned from time to time.
5. If at any meeting the Chairman is not present at the time appointed for holding the same, the members present shall choose one of their number to be Chairman of such meeting.
6. 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-General shall have power to appoint any other person to be a member of the Board in his stead.
7. All questions shall be determined by the majority of votes of the members of the Board present at a meeting.
8. The Board shall have prepared and submitted 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 of Lands as soon as possible after each annual meeting.
9. The Board shall control the said reserve and the building erected thereon for the purposes of a public hall, and shall also afford settlers and residents of Kohuratahi and the surrounding district such facilities for meeting within the said hall as may from time to time be determined by the Board : Provided that the Board shall have power to fix reasonable charges for the use of the said hall.
   SCHEDULE.
   TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.
   SUBDIVISION I of Section 68, Block XIV, Pouatu Survey District : Area, 2 roods.
   C. A. JEFFERY,
   Clerk of the Executive Council.
   (L. and S. 22/3220.)
   Changing the Purpose of a Reserve in Horowhenua Village Settlement, Wellington Land District.
   C. L. N. NEWALL, Governor-General.
   ORDER IN COUNCIL.
   At the Government House at Wellington, this 19th day of August, 1942.
   Present:
   His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.
   WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto is a reserve duly set apart for gravel purposes: And whereas it is expedient that the purpose of the reservation over such land shall be changed to a reserve for county purposes:
   Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General 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 conferred upon him by subsection one $(a)$ of section seven of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928, doth hereby declare that the purpose of the reserve described in the Schedule hereto is hereby changed from a reserve for gravel purposes to a reserve for county purposes.
   SCHEDULE.
   WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.
   SECTION 22, Horowhenua Village Settlement, Block I, Waiopehu Survey District: Area, 5 acres.
   C. A. JEFFERY,
   Clerk of the Executive Council.
   (L. and S. 43409.)
   Recreation Reserve in Wellington Land District brought under Part II of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928.
   C. L. N. NEWALL, Governor-General.
   ORDER IN COUNCIL.
   At the Government House at Wellington, this 19th day of August, 1942.
   Present:
   His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.
   BY virtue of the powers and authorities vested in me by the thirty-fourth section of the Public Reserves, Domains, and National Parks Act, 1928, I, Cyril Louis Norton Newall, the Governor-General of the Dominion